PerfectParchment.pdf

Perfect Parchment

By Jenny Kearley

Parchment craft can be a labour of love,

with tricky marking out and careful pricking

required, many a time I have ruined my

work by a badly placed hole or over enthu-

siastic embossing.

These Pergamano templates take away

the laborious marking out and guide the

pricking, making it faster and easier to get

things right. The only tools you absolutely

need are a mat, a fine embossing tool, a

single needle tool and scissors. However,

the Pergamano multi-needle tools will

make pricking even quicker as the grids

use the same spacing.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

Translucent Paper: TR041P White Irides-

cent and TR045P Blueberry Iridescent.

Plain White Card 11cm x 11cm.

Peel Off Stickers:

XL648U-02 Happy Birthday.

Decorative Silver Button.

Pergamano Grid Template: PGA053

Rub out the pencil lines and add the birthday stick-

ers to the front, between the pricked corners.

2. Align the corner of a piece of blue translucent

paper (plain-side up) with the top and right edge

of the template, hold in place with masking tape.

You can see the template through the paper easily

enough to emboss the scalloped border, the flower

designs in both corners and part of the flower design

along the edge as shown. Prick all the holes around

the scallops and the flower shapes. These areas are

all shown blue on the diagram.

Remove the translucent, twist it around 180º and

replace it to complete the square. The scallops to

the left of the blue lines will already be pricked, the

Fine Embossing Tool: PGT007.

Single Needle Tool: PGT011.

Pergamano Scissors: PGT016.

Pricking/Embossing Mat: PGA001 or PGA004.

Masking Tape: ADH33.

Sticky Fixers: ADH25.

Pencil and Ruler.

Card Mount: SF06C-110 Centura Snow White.

TO MAKE THE CARD:

Place the card face down and mark the back of the

front panel with a pencil line 7mm in from the 3 edges

and centre fold then work as follows.

1. Place the template the same way around as the

diagram and use the corner pattern at the top left,

shown red. Align this area of the template onto the

pencil lines drawn in one corner, get it roughly in

place through the eye shaped holes then check the

line runs through the centre of the pricking dots. Hold

in place with masking tape and prick all the holes

marked. Do the same for the other 3 corners.

overlap is to help with alignment. Emboss and prick

the rest of the border. Remove the template and use

parchment scissors to cut between the dots around

the edge to remove it from the sheet.

Layer all the elements onto an 11cm square of

white card using sticky fixers on the blue translucent

square then double sided tape to fix the white over

this, placing it inside the dot border so it will not

show once the next layer is added.

Add the blue circle over this using sticky fixers

about 5mm in from the edges, and then the white

circle, place the points of this so they fit between

the pairs of blue scallops and use tape in the centre

where it will be covered by the blue flower.

Use a little double sided to hold the blue flower

then the white centre in place.

If your button has a shank, cut a small slot, just

large enough to take the shank, through all the layers

of parchment and the white card. Place the button

on the front with the shank going through to the

back, use a little bit of cocktail stick or rolled up

paper through the hole in the shank which will pull in

all the layers a little.

If the front looks a bit too rippled where it is pulled

in either use something thinner through the button or

use extra sticky fixers in the dips to smooth them.

If your button has holes instead of a shank, simply

prick through the buttonholes, going through all the

layers and stitch in place, pull the thread as tight as it

needs to be to make the layers look nice. Mount the

design onto the card using sticky fixers.

3. Place the white translucent over the main circular

design with the plain-side up. Leave about 1cm

between the edge of the design and the edge of the

sheet and emboss the shapes in the area marked

yellow, leaving the diamonds flat as they will be cut

out later. Prick the scalloped edge and around the

diamond shapes. Remove from the template and

use the scissors to cut around the edge and to cut

out the diamond shapes.

4. Use blue translucent, plain-side up over the

circular motif to the inner scallop, leaving about a

centimetre beyond the shape. Emboss the scallops

only then prick the holes marked green. Remove the

template and cut between the holes to separate.

5. Place white translucent over the template in the

same way and emboss the leaf shapes and dot pat-

terns shown in pink. Prick the groups of holes around

the embossed dots then prick the holes along the

edge of the pink circle, leaving out those crossed

through with a black line, and adding extra holes at

the end of the crescents by the leaf shapes and

shown by the black dots (see the actual size inset

section). Cut along the holes to cut out the shape.

6. Use blue translucent over the larger petal motif

in the centre of the template and emboss the larger

petals only. Prick the holes outside the petals and

cut between the dots to remove from the sheet.

Choose a decorative button for the centre of the

design and prick a ring of holes in a piece of white

translucent to show around the button (I did mine

freehand), and cut out.

VARIATION:

I left off the square layer completely for this design,

and did more pricking on the card itself. I used a mix

of green and yellow for a summery look and added a

simple pearly white flower button. I’ve also used tiny

gold peel-off pieces on the card and the layers to

highlight different areas and add interest.

Spring 2011

Issue 60

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