Parchment Snowflake

I have been spending some time in my craftroom trying to put a few things away.  I am terrible about pulling out stuff and then just setting it on my table in a pile instead of putting it back where it belongs.  Sound familiar?  Well, I found my heavy vellum and decided to make a card with it. 

I love white embossing on vellum or parchment because it always looks so elegant.  For this card I used Sweet Stamps’ Open Hearts Medallion for the snowflake and heat embosses using Sparkle N Sprinkle’s Vanilla Ice embossing powder on vellum.  Then I used a stylus tool to dry emboss from the back around the outer sections and swirls.  Another thing I found while cleaning my room was my grid, which I misplaced before I even used it.  Grrrrr.  I used it to create the little embossed dots in various areas.  Then I used a 4-Split Perforating Tool to “punch” it out, giving it a lovely lacy look on the edges. 

For the background I ran another piece of vellum through Marianne Designs’ SwirlsEmbossing/Cutting Folder.  I layered it on white cardstock and a layer of silver and added some lace and ribbon.  The ribbon had a little silver design running through it that really coordinated with the embossed snowflake, which I popped up in the middle of the card.  All of this was added to a white card base.   

I had punched several snowflake borders to try with this card but decided they would take away from the gorgeous snowflake.  I had the little leftover punched snowflakes laying on the table and decided to add a few of these to the card.  I brushed them with a Versamarker and heat embossed with more VanillaIce EP.  I glued them on top of the background swirls and added a pearl in the center of each.  For the final touch I added a lovely satin fabric brad to the center of my snowflake and added a few tiny pearls. 

I loved how this turned out and I hope you do too.  It inspired me to stay up and work on a few more vellum cards so watch out!!  There are more to come. 

Hugs, 

E. Marie 

This card is entered in the following challenges:

SweetStamps.comBlog Challenge #74 Christmas Parchment

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge 26 – Swirls and Lace

Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge Week 117 - Christmas in July

Paper Play Challenge Week 29- Christmas in July

CCW July Mini Challenge - Monochrome Theme

Marianne’s Design Divas Challenge #12 - Anything goes 

FlourishesTimeless Tuesday # 179 (FTTC 179) - Christmas in July

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge PWC215 – Bling It On!!

Totally Stampalicious Challenge - Texture

Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge:  Hey Girl (Feminine)