Foil Velum

Doesn’t this guy just make you smile? I really can’t get enough of him. My current favorites are directly between this fuzzy monster and the fluffy headed chicken from the set Hey Chick. For all of the elegant floral creations I surround myself in, when I need a smile I go directly to whimsy. And I guess the odd kind. Works for me!

This was actually made for my husband for Valentine’s Day. I spent plenty of time here for sure. I masked off the rounded tummy outline on the stamp and stamped him in the lower portion of the paper. The frame is 8 x 10, so you can see how much larger this is than my traditional greeting card pieces. I wanted to create the radiating feeling of love and almost a heart image. Not bad if you ask me. But, I couldn’t leave it too smooth, so I moved into distressing the inks further with a water brush for those cool water lines and additional droplets of water all over the place. This was not intended to be super in line and perfect, very loose indeed.

Hope you have a creative day!

Moana

I honestly sat down to my very messy desk and couldn’t think of what to do. There are many reasons to stay organized, and that is one of them. I looked to my paper for inspiration, as I usually do when I get stumped. But I haven’t purchased any of the new paper yet, so that threw me another loop. I really had to look for a little extra creativity, so I kept looking. The foil velum carried over and I had some of that. For the win!

I started out with the idea of making a purse style gift bag, but thought it was looking to be too bulky and wide. So, I cut it in half and went for two of these little beauties. I stamped my wisteria wonder card stock with the medium stamp from flowering flourishes to go under the velum. I love the soft layering it gives.

I used a whole 12 x 12 sheet of velum to start with. When I trimmed it to match the 8.5 x 11 I had a nice strip left over. I cut that in two and made two mini envelopes for the tiny gift cards. The cards are large enough for a tiny note and also house a gift card. Nice, right?

I plan on putting a couple of gourmet cookies in a cellophane bag to tuck inside the gift bags. It should make a lovely set.

Have a creative day!

Moana

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