Parchment Craft Card Roses and How to Make a Parchment Craft Card

Parchment Craft Card Roses

Parchment Craft Card Roses

My new found love is parchment craft. If you haven't tried it do try it- you just might fall in love with it like I did.

Parchment craft is delicate and the texture is simply unbelievable.Photos don't do enough justice to the craft!
Parchment Craft is actually a very ancient craft but when I saw a parchment craft starter kit in a local shop I  had no idea what this craft was and just had to try it! . The design is actually a free pattern from the very talented Amanda.
How to Make a Parchment Craft Card
Materials Required
Parchment Paper- this is special paper which looks translucent.Mostly available as white but other shades are also there.
White Ink
Embossing pad
Sticky tape [not very sticky!]

Parchment Craft Card Materials Required

Special Tracing Pen

Embossing Tool

Needle tool

Parchment Craft Instruments

Steps to create a Parchment Craft Card

1. Chose a pattern.There are so many generous people sharing free patterns specifically for parchment craft on the net.

Place the parchment paper on the pattern and stick using sticky tape you have stuck to cloth at least 2 times and pulled off so that its not too sticky[ parchment paper tears easily and if your tape is too sticky you can tear it while removing it off the pattern.

2.Trace over the pattern using the nib pen dipped in white ink.Apply only light pressure and a thin line is enough.

Parchment Craft Card Tracing Pattern

3.Remove the parchment paper from the paper and place it on the embossing pad.Embossing is done from the backside of the design you had traced. Emboss the outlines gently.Light repeated strokes is the key to success in this craft as you can easily tear the paper if too much pressure is applied.

Parchment Craft Card Embossing

4.Emboss your pattern area by area using your ball tipped embossing tool.Do it bit by bit with repeated light strokes.As your embossing progresses your parchment paper changes to a lovely milky white. The more you emboss the more thinner the paper becomes and the more white the design becomes.

Parchment Craft Card Embossing

5.Piercing:For some designs such as in the card I have made - use the needle tool to remove areas of the pattern.

The needle tool is used from the front of the parchment paper and done by placing the paper on a firm surface such as your cutting mat.Pierce the holes close together and gently remove the paper from the desired area.

Parchment craft Tutorial

Finally mount your card on a background.

Parchment Craft Card Roses

Parchment craft is a delicate craft.My 5 year old daughter likes to try anything I do and insisted she help me emboss.We could do it with me holding her hand but good god it required so much care and we did manage to tear it in a tiny spot !!I had to complete this card over so many days as I could do it only when little helper was asleep!

Hope you guys found my little contribution helpful.