Parchment Craft Mix & Match by Wendy Walters
A pretty parchment craft 'Birthday Card' design made using images from 3 different patterns: Tea cup from 'Tea with a Friend' published in the October Parchment Craft Magazine, Flowers and Hearts from 'Mr & Mrs' published in the August issue and the lace border from the 'Just the two of us' published in the September issue.
The greeting was printed from my computer and traced.
Read more below to see how I made this card.
The greeting was printed from my computer and traced.
Read more below to see how I made this card.
Using a 6" x 6" card template trace the outline border using a graphite pencil & ruler.
Trace the tea cup outline in white ink, trace the words Tea time,trace the flowers inside the cup and the hearts above the cup.
Trace Happy Birthday or a greeting of your choice in the top left corner.
Trace the tea cup outline in white ink, trace the words Tea time,trace the flowers inside the cup and the hearts above the cup.
Trace Happy Birthday or a greeting of your choice in the top left corner.
Grid Embossed lace border
I used a Siesta Straight Grid and followed the grid pattern from the Tandem design just the two of us.
Emboss the traced images using a fine ball tool, emboss the words with a Scriber tool.
I used a Siesta Straight Grid and followed the grid pattern from the Tandem design just the two of us.
Emboss the traced images using a fine ball tool, emboss the words with a Scriber tool.
The picture below shows how it looks when embossed.
Grid Perforate inside the lace border and also 2 rows around the outer edge.
The picture below shows a closer view.
Emboss tiny flowers randomly around the saucer edge, around the flowers in the tea cup and floating upwards around the hearts using a Pergamano 2mm Star Tool
Add tiny embossed dots to the outside edges of the hearts using a PCA Micro Ball tool
Emboss the flower petals with a medium ball tool 'Graduated Style'
Emboss the flower petals with a medium ball tool 'Graduated Style'
Add colour behind the flowers and sun shapes using a purple pencil on the back(Dry Method)
Re-Perforate all holes before cutting
Re-Perforate all holes before cutting
Perforate the centres of the sun shapes
Add colour to the flower centres using a Sakura Metallic Gold Pen, when dry emboss from the back
Add colour to the flower centres using a Sakura Metallic Gold Pen, when dry emboss from the back
Cut lace work and around the outer edge of perforations and remove excess parchment
Make the background card by cutting a piece of white card slightly larger than your parchment design
Using a ink duster or shaving brush add colour to the card using distress ink pad scattered straw
Using a ink duster or shaving brush add colour to the card using distress ink pad scattered straw
Add a second colour dusty concord, to get a deeper colour around the edge using a blending tool
Change the colour of gold brads into purple using a Spectrum Noir pen
Attach the card to the background using the brads in each corner
Glue the finished piece onto a 6" x 6" folded card
Add a ribbon bow to embellish.
Glue the finished piece onto a 6" x 6" folded card
Add a ribbon bow to embellish.
There you have a completely new design using elements from different patterns.
I hope this as inspired you to have a go
Wendy :-)
I hope this as inspired you to have a go
Wendy :-)
Tea Cup image from 'Tea with a Friend' - Published in the Parchment Craft Magazine October 2014
Flowers & Hearts from 'Mr & Mrs' - Published in the Parchment Craft Magazine August 2014
Lace Border from 'Just the two of us' - Published in the Parchment Craft Magazine September 2014