Trend watch- Vellum + Transparent Overlays by FarrahJobling
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens. Brown paper packages tied up with strings. And best of all, when Trend Watches are fully in swing. These are a few of my favorite things…
As the Christmas countdown begins, I always think of my favorite things. My favorite things from my traditional scrapping days were pockets and vellum! They are both so versatile! I used to have a stack of transparencies that I would cut, fill with goodies, and sew into any shape I wanted. And, who doesn’t love vellum? You can layer it under, over, or around anything at all. You can emboss it or even print right onto it yourself, or buy vellum in any pattern you can imagine. Let’s not forget that Project Life just wouldn’t be Project Life without pockets! These are a few of my favorite things.
Now that I’ve switched over to 100% digital scrapping, I love these items even more! Now, the supplies are endless and the ideas are boundless. Have you seen all of the products available at The-LilyPad? From Project Life pockets with any configuration of card layouts you’d want to fit any need to singular pockets and a plethora of goodies to stuff in them. The vellum options are AMAZING! There are vellum letters, vellum with snowflakes and stripes and stars. There are overlays galore! There are overlays with heart bokeh or aged tones to enhance photos and overlays to tatter edges of pages. These are a few of my favorite things.
****HELPFUL HINT****
In digital scrapbooking, I love realistic looking shadows. A tip that I would like to share when using transparent items is to separate the shadow onto it’s own layer and move the shadow layer below the items under the vellum/transparent overlay. In Photoshop, after adding a shadow, right-click on the ‘fx’ and select “create layer.” This will put the shadow onto it’s own layer. Simply move the shadow layer down until it’s below the layers of the items within the pocket.
A few of my favorite things-
VELLUM
POCKETS/MISC
PHOTO OVERLAYS
PAPER OVERLAYS
How about a little inspiration?
We’re excited to see how YOU use stitching on your pages using vellum and transparent overlays. Hop on over and post your layouts in the Trend Watch – Vellum + Transparent Overlays challenge thread in the forum for the chance at a $5 store coupon. If you need stock up on some awesomesauce products to get you started, remember the entire Trend Watch – Vellum + Transparent Overlays category is 20% off until 12.16.
A huge thank you for all those who played along in the Trend Watch Challenge, winner for the emphemera Trend Watch is IsabellaLR!
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