Designing with Die-Cuts - Vellum Heart Background Tutorial

Designing with die-cuts is easier than you may think and fashioning stunning embellishments is much more cost effective than buying them pre-made. Handmade elements also add a personal touch where the love can easily be conveyed in your final masterpiece.

Supplies
Vellum
Die-cut hearts
Patterned paper
Solid colored card stock
Glue/adhesive

Step One: Trim the sheet of vellum to the desired size. I cut this piece down to a 5”x5” square. Arrange the photo, patterned paper and the vellum piece in a design that appeals to you. Do not glue the pieces down yet.

Step Two: Arrange the hearts on the vellum sheet and glue down. I used a glue pen so I could apply the adhesive easily to the small hearts.

Step Three: When you have most of the hearts glued down, glue your photo on top of the vellum piece so that it overlaps.

Step Four: Add the rest of the hearts, overlapping them with the photo on the right hand side.

Step Five: Add the adhesive to only the areas behind the hearts. This way the glue will not show through the vellum. Glue the photo to your card stock  Add a title and embellishments to finish your scrapbook page.

For even more fabulous design ideas, tips and tricks, check out my class called Scrapbooking with Punches and Die-Cuts.

Quotes on Cards - What to do with quotes on vellum? Here you go!

Now I've got TONS of those booklets with quotes on vellum purchased from years ago!  It's so hard to figure out to do with those suckers, but here's one way I used a popular quote/phrase.  I thought it would make a nice card sentiment and added it to my card as the focal point.  You could also cut down the words into sections and glue them to your card from or scrapbook page (or whatever project you're working on).

This was such an easy card to put together.  I added a fun border sticker on the bottom and some splash of color with pink ribbon on the top.  I punched out a circle to bring more green into the card and used another die-cut sticker (the bracket looking one up at the top).  Finish off with bling-y gems or pearls!

Stickers and patterned papers are from Studio Calico.