Specialty papers like vellum are great for making a card or scrapbook page unique. The trouble is, vellum can be tricky to attach because of its translucent nature, but don’t fret! The creative geniuses in our Art Studio have agreed to share their vellum knowledge. Try these five tricks for attaching vellum without showing any adhesive!

1. Hidden Tape & Glue Dots^®

You can use an adhesive runner and Glue Dots to secure your vellum—you just have to know where to hide them! Use adhesive to attach the vellum to portions you know you will cover with paper. For example, here we used adhesive in the middle of the vellum because we knew it’d be covered up by the yellow-striped paper.

You can also sneak Glue Dots behind embellishments to further secure the vellum, like we did with the star on the vellum shown here. With this technique, the edges of your vellum probably won’t all be attached, but in the case of this card, that’s just the effect we were going for!

2. Stitch Guide & Piercing Tool

Use a stitch guide, like the one found on our t-square ruler, paired with a piercing tool and string to stitch your vellum onto paper. Stitching is a great option if you want to secure the edges of your vellum from lifting off a project.

To make sure your vellum doesn’t slide around when you’re using your stitch guide and piercing tool, use a little adhesive to secure the vellum to the paper in a section you know will be covered with paper later.

3. Glue Pen

The Quickie Glue™ Pen is a wonderful tool. It goes on blue, so you can see it as you’re applying it, and it dries clear!

4. Mini Staples

Mini staples are a quick and decorative way to secure the edges of your vellum to the edges of your paper since they are effective fasteners that also pass for unique design elements.

You can even add staples to embellishments and paper pieces placed on top of the vellum to secure the vellum even more in place.

5. Hidden 3-D Foam Tape

Again, this is one that you have to be tricky with. For this page, we laid out all the pieces on the vellum without attaching them, and when we got the look we wanted, we attached them using an adhesive runner. To attach the vellum circle to the page, we hid 3-D foam tape behind the photo and paper so you can’t see it.

The 3-D foam tape is really fun because it gives the page added dimension and makes the vellum appear to be floating.

We hope these tips give you the confidence to play around with vellum. It’s such a fun material and really adds a unique touch to your cards and scrapbook pages.

Now we want to hear from you! Tell us in the comments below which approach of the five is your favorite!

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Recipes

4¼” x 5½” Happy Birthday to You Card (Vertical)
B1537 My Acrylix^® Birthday Sparkles, X7213B City Sidewalks Paper Packet, Z3263 Uptown Fundamentals, Z3255 Whimsy Fundamentals, X5785 Lemon Cardstock, X5968 Lagoon Cardstock, 1385 White Daisy Cardstock, Z2806 Emerald Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, Z1263 Bitty Sparkles, Z3264 Good Life Complements, Cricut^® Artbooking Collection

Cricut^® Shape:
Artbooking
2¼” Shift+Border <TeamWork> (p. 83)

4¼” x 5½” Happy Birthday Card (Vertical)
B1537 My Acrylix^® Birthday Sparkles, Z3255 Whimsy Fundamentals, Z3263 Uptown Fundamentals, 1385 White Daisy Cardstock, X5985 Smoothie Cardstock, Z2896 Smoothie Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, Z4235 Gold Loose Sequins, Z4014 White & Gold Twine, Z4643 T-square Ruler, Z3547 Piercing Tool Kit, Z2089 Glue Dots^® Micro Dots, Thread

4¼” x 5½” Hello Card (Vertical)
Z3255 Whimsy Fundamentals, Z3253 Adventure Fundamentals, Z3263 Uptown Fundamentals, 1385 White Daisy Cardstock, Z3238 Gold Glitter Paper, Z3289 Uptown Ribbon Pack, Z3089 Grey Enamel Gems, Z3259 Thin Cuts—Hello & Thanks

12″ x 12″ Hello Page
Z3255 Whimsy Fundamentals, X7213B City Sidewalks Paper Packet, Z3263 Uptown Fundamentals, 1385 White Daisy Cardstock, Z2895 Lagoon Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, Z3264 Good Life Complements, Z4235 Gold Loose Sequins, Z2089 Glue Dots^® Micro Dots, Z2027 Mini Stapler

12″ x 12″ Love Page
X7212B Swan Lake Paper Packet, X7214B Oh Deer! Paper Packet, Z3263 Uptown Fundamentals, Z3294 Memo Fundamentals, X5978 Glacier Cardstock, 1385 White Daisy Cardstock, Z3240 Sea Glass Glitter Paper, X7212C Swan Lake Complements, Z3269 You & Me Complements, Z3089 Grey Enamel Gems, Cricut^® Artbooking Collection

Cricut^® Shape:
Artbooking
9″ Shift+Border <TeamWork> (p. 83)

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