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Vellum
Making Memories
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I
love vellum! I enjoy the
light, airy look. It gives a nice variation to your scrapbook pages.
You can print on it through your computer and make beautiful
invitations. Making
Memories has a great selection of assorted colors and patterns to choose
from. It works for
everything from angel wings to weddings, clouds to stars, bubbles to
tablecloths. Just about
anything you can think of. Click
here to view patterns.
Vellum
has at times had a bad reputation.
First, it is hard to use adhesive, since the vellum is so
transparent. With most products, you can see the product through the
vellum you use. However,
there are a few tricks that will make it easier.
1.
The best product for vellum is by Therm O Web.
The mounting adhesive will be completely invisible when the
vellum is attached to the layout. However,
You will need to cover the entire piece of vellum to avoid any seams.
2. When setting
up the layout, try and have a space where the vellum will be covered by
something else (ex. photo, die cut, etc.)
3. You can incorporate
the adhesive into the layout design.
If you are going to have swirls on the page, “write” on some
swirls with your glue pen to use as adhesive.
4. Try using Sticky
Dots (Therm O Web). I used
a row of Sticky Dots on the top of a margarita glass for the salt rim.
They will sometimes be less visible if you are using vellum with
patterns.
5. You can use the
adhesive backing of the Xyron for small bits of vellum, like
punch art. (I wouldn’t
use that for a whole page, though!)
6. When printing on the
computer, run it through so that the printing is done on the less shiny
side. The vellum will
absorb the ink better that way.
7. Another product that
works great is by Manco. The
product is called Easy Stick Roller.
Have
lots of vellum on hand. You never know when you’ll be in a vellum mood! |
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Invitation
By Helen Naylor
Supplies:
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Vellum
and cardstock (Making Memories)
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Leaf
punch (Family Treasures)
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Circle
hand punch (McGill)
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Adhesive
(Hermafix)
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Patterned
paper (Frances Meyers)
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Raffia
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Instructions:
Set up
invitation on computer, allowing for a good-sized border to trim down
and mount on rust cardstock. Print
out on the computer; allow drying before handling.
With patterned paper behind the vellum, center and punch two
holes at the top. Tie a bow
using the raffia. Mount on the solid cardstock.
(This makes a half sheet invitation.
You can get envelopes at an office supply store or a Kinko’s
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Happy
Secretary’s Day!
By Helen Naylor
Supplies:
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Moss
green striped vellum and cardstock (Making Memories)
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Tree
punch (Family Treasures)
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Swirl
and filmstrip punches (All Night Media)
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Paper
trimmer (12” Personal Paper Trimmer, Fiskars)
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Adhesive
(Glue pen, EK Success; Hermafix)
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Instructions:
Trim
vellum to 9 ½” X 8 ½”. Using
the filmstrip punch, punch along the bottom of the vellum.
Cut a thin strip of hunter and thread along the bottom.
Mount photo on white and then hunter cardstock.
Mount the photo to the vellum.
To make the pansy, punch two purple and one yellow trees.
Cut off the tree trunks, using a ripple cut.
Glue together. Using
a little purple chalk on a Q-Tip, pull short strokes from the inside out
to give the pansy dimension. Cut
a small yellow rippled circle for center of flower.
Hand cut buds and leaves, and punch a few swirls out of the green
for embellishing. Then turn
the vellum to the wrong side and place photo mounting squares to the
inside of the photo space and use a little glue pen behind flowers.
Mount to the page. Turn over and mount to the white base sheet of
cardstock. Do journaling.
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Together
Forever!
By Helen Naylor
Supplies:
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Vellum
and cardstock (Making Memories)
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Flower
and leaf punches (Family Treasures)
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Paper
trimmer (12” Personal Paper Trimmer, Fiskars)
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Adhesive
(Sticky Dots, Therm O Web; Photo squares, Hermafix)
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Instructions:
Trim
white card stock to 8” X 11”. Mount on purple cardstock.
Trim vellum to 7 ½” X 10”.
Punch yellow and purple flowers.
To give the flowers dimension, position a pencil (eraser end) in
the center of the flower, and mold the flower around the pencil.
Attach on vellum with Sticky Dots.
Punch green leaves. To
give the leaves dimension, fold in half, then fold at an angle to make
veins. Attach with Sticky
Dots. Mount photo on moss
green cardstock, then on white. Do
journaling. |
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