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Saturday 14 May 2016

Magical using heat embossing, vellum and copics.

Hi everyone.
As some of you start your weekend,
 in Australia we are celebrating 'Mothers Day'
I'm here today to share this week's challenge as guest designer for this month over at
JUST US GIRLs
For this week's challenge, it's Trend Week #343 and we want you to use vellum.
 With so many people discovering the joy of using vellum and the latest Online Class 
that is also showing people more ways to use vellum it should be a great challenge.
So here's the card that I came up with for this challenge:



I've always enjoyed using vellum so today I have used a piece of pale orange vellum.
I then stamped with Versamark Ink the Hero Art background stamp. Although a background stamp it is smaller than the standard size background stamp. What you see here is not much smaller than the full design.


I embossed with gold embossing powder/ I love using embossing powder on vellum it always looks so crisp and elegant. But you need to remember to use your emboss buddy to wipe down the vellum so you don't end up with random spots all over your design. Heat your gun up a bit before using it and move your heathen around quite a bit to avoid burning the vellum.


I coloured on the back of the vellum with my orange and green copics but ended up also colouring on the right side. I know we are not meant to colour on heat embossed areas with copics so I was very careful to to keep the tip of the marker as away from the edges as possible.


I even came in with a little bright pink which just won't show up here because of the vibrancy of the orange vellum. I love how it turned out and used the sentiment 'magical' because I felt thats what it looked like.
All finished off with some bright pink gems.

So now you need to go over and check out the Just Us Girls Challenge blog to see what the rest of the talented ladies have come up with using vellum!  Hope you can play along with us!

Thanks for coming to visit and I hope you come again soon.


Challenges:
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge #109 : Just Us Girls
Perfect card for this challenge 













27 comments:

Cara said...

Wow, this is just stunning. Cara x

*Vicki* said...

Absolutely stunning!! Love the metallic shimmer!! WOW!

Viv said...

Wow stunning card Aileen, just love all that bright colour too ;) Viv xx

Leigh Penner said...

Oh, this is stunning!

coldwaters2 said...

WOW Aileen the sentiment is perfect and says it all this truly is a magical creation, stunning make
hugs
Lorraine x

Loll said...

STUNNING card Aileen!! Congrats on being GD at Just Us Girls this month! LOVE the gold embossed vellum. Such a beautiful image and I love your colouring with your copics. So much beautiful colour and dimension from your shading. xx

BożenA said...

Your magnolias look as if they were from the flames! It's very beautiful card
Hugs,
BożenA

Cornelia (fun stamping) said...

I just love your style! A feast for my eyes! So fabulous! I have never seen this stamp used with gold embossing - its stunning!

Maria Rodriguez. said...

Oh Aileen, this is gorgeous, what a fabulous card!!! the colors and the gold really complement each other beautifully. How did you manage not to curl the vellum? it always warps a little when I do it, your vellum panel is flawless and gorgeous.
Thank you for sharing and congratulations on being the Guest Designer for Just Us Girls.
Hugs,
Maria Rodriguez.

Ruth said...

That is gorgeous! Absolutely gorgeous! Love the orange vellum with the gold on top. This is really classy! Xx

Colleen said...

Stunning and beautiful!

Flo Langley said...

Fabulous! What a great way to use vellum.
Flo x

Ashwini Rao said...

What a stunning card - I love the gold embossing and the coloring - the colors look amazing together!

Judy Woodland said...

This is simply stunning! I have never seen vellum used this way....at least not with the colors you have used. GORGEOUS, bright flowers, and that gold is perfect. I love this card...well done!!!

Chris Dring said...

Magical is right! This looks absolutely amazing! Wow!

Vicki Dutcher said...

GORGEOUS use of the vellum - I love that it is colored and then you embossed and colored it more. Looks quite fabulous

Joan said...

Fabulous! Love the colours and the gold embossing

Andrea Ockey Parr said...

Wow! This is really an incredible piece! I am so impressed at the brilliantly bold colors that you were able to achieve and I think the orange looks amazing with the gold! The metallic touches give it such an elegant look and I love how it pairs with the sentiment. You did a remarkable job on this and I'm so glad you shared your talents with us for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

Anita in France said...

Congratulations on your GD spot at JUGS, Aileen ... what a truly stunning card! The vibrancy of the colours with the richness of the gold is simply spectacular ... yep, most definitely magical! Hugs, Anita :)

Lin said...

WOW, Aileen, what a show-stopper! The gold embossing and the orange are dynamite together! Thanks for sharing it with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday "flowers" challenge!

Maria said...

So simply stunning! Love this!!!

Kim Heggins said...

Wow..just beautiful!

Sharyn Polesel said...

This is stunning! I love the orange with the gold embossing....lovely!

Ina G said...

OMGoodness Aileen this is an absolute stunning. Beautiful bright colours. What a start you have made as our Guest this month at JUGS.

Nancy said...

Aileen the sentiment is perfect as your card is truly magical! Exceptional job with our Word Week!

Sue VanDeVusse said...

This is gorgeous! I love that gold embossing, it really makes those flowers pop. You really rocked this challenge!

Judy V said...

Pretty creation! Love the colors! Thanks for joining us at Chocolate, Coffee & Cards!