Uniquely You

The January Betterpress Society plate set from Spellbinders is called "Uniquely You".  I wanted something glam, so pressed the plates using Lisa Horton Crafts metallic ink: Silver Shine, on a Porcelain Cotton Card panel.

The set includes dies for two sizes of flowers, their centers and leaves - so I cut several sets of the flowers out in vellum.  Wanting just a hint of colour on the flowers, I tried colouring on the back side of the vellum, but it didn't give the effect I wanted - so I ended up using just plain vellum flowers, and colouring some white pearls with my R81 Copic marker which gave them just a blush of pink.

One of the sentiments from the set was pressed with Betterpress Black ink, and my panel was adhered with 3D foam adhesive over some Spellbinders Treasured Silver brushed cardstock.  You have to look closely to see those vellum flowers!

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Vellum Christmas card

Oh my goodness did this card ever start out differently!  The challenge over on the Art Impressions blog is "Sheer Perfection" - we want to see your creations using vellum.  Well I was going to die cut a few butterflies, and make a soft, springy card... but when I dove into my basement to hunt down my vellum, I came across this piece of vellum with white flecks through it, and instantly thought "snow!"  So I pulled out Caroling Tots (Sku#T3607) and made my vellum piece into a snowy sky:

This is the ultimate "use your stash" project, as I'm pretty sure I've had this piece of vellum since before I had children... and my oldest is finishing his first year of university.  (Can you say 'hoarder'?)  I'll give you a close up of the tots - sorry for the streaky snowsuit on the little girl, I used a Wink of Stella pink marker so she is actually quite sparkly in real life.  The photo makes her look more streaked than she actually is!

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