Five Things You Can Do With Vellum

1. Mat a photo
Just like regular paper, use vellum to highlight a special photo on your page. Layer it with card stock, printed paper, mulberry paper and so on. Tear a vellum mat for extra dimension. If you cut a mat with decorative edge scissors, take care as vellum does crease easily and may leave a white dent or line.

2. Journal on it
Vellum makes a great overlay for journaling over printed paper. You can either send it through your computer's printer (a laser printer works better because it's a drier process, but you can try it on an ink-jet, too gel pens or scrapbooking markers. Be patient and give it time to dry.

3. Use it as tracing paper
Remember when you were little and activity books had tracing paper? Vellum is a grown-up's version. Place a sheet over a handwriting style you admire or a picture or logo you'd like to trace. Watch your hand for smudging.

4. Print a photo on it
Photos can be printed on vellum for an ethereal look. Experiment with placing photos printed on plain or light-colored vellum on different colors of card stock. It makes a very striking look.

5. Change the tone of a patterned paper
Plain colored vellum can make subtle changes to the paper you're layering. Love a certain patterned piece of paper, but the colors are just too bright for your photos? Placing a white or pastel color vellum on top will mute the colors, yet let the design still shine through.