Sneak Peek!!!

 
I'm playing this morning…when I should be making my Christmas gifts….but if you were here earlier…you know that my preorder from the Sale-A-Bration Mini and Occasions Mini Catalogs came yesterday!!!!  And I just had to do a little playing – right???

This is one of the stamp sets you can get free in January – HOLY COW!!!  It's called Bliss and comes with 5 beautiful images.  I immediately thought "wedding!"  I saw a card made by fellow demonstrator Gretchen this morning with a vellum overlay and the light bulb came on.  Here's my vellum overlay card:

 
TIPS:  The first time I tried to stamp "BLISS" on the vellum – I forgot that vellum is non-porous – meaning that the ink has no way to be absorbed – and of course stuck my finger right in it and smeared it everywhere.  I always use StazOn ink on vellum – but I really wanted to stay with my color theme and use Rich Razzleberry…so I stamped my image in the ink and then embossed it with clear embossing powder – TA DA!  When stamping on vellum – you can use regular Classic Ink (as opposed to a Craft (pigment) ink that would normally be used for embossing) because it stays wet – won't absorb into the paper.  Perfect for embossing on vellum.  The other tip I want to share – this is Vellum Cardstock – it's heavier – a better choice for the embossing folder.

I love the "peek-a-boo" feature of using vellum.  I stamped my greeting on the vellum and then stamped the beautiful swirly image on the cardstock underneath.  It's that soft look under the vellum that gives your card a look of elegance.

 
I also wanted the inside of my card to carryover the "elegance" of a wedding card.  I used the Full of Life stamp set – one of my favorite greetings for weddings - and embellished it with a string of our Pearl Jewels – how pretty!  When I stamped the swirly image with Soft Suede ink, I stamped off once before stamping the inside of my card.

Here's a close-up of the pearls.

One more thing…I almost forgot about the little Mr. & Mrs. tag…what a wonderful accent to any card.  These images come from the Tiny Tags stamp set – a perfect embellishment!  I stamped off with the swirly image, stamped it on a scrap of Whisper White cardstock, stamped the greeting over top and then punched it. The tag is adhered to the ribbon with a Mini Glue Dot.

Ingredients: Stamps – Bliss (SAB); Tiny Tags; Full of Life  Ink:  Rich Razzleberry; Soft Suede  Cardstock:  Soft Suede; Rich Razzleberry; Vellum Cardstock  Accessories:  Jewelry Tag; Pearl Jewels; Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder; Big Shot; Mini Glue Dots

Here are some of the products used to make this card:

Tiny Tags #118081 (Wood) $22.95 – #118592 (Clear) $16.95

Full of Life #111500 $28.95 (Wood only)

 If you'd like to order any of these products – you can go shopping right now – but you'll have to wait for the January Sale-A-Bration Kick Off for the Bliss Stamp Set, it's FREE!

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