Using a pink and peach fruity background from the Woodland Grove 12×12 paper pad, I put together three cards that feature ephemera from the Forever Fields collection also designed by Maggie Holmes for American Crafts.
How do you style a card when you want to show off a lovely background image? Use vellum!
In this card I used a layer of vellum and a small rectangular postage die cut in Concord and 9th’s Rainforest cardstock to reveal as much as the background as I could. Rainforest blends nicely with the sea glass blue of the background image while also adding a bold, rich pop of color. The insect, with printed gold embellishments, add a nice focal point to the orchard-esque theme and stands out against the darker cardstock layer.
Continuing with the same background, vellum is used again as a layer between the focal point of flowers and the background, all drawing on the same color palette.
Two lovely pre-cut blooms from the Forever Fields ephemera pack and a few leaves are laid out and layered to make up a mini bouquet in the center of the card. I added gold dots to the center of the flowers with an Artistro metallic marker pen to highlight and echo the gold tinge of the leaves and add a tiny bit more embellishment. I like using a gold pen because it’s simple, dries fast, requires no gluing, and helps maintain a flat card profile.
In the last card I again use a layer of vellum over the same beautiful, fresh looking background. Layered over that is another rectangular postage die from the same Pinkfresh Studio Nested Rectangles: Postage Edge set except this timecut using patterned cardstock. For embellishment I added vellum botanicals tucked behind the gold highlighted butterfly in the center, all from the Forever Fields ephemera collection.
The ‘thanks’ die in black cardstock is from Memory Box.
Vellum makes a great layering tool for cards in which you want to reveal your background paper. Because of its translucency it’s easy to layer and doesn’t alter the color palette nor detract from the focal or overall design. Layering over the vellum is also a good way to hide the glue you’ve dotted on to adhere the vellum to your card. My top choice glue is Gina K’s Connect Glue.
How do you style cards to reveal a beautiful background of patterned paper? In what other ways do you use vellum?
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