I just love parchment but have yet
to master the traditional way of parchment crafting. Some of the works
of art that I have seen, and they are most definitely works of art, must have taken
forever to create as they are so beautiful and intricate.
This week I thought I would show you a a different way to use Parchment to make a Christmas Tree Card.
The effects you can achieve are fabulous and all you need are a few items to create a fantastic looking card like this one.
What you will need:
Parchment
Stamps of your choice
Scissors
Versamark ink pad
3D glue gel
Green Pearl wow powder
Brown Kraft paper
Peel off stickers
Felt Card for your card base
Gold mirror board
Embossing tool
Embossing mat
Hougie board
Glitter pens
Craft knife
Rhinestones
Step 1
First of all you will need to stamp out several trees with Versamark ink and emboss them all with Green Pearl WOW embossing powder.
Then cut them out ready for step 2.
Step 2
Take one of your tree and place it onto your embossing mat face down.
Now take your embossing tool and gently emboss the back of the tree following the stamped image. This will give you a 3D effect to your trees.
You need to do this with all of your trees.
Step 3
Once you have embossed all of your trees you will need to cut them all out.
Step 4
Next you need to create you main back ground. For this I chose to create a snowflake background.
To do this you need to stamp your snowflakes stamps on to your parchment sheet several times using Versamark ink.
Then take you embossing tool and gently emboss over the Versamark ink as shown in the image to the right.
Once you have embossed all your snowflakes turn over the parchment and there you have a fabulous background ready for your trees.
Mount this onto your brown Kraft paper background and edge with peel offs.
Step 5
Next you will need to start putting you card together.
To do this I tore some strips of parchment paper to make hills for my trees to sit on.
Note: Make sure you tear the parchment carefully as it can run away from you.
Once you have composed your scene using the 3D glue gel, add a sentiment by stamping in versamark then embossing it from the back to ensure the writing is the right way around.
I added a few rhinestones to give my snowflakes a little bling and mounted everything onto your Gold Mirror board.
And there you have it a parchment Christmas Tree card with a difference.
I hope you enjoy having a go at this as it is so much fun and you can do it with any of your stamps, just play and have fun.
Until next time then, Happy Crafting xxx
