Sympathy Card using Vellum

Sadly, a good friend lost her husband this week, so I was challenged to produce a sympathy card quickly using what I had on hand. I was also challenged in my card making group to produce a card using a heat embossed image on vellum. This combines the two.

I first dusted my piece of vellum with a dusting bag produced for embossing purposes. It prevents the embossing powder from sticking to areas that you don't want it to. Stampin' Up! no longer sells this product but you can probably purchase it at your local craft store or online. I then stamped my piece of vellum with Versamark ink using the greeting from Beautiful You stamp set (retired). I had limited choices available but please use what you have. The vellum was a piece of scrap that was approximately 1" by 6" . The size can vary so long as it looks ok in proportion to the rest of the card and can wrap around the back of your paper in order to secure it with adhesive. You would then heat set the embossed image after dusting it with embossing powder. I used gold powder.

You will then need the following paper:

Basic White card stock cut at 8.5" x 5.5" scored at 4 1/4" and 2 1/8. It is folded forwards at 4 1/4 and backwards at 2 1/8.

Oh so Ombre paper cut to 3.5" x 4.75"

Blackberry Bliss card stock cut to 3.625" x 4.875"

I then embossed the flower image on the Oh so Ombre paper using the same procedure as for the vellum.

The flower is from the Touch of Ink stamp set. It is free with purchase during Sale a-bration.

We are ready to put together the card. Take your piece of vellum and place it near the top of the embossed Ombre paper and secure it at the back with adhesive. I used my bone folder to flatten the edges going around the card.

Then add the card front to the Blackberry paper. I used liquid glue for these steps. Flatten your white card stock with the shorter flap pointing left. Place glue on only the left back side of the Blackberry Bliss cards stock and stick it to the short flap taking care to centre it on the card.

Last step was to stamp the flower on the inside of the card making sure you can't see it when the card is closed. I also stamped the matching envelope.

You're done!