Melissa Inman shares her technique for making the most of black pages: creating an embellishment with the look of stained glass! Materials: White cardstock
White paper
Black cardstock
Craft knife
Pencil
Red, gold and dark green vellum
Red brads
1/8" round hand punch
Adhesive
Bugle beads
Wire
- Trace a poinsettia design (or any design of your choice) onto white paper.
- Use craft knife to cut the pattern from the white paper, leaving at least 1/8" border between the leaves and flowers.
- Use hand punch to punch a few holes through the round poinsettia center.
- Use pencil to trace the pattern onto a bottom corner of black cardstock.
- Following traced pencil lines, use craft knife to cut the design slightly larger than the pattern (figure A). Erase any remaining pencil lines.
- Use black cardstock "scraps" to trace shapes onto colored vellum (the slightly larger size of the scraps will allow the vellum to be easily attached behind the openings in the black cardstock).
- Turn black cardstock over and apply vellum shapes over the corresponding openings (figure B). Apply adhesive to the black cardstock before adhering the vellum.
- Double mat photos using both green and gold vellums. Position and adhere to page.
- Print title on yellow vellum, then mount with title photo onto red vellum. Punch holes in all four corners of the yellow title strip, then secure with red brads.
- Create a beaded embellishment by stringing bugle beads onto wire. Attach to page by poking wire ends through the page, then twisting on back surface.
- To complete the page, add a piece of white cardstock to the back surface of the black cardstock to "illuminate" the stained glass design and hide adhesive and wire twists.
Die-cuts/templates provided by Ellison Craft & Design. For more information about Ellison, see Resources. Click here for DIY's Scrapbooking Glossary.
RESOURCES :
515 Scrapbooking Ideas
ISBN: 080694305X
Author: Vanessa-Ann
2001
Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.
Website: www.sterlingpub.com
Creative Scrapbooking: Over 300 Cutouts, Patterns & Ideas ...
Author: Sandi Genovese
Order this title from Amazon.com.
Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.
Website: www.sterlingpub.com
A Year of Scrapbooking
ISBN: 0737000643
Author: Debbie Janasak
1999
Time-Life Books Inc.
Website: www.timelife.com
Die-Cuts and Templates (Ellison Craft & Design)
Cropping and cutting system are not available
Ellison
Website: www.ellison.com
Complete Guide to Scrapbooking
Author: Jill Haglund
Tweety Jill Publications
Website: www.tweetyjills.com
Crafting With Vellum & Parchment : New & Exciting Paper Projects
Model: 0806929715
Author: Marie Browning
Making Great Scrapbook Pages
Model: 1562314416
Author: Hot Off the Press Design Staff
(1998)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Hot Off the Press Inc.
Website: www.craftpizazz.com
Colored Scrapbooking Wire
Artistic Wire (Scrapbooking)
Website: www.artisticwire.com
Stained Glass Rubber Stamps
Magenta
Website: www.magentastyle.com
Scrapbooks, Etc. Magazine
Scrapbooks, Etc. Magazine
Website: www.bhgscrapbooksetc.com
colored vellum
Paper Adventures
Website: www.anwcrestwood.com
GUESTS :
Melissa Inman
Editor
Better Homes and Gardens Scrapbooks, Etc.
Website: www.bhgscrapbooksetc.com
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