The stamping is often done in white, to give a parchment craft effect, but I've recently seen several projects using gold embossing instead, and decided to give that a try.
I stamped and embossed the partridge in a pear tree image, a stamp that came with a recent issue of Creative stamping, using gold ink and gold detail embossing powder. Then I used Promarkers to colour the vellum on the reverse side. As you can probably see, the alcohol pens don't blend as well on vellum as they do on normal papers.
I embossed the holly frame onto the card front and lightly sponged it with green ink, filling in the holly berries with a red gel pen, then used invisible glue dots specially made for vellum to attach the vellum panel.
Lovely stamp and beautiful card. the embossed border is perfect for your image.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stamp and card Jane, the gold embossing and colours are so vibrant
ReplyDeleteThose invisible glue dots did a marvelous job, Jane! I discovered the same thing regarding alcohol markers and vellum, but was still happy to use them on the back side compared to what we used to use. Your partridge is gorgeous, and I love the shading you achieved! hugs, de
ReplyDeleteLooks great, Jane! Jo x
ReplyDeleteVery effective card hun. Love Dawn x
ReplyDeleteI think it's gorgeous, Jane! The blending looks just fine unless you put your nose on the monitor and why would anyone do that unless they have some kind of cleaning fetish? The image alone would be lovely, but you really took your card to another level with that sensational sponged holly and berry frame! If you get a chance, can you email me shopping info on those invisible glue dots for vellum? Thank you! Happy Holiday Hugs! Darnell
ReplyDeleteStill not used this stamp set but you've inspired me to use it with vellum with your gorgeous example.
ReplyDeleteC xxx