Bleached Vellum Emboss Resist (with markers & no bleach) {Flourished Dove} preview for Little Paper Shop

I think my brain holds goofy contests with itself to see how ridiculous it can make the names for the weird techniques I try sound. ;O) This one (the technique that I tried with the soon to be released* flourish from the {Flourished Dove} set) kind of gives a bleached or milk-paint look...and since it involves embossing on vellum, I thought we could call it...Bleached Vellum Emboss Resist (with markers & no bleach.) I'm such a stamp-dork, heeheehee.

The flourishes in this set are my new favourite flourish stamps, because I love their arabesque-ness. This stamp set is acrylic (of course, being from Little Paper Shop,) so although the flourish band I used here is originally a straight-lined flourish, you can curve it to suit your project. :O)

To make the curvy vellum piece I did this schtuff...

1)...Placed my vellum cardstock on top of the grey curved cardstock (as a guide to make the curve in the stamp.)
2)... Arranged the acrylic stamp in the curve.
3)...Removed the vellum from on top of the cardstock & stamped on it.

(It's stamped in silver with Basic Gray ink & then embossed with clear embossing powder):

The bleached part couldn't be easier. Just go over the embossed vellum cardstock with a white marker (the one I used is from Close to my Heart.) It looks clear as it goes on, but turns a neat opaque white. It stays on the surface of the embossing a little so it gives you a white distressing like milk paint:

It's nifty 'cause you can rub as much of the white marker off of the embossing as you like or leave it for interesting texture.


Stuff about the flourish band (& other ideas) :

What I also love about this flourish is how it makes the perfect pattern for you to cut a unique scallop edge. I can't wait to use it straight too! It also has the cutest little circles (3 of 'em) that are the perfect size for gems/pearls/glitter to sit in.

I can just picture it...

• ...stamped all around a circle
  
• ...as a straight scallop detail or
• ...repeated in a curve like this to make a scallop for a 12 x 12 scrapbook page
• ...done in a spectrum of colours
• ...as a lace edge (stamped & cut with little holes punched in it)
• ...as a wrought iron fence for a little garden scene
• ...with the other flourishes in the set as a tiara with gems all over it.

Tinted Vellum:

The plain gray scallop above was made by...

1)...Tracing the rounded edge of the card onto vellum.
2)...Cutting the curve & then using SU's slit punch to scallop,

...but the fun part was...

3) Tinting the vellum cardstock. All you have to do is rub it all over with ink (I just slopped a Basic Gray ink pad allover it and then wiped off the excess ink.) Et Voilà tinted vellum in any colour you like.

The Love Dove:

These doves comes in a mirrored pair. Which would be so cute on an anniversary or valentines card to have 'em smooching each other, no? I wanted them to kind of hold up the "Love Love Love" banner.

Copics over Triple Embossing:

I triple embossed 'em with pearlescent embossing powder. (Just add more layers of embossing powder while they're still hot.) Triple embossing makes them nice & thick but it obscures some of their cute detail, so I added details with Copic markers over the top of the e.p. (It's a fast way to tint your images with any colour you like too.) The white under the dove is just another dove embossed in white & cut out to give some dimension.


Other card materials: Papers: Basic Gray SU cardstock; patterned papers: Heidi grace Shimmer flocked paper (Moonlight Meadow/Flourish) & Basic Grey Scarlet's Letter Fate SCR-804. Grey embroidery thread.

Want some inspiration?

Check out cards with {Flourished Dove] on the LPS Blog:
and you could win this set there too! :O)

& check out the bloggin' by the Design Team is up to with this set:

• JULIA- Addicted To Paper
• ALLISON- Stampin' When I Can
• BONNIE- The Lucky Clucker
• CHELSEY- Musings of a Teenaged Stamper
• CINDY- Cindy Haffner's Corner
• DAWN- Treasure Oiler Designz
• ELLIE- Adventures With Scrapbookmama
• ELYSSA- Confessions of a Teenage Scrapper
• JESSICA- The Whimsical Butterfly
• KELLY- Crafting Creatively
• LAURA- Scrapnextras
• RENÉE- Stamping For Sanity
• SILKE- My Life
• SILVIA- Mabie Stampin'

Thank you for taking time out of your busy day! :O)
Hope your weekend is stamperific!




* Flourished Dove & 3 other new Little Paper Shop sets will be released on October 14th :O)