Beary Cute for As You See It Challenge #310

 

Vellum. One of the most versatile and lovely materials we crafters get to play with! Have you used vellum much? Do you have a favourite technique you like to use it with? If so then you will want to play along with As You See It Challenges #310 today, because we have a Fill-In-The-Blank Challenge that asks what your favourite way of using vellum is! Here's the challenge banner, created by yours truly:

My favourite thing to use vellum for is alcohol ink blended backgrounds, as you can see in the background of this card using the Beary Cute bundle:

• To make the alcohol ink blended background, I took a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" piece of vellum and scribbled various patches of Stampin' Blends markers in different shades of blues including Dark Night of Navy, Dark Pool Party, Dark Balmy Blue and Dark Tahitian Tide from the top left to the bottom right of the sheet.
• I then spritzed them with 99% isopropyl alcohol. Make sure it is at least 97% alcohol, or the water content will be too great and your vellum will curl up and be unusable. You can let the alcohol sit until it dries, or you can let it run a bit and dry it with a heat tool, depending on the look you want. Here, I let it run a bit and dried it with a heat tool. I adhered the sheet onto the Basic White Thick card base.
• On regular Basic White cardstock, I stamped the tree image, the two bears, the small snowflake and the gift in Memento ink, as you see here.
• I stamped the tree filler image in Shaded Spruce, then again, slightly offset with Pool Party, to add a bit of a snowy effect and some depth. I coloured in the outlines of the polar bears with Light Pool Party Stampin' Blends marker and the stripes on the gift with Light Tahitian Tide.
• I stamped the scarf image on the larger bear using Tahitian Tide ink and stamped the toque on a separate piece of Basic White with Lost Lagoon ink.
• I fussy cut the tree down to a section of ice where the bears were sitting or standing right to the edge of the paper at 4 1/4". I added this section to the card front, on top of the vellum, using dimensionals. I adhered the toque to the head of the small bear.
• I stamped the sentiment in Memento and die cut it using the Stylish Shapes dies, modified to make a rectangle. I adhered it with Stampin' Seal. 
• I added Glitter Sequins and Wink of Stella.

Here's a new idea for an advent calendar - the latest in the Stampin' Up! Kit Collection. Look closer:

You can shop for this wonderful kit by clicking on this link: Rustic Christmas Countdown Kit

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Product List

Beary Cute Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [162016] $34.00	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856] $13.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $12.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $9.00
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $12.25	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $12.25	Tahitian Tide Classic Stampin' Pad [159210] $12.25	Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad [161678] $12.25	Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154891] $13.75
Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154830] $13.75	Tahitian Tide Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [159221] $13.75	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894] $13.75	Stampin' Spritzer [126185] $5.50	Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins [162029] $11.00
Paper Snips [103579] $15.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $41.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $175.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.50	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00