The background mat steals the show in this sample – it is vellum, embossed with the Lovely Lace textured impression embossing folder. I layered it over a Blackberry Bliss mat on an Early Espresso base. These rich dark colors seem appropriate for a fall wedding card.
Vellum can be a little tricky to work with. It is slippery on the paper trimmer, and you have to be careful about adhesives so they don’t show. I attached the vellum to the Blackberry Bliss mat with a line of sticky strip where I planned to place the ribbon. Then after the card was fully assembled, I placed a couple of glue dots in places where the embossing is more dense, so that they would not be noticeable. The vellum is not snug to the mat around the whole perimeter, but it is very secure.
The flower is made with two layers of the Blossom Punch, with the petals snipped, a 1 1/4″ and 7/8″ (Hello Honey) Scalloped Circle, and a 3/4″ center stamped with a center from “Mixed Bunch”. The greeting is from “Something to Say”.
Thanks for stopping by today – have a great weekend! It’s going to be eventful here with my college daughter coming home for the weekend with her roomie and my high school daughter’s homecoming. Fun stuff, and for me, that will probably also mean some late night crafting while waiting for them to get home safely!! If I don’t stay busy, I will fall asleep on the couch, and what good is that when policing curfews?
