Handmade Vellum Paper technique

Today I am going to show you how to make your own vellum papers.

Pour enough baby oil in a disposable container big enough to submerse your paper.

Lay your paper in this, making sure it gets completely covered and remove.

Put your paper on some newspapers that have paper towels on them. Put more paper
towels on top of your paper. Iron this "sandwich" until paper is fully
dry and allow to dry completely.

A piece of white paper turns into plain vellum and some background paper looks like vellum that
has been decorated. I have scanned a panel of the same paper above my card before it
was touched so you can see how it has changed.
The bees you see were stamped on the paper beneath the baby oil paper so you can
tell it turns translucent.
Stamps used were by DeNami Designs, savvy stamps and TAC.

This procedure tends to be somewhat messy, but that
has never stopped me yet!

Faux Layers

This was a pretty easy card to make for such an elegant result.  Simply rip paper, lay over your cardstock and ink the uncovered portion.  You end up with what appears to be a paper layer and is no more than ink!
I began with light purple cardstock, covered the lower portion with torn paper and applied darker purple ink for a base.  Then I stamped a swirl stamp (by Quietfire Designs) & a crackle (by IBFS) in black and reinked the crackle with gold ink.  A piece of black rickrack, a paper flower and a "thanks" by DeNami Designs finished it off.

Love Burst

Cool effect using some folded wax paper, sponges and an iron.

I folded some wax paper and flattened it out, ironed over some glossy and then sponged inks on top.  The  wax resisted the inks for a nifty look.  A paper towel removed ink from my image (by DeNami Designs) to make it stand out.  To bring it out a little more I added some color to the swans.

By folding different ways you can end up with different results!