Sweet Stamps Parchment Challenge

This week at Sweet Stamps we have our 64th challenge! PARCHMENT CRAFTING! Which basically requires three things that you probably wouldn't normally use to make cards: vellum, embossing tool, and needle piercing tool. Join our challenge and you will have a chance to win a $20 shopping spree at Sweet Stamp. Use a Sweet Stamp image and double your chances of winning! Check the Sweet Stamps blog for details. Also don't forget to check out the other design team members awesome cards!

If you haven't tried this craft, I hope you will. Sweet Stamps has all the products you need. They have a basic kit which contains everything you will need to start, including instructions.

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Once again I couldn't decide which card to post. 

Each one is different and shows off the 

paper parchment craft

 in a different way.

Sweet Stamp medallions are perfects for this craft. 

They are so detailed and pretty. 

I used a pop out technique to pop out areas 

of the medallion (this lets the underneath color 

show through). You can do this by using the needle 

tool all the way around the area to pop out. 

This creates a perforation and you can gently 

take the piece of vellum out.

I also used a stippling technique to create a fine dotted white areas on the medallion. Just use the needle tool on the back of the vellum, but instead of using the piercing pad use a piece of cardboard, so that the needle doesn't go all the way through.

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For this image I stamped it on vellum with black ink and 

just embossed (from the back) the white part of the flower 

with the embossing tool. This turns the vellum white. 

Its hard to tell but it raises the white area 

up and creates a 3-D effect.

I added gold border stickers and used the corner stamp and embossed with gold embossing powder on black paper. I added some stitching to the dp.

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For the iris I used the embossing tool 

(from the back of the vellum) 

and just outlined the stamp lines. 

I did a small amount of shading with the embossing tool as well. I used the pop out technique to pop the frame out, creating a delicate edge.

Sweet Stamps Products:

Open Hearts Medallion 432

Day Lily 3030

Leighs Flower Arrangement & Corner DUO 3042

Pansy Layers Frame 474 (I just used the outer frame by taping off the inside)

Double Iris 7040

Parchment Crafting with Stamps class kit for MCC

Creative Inspirations Paint FAIRY DUST

B162 Lace Corner Deco B

008 Butterfly DOUBLE FOLD DIES

B129 Cherry Blossom Dies

116 Rectangle Frame & Flourishes Dies

Pearl Pen

EF3028 Damask

EF3043 Daisy & Swirl

Great Tape

Foam Dots

Mini Glue Dots