Translucent vellum butterfly shapes become miniature works of art with this technique. Suzanne McNeill demonstrates. Materials: Dotted vellum
Butterfly pattern from "Magic with Vellum Translucents" (5129) from Design Originals
White and light green 48# vellum
Lavender cardstock
Album page
White 5/8" letter stickers
Cloud scissors
Punches (here, a film strip border, 1/4" heart and 1/8" circle are used)
Pastel brush tip markers
Stylus
Cardboard
- Position dot-vellum on laven-der cardstock
- For lace strip, Cut 5/8" strip of White Vellum using Cloud scissors, punch using filmstrip punch. Cut 3/16" ship of Green vellum and weave through punched white. strip. Place on page.
- Make a copy of butterfly pat-terns to trace. Place pattern on cardboard, then place vellum right side down on the pattern. Trace pattern with stylus (figure A).
- Working on wrong side of embossed vellum, fill design with brush tip markers (figure B).
- Cut design from vellum and use to accent album page as desired.
- To make photo borders, use cloud scissors to cut vellum, use 1/4" heart punch and 1/8" circle punch to add detail to border. Punch hearts evenly (figure C), then add circles in-between hearts. Use Green vellum as a plain mat behind photos. Position photo, mat and border on page.
- To create the lace strips as shown, use cloud scissors to cut 5/8" strip of white vellum. Punch with filmstrip punch. Next, cut 3/16" strip of green vellum and weave through punch white strip as you would weave ribbon (figure D).
RESOURCES :
Magic with Vellum Translucents #5129 (Design Originals)
The Art of Stencil Embossing
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Author: Janet Wilson
Crafting With Vellum & Parchment : New & Exciting Paper Projects
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Author: Marie Browning
GUESTS :
Suzanne McNeill
Publisher and Author
Design Originals
Website: www.d-originals.com
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