Today’s tutorial is for a quick elegant borders thank you card. The border here is just used to create a decorative edge to one of the card front layers. Each week over on my Facebook page (please pop over and Like or Follow) I choose a product pick of the...
Tutorial for framed vellum birthday card
Today’s tutorial is for a framed vellum birthday card. Creating a frame for the vellum is just another way of hiding the adhesive that would otherwise show through it. I've used the Scalloped Contours dies to create my frame but many other die sets would work equally...
Tutorial for vellum skirt hello card
Today’s tutorial is for a vellum skirt hello card. One difficulty with vellum is hiding the adhesive. With this card the vellum is adhered behind a card front panel, creating a vellum "skirt" that hangs free and does not need adhering. The Elegant Borders die used to...
Tutorial for quick vellum basics congrats card
Today’s tutorial is for a quick vellum basics congrats card. Here the vellum is use to "tone down" the bright background (though I cut it down so that I still had enough of the true bright colours that I wanted)! Each week over on my Facebook page (please pop over and...
Tutorial for pattern gems birthday card
Today’s tutorial is for a pattern gems birthday card. This time we're using our gems to embellish the pattern repeat of our DSP. I rarely use gems for masculine cards (though matte dots work well instead) but I think this is one place where you can do so without...
Tutorial for solid gems anniversary card
Today’s tutorial is for a solid gems anniversary card. I've used the pattern of Fresh as a Daisy DSP that has both Copper Clay and Boho Blue in the pattern (two new In Colors). I opted to mix Boho Blue Solid Gems with a Copper Clay card but could just as easily have...