Translucent Vellum

Translucent Vellums are a wonderful and very translucent (see through) type of thin cardstock.  They do not react well to moisture and will buckle very easily if overheated during heat embossing.  Vellums work beautifully to stamp on, for layering, or to use in your computer printer for printing.  There are certain types of vellums made specifically for use with a computer printer.  They have a slight coating on their surface, so the drying time is extended.  The translucent nature of vellums make them particularly elegant when layering and are often used for pergamano and dry embossing projects.  You can stamp on one side, then color the image from the back with markers for gentle shading effects, or you can stamp and color on the same side.  If the vellum is thin enough, you can also use it effectively with origami projects. Vellum can also be used to create beautiful envelopes.  The weight of vellum is indicated by pound (i.e. - #) also. The higher the pound, the heavier the vellum. The average weight of the most commonly used vellum runs about 30# or so.

Products which work well with vellums are, but not limited to:  oil pastels and oil pencils, markers (permanent and dye based), Radiant Pearls (note here that Radiant Pearls will only air dry on the Glama brand of vellums), dye inks will NOT air dry on vellums so heat embossing is advised when using both pigment and dye inks, Brilliance and Ranger Archival inks WILL air dry on vellums, as will most other permanent inks. 

Techniques which work well with vellums are, but not limited to:  dry embossing, pergamano, heat embossing (if done carefully), sponging, stippling, Direct to Paper, eyelets are stunning when used to adhere vellums to cards.

Dry Embossing from a Plastic Stencil Enhancements Include Chalks, Gold Leafing with Duo Adhesive, Ultra Fine Glitter, Gold Leafing Pen	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink & Prismacolor Colored Pencils Stamp Credit: Northwoods Rubber Stamps	Stamping with Dye Ink & Embossing, Color Added with LePlume II Markers Stamp Credits: Mostly Animals, Stampscapes
Stamping and Embossing, Color Added with Water Soluble Oil Pastels Stamp Credit: The Cottage Stamper	Stamping and Embossing, Color Added with Watercolors Stamp Credit: Impression Obsession	Dry Embossing with Brass Stencil, Color Added with Markers on Back of Vellum, Chalks on Front     Stencil from Embossing Arts

The following are translucent vellums available from Marco's Paper:

30# Wisteria Purple	30# Spring Ochre	30# Leaf Green	30# Ocean Blue	30# Blush Pink	30# Birch White
30# Primary Red	30# Primary Yellow	30# Primary Blue	30# Orange	30# Aqua	30# Racing Green

30# High Resolution

At Left: Marco's Ladybug printed on a sheet of 30# High Resolution using an Inkjet Printer At Right: 30# High Resolution scanned over a Marco's Ladybug to demonstrate translucence

30# High Resolution

Translucent Corrugate

Iridescent

Heavy Metal

Metallic Gold

Metallic Platinum

17# Radiant White

17# Sepia Brown

17# Opalescent Blue

36# Radiant White

36# Cream White

17# White

17# Cream

28# White

28# Cream

40# White

40# Cream

40# Fineline

40# Fragments

40# Oxford

29# Clear

29# Parchment White

29# Marbled White

29# Black

(It will depend on your monitor whether you can see the ladybug under the 29# Black sample -- it is not as translucent)

40# Clear

48# Clear

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2/1/03

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