Late Inspiration for Unstampabelles Challenge

Merry and the team are still taking entries in our current challenge at Unstampabelles - which is to use vellum - and I was late getting a mid month card up for the team - to be honest, I was too knee deep in Christmas cards to even think of it until it was too late; I kept thinking I had a few more days but somehow that day between Saturday and Sunday skipped past and it was too late!

So, I think I will use this card as a final flurry inspiration - see, it took me about an hour, starting from scratch and no experience! A poking tool, an image, some vellum and an embossing tool (or empty biro) and Bob's your proverbial uncle - if you had an uncle called Bob!

I had a go at Pergamano  - I had a kit purchased from Regal Press in Launceston and had it for a while without touching it. Found it while looking for something else - doesn't that tell a story - and decided to make a Christmas card to amuse myself  - I used the chalk to colour initially but decided I wanted more colour and used my SU pens - Pool Party and Pink Passion, with a bit of Summer Sun. Working from the back, I added them to the image and it is a lovely subtle look.  The vellum is quite think of course. 

The sentiment is a rub-on and the ribbon a bit of SU Pool Party seam binding. 

I am not very clever using the tool that cuts the image out of the vellum and didn't want to tear it so decided to let it stay as it was - I would need to practice perforations (sounds rude really). It has a lovely raised edge effect now. 

The vellum is folded and wrapped around the base card and attached with a strip if two-sided tape hidden by the ribbon. A delicate card. 

If I can do it - you can do much better! Have a go - there is still time!

I will enter this in the following challenges:

Amusing Challenges: Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything Goes
Pile it On: Non traditional Christmas