Thanks to Robyn Cockburn for her original design for this card. I hope it lives up to her standards, but I did enjoy working it out. This is for the Ruby Wedding of friends, so I added the 40 and the name tag, working in My Craft Studio with the new text feature, pricking them out using a grid to keep things straight, and then cutting them out by hand. The flower in the middle was coloured on the right side with Derwent water colour crayons and blended. Then I followed a tip by Wendy Walters to burnish it with a large ball tool, and attached it using invisible thread - I do hate that stuff, the way it tangles. The card is from the PDA Majestic and Stardream range. This is the most advanced effort I have made with parchment, and although it takes so long, I felt a real sense of achievement in completing it. I must say, though, I would not do parchment work cards for anyone I thought would not appreciate the time and effort that goes into it.
As as result of this, I now have a "little list" of new tools I really NEED. They will have to go on my Christmas list for a couple of years, I think.
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Lovely card. So much effort went into that parchment, too. Hard to work with, that's for sure. I am not sure I'm at the right post, though. I came from the WOYWW link. I'm number 12.
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