Tuesday, June 16, 2009

A Trick of the Trade...

Yes, I know...it's another one of THOSE cards...! I am hooked, can you tell?! Lol! This is for a couple who renewed their wedding vows Sunday during our church service-a wonderful couple (Edward & Barbara) who play and sing with our Praise Band. I wanted to send them a little something & this is what I came up with. We live at the beach so the beach theme seemed appropriate--and I wanted the two chairs side by side. But what do ya do when...the stamp only goes in one direction (see the chair on the left...) Well, for me, I decided to take a nap & think about it later-at least that was my plan! My mind kept wandering back to the card while I was trying to nap...and suddenly the answer came...
If I stamp the image on vellum (using Staz On ink-that's important!), and then flip the vellum over and stamp the same image...I will get the reverse image I want (see chair on the right!)
Go me! I really felt smart when Theresa said she didn't know that trick (she added she doesn't use vellum much, either...) Anyway...you simply cannot tell that one image is on one side and one on the other! It looks normal! Since I didn't have vellum tape (tape that "disappears" under the clear vellum) I simply attached the vellum to the cardstock using brads. I also didn't know that...vellum will score very nicely--so I was able to gently score it without getting the white lines (heavier hand scoring = white lines). You can do all kinds of things with vellum-run it through the cuttlebug and emboss it, stamp on it, put it over photos to "soften" them...so-go get some vellum and play around with it. You'll love it--and I just about doubled my stamp collection now that I know about vellum and reverse imaging! Until next time, happy stamping and scrapping! Blessings, Sharon






1 comment:

jen said...

that's a clever trick with the vellum!