Random Inspiration Challenge #4: Vellum

Title: me & tea

Calling all scrapbookers for a new contest: Use vellum in any shape, form or quantity. I know vellum is so from the "primitive scrapping days," but whatever gets old, after some time becomes new again. Vellum's glassine transparency makes it perfect for pages about winter, or the powdery softness of a baby. I challenge you to use vellum in an innovative way and make it hip & stylish again!

(My use of vellum is seen as the swirls of steam coming up from the tea cup)

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Format: Traditional, digital, hybrid scrapbook pages, cards, altered object, home decor items, etc...just about anything using scrapbooking supplies and vellum.

Where/how to submit? Please leave one link to where we can see your creation (whether personal blog or online gallery. However, please do not leave links to sites where one has to become a member to view the images).

Due date: June 10 (24:00 EST).

I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Prize: Scrappy Cat Superstar SCR1038 acrylic alphabet set

More details on my page are as follows:

• Notice that I used soap packaging as a patterned paper (brown floral scallop circles), and to make an epoxy bee sticker by placing a clear Making Memories epoxy sticker on the bee paper label, then I trimmed around the clear dot. Last, I attached it with a glue dot--instant epoxy sticker! (BTW, if you love soaps, these Bee & Flower soaps are to die for as far as fragrance).
• The symbolism of the bee: It's significant because since my dad is a beekeeper, from an early age, sugar has been banned from our house. To this day, I can drink tea only with honey.
• A great journaling tip: I tend to always leave my journaling as the last step. I usually can ramble on, on any given layout or theme, so a space restriction is paramount :) Unfortunately, because I do leave the journaling as the final step, design considerations cannot accommodate journaling. My solution? I have these Quickutz mini album page dies that I use as journaling tags.

The tab of this die cut is where I write, or use mini alpha stickers to spell: 'pull'. On the back of the layout, I glue on a pocket for this mini die cut journaling page. For the pocket, I use a square piece of cardstock, slightly larger than the die cut. I use a dry glue gun to run glue on 3 sides leaving the top open so that I may place the card in it. This is really easy access to get the journaling card out from the open-top page protector. I used to hide tags behind photos before, but got tired of cutting slits in the page protectors. This is so much simpler.

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Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Vellum: The Paper Company; Dimensional stickers: Me & My Big Ideas (subtitle), Basic Grey (cup, flowers); Making Memories (epoxy pebble); Alpha stickers: Basic Grey (title), Darice (&); Making Memories ('pull'); Stamps: Hero Arts (doily), Sasafras Lass (border); Mask: Heidi Swapp for Advantus; Stamping ink: Close to my Heart; Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels; Pen: Uniball Signo; Rhinestones: I Kandee; Thread: Coats & Clark; Other: product packaging (brown floral print and bee).

Good luck everyone, and I'll be waiting to see your interpretation of this challenge!

Irma