Vellum, vellum....

There are times when I feel like I'm in the Lord of the Rings. Ever have that feeling? No?

YOU know...you're down in your stampin' lair, making with the stamps and the inks and trying to come up with a really er...magical idea for your next class and suddenly you think "Vellum!" And when you are as weird and twisted as I am you immediately think, "Vellum, vellum, what has it gots in it's pocketses, precious? Is it tasty? Is it cruncheable?!?!"

All of you who have only suspected my weirdness have now had it confirmed, haven't you? All I can say is that I was a LOTR junkie when LOTR wasn't cool!

And what is even weirder is that I didn't come up with the next idea that way at all! Yeah! I saw a sample like this at my upline, Sharon's, meeting last week and decided I had to take this idea and run with it. Lookie:

Ingredients: (all SU!) Stamps - Oval All; Paper - A Walk in the Park DSP, Kraft, Baja Breeze, Vellum cardstock; Ink - Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy; Other - Manhattan Flower die, Word Window punch, Eyelet border punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval punch, 3/16" corner rounding punch, gold brad, kraft tafetta ribbon, sponge wedge

GOJUS!!! preciousssss......

The sample I saw had vellum embossed with the Manhattan Flower "die" with simple cardstock behind it, but I thought how much prettier it would be if there were patterned paper behind it instead. And then came the age-old question, not whether we should throw the One Ring into the Fire of Doom, but what sort of adhesive should we use to stick the vellum to the paper?

'Cause you just can't use ANYTHING because it's the nature of vellum to REVEAL ALL. Like a crystal ball or like a nice see-through blouse, you can't just wear ANY bra under it, can you? Though I don't know the answer to that one any more because I gave up wearing see-through blouses a long, long time ago, when tube-tops went out of fashion and I no longer had anything that might display to advantage that way, but instead would frighten the fish...but this isn't about THAT. It's about VELLUM!

And Gollum sez, "What did she use, preciousss...to get her vellum to stick down without the adhesive showing through, eh, precioussss?"

Why, it was a simple SU! GLUE STICK!

Yes it's true! I simply applied the glue stick very thinly and evenly over the back of the flowers (not the upper right of the vellum piece). And because of the way the embossing works to break up the adhered areas and the fact that the open spaces are fairly small, the glue stick does not show through to the front at all!

So while there isn't one adhesive to glue them all, one adhesive to find them, one adhesive to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, there usually IS an adhesive out there for every purpose, under heaven. Make it so.

Ooops...I'm getting my movies a bit mixed up and making everyone groan with my lame humor! Time to get off before the rotten tomatoes start hitting the screen! Stay tuned for more nifty projects! Ta!

Comments

[Dixie Finn]

You are such a hoot. I love reading your posts. It brightens up my day no matter what the weather or my mood.

[Sharon]

Yes, you are certifiably crazy, but it's a very, very good crazy! Love what you did with the idea.

[leslie]

LOL! I read The Hobbit and LOTR back when my books were nearer to their publication date (1963, I think?) At Girl Scout Camp, we had a counselor who read to us from The Hobbit with different voices for each character. "What haz ze gotz in ze pocketzez ..." Yes, we had screaming nightmares out there in the woods, but I digress.

Awesome card! I love, love, LOVE the stamped image behind the vellum. I'll need to try this myself, now! :-)

[Carol]

I like it raw and wriggling!

Your card is positively GOJUS, no doubt there!

The rock and pool, is nice and cool, so juicy sweeeeeet, our only wish to catch a fish, so juicy sweeeeet!

I'm a doctor Jim, not a ringbearer!

[Heather Hawkins]

Beautiful, my precious.....

[Missi]

Your posts always make me giggle! Beautiful card!

[Martha]

JanTink, you totally crack me up!!! WOW, your project is absolutely fabulous!!! Quite brilliant!!

[Rhonda L.]

I love LOTR! My kids & I went to all the midnight showings of the movies so we could be the first to see them! My DS#2 has the dialogue in the movies memorized(no I am not exaggerating!) Your card is BEAUTIFUL and I never would have chosen to adhere vellum with a gluestick!! The printed paper behind it is inspired!!

[Carol (HB)]

Oh, this is the prettiest creation I've seen in a while! Dang, now I'm gonna have to find my vellum.

[SmilynStef]

Wowza ... this is gorgeous for sure.

[Jackie Thomas]

Oh Jan, you are such a crack up. I just love your blog. You make me laugh everytime. You are also one very talented lady. xx Jackie

[Jennifer Scull]

oh my goodness, I am sooooooo laughing over here! our whole fam just loves LOTR, and I now can't get that 'soothing' Gollum voice out of my head! ;)

wnyhoooooo..... that card is drop dead gorgeous! so clever and crafty she is - now there I go, getting my movies mixed up, too. funny, we seem to have the same taste in cinema!
have a great one!

[Barbara Dykhouse]

Jan, as usual, your card is totally awesome! I especially loved your post today as The Hobbit is one of my all time favorite books! I taught it to my 7th graders 12 years in a row, and every year when I read it, I discovered something new. The kids really got on fire about the book when the LOTR movie series started.

I don't comment often (sorry about that!) but I am a faithful reader. I want to be the first to congratulate you on winning the Artisan Award! I have absolutely no doubt that I will see your GOJUS projects when I am at convention. I want my picture taken with you, and I also want one of you in front of all of your lovely work.

Deal?

[Barbara Dykhouse]

Hm, I guess I'd better clarify here, or the rumors will be flying! I want to be the first to congratulate you on winning the Artisan Award because I have no doubt that you will win it, not because you have already won. The winners aren't chosen until mid-May.

[Charmagne Gibb]

Jan...as usual...you have made my day! Hope your day is as great as mine now will be...your funny bone is...well...funny!

[Stephanie Gay]

Ha, I LOVE LOTR & my daughter always makes fun of me for making snide comments to precious (i.e. "eh, it makes a mess in the kitchen, precious"). My other obsession is Harry Potter of course, and any time I measure something & it has a quarter in it, in my head (ok, and usually out loud) I'm saying in an exaggerated British accent "9 & three-quarters?? There's no such thing as 9 & three-quarters!"

Oh yeah, your card is GOJUS as always!! You're the greatest wizard who ever lived! I also have no doubt I'll be snapping pics of your gojus creations at convention. BTW, if you're looking for a hotel check out the Ramada - it's a couple miles from the convention center but they have a courtesy van that drops you off right at the door!

[Cindy Major]

Maaagnifique, my dear! Can you believe I've had this die sitting on my desk for like a month and still haven't used it yet. Couldn't say why exactly. Maybe because I haven't thought of any new way to use other than the ones I've already seen online. I love your vellum version, though - so cool and elegant!

TFS!
Cindy

[Vickie Jones]

I love vellum! So glad to see a card with like this

[Angela Sulik]

Wow! Really outstanding card.

[Diane Cooper]

GOJUS card Jan... And as always your humour is precious....
Diane

[Cherie]

Gorgeous card Jan!