Vellum Magic: Quick & Easy Stenciled Backgrounds for Cards

Do you ever struggle to create beautiful backgrounds for your cards? Look no further than the dynamic duo of vellum and stencils! In this blog post, I'll show you how to use this simple technique to create stunning card backgrounds in a flash.

Plus there is another card idea, again using vellum, but with the debossed side.

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Vellum & Stencils: A Match Made in Craft Heaven!

Main supplies used:
Shady Designs Hanging Garden stencil
Shady Designs Frame It Some More stamp set
Shady Designs Frame It Some More die set

Shady Designs Ticker Tape die set

• You normally see me use my stencils with inks, pastes or sprays but I wanted to share another way of using stencils. This is a great way to make a clean, quick & easy background for your handmade cards. Using a piece of vellum, I ran the Hanging Garden stencil through my die cutting maching to create a wonderful background.

• I die cut some frames from card, 4 in total. Why so many? These will become my card front and I needed them to be really sturdy. I glued 3 together, added the vellum panel and the final die cut frame to the back to cover where I stuck the vellum in place.

• Next, I created a panel by stamping the corner stamp from Floral Frames and colouring with my Sakura Koi water colour pens. I then cut this out.

• On a seperate piece of card, I stamped out some extra flowers and a sentiment, colouring the flowers before cutting them out.

The butterflies & floral sprays were die cut out and coloured with inks. These are from the Ticker Tape die set.

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Same idea but with a twist: using the debossed side!

Main supplies used:
Shady Designs Hanging Garden stencil
Shady Designs Frame It Some More stamp set
Shady Designs Frame It Some More die set

Shady Designs Butterfly Frames die set

• I have created the same background using vellum & Hanging Garden stencil but have used the debossed side. The stencil imagery has now changed direction too!

• As before I created my card front die cutting 4 frames and sticking together as described in the card above.

• I really wanted this card to be different to my first idea and die cut some extra frames using Frame It Butterfly die set.

• The stamped frame is the same as the previous card but I have changed the colours and added faux gems to the flower centres.

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Need more inspiration?

I have an YouTube video to share that shows two further ways to use vellum in your card making and also shows how to add an inky background to your embossed designs. Click on the image below ...

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I hope this post shows you how to get more versatility out of your stencils and inspires you to use them in different ways.

Until next time, take care,

Lou

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