Vellum Overlay Video

Hello, Crafters.

Today’s video shows
how I made the Dry Embossed Vellum card I shared on Saturday. 

You may
remember I made a happy mistake, and adhered the Vellum with the debossed
side facing out, which I thought looked lovely. 

When I made my second
card just before making the video, I adhered the Vellum the correct way
round, but I didn’t think it looked anywhere as nice. 

One of the reasons
for this is that the actual basket weave can hardly be seen when it’s the right way round.

Another reason is that on both sides, the squares are the most prominent
feature, but are more prominent on the debossed side!

Another
disadvantage of adhering the Vellum the correct way is that the Vellum curls
upwards when it’s dry embossed; therefore the layer
needs to be curled
in the opposite direction to make sure it adheres to the card base
flat. 

I have included two photographs here which shows the gaps I have
on my Peekaboo card, and I’m not sure I can do anything to remedy
it…………….although that won’t stop me from trying! 

Needless to
say, when I made the Flirty Flamingo card in the video, I adhered the
Vellum with the debossed side showing.

News
from Stampin’ Up! 

As from tomorrow, there are new products available as
Sale-a-bration gifts!

They are all products available in current
catalogues. 

I will be sending out a copy of the flyer to everyone who’s
in my Email Newsletter Group. 
 
Unfortunately, it’s a PDF document that I
can’t post here. 

If you would like to be in my Email Newsletter Group,
please email me your request and I will add you. 

Yesterday,
Stampin’ Up! requested that we make more of an effort to make sure our
customers know our Hostess Codes, and the importance of using them!

The
amount of requests Support are now getting to add missing or forgotten
Hostess Codes, is putting a big strain on their resources! 

Our Support
team are fantastic, and I’m more than happy to do my bit to help lighten
their load.

I’m explaining this to you as you will see more references
to my Hostess Code from now on, and I wanted you to know why!

Finally,
I’m about to set up a Facebook group for all my customers, my blog
followers and my YouTube subscribers where everyone can share their
projects. 

I’ve been thinking about this for a little while, but have
hesitated because I know there are already lots of FB groups out there
all ready.

My
motivation for doing this is that a lot of crafters share photographs
of their projects with me, and I think it’s such a shame that it’s only
me who gets to see them! 

Quite often the photograph hasn’t been inspired
by anything I’ve done. 

I always feel very privileged, and I really appreciate
that I get to see these, so I’d like to offer a group where we can all
share them. 

I  understand that not everyone is on FB – and I understand
why – but if you are, I hope you like my idea and that you’ll join in! 

BTW I haven’t had any inspiration for a name for this FB group, apart
from HAPPY CRAFTING! 

As you all know, that’s my regular sign off, so it
seems to be the most logical name to go
for, unless you can think of something better!!! 

Please let me know! ☺ Until tomorrow, happy crafting.

JanB.