Quick Tip Tuesday - Using Ink on Vellum

Happy Tuesday everyone!  This week's quick tip is how to use ink on vellum to give more dimension on your project.  I used this technique on my Challenge Me Monday project this week.  

Here are the steps:

1.  First I embossed my vellum with the Stampin Up Snowflake Embossing folder.

2.  Then I used a sponge dauber and ink to highlight the area around each snowflake.

3.  I place some dimensionals on the back  to give a shadow effect with the lighter blue background. 

Here is a video where I got this technique from StampQueen101:

I hope you enjoyed this weeks quick tip.  Don't forget to link up your Challenge Me Monday projects and come back tomorrow to find out Wednesday's Winners.

Melanie

Quick Tip Tuesday - Paper Punch Alterations

Have you ever been working on a card and you just don't have quite the right punch for the job, well this week's "Quick Tip Tuesday" will help you discover more options.  I was working on some quick 3" x 3" Valentines cards and wanted to punch out my sentiment with Stampin Up's "Word Window Punch".  It was too large from my small 3" x 3" card, so I altered the size of the punch.  Here are the steps to how I did it:

Stamp you sentiment, in my case it was the saying "Be Mine". 

Next I place into my punch where I wanted the front part of my sentiment to appear.  

Punch Out.

Take a sticky not and attach sentiment to the tip.  

Place back into punch from the top and work it to your desired location.

Punch out.  Here are the two pieces that I ended up with.

Finally, place sentiment on you card.  Below are several examples that I used this technique with.

Here is a video from, Dawn's Stampin Thoughts, that explains using punches in alternate ways.

I hope you enjoyed this quick tip and be sure to come back on Wednesday to find out our winners.

Melanie