Guess what I found in my stash?

Don't know what the "Swiss cheese" stuff is. Have had--and used--the others.

Those acetate or vellum sheets with words--depending on the words--could work nicely in layering a large Matt or a whole page.

Laser cut overlays work great as stencils for ink or paint.

Mulberry pp makes a lovely feathery Matt if you use a wet paint brush to define the edge and then tear it.

I remember both and I probably have some stored somewhere but if I came across I'd put it in my giveaway box. I was never a fan of mulberry paper even when it came out but I think I received some in a RAK years ago lol.

I pulled mine out the other day for the make-your-own-kit challenge. I've already started tearing the edges (didn't wet them first so they're not perfectly straight). I think I used one sheet of it, I don't know how many years ago, but now on my desk I've got a series of 8 layouts in process with it 

I agree with jen...the mulberry paper and swiss cheese paper are great for layers on cards...similarly, I think it would be really pretty as part of an embellishment cluster as one of the layers close to the page. You could wet and tear some and then layer some fussy cut images on top. My mom and I raided her mulberry paper stash and made some lovely cards last summer. I actually wish it was more readily available now.

If there are some words on the vellum that are particularly relevant to your layout I think it is a fun look to put a frame around those words. Some of the laser cut pieces look neat if you layer different patterned papers under different parts of the design, or if you cut them and only use part on a page.

Good luck and have fun with it!

Oh wow, I bought so many of those laser cut sheets it wasn't funny. I am hoarding them in my paper stash lol! I should yank one out and use it.

Really want to know what the swiss cheese paper is cause that sounds cool!

I love mulberry paper on heritage layouts.

I recently regreted not purchased a pack of 12x12 die cut paper because they were the wrong color. I realized later that they were solid white on the back, I could have just turned them over.

Mulberry paper flowers would be awesome! I don't have mulberry paper but for others that have it, what a great idea!

My curiosity is killing me, pas2! What is the "swiss cheese" stuff? Do you have a photo of it?

I still have some of those, too. It's very hard for me to find a way to use them but I keep chipping away.

I used a ton of mulberry paper back in the day! Early 2000's? Great finds in your stash!

I love mulberry paper! Watercolor water brushes are great for painting a line of water so that you can tear it. I love vellum and generally prefer to print my own saying, pour clear embossing powder over it and heat emboss but I'll use pre-printed too.

Not sure what the other item is!

Me too, but I used a Q-tip.

@elaynef, I was watching a video last night that Sassenach had recommended on the video thread, and I thought about these stupid frames again. In the video, Lina Monaco tucked a frame under her mats so that only the edges on 2 or 3 sides peeked out, and it worked as a layer, not a frame. It's not the first time I've seen that technique, but it had been so long I'd just forgotten about it.



Anyway, I'm going to try using them as a layer ... I'll let you know if I'm actually able to do it!