Embossing on Vellum
Hello there, Michelle here and today I am sharing a card using the Birthday Cake Stamp & Cut set. This is a wonderful set that can be used in lots of different ways and today, I thought that I would emboss the image on to vellum and pair it with a bright background.
I started off by creating the background piece. I took a sheet of watercolor paper and using a flat brush created lines of colour in rainbow order. I used Liquid Watercolors in Strawberry, Orange, Dandelion, Leaf, Deep Ocean and Purple. I let each of the colours dry before adding the next line of colour underneath. Once dry, the piece was cut down and added to a top folding card base with foam tape.
I took the candle from the Birthday Cake Stamp & Cut set and stamped this on to vellum using Versamark Ink. I applied White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. I masked the candle off and then stamped the cake over the top so it looks like there is one candle on the top of the cake. The mask was removed and the cake heat embossed. There are dies in the set but because I wanted the image to be whole, with the candle, I decided to fussy cut the image out with scissors.
I took the sentiments from the Mix & Match Compliments set and stamped these on to Pitch Black Cardstock using Versamark Ink. I applied the same white detail embossing powder and heat set. They were cut in to strips and added to the vellum cake with foam tape. I then applied glue to the back of the cake, only where it would be covered by the sentiment strips, and adhered this on top of the background piece.
I really like the look of the vellum cake with the rainbow background behind. Thanks so much for stopping by today, happy stamping!
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13 Responses
Marilyn Tye
March 01, 2020
I made this for my daughter-in-law and she was very impressed!!! Thank you for the wonderful instructions!
Caroloyn Mongeon
April 02, 2019
Using vellum really raises the sophistication of this card.
Therese
April 01, 2019
LOVE LOVE this card.
Susan Carlson
March 29, 2019
I too like the look of this card. Very colorful yet sweet vs brash. Gorgeous!
Henriétte
March 28, 2019
Gorgeous Michelle, I love the softness ofn the vellum cake on the lovely colours of the background. Thank you for this inspirational example and have a great day.
Susan Carlson
March 28, 2019
Love this!
merryf
March 27, 2019
Oh wow, this is super-sweet! what a lovely look with the main image on vellum — going to try this technique for sure! Thanks for the inspiration!
Hero Arts
March 27, 2019
Thank you Judy! Michelle applied Precision Glue to the cake underneath the two sentiment strips so that it would be concealed.
Leanne in Cali
March 27, 2019
Pretty! Love the color background and the beautiful white embossing on vellum!
Judy
March 27, 2019
Lovely card and idea. What did you use to adhere the vellum so the adhesive wouldn’t show?
Ellie S.
March 27, 2019
Love the white embossing on vellum. Such a beautiful card with the wonderful colors behind the cake!
Karthikha Uday
March 27, 2019
Such a beautiful and colorful cake card!! Love the CAS look :)
Cindy C.
March 27, 2019
A clever design, the cake looks so light and airy!!