This is another of the Christmas Parchment sample cards, but this one did involve the use of parchment. I took one of the designs for a Christmas bauble, and enlarged it, before printing it on parchment. I embosssed all the straight lines, round the edge, and round the top and leaves, then cut it out with scissors. I coloured the leaves and berries on the back with Derwent water colour pencils, then attached the parchment to red mirri card, which was also cut to give a narrow border. Then I matted it onto gold pearlescent card, adding a ribbon bow and peeloff message. I used a quickie glue pen to put a tiny dot of glue on all the crosses, sprinkling fine red glitter to bling things up a bit.
This card got picked out twice, by Leonie and Sandra, and then by Stephanie, so that was another boost for my ego. I think it was chosen to show that even beginners can do something worthwhile with parchment.
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