Translucent Papers, Ideas and More!

Here at the store we carry several different kinds of paper.. and some of our favorite are the Translucent ones 

Check out some of these fun ideas!! 

When using Translucent Papers, you can really get creative with some of the techniques!! Because the Papers are so thin, however, you need to be careful which papers you use to get certain effects.

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​Let's start with Embossing Folders!

When you run Vellum in an Embossing Folder, it tends to "crack" .. in order to prevent this from happening, we recommend using a "carrier" of a piece of card stock AT THE SAME TIME so the Embossing Folder embosses both the vellum AND the card stock.

We wanted to know if you could emboss OTHER Translucent Papers.. 

But we found out you CANNOT emboss Matte Dura-Lar... it just DOESN'T hold texture!!! 

Next we tried Embossing the Handmade Mulberry Paper (Wendy chose the SUPER THIN Mulberry Paper with No Inclusions). As you can see, the paper has a SUPER LIGHT embossed texture... neat for an overlay!! 

Wendy played around with stamping on the SUPER THIN Mulberry Paper.. Here she used Staz-On Black ink 

Wendy tore some of the images from the Mulberry Paper and then used Crystal Lacquer to adhere them to a painted white Wooden Canvas. When she did that, the MULBERRY PAPER DISAPPEARED and the image stayed vibrant!!! 

Wendy also stamped some fun natural images in Archival Ink on the Thin Mulberry Paper so that when she does collage with the papers later the inks WON'T BLEED out... Archival Ink is permanent when dry! 

You can stamp and Heat Emboss on 3 of these WONDERFUL translucent papers!! 

• Thick Vellum
• Dura-Lar Wet Media Film 
• Dura-Lar Matte Film 

Vellum has quite a bit of Tooth to it... so it has a rougher-feeling than the Dura-Lar. When you stamp and Heat-Emboss it will WANT TO CURL so make sure your Heat-Gun is nice and hot before you heat-emboss! 

The Dura-Lar Wet Media Film LOOKS like Acetate but YOU CAN EMBOSS ON IT!!! You can also use dye-based markers on the Wet Media Film!! It also holds embossing beautifully.. just make sure to USE AN EMBOSSING PREP PAD before you emboss otherwise the Embossing Powder will stick everywhere!! 

One of our FAVORITE PAPERS to use for Heat Embossing is the Matte Dura-Lar .. the Matte Dura-Lar is SO SMOOTH and it embosses WONDERFULLY!! 

You can combine Dura-Lar Matte and Wet Media Film to do Multi-Step Stamping as well!! 

I love the look of the Dura-Lar Wet Media Film here... we stamped and Heat-Embossed the Wings and used Tombow Markers to color the wings

Here, we did a combination of Dura-Lar Matte and Wet Media Film... the effect is wonderful!! 

Gluing down just the middle of the Dragonfly and popping up the wings really makes the image come to life! 

I LOVE this overlay art piece Wendy created!!!

• First, Wendy used her Alocohol Inks to colorize the Translucent Papers like Stained Glass!! 
• Wendy stamped the new Nature Walk image stamps from Darkroom Door onto the Wet Media Film Dura-Lar using Black Staz-On ink 
• Then, Wendy used the Black Glaze Pen to add doodles and swirls to the papers
• Next, Wendy cut out the new Hero Arts Butterfly Die-Cut out of black card stock and pasted it down.. it looks like stained glass when you look at the pieces through the light! 

Wendy then created a Tri-Fold out of card stock and then sandwiched the pieces of Vellum, Matte Dura-Lar, and Wet Media Dura-Lar between another card stock Tri-Fold. 

When the light passes through it you can REALLY see the colors!! 

When the Tri-Fold is closed, you get this really cool card with overlays... 

But when you open it up.. The colors COME TO LIFE!!!! 

I am always so impressed with what you can create with the products we carry here at the store!! 

Stop by to see us to get inspired! We would love to see you!

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