#80 - inspired by vellum

As you might have guessed, I love vellum. I've been using it from the very beginning and have enjoyed finding different ways to use it on my pages.

I think I could find dozens of pages from the last few years using vellum in various ways and one of my favourites is mini envelopes for my journalling or confetti, or as fluttering butterflies across the page.

But then I remembered this layout from back at the beginning of our WM time...

and remembered the lovely effect of the vellum over the photos. I decided to do a lift of myself. I have a small selection of vellum that I just pick up from the stationary department and was pleased to find that I had a large peachy coloured square and some smaller pieces of regular white. I had an image of what I wanted to achieve in my mind and the double of the same photo one of which would be behind the vellum matched this exactly. It's rare that what was in my mind appears on the page so I'm really happy with this one!

I used my March CKC kit, Disconnected (LO#3) for this

I tried to find as much as I could for layering up

Soft colours with just the odd pop

I used a ready made brown bag as the place for my hidden journalling

I love the way that you can still see what is under the vellum but the effect is soft and dreamy. I also really like the tint that this peach piece gives the rest of this very neutral coloured layout as well as the vellum helping to link into the title with the photo partially hidden.

What will you be doing with your vellum this week?

Hope to see your layout in the Flickr gallery with the tag WM#80.

#80 inspired by vellum

I am easily inspired by vellum. I love the stuff. I was one of those folks who was using it when it was "tacky" and out of trend. I was ecstatic once products started popping up using vellum though I haven't bought that many beyond the ones that came with the Studio Calico kits when I still had a subscription. 

I like to use it just plain.

But Lisa's challenge had me thinking outside the box a little and I wanted to find new ways to use it. So I had the perfect excuse to try this technique {here} and make my own vellum embellishments with a little ink and clear embossing powder.

And these are the results -

 although the raised stamped impression is subtle, I love how pretty these images turned out. I had never clear embossed over colored ink. What a genius concept!

 I also created double layers by adding my embossed vellum image over a punched plain vellum circle which I stamped with the phrase 'oh snap'. and a sticker and butterfly finished off my mini-clusters.

another fun fact about this layout is that my "patterned paper" is actually the shopping bag from west elm. I couldn't resist the x's and o's pattern on craft. too darn cute. 

I hope you dug into your stash for some vellum and put it to good use on a page. 

xo,

Pamage

Challenge #80 week of 4th March 2013

These prompts come around faster and faster. I can't believe that it's already March. How's life in your neck of the woods? Out of winter? Heading into spring? Or maybe moving towards autumn? Whatever you have, take a look out of the window and enjoy what you have right now - in the blink of an eye, we will be heading towards the end of the year! Ha ha...

Well, we've had a couple of weeks of more thoughtful prompts to get your journalling or story telling ideas down on paper, so this week I thought it might be nice to take a turn down the product route.

It's a product that is back in fashion although I've been using it from the very beginning and still love it. That's not to say that I don't want to get my hands on some of the new trends - mostly with big gold dots on it or printed with pretty clouds. But whatever, I love it plan white or gently tinted and if I can manage to track down the newer designs, then all the better.

Yes, I'm talking vellum.

I used it a few weeks ago for my little embossed bag

or to hold some confetti 

or just to soften the background

And I know that Pam has used it a few times recently too. 

For a journalling block

Or an oversized ephemera bag

And here are the Dear Lizzy papers I referred to earlier in my post - if you have them, I'm jealous!

So, be inspired to find a way to use vellum in your project this week. Personally, I can't wait to pick up some new ideas for me to use my vellums on my pages. I love to be inspired by what you create!

Don't forget to link up over at Flickr with the tag WM#80.