Trend Report- Vellum (Day 2)

Trend Reports, Tips & Tutorials on Vellum...
today we are featuring the Sprinkles Vellum by Doodlebug Design!

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Hi it's Valerie-- I used the Doodlebug Designs Sprinkles Vellum on my Easter projects. When I saw the fun spring colors I knew they would be perfect for those projects!! I received the Bubblegum and the Limeade and it worked beautifully with Echo Park's Happy Easter Collection .

The vellum punches beautifully - I used my scalloped circle punch on this

 

And the vellum takes adhesive perfectly without it showing through the front after applying and sticking to my projects. That is huge for me as I don't like the way that looks and it's kept me from using vellum pieces in the past. I cut some strips and used it like washi pieces on this bag and as you can see no adhesive showing even though I used my regular ATG gun on this!!

I give this vellum 2 huge thumbs up!! :)

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Hi it's Vicki sharing my Vellum Trend Report and Tutorial :)

I used my vellum in a couple of different ways, on two different pieces but using the same technique. 

  I created the dimensional vellum flower by die cutting four flowers.  

Two large and two medium of the same flower shape. All from the vellum.

Using my white Sharpie I edged the petals of each of the four flowers.

Once I knew they were completely dry I used a pencil to roll up the edges of the flowers to give them a little lift. At that point all there is left to do is put them together to build the flower, using a brad to hold them together in the center.

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Hi it's Nadine! :)  I would like to share with you how I made this flower using Doodlebugs Sprinkles Vellum from The Little Blue House.  I love using vellum on layouts and cards and the little texture dots on these vellum sheets make this vellum even more fun to use.

Supplies Needed:

Doodlebug Sprinkles Vellum
Wet Adhesive
Scissors
Brad
Sewing Machine
Thread

 1. Freehand cut three circles with the vellum color of your choice; I used the Tangerine color. Cut each circle slightly larger than the last one. Freehand cut a leaf shape using the Limeade vellum.

 

2. Cut each circle and leaf to a center point as shown below.

 

3. Using a wet adhesive slightly overlap the previous cut area and adhere together. This will make the circles cup a little.

 

4. Once dry, using a sewing machine sew in a circle around the outside edges of the circles. Don't worry if your sewing isn't perfect. It gives more character when it's not perfect or at least that is my story, and I am sticking to it. :)

 

5. Using a small dab of your wet adhesive in the middle of your biggest circle and adhering the medium size flower to it then adding more wet adhesive to the medium size circle to adhere the smallest one to.

6. Add a brad to the middle and use on your layouts or cards for a fun DIY vellum flower.

 

I hope these Vellum Trend Reports and Tutorials
inspired you to create more with Vellum!

You can find Sprinkles Vellum by Doodlebug Designs at
The Little Blue House or at the LBH Online Shop!

 

 

Trend Report: Vellum

Trend Report: Sprinkles Vellum by Doodlebug

 

Susan Tidwell here to share some tips about using vellum.

Vellum has been around a long time, but is making a comeback! Doodlebug has this beautiful polka-dot Sprinkles Vellum that comes in pretty spring colors (available at LBH or online).

 

The one problem with using vellum is that adhesive shows through the translucent paper. The best tip if you must use adhesive is to completely cover the vellum with a double-sided tape sheet cut to fit so that there are no hard lines of where the adhesive stops and starts. The LBH is carrying a new double-sided adhesive sheet called Stick-It which comes in two sizes and is perfect for this application. What I love most about this product is that you can apply it to the back of your surface and then die-cut intricate shapes without the need of fussy gluing the back to adhere it!

 

Here are some additional tips for attaching vellum to your projects without glue or tape. These solutions also add a decorative element to your project.

1. Use brads or eyelets

2. Use staples

3. Punch holes and tie ribbon through

4. Sew either by hand or machine

5. Add buttons, sewing through the vellum and base project as you sew through the button

6. Washi tape or other decorative tapes

7. Punch slots to hold it

8. Photo corners or paper frame

9. Completely cover base and fold over to back, using glue on back OR just fold over top so it hangs loose over front

 

In the Easter frame I recently created for the LBH Bunny Blog Hop, I used two strips of the limeade Doodlebug Sprinkles Vellum to simulate grass.

I fringed one edge of both strips with scissors, “curled” the fringe with a skewer and overlapped the strips when taping them into the bottom of the frame. I used Scor Tape for this as I placed it the full length of the strip so it doesn’t show much.

 

 

 

I hope you will try using vellum - it gives a beautiful finish to a project and can be used in a variety of ways!

 

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Nat here with my personal review of the new Sprinkles Vellum by Doodlebug Designs.
In short, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this product. I love the softness that it creates for a project.  

Working with vellum can be tricky in that it's hard to find an adhesive that will work and not show through.  Since there is a tint of color to this vellum as well as an overall pattern, I feel that does a lot to hide the adhesive lines that are created from behind. Of course, I didn't cover every inch of the vellum in adhesive either. But I don't think you need to be "as" cautious with this as you do with traditional vellum in regards to adhesive.  I wanted to see how this product would work with intricate and detailed die cuts.  I used the "happy" die from the "Think Happy Thoughts" stamp/die set from Taylored Expressions.  It created a wonderful, clean cut. I also used the "Stitched Hillside" borders from Lawn Fan to create the green grass border at the bottom of my tag.  The Sprinkles Vellum comes in a rainbow of fun and bright colors. I can't wait to get my hands on all of the colors!

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Hey everyone, it's me Susan Liles here and I'm sharing a cute little tag I made to adorn a small gift bag that could hold some sweet Easter goodies for someone special. 

The main feature of my tag centers around the use of the new Doodlebug Sprinkles Vellum we have available at the store or online HERE. 

What's so fun about this vellum is that it's got the cute "Swiss dots" embossed right onto to colored vellum (the dots are shiny--even cuter!), and it comes in 7 colors! 

TIP:  Vellum can be cut using your steel dies through a Cuttlebug or Big Shot, no problem! 
That's what I did with it here.  I cut the pink and yellow both with the Doin' the Wave Die from Reverse Confetti.  Just be sure if there's a "front and back" to your vellum that you cut it accordingly.

I then diecut my tag and prepared my Easter egg "window" for the vellum to show through using more Reverse Confetti Confetti Cuts dies.  Once that was all done, I alternated the vellum to create my wavy striped egg.  Another TIP:  Vellum can sometimes be tricky when trying to adhere it without your glue or tape showing.  Think of using your vellum especially when you might adhere something that will be hidden.  Like in this instance, the "glue" is sandwiched between the tag's layers around the outside edge of the egg where you can't see it. A fun technique with any paper or washi tape, but ideal for vellum! 

To finish off my project, I simply added the cute organdy rose embellishment (then left my hot glue gun on by accident overnight!), clipped it onto my folded over bag, and added a row of the scalloped stickers from the Fancy Frills Sticker Sheet.  Very simple on the bag, but the tag could also be a fun layout embellishment or would look sweet on a card!

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Lindsey here with my Vellum Trend Report: Vellum is such a wonderful product, it can be so versatile and create such a beautiful effect.  I love mixing the different colors and creating a third color with vellum.  The Doodlebug vellum is particularly great for the texture.  The polk-a-dot texture is glossy without being too bumpy for layering. I layered yellow paper underneath the Doodlebug tangerine vellum to create this Easter effect.  Finding the right glue can be tricky, for this application I used glossy accents but it showed through and slightly warped the paper.

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More great trend reports and tutorials on how to use vellum will be on the blog tomorrow!! Leave us a comment on what kind of glue you prefer to use when creating with vellum?

"Happy, Happy Day" Layout Tutorial with Susan Tidwell

 

"HAPPY, HAPPY DAY" LAYOUT
Crate Paper- Craft Market

 

Hi everyone, Susan T. here with a layout tutorial for you using the lovely "Craft Market" papers from Crate Paper. 

 I love the soft hues of this collection and it suited my photos of the day our newest grandson came home and his 2-year-old brother finally got to meet him.

I used an easy watercolor technique on the background using the new Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink. This new color is beautiful and matches this paper line so well.

Take a medium-size acrylic block and smoosh (technical term!)
the ink pad on it and then spritz it with water until it beads up.

"Stamp" with the inked block randomly over the "Craftsman" paper. Press down harder if you want more coverage; press lightly to get a droplet effect. Repeat this until you have the desired coverage. So much easier than painting with a brush!

Here you can see that I started where my photos would be to practice first. It gets "patchier" toward the outer edges.

I added a torn strip of Doodlebug Bubble Gum Sprinkles Vellum by machine-stitching it over a few paper elements. This eliminated the need for adhesive which will show through the vellum.

Here you can see the envelope piece cut from the "Project w/ Gold" paper and a strip of the "Thrifty" paper
(I think that paper is my favorite of all the collection!)

I continued to layer cut and torn pieces of several of the papers ("Studio," "Inspired w/ Gold", and "Thrifty") and added stickers from the Journaling and Title Accent Sticker Sheet.  
After adding my photos I embellished with the Puffy Gold Stickers (stars, hearts and arrows).

In this photo you can see a portion of the Wood Veneer Hoop that I added over the larger photo to highlight my two cute little grandsons.  I loved that it looked like a real wooden hoop so I used it as is.  I also used one of the paper strips to fold over an American Craft Paper Straw to make a flag.  The polka dot strip came from Craft Market- Studio Paper at the very bottom of this photo is actually a barcode strip from one of the papers - I love that some manufacturers add these patterns and I use them frequently!

Here you can see one of the Wood Veneer Tags w/ Gold Glitter Accents. I added number stickers from the sticker sheet for the year, added a scrap of printed paper to cover the hole of the tag and embellished with another heart puffy sticker.  I used the Wood Veneer Circle w/ Gold Glitter Accents in the upper right corner of my layout, adding the date of the photos with a gold Uniball Signo pen.

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and love these papers and embellishments as much as I do. It's a versatile, pretty paper collection and it's available now at The Little Blue House or
online here!


Susan Tidwell

 

Bunny Blog Hop begins TODAY!!!

Are you Ready to HOP??

We have 8 Easter Inspired Project Tutorials to get you Egg-cited for Easter!! Lindsey is here on the LBH Blog sharing the first Tutorial for our Bunny Hop! 

"Carrot Vellum Treat Bag"



Gather Materials Needed...

empty toilet paper roll

Echo Park Papers, Happy Easter, Carrots Paper ,Sunny Days Ahead Red/yellow

Doodlebug Vellum -Tangerine

Sewing Machine  (thread color of your choice)

Green tissue paper

hot glue gun

paper cutter

scissors

adhesive of your choice

pencil

clear tape

eraser

Decorative scissors, scallop
(check the LBH Online Store for items you may need)

 Step 1.  Using the yellow paper from Echo Park (Sunny Days Ahead in Red/Yellow) trim to 4 inches by 6 inches.  Followed by the Doodlebug Vellum in Tangerine, trim to 4 inches by 6 inches.

 Step 2.  Adhere vellum to paper

 Step 3.  Adhere the pieces glued together onto the toilet paper roll.

 Step 4.  Draw some leave shapes to use atop of the tube.  Just before you cut them out use an eraser to lighten the lines.  Leave just enough to see where to cut.

 Step 5.  Position leaves so that they will fit across the front of the toilet paper roll on a piece of clear tape.  The sticky side should be up.

 Step 6.  Cut an approximately 6 in strip of tissue paper from the widest width of the paper ( typically 30 inches)

 Step 7.  Use decorative scissors to make a pretty edge to the tissue paper.

 Step 8.  Adhere paper leave to tubes.  Feed the folded tissue paper through the center on the tube and apply hot glue at the 12, 3, 6 and 9 position of the circle.  Press tissue paper into the hot glue and add more glue to tack down the excess.

 Step 9.  Use your sewing machine to sew the bottom closed with an approximate 1/8 in seam allowance.

Step 10.  Fluff and fuss with tube until its the right shape.  You can leave this open or easily close it up with a treat inside.

I hope you've enjoyed this Easter tutorial!

 It's quick and easy and appropriate for so many ages.

Bunny Blog Hop Grand Prize:
Leave a comment on each of the blog posts featured on the Bunny Blog Hop and you will be entered to WIN a fantastic Easter basket filled with amazing  paper-crafting goodies! Winner to be announced on March 25th.

 Here is our HOP order...

HOP this WAY to....-Natalie!!!!
http://lbhbluecrew.blogspot.com/

Nadine 

http://myscrapnstuff.blogspot.com

Miss Tracy

www.misstracycreates.com 

Angi

http://cokiepopaper.blogspot.com

Susan Liles

http://www.susiestampalot.com

Vicki

http://vickichrisman.blogspot.com

Susan Tidwell http://susanartfulmusings.blogspot.com

Valerie Bishop

http://myhere-rightnow.blogspot.com

Thanks again for reading...hope you enjoy my Cute Carrot Treat Holder! Don't forget to leave a comment and then head on over to Natalie's Blog to see her Crafty Creation! Click HERE.

Happy Spring!
Lindsey