I can remember when colored cardstock was a craftroom staple. That must be why I have a really big basket of it - even though I almost never use it. But once in a while, I dig out a piece for a project.
Saturday I was working with the May Studio Calico kits and really wanted to use the fun vellum in the main scrapbook kit. It is printed with fun words in a great font - in white. And when I put it over patterned paper, I felt like the detail was lost. So I tried it over white paper - totally a waste of the pattern. So finally I dug around in that basket of colored cardstock and pulled out a piece of soft aqua cardstock.
The vellum looked perfect"
I wanted a simple design so that the vellum would really shine. So I created a simple layered photo block. The gold foil card is from the Studio Calico letterpress calendar offered at the beginning of the year (I snagged it at Last Call a while back) from a past month. I cut it down so it worked in my design.
Of course I added ink splats, but some of them separated creating ugly blots on my cardstock. I dug out some wood veneer flowers and used them to cover up the ink splats that didn't turn out so well. And they turned out to be the perfect finishing touch.
Maybe this will motivate you to dig out that colored cardstock I know you have buried in your craft room. Thanks for stopping by.
Note: I just realized the date is wrong on my label - it was July 5, 2014. I've fixed it now.
Saturday I was working with the May Studio Calico kits and really wanted to use the fun vellum in the main scrapbook kit. It is printed with fun words in a great font - in white. And when I put it over patterned paper, I felt like the detail was lost. So I tried it over white paper - totally a waste of the pattern. So finally I dug around in that basket of colored cardstock and pulled out a piece of soft aqua cardstock.
The vellum looked perfect"
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| Layout design inspired by sketch at My Scraps and More |
I wanted a simple design so that the vellum would really shine. So I created a simple layered photo block. The gold foil card is from the Studio Calico letterpress calendar offered at the beginning of the year (I snagged it at Last Call a while back) from a past month. I cut it down so it worked in my design.
Of course I added ink splats, but some of them separated creating ugly blots on my cardstock. I dug out some wood veneer flowers and used them to cover up the ink splats that didn't turn out so well. And they turned out to be the perfect finishing touch.
Maybe this will motivate you to dig out that colored cardstock I know you have buried in your craft room. Thanks for stopping by.
Note: I just realized the date is wrong on my label - it was July 5, 2014. I've fixed it now.
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