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Parchment Craft Magazine,
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Summer Special 2015
Hello and welcome to this extraordinary edition of Parchment Craft,

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Design: in green. If you’re more of an intermediate, look for the amber pages and those of you
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Photography: feel free to work any of the patterns as you choose to.
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To complete each project you will need a basic tool kit, we suggest it should include:
• Parchment paper • Fine and Bold, Single, Two and Four Needle perforating tools
• Low tack tape • Embossing and perforating mats
• White pencil or white ink and mapping pen • Parchment scissors or snips
• Small, Medium and Large Ball embossing tools • Metal rule and craft knife
• Small, Medium and Large Shader tools • Card for insert and double sided tape
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Contents Parchment
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5 It's a Man's World 22 Summer Daisies

by Linda Laverty by Heather Thomas
8 Two to Choose 28 White Work Rose

by Hilary Bucci-Pepper by Anne Quinn
10 The Bristol Butterfly

26 Just Dropped In
by Alison Yeates
by Hazel Freeman
12 Daffodil Fairy
28 Celtic Knot
by Judith Maslen
by Heather Thomas
14 Flowers for You 30 Summer Flowers

by Linda Williams by Carole Hill
and Pat Murphy
16 Practical Parchment 32 Blue Iris

by Kay James by Marjorie Rigby
18 Good Luck 34 Thinking of You

by Bruno Piechota by Linda Williams
and Gail Sydenham
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Contents Parchment
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54 Green Dragon
36 3D Flower Card
by May Neilson
by Karen Fitzpatrick
40 We Talk To… 56 Butterfly Blossom

by Pat Murphy by Pat Murphy
42 Poppies in the Field

58 To Have and to Hold
by Josie Davidson
by Pat Murphy
44 Ribbon Blue 60 Butterfly of my Heart

by Marilyn Pybus by Hilda Gelling
46 Summer Delight 62 Dream Catcher

by Barbara Jeacock by Sue Pritchard
66 Let’s Get Pumping

51 Fit for a King
by Marie Quincey
by Sandra Parrish
52 Chameleon Rose
by Maria Maidment
Key Beginner Intermediate Advanced
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Intermediate Project
Designed by
Linda Laverty
You Will Need

YOUR BASIC TOOL KIT PLUS:
Pergamano
It’s a Man’s World
✹ Star point perforating tool
This card has several options with grid work or tracing
✹ Multi Grid No. 36 and colouring so is suitable for all levels.
✹ Multi Grid No. 37
Plus
✹ Coloured pens,
felts or pastels
✹ Black brads
✹ Black vellum
✹ White insert card
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Black and white version Coloured version
Trace Trace
✹ Attach a sheet of plain parchment ✹ Trace the whole card with black
to the pattern and trace with black ink. Trace through the grid or
ink, the books, pencil, binoculars trace from the pattern.
camera and outer border.
✹ Attach a sheet of black parchment
to the pattern and trace the Colour
outer border. ✹ Work on the front of the main card
with your preferred colour scheme.
Perforate (shallow)
✹ Use your Star point tool to work Emboss
around the borders on both sheets. ✹ As per black and white card.
Emboss Perforate
✹ Emboss from the back (place right ✹ As per black and white card.
side of parchment on top of multi
grid) emboss the leaves and birds
from Multi Grid No. 37 and border Finishing
from Multi Grid No. 36. ✹ As per black and white card.
✹ Emboss the triangles inside the
perforations of the border on main
card and black sheet.
Perforate (deep)
✹ Re-perforate the borders with your
Star point tool.
Cut
✹ Cut with scissors or snips round
the edge of both pieces.
Finishing
✹ Fasten both pieces of parchment
together with black brads in all four
corners then attach to a white card
base with double sided tape.
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© Linda Laverty 2015
Linda says…
Being a member of a birdwatching walking
group provided the inspiration for this design.
Parchment Craft
Two to You Will Need

PCA
Choose
✹ Micro Sun embossing tool
Designed by
Hilary Bucci-Pepper Pergamano
✹ Perga Colours
✹ Dorso oil
Hilary’s coasters are both worked from the Plus

✹ Faber Castell
same pattern, one has been embossed and polychromos pencils
perforated, the other coloured with felt tip pens. Dark cadium yellow (108)
Pink carmine (127)
The patterns are also multi-purpose as they can ✹ Parchment scissors
be worked as coasters or used as card toppers. ✹ Blue parchment paper

✹ Coaster blanks (available
The choice is yours! from Wightcat Crafts
www.wightcat.com )
✹ Gold insert card
White Work Coaster

✹ The outer square needs to be the
same size as your coaster, this is
just for your reference; the outer
square is not part of the pattern.
✹ Place a piece of plain parchment on
the pattern and trace the outline
with white pencil or mapping pen
and ink if you prefer.
✹ Emboss and then perforate all of the
lines with your Two Needle tool and
then carefully cut the perforations
with your parchment scissors.
✹ If placing in a coaster, cut a square
of blue parchment to use for the
backing piece, if you’re using as a
topper, stitch to your card blanks.
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Coloured Coaster
✹ Trace the design as per the white
work version.
✹ Emboss all of the flowers in and
around the border with your
preferred tools
✹ Use your Micro Sun tool to emboss
around the border.
✹ Emboss a straight border around

the edge (make sure it will fit your
coaster before perforating).
✹ Perforate around the edge with your
✹ Colour the back of the flowers with Two Needle tool and cut perforations
pink felt pen. with parchment scissors.
✹ Stipple centres of flowers (on the ✹ Cut another square of plain
back) with your Single Needle tool. parchment to use for backing the
✹ If you wish to give extra colour to piece if placing in a coaster.
the front of the flower do so with a © Hilary Bucci-Pepper 2015
pink pencil.
✹ Use a yellow pencil to colour the
whole area on the back and blend
with oil.
✹ Perforate down the central lines
with your Four Needle tool.
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Designed by
Alison Yeates
Bristol Butterfly
Designed especially for the Bristol Parchment Exhibition.
Alison's card features the patchers favourite, the butterfly.
You Will Need

PCA
✹ F ine Small Half Square
perforating tool
✹ M icro Sun embossing tool
✹ S mall Sun embossing tool
Pergamano
✹ S emi-Circle embossing tool
Plus
✹ B lendable coloured pencils
✹ Zest-It or other
blending medium
✹ Adhesive gems
✹ White ribbon
✹ Rainbow insert card
✹ Silver mirri card
Trace
✹ Trace the flowers, leaves and circle
with a white pencil.
Top Tip: Colour

✹ Remove from the pattern; turn to
For the flowers, colour with a pale back, and colour the flowers, leaves
colour and blend, then add a darker and background with coloured
shade to the edges of the petals. pencils; blend with Zest-It.
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Perforate (shallow) Cut
✹ Erase the white pencil from ✹ Cut around the outer edge of the
the front. Four Needle holes and Semi-Circles.
✹ Attach the parchment to the ✹ Cut the remainder of the Four
pattern again. Needle holes to crosses and slots.
✹ Using your Four Needle tool,
perforate lightly over the dots.
✹ Remove from the pattern and
perforate with your Semi-Circle Butterfly
tool around the circle edges. On a small piece of parchment,
trace the butterfly with a white
pencil. Emboss all of the lines of
Emboss the butterfly and then stipple
✹ Following the pattern, use your the body. Perforate around the
Small and Micro Sun tools lines with your Two Needle
as shown. tool. Cut between all of the
✹ Emboss the flower shapes within perforations to remove any
the lacework. waste parchment.
✹ Emboss inside the Semi-Circles and
emboss the Micro Sun at the points.
Finishing
Perforate (deep) ✹ Sew with invisible thread to a square of rainbow card; mount onto silver
✹ Re-perforate all of the Four Needle mirror card and a folded white card.
and Semi Circle perforations. ✹ Glue the butterfly in place and add a bow and crystals.
Alison Yeates 2015
© Alison Yeates 2015
Alison Yeates 2015

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Advanced Project
Daffodil Fairy
This very relaxed fairy is traced with a fine black drawing pen
Designed by and coloured on the reverse with blendable pencils.
Judith Maslen
You Will Need

Pergamano
✹ Moon perforating tool
Plus
✹ Blendable pencils
✹ Invisible thread or four brads
✹ Blue card
✹ White card
Trace
✹ With a white pencil, trace the
oblong frame around the outside
of the design and the oval frame
around the picture.
✹ Use white ink to trace the greeting
and trace everything else with a fine
black drawing pen.
Perforate (shallow)
✹ Perforate the border with your
Moon perforating tool.
✹ Turn the parchment to work on
the reverse.
Emboss
✹ With your Extra Small Ball tool,
emboss the oblong and oval
frames and inside the Moon tool
perforations.
✹ Still with the same tool or Stylus,
emboss highlights in the hair and
also the headband.
✹ With larger tools, very lightly
emboss the flower, leaves, wings and
garments of the fairy.
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✹ The whites of the eyes are
embossed from the front.
Colour
✹ Still working on the reverse of the
parchment, colour the picture with
blendable pencils, working over the
top of the embossing. The colour
will show through on the un-
embossed areas.
✹ Smooth out the blue of the sky
with a little blending medium on
a tissue. © Judith Maslen 2015
✹ Turn the parchment to work on
the front.
Perforate (deep)
Judith says…
If you have problems tracing faces, you may like to do that first before
✹ Use your Moon tool to re- tracing anything else. Then in the unlikely event that you have to start again,
perforate the border.
you won’t have wasted lots of work.
Finishing ✹ Attach to a blue backing card,

✹ Work around the outside of the either with decorative brads or by
design with your Two Needle sewing with invisible thread through
tool and snip out all of the outer some of the perforated border.
perforations to release the design ✹ Trim the blue card and stick to a folded
from the parchment. white card with double sided tape.
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Flowers
Card
Trace
for You
✹ Secure a plain sheet of parchment
to the pattern with low tack tape
Designed by Designed by or mapping pins.
Linda Williams Pat Murphy ✹ Trace all of the straight lines with a
ruler and a sharp white pencil.
Linda’s first project in the magazine sees her working with Colour
long term friend and organiser of the Bristol parchment ✹ With your chosen colour of pen place
two dots of felt tip just inside the top
exhibition, Pat Murphy. of the petal you are going to paint.
You Will Need

Pergamano
✹ S tar embossing tool
✹ M ini Semi-Circle
perforating tool
✹ T inta white ink
Plus
✹ F elt tip pens
✹ aint pallet
P
✹ eedle and thread
N
✹ litter glue
G
✹ S ponge
✹ ed insert card
R
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✹ Add a drop of Tinta white ink to
a pallet. Pick it up from the pallet
with your brush and with circular
movements paint into the two dots
of colour until they merge across
the petal and then lift.
✹ Do not drag the colour down the
sides of the petal.
✹ Continue to do paint each petal,
8.9cm
using fresh white ink for each one.
✹ For the flower centres use a yellow
felt tip in the centre.
✹ Add contrast to the centre with
alternating black and white dots.
✹ Add a little colour onto the
pallet so that you can paint
fine lines down inbetween the
petal to separate them in the
corresponding colours.
✹ The leaves are painted in the
normal way by taking the green felt
tip colour from the pallet. 7cm
Perforate Finishing
© Linda Williams 2015
✹ Work the lace pattern with your ✹ Continue to emboss in the lace ✹ Cut out the lace border with your
Mini Semi-Circle and Moon tools in pattern. Pat has followed the shape scissors or snips.
the centre parts of the cameo. of the needles and also added the ✹ Add an insert of your choice and
✹ Use your Semi-Circle tool for Mini Star tool for decoration. sew the two pieces together.
the border. ✹ Emboss the border with your Star ✹ Finish off with a sprinkling of glitter.
tool and again emboss the shapes of
the needles. M
Emboss
✹ Working with your Large Ball tool
Re-perforate
begin to emboss the flowers and
the leaves working down to your ✹ Re-perforate all of the cameos and Pat says…
Medium Ball tool. the border. The smaller design allows you to use up
those little scraps from previous designs and
transform them into gift tags.
Gift Tag
The gift tag has been worked in exactly the same way, however it’s a double layer
of parchment with the floral cameo worked on one sheet and then attached to a
second piece of parchment.
To read more about Pat’s crafty life turn to page 40
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Practical You Will Need

PCA
Parchment
✹ Fine Scallop Edge tool
Designed by
Kay James Pergamano
✹ Hydrangea purple
parchment paper
This multi-functional piece of white work is of such a size it can ✹ Moon perforating tool
be wrapped to a card blank or placed within a small frame.
Plus
✹ Coloured gemstones
Trace
✹ Secure a plain piece of parchment to
the main pattern and trace all of the
elements with a sharp white pencil.
✹ On a piece of hydrangea parchment
trace bow and the ribbon elements.
Emboss
✹ Using your Stylus tool,
gently emboss all of the elements.
✹ Emboss the swirls within the square
shape with small dots not lines.
✹ Use Multi Grid No. 5 to add the
floral elements.
✹ Widen some parts of the swirls
with your Extra Small Ball
embossing tool.
Stipple
✹ Turn the piece over and use your
One Needle tool to stipple inside
all of the leaves.
Kay says…
Use one of the additional greetings to suit the
recipient, alternatively change the colour scheme too.
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Fold line
Plain parchment
Perforate (shallow)
✹ Use your Moon perforating tool to
shallow perforate around the three
edges of the parchment.
✹ Shallow perforate with your
Four Needle tool around the
ribbon and bow.
Emboss
✹ Emboss all of the Moon and Four
Needle perforations and then
re-perforate.
Cut
✹ Cut between all of the Moon
perforations with scissors or snips.
✹ Use your Fine Scallop Edge tool to
work around the detailing on all of
the hydrangea pieces.
Slit
Hydrangea parchment
Slit
Finishing
✹ Cut two slits either end of the
parchment card for the ribbon to
slot through, slotting accordingly.
✹ Make the bow and position it onto
the ribbon.
© Kay James 2015
✹ Add your greeting of choice using a
white gel pen.
STENCILLED FLOWER
✹ Insert a sheet of hydrangea purple Hydrangea parchment
GRID No. 05
parchment with a piece of white
insert card.
✹ Sew the three together at the spine.
✹ Finish off the card with a few
coloured gemstones.
Hydrangea parchment
Birthday Thank
Wishes You
Just for Happy Get Well Hydrangea parchment
You Birthday Soon

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Advanced Project
You Will Need

Pergamano
✹ Semi-Circle perforating tool
✹ Mini Semi-Circle
perforating tool
✹ Almond perforating tool
✹ Tinta white ink
Designed by ✹ Perga Glue
Bruno Piechota
Plus
Consisting of three different elements, ✹ Red insert card
this piece of work’s simply amazing. }
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Lace Border Section The Horseshoe Text Panel
Trace Trace Trace

✹ Fasten a piece of parchment to the ✹ Attach a piece of parchment to the ✹ Secure a small piece of parchment
pattern and use a sharp white pencil horseshoe pattern and trace with to Multi Grid No. 17 and use the
or white ink to trace the pattern. white ink the flowers and all of the elements as shown on the pattern.
round elements. (If you haven’t got Multi Grid No. 17,
fasten a piece of parchment to the
Emboss pattern and trace with white ink the
✹ Emboss all the black parts as shown
Perforate butterflies and the points between them).
on the pattern with your 3mm Ball ✹ Perforate the outside border of the
tool. horseshoe with your Semi Circle.
✹ Repeat with your 1.5mm Ball tool. ✹ Also perforate with your Semi-
Emboss
Circle and Two Needle tool. ✹ Emboss with a 1.5mm Ball tool the
✹ Perforate the inside border with butterflies, points and text.
Perforate your Mini Semi-Circle and Two
✹ Shallow perforate all of the red Needle tools.
points with your Two Needle tool.
Perforate
✹ Fasten the parchment paper on ✹ Perforate with a One Needle tool
Multi Grid No. 19 and perforate
Emboss the outside border and the inside
with a One Needle tool the parts ✹ Emboss with your 1.5mm frame around the text.
between the flowers indicated embossing tool the flowers and the
as “A”. elements between the flowers.
✹ Remove from the parchment from ✹ Use the same tool to emboss
Cut
the grid and re-perforate all of the the small black circles inside ✹ Use scissors or snips to carefully
red markers. the perforated points of the cut the outside border of the card
inside border. as shown.
Cut
✹ Cut out all of the red points around
Cut Finishing
the border and inside the flowers ✹ Cut out all of the red points of the ✹ Put a litle Perga Glue behind a few
with scissors. horseshoe as show on the pattern, of the embossed elements and
secure the horseshoe to the lace
border section.
✹ Attach the text panel to the PATTERN C
horseshoe and then to a piece of PERGAMANO
red insert card. GRID No. 17
Emboss
Perforate
Cut
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Advanced Project
Summer You Will Need

Pergamano
Daisies
Designed by ✹ Star/sun embossing tool
Heather Thomas
Plus
✹ Felt tips pens
✹ Palette
✹ Paint brush and water
✹ Brads
✹ Coloured insert card
The common or
English daisy is a
regular sight in our
gardens and parks.
It evokes memories
of childhood when
little girls made daisy
chains to wear; picked
bunches to take home
to mum, or pulled the
petals to play ‘he loves
me’, ‘he loves me not’.
Simple pleasures by
today’s standards!
Trace
✹ Use a sharp white pencil to trace
the daisy petals and border lines.
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Colour
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✹ Leaving the parchment on the
pattern, on the front of the sheet,
scribble over with felt tip pen
colour onto a palette and using
a damp brush, paint the daisy
centres yellow. Use orange over
the lower areas.
✹ Paint the leaves and the stems with
green, paint a second layer of green
over one side of the leaves.
✹ Using deep pink, paint a light layer
of pink on the tips of some of the
daisies, extend the colour part way
down the sides of the petals.
✹ When dry remove the work from
the pattern and using blendable
pencil on the back, colour and
blend the outer border area.
Emboss
All the embossing is done from the
back of the work.
✹ On the reverse of the sheet, use a
Medium Ball tool to lightly emboss
the petals, working from the tip
towards the flower centre.
✹ Re-emboss using a Small Ball tool
and a little more pressure on the
tips. Leave a narrow gap in the
centre of each petal to form the
vein. Leave to rest.
✹ Stipple the flower centres with
your One Needle tool.
✹ Lightly emboss the stems and
leaves.
✹ Emboss the inner border to form
solid lines.
✹ Using a Small Ball tool emboss
the tips and sides of the petals to
© Heather Thomas 2015
whiten and define them.
Perforate Finishing
✹ Perforate along the outer ✹ With your Sun or Star tool emboss
border with your Star point tool. along the inside of the Star tool edge.
Alternatively re-attach the work to ✹ Erase all of the traced lines.
the pattern and with a One Needle ✹ Snip out along the outer edges and
tool perforate through the pattern.
✹ With your Two Needle tool
cut out the areas around the flowers.
✹ Mount on a complimentary
Heather says…
perforate around the edges of all background card. The addition of the butterfly element in
the flowers and stems and along ✹ Finish off with a the scorner helps to lift and add to this card.
the inner side of the border. butterfly embellishment.
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White
Designed by
Anne Quinn Work
Rose
A delicate grid work
card suitable for a lady
friend with a single
white work rose.
You Will Need

PCA
✹ Sun embossing tool
✹ Bold Diagonal Grid
Plus
✹ Faber Castell
polychromos pencils
✹ Lilac insert card ✹ I have marked on the pattern of the
rose, several sections with a “T”,
Grid Work meaning they need to be embossed
✹ Fold an A4 piece of parchment in on the top, on the front of the
half and stick the front face down parchment. The other sections are
on the Grid with low tack tape, done on the reverse.
on the fold line. ✹ Start with a 3mm embossing ball,
✹ Start embossing on your leather very lightly on each section, front or
embossing mat, with the top right back, and do the whole design leaving
corner (on the front pattern) with slight gaps between the traced line of
sev ou wish, as the zig-zags often each section, looking at the finished
catch on your clothes!). card to see how far to go up each
section with the embossing.
✹ Using your Large Ball tool, go over
Rose Element each section lightly to obtain a
✹ I used a propelling pencil with better whiteness. Finally, use your
white leads, as the lines are easier Large or Medium Ball carefully just
to erase, but if you use a white to emphasize each section. (I usually
pencil, use a sharp point and trace do everything three times, the final
very lightly. embossing being the whitest).
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✹ Erase all of the pencil lines gently if magenta and fuchsia for the pinks,
necessary (with a soft pencil eraser), and Earth green yellowish and olive
after all the embossing is done. green yellowish for the greens.
✹ Start by using the lighter shade
of pink, the fuchsia, and colouring
Greeting in all the sections on top of the
✹ Trace the greeting (or one of your parchment with the pattern
choice - I’ve done this with white underneath (no need to trace),
gel pen), and emboss firstly with leaving the slightest gap between
a Large Ball, then a Medium for each section as on diagram 1.
additional whiteness. ✹ Then, do the same with the
greenery, use the lighter shade first,
I thought of a slight extra to the card leaving the little gaps again between
at the last minute; I felt the rose looked each section, as with the rose.
a bit lost in the large space in the Grid ✹ Following diagram 2, use the magenta,
Work, so I turned over and lightly the darker shade of pink, putting the
embossed a line, using a ruler from highlights on top of the paler colour
each side of the Grid Work, making a to show the darkness underneath
cross -hatched pattern to just fill in the the turnovers, flicking with the pencil,
background. It’s optional of course. using a sharp point.
✹ Finally, on the greenery, highlight the
darker areas with the olive green
Finishing yellowish (or your own choices
✹ Insert an insert of your choice, of colours).
preferably a dark colour to show off
the Grid Work and the embossing Embossing of the
and secure with brads.
coloured rose
✹ I used the Large 3mm embossing
Coloured Pencil Version Ball and more or less embossed
✹ I have used Polychromos pencils for everything carefully on the reverse,
the coloured rose, for those of you which just lightens the pencil a little. 1 2
who don’t like white work!
✹ You need two shades of your ✹ Emboss the turnovers a little more © Ann Quinn 2015
preferred colour. I have used than the rest.
Bonus sentiments from
Just Saying Hi From the Heart

Thinking of You Congratulations!
Your time to Shine Thank You Happy Anniversary
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Designed by
Hazel Freeman
Hazel’s combined traditional parchment techniques with modern card making skills,
using sticky glue, glitter and flower soft to finish off her card.
Trace Pencil
You Will Need
✹ Mix together Tinta sepia and
yellow and trace the hair, face, eyes,
✹ Use a cream polychromos pencil to
apply a base layer for the hair.
shoulders, hands and legs. ✹ Light flesh and cinnamon for the
Pergamano ✹ Trace the fold and outlines, cup and face, hands and legs then shade the
✹ Small Star embossing tool saucer with a white pencil. areas with cinnamon.
✹ Semi-Square perforating tool ✹ Use gold ink to trace the cup and ✹ Blend together with oil.
✹ Tinta white ink saucer design.
Tinta gold ink
✹ Trace the wings with a purple
✹
copic pen.
✹ Tinta sepia ink
✹ Tinta yellow ink
✹ Perga Colours Exclusive (PCE)
Plus
✹ Faber Castell
polychromos pencils
✹ Zest It
✹ No. 12 paint brush
✹ Ultra fine glitter
✹ Flower soft polar white
✹ Copic Multi Liner 0.3 Black
and Purple
✹ Old paint brush
✹ Sticky Glue
✹ Pink insert card
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Happy Birthday
I've just dropped in Happy Anniversary
Bon Voyage
A Speedy Recovery
to wish you...
Shallow Perforate - Emboss - Deep Perforate 1st row 2nd row
Paint Emboss Finishing

✹ Paint the eyes with Tinta white ink. ✹ Emboss the cup and saucer using ✹ Emboss the design between the
✹ Colour the pupils with PCE No. your full range of tools. holes.
13 and then outline the pupil with ✹ De-emboss the inside of the saucer, ✹ Fold the parchment then deep
No. 12. remembering to protect your work perforate inside all of the holes.
✹ Apply a black copic pen for the when doing so. ✹ Cut out the edge design with your
iris, though be gentle, don’t be ✹ Emboss the design against the scissors or snips.
too heavy. gold edge of the cup with your ✹ Measure, cut and attach to the
✹ Use PCE No. 4 to paint the outline Star tool. parchment.
of the eye. ✹ Emboss and fold the outlines of ✹ Finish off by sprinkling glue to
✹ Paint the hair, eyebrows and lashes the card. the wings.
using PCE No. 3 and No. 19.
✹ The shadows on the legs, body and
face with PCE No. 4. Perforate
✹ Paint the lips with PCE No. 7 and a ✹ Shallow perforate around the three
bit of No. 5. sides with your Semi-Square tool in
✹ Use PCE No. 12 first and then No. the first row.
14 for the wings. ✹ Repeat, inserting your tool into
✹ Paint the cup and saucer design the existing holes of first row
with Tinta Gold ink. (second row).
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Beginners Project
Celtic Knot
Designed by
Birthday Card Bouquet
Kim Thomas This birthday card is ideal for beginners and to revisit the
mapping pen and ink technique.
Perforate (shallow) Perforate (deep)

You Will Need
✹ Shallow perforate the border bands, ✹ Re-perforate the borders and cut
either through the pattern or by blocks of four perforations to crosses.
removing the parchment from the
pattern and working on a Fine
Straight Grid.
Finishing
✹ You can either straight cut along
Trace Emboss dotted lines ‘A’ and mount on
coloured card using seed beads
✹ Use your preferred method ✹ From the back of the work emboss in the Celtic corners, or fold the
of securing the parchment to the Celtic knots and letters. parchment along the fold line, add a
the pattern. ✹ In the border, emboss the dots with coloured insert and trim both the
✹ With a mapping pen and gold ink either your Sun or Star tools. parchment and card to size.
trace the straight lines, Celtic knots
and the outline edges of the letters.
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Celtic Knot Birthday Card
By Kim Thomas © Kim Thomas 2015
Border panels
FOLD LINE
Emboss
Sun/star tool
perforate a a
Seed bead
Kim
says…
Using different
colour backing card
will ensure it will
be suitable for both
men and women. a
Border panels
Bonus * from
Patterns Emboss
* * * * * Sun/star tool
* * Perforate
* * * * Seed bead
*
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Summer You Will Need

Pergamano
Flowers
✹ Semi-Square perforating tool
Designed by ✹ Fine Mesh Grid
Carole Hill ✹ Dorso crayons

✹ Dorso oil
This floral design features detailed cut work. Plus

✹ Adhesive gems
✹ Coloured ribbon
Trace
✹ Attach a plain piece of parchment
to the pattern using low tack tape.
✹ Trace the whole design with a
white pencil.
✹ Remove from the pattern.
Emboss
Top Tip:
To make your embossing easier,
use a tumble dryer sheet on the
reverse of your parchment.
✹ Emboss all of the lines with an

Extra Small Ball tool.
✹ Erase your pencil lines from the
front of the parchment.
Grid Work
✹ Using a Fine Grid and a One
Needle tool, perforate all of the
holes within the leaf detailing.
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© Carole Hill 2015
Colour
✹ On the back of the parchment,
use crayons or oil based pastels in
your preferred colour scheme to
add colour to every box in the outer
border and to the small flowers.
✹ Still working on the reverse,
blend the colour using your
preferred medium.
✹ If you wish to, you can add more
colour to the front of the parchment
using a matching coloured pencil.
Stipple
✹ Stipple inside the large flower
petals and the small flower centres
with your One Needle tool.
✹ Very carefully re-emboss all of the
lines with the same tool.
Perforate
✹ Use a Semi-Square perforating tool
around the border of the card,
making sure to get the corners
equal, if you have to ease the tool,
be gentle.
✹ Emboss and then re-perforate
the border.
✹ Use a Two Needle tool inside the
large flower petals.
Carole says…
See how many different versions
you make from this pattern.
Cut
✹ With scissors or snips, cut out all of
the perforations.
Finishing
✹ Fold the parchment in half and
attach to a coloured insert by
securing with needle and thread.
✹ Add detailing to the card with
coloured gemstones
co-ordinating ribbon.
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Designed by
Sue Pritchard
Dream Catcher
The dream catcher is
believed to have the
power to catch all of
a person’s dreams,
trapping the bad ones,
and letting only the
good dreams pass
through, I like to think
you will find positivity
creating your own
dream catcher and use
your beautiful gems to
enhance your project.
You Will Need

Pergamano
✹ Half-Circle perforating tool
✹ Purple parchment
✹ Tinta sepia ink
✹ Tinta blue ink
✹ Dorso oil
Plus
✹ Lyra pencil
✹ Adhesive gems
✹ Purple parchment
✹ Purple insert card
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Layer One
Trace
✹ Working on layer one, trace all of
the straight lines and the dream
catcher with a white pencil.
✹ Trace in sepia the outer ring and
the sentiment with blue ink.
Perforate
✹ Perforate through the pattern with
your One or Two Needle tool.
Colour
✹ Working on the front of the
parchment, use your pencils to colour
in the rings/beads and the feathers.
✹ Using fine strokes work the pencils
in light flicks to produce the
feathers adding in as many colours
as you wish to add.
✹ Blend the beads using a Lyra pencil.
Dorse
✹ On the reverse, dorse the outer
circle of the dream catcher using
yellow and brown making sure the
outer edge is darker. Layer 1 Layer 2
Emboss
✹ Emboss all of the white lines and Layer Two Finishing
within the star points. ✹ Cut out around layer two and
attach both layers to a piece of
Trace trimmed insert card.
Stipple ✹ Trace on the dull side of a piece of ✹ Decorate the card with adhesive gems.
✹ Use your One Needle tool purple parchment lightly in pencil or
to stipple in the centre of the work through the pattern.
dreamcatcher and underneath
the points where the gems will
be added. Perforate Sue says…
✹ Shallow perforate with your Star The charm of the dreamcatcher will test
and Half Circle tools around the your skills in all elements and could be made
Perforate (shallow) three edges. into either a card as per pattern or enlarged
Two Needle tool the areas marked
into a picture, adding some extra lace
‘X’ plus the points in the corner, Emboss borders and framed to hang above the bed.
re-perforate and then cut. ✹ Use your Small Ball tool to emboss.
Parchment Craft
Layer One
Trace
✹ Working on layer one, trace all of
the straight lines and the dream
catcher with a white pencil.
✹ Trace in sepia the outer ring and
the sentiment with blue ink.
Perforate
✹ Perforate through the pattern with
your One or Two Needle tool.
Colour
✹ Working on the front of the
parchment, use your pencils to colour
in the rings/beads and the feathers.
✹ Using fine strokes work the pencils
in light flicks to produce the
feathers adding in as many colours
as you wish to add.
✹ Blend the beads using a Lyra pencil.
Dorse
✹ On the reverse, dorse the outer
circle of the dream catcher using
yellow and brown making sure the
outer edge is darker. Layer 1 Layer 2
Emboss
✹ Emboss all of the white lines and Layer Two Finishing
within the star points. ✹ Cut out around layer two and
attach both layers to a piece of
Trace trimmed insert card.
Stipple ✹ Trace on the dull side of a piece of ✹ Decorate the card with adhesive gems.
✹ Use your One Needle tool purple parchment lightly in pencil or
to stipple in the centre of the work through the pattern.
dreamcatcher and underneath
the points where the gems will
be added. Perforate Sue says…
✹ Shallow perforate with your Star The charm of the dreamcatcher will test
and Half Circle tools around the your skills in all elements and could be made
Perforate (shallow) three edges. into either a card as per pattern or enlarged
Two Needle tool the areas marked
into a picture, adding some extra lace
‘X’ plus the points in the corner, Emboss borders and framed to hang above the bed.
re-perforate and then cut. ✹ Use your Small Ball tool to emboss.
Parchment Craft
Designed by
Linda Williams
Created by
Gail Sydenham
You Will Need

Thinking of You
Pergamano
✹ Parchment paper
rainbow pastel
This unusual cross card has been Trace ✹ Dorso crayons (lively
collection)
designed by Linda with the card ✹ With a white pencil and ruler trace
created by Gail. all of the outer and inner guide Plus

lines, fold lines and cross. ✹ Blending medium
✹ Trace the rest of design with a
white pencil.
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Emboss
Enlargement of Enlargement of
Emboss
Perforate
embossing pattern embossing and
for inner border cutting pattern for
outer border
Perforate
Cut
Gail says… Cut
I really enjoyed working with Linda. We were able to Emboss
bounce ideas and try out different techniques and methods. Perforate
Cut
Dorso Finishing
✹ Dorso between the inner and ✹ Fold the card at the fold line. ✹ Cut out the back of the parchment
outer borders using a colour of ✹ Using rainbow parchment, fold and card to size.
your choice. cut to size the middle card. ✹ Place the three layers together
✹ Also make an insert in the same and sew at the fold line using an
way using the white card stock. embroidery thread.
Perforate (shallow)
✹ Perforate the inner and outer © Linda Williams 2015
borders according to the pattern
using your Semi-Circle and Semi-
Square tools.
✹ Rub out any visible guide lines.
Emboss W
✹ Emboss within the Semi-Square and ith
Semi-Circle perforations according
to the pattern with your Extra
sy
Small Ball tool and Fine Stylus tools. m
✹ Using a ruler and your Extra Small pa
Ball and Fine Stylus Ball tools, th
emboss the cross. y
✹ Use the same two tools (Extra
Small Ball and Fines Stylus) to
emboss the rest of the design.
✹ Emboss the inside of cross with
your 6mm, 4.5mm and 3mm
Ball tools.
✹ Finally, emboss the text with
your Extra Small Ball and Fine
Stylus tools.
Perforate (deep)
✹ With your Semi-Circle and Semi-
Square tools, perforate a second
time. This will open up the holes
and make them ready for cutting.
Cut
✹ Cut out within all of the Semi-
Square perforations according to
the cutting pattern.
✹ Cut around the outer Semi-Square
and Semi-Circle perforations of the
outer border.
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Beginners Project
You Will Need

Pergamano
Flower Card
✹ Star embossing tool (2mm)
Designed by ✹ Semi-Circle perforating tool
Karen Fitzpatrick ✹ Dorso pastels

✹ Dorso oil
Add a floral element to your card. Plus

✹ Coloured scraps of parchment
3D Flower Bouquet ✹ Small brads

✹ Flower tape
✹ No. 24 gauge flower wire
✹ Punch out two sets of coloured ✹ Tape the three flowers together to ✹ Nellie Snedden
petals, one centre and outer set of make a bouquet. poinsettia punch
petals in green per flower (three ✹ Attach this to the centre of the Medium daisy punch
✹
sets in all). card with double sided tape in
✹ Flower centre punch
✹ Emboss each element and secure various places.
✹ Medium leaf punch
with a brad. ✹ Punch out three leaves and add
✹ Cut a piece of wire into three and them to the bouquet. ✹ Pearl bead decoration
cover each with flower tape. ✹ Stick pearl based decorations (these ✹ Ribbon
✹ Bend over the top to form a hook need to be cut to separate them) ✹ Narrow double sided tape
and attach one of these to the back in between the flowers and leaves. ✹ Rainbow card
of each flower securing it with ✹ Add a bow.
a brad.
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Main card
Trace
✹ Attach a piece of parchment to the
pattern and use a white pencil to
trace the fold line, scallop border
outline and the centre oval.
Dorse
✹ Dorse the oval shape on the
reverse side using a green pastel.
Perforate (shallow)
✹ Perforate around the outside of the
oval using a Semi-Circle tool.
Emboss
✹ Emboss the scallop border using a
Small Ball tool.
✹ With your Star tool, emboss three
stars and then a dot wach side of
the centre star in each scallop.
✹ Emboss fully each Semi-Circle
perforation with your Medium
Ball tool. }
Parchment Craft
}
© Karen Fitzpatrick 2015

with
Love
Perforate (deep)
✹ Re-perforate the Semi-Circle
perforations, adding a hole to the
centre of each one.
✹ Perforate a hole in the centre of the
stars and then use a Two Needle
tool around the edge of the border
and remove the surplus parchment
by cutting or gently pulling away.
Karen says…
Finishing The flower element is perfect
✹ Complete by cutting the back
for using up those left over
off straight and attaching a bits of parchment.
rainbow insert.
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Bonus Patterns from
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Interview
We Talk to...
Pat Murphy How many demonstrators
Pat Murphy is the brains behind the Bristol Parchment Craft turned up?
Exhibition... Now in its seventh year, the show has gone on Well over 30! We’d sold 300 tickets
and thought that was that. On the day
from strength to strength proving to be the UK’s biggest we had a further 240 come through
door, which for a building of that size
exhibition, bringing together artisans and parchment was phenominal!
addicts from not only the UK but from around the globe
Can you remember
to demonstrate and promote their works.
who demonstrated?
Yes, most definitely... Martha Ospina,
So Pat, the Bristol Parchment Where was it held? Tiemen Venema, Gerti Hoffman,
Anne Bowman, Josie Davidson, Linda
show is now in its seventh The first Bristol show was held Laverty, Sheila Griggs, Liz Richards, Sue
year... For those readers who in the Council Chambers in 2009 Hastwell, June Ernie Temple my good
are unfamiliar with the event, which I organised with help from friend Pat Hosking and many more.
Jenny Eggleton. Below is a picture of those who
please tell them your story. stayed a further day and attended the
I was a regular exhibitor at the annual And why did you choose Monday workshop.
Plymouth show, held every November
that venue?
in the Guildhall. It was well supported And how many of those
by demonstrators, exhibitors, tutors It met my initial criteria, it was central who were there have
and the general public with a couple to Bristol, the public transport was
of European tutors travelling over for great, yet most importantly the cost attended every year since?
the weekend. At that time of the year of hiring the building (including the Almost all of the teachers are still
we faced numerous challenges, rooms for workshops) was affordable. active and come or display at Bristol.
most notably the weather.
It caused havoc on the roads for
those wanting to get over and the
rooms in the Guildhall were often
cold. The numbers began to drop
and it was then I decided to do
something about it. I contacted
Bristol tourist information and made
enquiries about hiring a larger space
in a central location, with good
transport links and most importantly
availability in the summer months.
I also approached Pergamano to see if
they could assist and they assigned me
with a co-ordinator to help with the
running and organisation.
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hotel requirements, plus arrange an
What can you remember
evening meal for the demonstrators
about that first show? who set up on the Saturday. All of the
So many faces. I want to say it was a demonstrators and retailers notify me
nightmare, but only because I knew of their requirements, (how much space
that we were close to breaking the they need, how many tables they want,
threshold for health and safety! electricity points etc. etc.)
Again, it was time to look for a bigger I provide a packed lunch for the
venue. So, with the help of Jenny and demonstrators, retailers, stewards and
Tiemen Venema from Pergamano we staff.They love their tea, coffee and
went looking for another venue. biscuits too, so (with help) I have to
We eventually decided on Brunel’s make sure there’s enough for a full day.
Old Station, an beautiful building It’s important to look after them.
right in the centre of town, on the I liase with Carl about the production
And on the day?
doorstep of Temple Meads train of the Summer Special (this one
station with enough room to hold included), contacting those who are Joy Hodgson, Berni Drew and
1000 visitors. Pergamano continued demonstrating about submitting a Christine Widdowson look after
to play a key role with plenty of design. Not forgetting, finding and the tombola. Sally Burrell and Fiona
backing and encouragement from booking a suitable restaurant for an McNab are in charge of the Make
Peter Venema, Joëla van Dantzig and evening meal on the Sunday night where and Take. Linda Williams is busy on
Jenny Eggleton. It was a great working all of the demonstrators get together to the workshop. Gail also takes care
relationship and the exhibitor and have a catch up and discuss the day. of catering on the Monday session.
visitor figures continued to rise. Jackie Rainbow can be seen handing
As the show grew and grew, And roughly how many out cups of tea and coffee to the
so did my financial and organisational hours/days does it take demonstrators, then on the door
requirements and unfortunately, collecting tickets and money I have
Pergamano were no longer able to organise? Anne Tracey, May Neilson and Joyce
to help. Up stepped Peter Raven, In my head, the following Monday, Sluman. I must also thank Karen and
Managing Director of Magmaker but the real fun starts in the October. Paul Fitzpatrick who provide table
and Publisher of Parchment Craft I start making serious bookings, coverings and all of the bottled water.
magazine. (I was introduced to him a collecting deposits, adding names to
couple of years prior at a parchment various lists, looking at workshop Finally... Tell us about your
exhibition in Mechelen, Belgium.) venues, restaurants, caterers etc.
He agreed to step in and support the It gradually builds as the months
proudest moment?
show, and even though the magazine go by. Thank goodness for email! It really warms me when I see
is now published by Warners, the same returning faces,
the continued support from the Do you work on your own renewing friendships with
Parchment Craft team is there. or do you have a team demonstrators and visitors alike,
greeting one another with hugs and
behind you? laughing about. I know it’s a huge
As co-ordinator and
I organise the exhibition, but I operation to put on such a show and
organiser of the show, have a team who work on other I’m extremely grateful for those who
can you explain to those aspects. Heather Thomas helps with offer their help. Next year’s show
who have never attended lists, name badges research and (for 2016) is on 15th May, so if
other things. Marcia Wood-Krentz you’re able to offer a hand in the
what exactly you do? updates the official website: www. organisation or wish to demonstrate,
Hmmm… This could take a while. bristolparchmentcraftexhibition.info/ please contact me via the magazine.
(Not a problem Pat, we have all day. Ed.) Linda Williams helps with the
I book the venue, and check availability workshop, we work closely
for the following year.Then I negotiate together working on projects for
the public liability insurance and then the Monday workshop which is for
everything else gets co-ordinated the demonstrators and teachers.
around it. For those wishing to stay Gail Sydenham arranges the packed
overnight in Bristol (and there are lunches and on the day is helped by
a fair few), I make and arrange the Sharon Canning and Jackie Rainbow.
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hotel requirements, plus arrange an
What can you remember
evening meal for the demonstrators
about that first show? who set up on the Saturday. All of the
So many faces. I want to say it was a demonstrators and retailers notify me
nightmare, but only because I knew of their requirements, (how much space
that we were close to breaking the they need, how many tables they want,
threshold for health and safety! electricity points etc. etc.)
Again, it was time to look for a bigger I provide a packed lunch for the
venue. So, with the help of Jenny and demonstrators, retailers, stewards and
Tiemen Venema from Pergamano we staff.They love their tea, coffee and
went looking for another venue. biscuits too, so (with help) I have to
We eventually decided on Brunel’s make sure there’s enough for a full day.
Old Station, an beautiful building It’s important to look after them.
right in the centre of town, on the I liase with Carl about the production
And on the day?
doorstep of Temple Meads train of the Summer Special (this one
station with enough room to hold included), contacting those who are Joy Hodgson, Berni Drew and
1000 visitors. Pergamano continued demonstrating about submitting a Christine Widdowson look after
to play a key role with plenty of design. Not forgetting, finding and the tombola. Sally Burrell and Fiona
backing and encouragement from booking a suitable restaurant for an McNab are in charge of the Make
Peter Venema, Joëla van Dantzig and evening meal on the Sunday night where and Take. Linda Williams is busy on
Jenny Eggleton. It was a great working all of the demonstrators get together to the workshop. Gail also takes care
relationship and the exhibitor and have a catch up and discuss the day. of catering on the Monday session.
visitor figures continued to rise. Jackie Rainbow can be seen handing
As the show grew and grew, And roughly how many out cups of tea and coffee to the
so did my financial and organisational hours/days does it take demonstrators, then on the door
requirements and unfortunately, collecting tickets and money I have
Pergamano were no longer able to organise? Anne Tracey, May Neilson and Joyce
to help. Up stepped Peter Raven, In my head, the following Monday, Sluman. I must also thank Karen and
Managing Director of Magmaker but the real fun starts in the October. Paul Fitzpatrick who provide table
and Publisher of Parchment Craft I start making serious bookings, coverings and all of the bottled water.
magazine. (I was introduced to him a collecting deposits, adding names to
couple of years prior at a parchment various lists, looking at workshop Finally... Tell us about your
exhibition in Mechelen, Belgium.) venues, restaurants, caterers etc.
He agreed to step in and support the It gradually builds as the months
proudest moment?
show, and even though the magazine go by. Thank goodness for email! It really warms me when I see
is now published by Warners, the same returning faces,
the continued support from the Do you work on your own renewing friendships with
Parchment Craft team is there. or do you have a team demonstrators and visitors alike,
greeting one another with hugs and
behind you? laughing about. I know it’s a huge
As co-ordinator and
I organise the exhibition, but I operation to put on such a show and
organiser of the show, have a team who work on other I’m extremely grateful for those who
can you explain to those aspects. Heather Thomas helps with offer their help. Next year’s show
who have never attended lists, name badges research and (for 2016) is on 15th May, so if
other things. Marcia Wood-Krentz you’re able to offer a hand in the
what exactly you do? updates the official website: www. organisation or wish to demonstrate,
Hmmm… This could take a while. bristolparchmentcraftexhibition.info/ please contact me via the magazine.
(Not a problem Pat, we have all day. Ed.) Linda Williams helps with the
I book the venue, and check availability workshop, we work closely
for the following year.Then I negotiate together working on projects for
the public liability insurance and then the Monday workshop which is for
everything else gets co-ordinated the demonstrators and teachers.
around it. For those wishing to stay Gail Sydenham arranges the packed
overnight in Bristol (and there are lunches and on the day is helped by
a fair few), I make and arrange the Sharon Canning and Jackie Rainbow.
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Beginners Project
Poppies You Will Need

in the Field
Designed by ✹ Coloured insert paper
Josie Davidson
A simple card with embossed poppies and a subtle coloured border.
Trace
✹ Attach a plain sheet of parchment
to the pattern and then trace all of
the design with a white pencil.
Emboss
✹ Use your Ball tools to emboss the
flowers and leaves.
✹Emboss around the outline of the
scallops and around the edge of the
card with your Small Ball tool.
✹Use your Small Ball tool and ruler
to emboss the fold line.
Colour
✹ Colour between the outlines of the
edge of the card and in the scallops
with the pencil on the back of
the parchment.
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Finishing
✹ Fold the parchment in half and add
a suitable insert.
✹ Perforate through all of the layers
with your Bold Two Needle tool
and then cut out.
Josie says…
Leave the parchment to rest
for at least two hours when
embossing the flowers and
leaves and this will help to get
whiteness into your work.
Make sure though you don’t
over emboss as this may
© Josie Davidson 2015
cause the parchment to crack.
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Advanced Project
Ribbon Blue
Marilyn’s design gives the illusion of a lace work circle,
Designed by however only half of it has been worked.
Marilyn Pybus
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© Marilyn Pybus 2015
Enboss
You Will Need
Cutting line
PCA
Top
✹ Small Sun embossing tool
Pergamano
✹ Moon perforating tool
✹ Mini Semi-Circle
perforating tool
Plus
✹ Sakura pens
✹ Ribbon
✹ Butterfly punch
Middle
✹ Paint brush
✹ Adhesive gems
✹ Gliter Card
Trace
to the semi-circle pattern and
trace all of the lace work with
a white pencil.
✹ On separate scraps of parchment, Colour
trace the text and the butterfly ✹ Use blue ink and a damp brush to
with blue ink. colour in the butterfly.
Emboss Perforate
✹ Begin by embossing the flowers, ✹ Perforate the centre of the lace
leaves and stems in the lace design design with your Two Needle
Never let the
with your Medium Ball tool. perforating tool. things you
✹ Allow to rest and then re-emboss ✹ Use the same tool to perforate want make you
with your Small Ball tool. around the butterfly.
✹ Emboss the tag. forget the
things you
Cut have...
Perforate ✹ Cut out all of the above.
✹ Work around the border with your
Moon perforating tool.
✹ Use the same tool to perforate Finishing
around the tag. ✹ Glue the finished semi-circle card
to a piece of pre-cut coloured card.
✹ Attach a piece of ribbon to the
Emboss glitter card and double mount the
✹ Fill in the gaps between the greeting and backing to the ribbon.
Moon perforations with your ✹ Finish off the card by adding a pair
Sun embossing tool. of punched out butterflies.
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Advanced Project
Designed by
Barbara Jeacock
Summer Delight
Suitable for an advanced parcher, this floral design features
a grid worked topper with painted under sheet.
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Preparation Paint
You Will Need
✹ Rub the back of the parchment with
a tumble drier sheet before making a
✹ Place a second sheet of parchment
over the pattern and paint the flowers
start on the grid work. in the oval.
PCA ✹ Place a small amount of pink (245) on
✹ Small Sun embossing tool a pallet.
Trace ✹ Using your brush paint a light wash
Pergamano ✹ Place your parchment over the over the pink flowers.
✹ Multi Grid No. 20 pattern and trace with a white pencil, ✹ Mix pink again with lilac (283) to get a
the fold line, outside line and centre different shade
Plus oval line. ✹ For the blue flowers mix blue and
pink. Again a light wash of the mix
✹ Tim Holtz Distress Markers
first, then build the colour gradually.
✹ Purple adhesive gems Grid Work ✹ For the leaves, apply a small wash of
✹ Cream insert paper ✹ Remove from the pattern and place yellow (588), then peeled paint (601)
✹ Purple insert card on Multi Grid No. 20, matching up the and forest moss (557).
centre line of the Grid and centre line ✹ Paint the stamens on the flower
of the pattern. with picket fence (073) adding very
✹ Work the Grid and embossing as per fine lines. Practice on a bit of waste
the pattern, finishing with a scalloped parchment first as when you first use
edge around the outside. this colour, it does not show.
✹ Using a Small Sun tool, After a few seconds it gradually begins
emboss inside the scallops and to show and looks great.
between the small flowers.
Finishing
Cut ✹ Cut out an oval shaped piece of
✹ Cut out the centre oval with scissors cream paper and attach to the
or snips and remove the waste. reverse of the painted flowers.
✹ Sew all three pieces together and add
your chosen insert.
✹ Finish off by adding with gem stones
in the grid work.
DISTRESS MARKERS
245 269 283
588 601 557

CENTRE
073
HALF CIRCLE
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Parchment Craft
Advanced Project
© Barbara Jeacock 2015
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Barbara says…
I enjoy travelling around the country visiting
the shows, however Bristol is my favourite.
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Fit for You Will Need

Pergamano
a King
✹ S emi-Square perforating tool
Designed by ✹ intura grey

P
Sandra Parrish ✹ intura black

P
✹ intura copper
P
✹ intura red
P
An any occasion card suitable for the main man in your life. ✹ intura cinnamon
P
✹ intura yellow
P
✹ intura green
P
✹ orso crayons
D
(lively and nature)
Plus
✹ B lack and brown
fineliner pens
✹ o. 2 Kolinsky brush
N
✹ o. 6 Stippling brush
N
✹ ini brads
M
✹ F oam pad
✹ L ight blue paper
✹ rown insert card
B
Trace
✹ On a plain sheet of parchment trace
the castle with a black fineliner pen.
✹ Trace the tree trunks with a brown
fineliner pen.
✹ Use a white pencil to trace the
border, diagonal line and tree tops
plus the two layers of the tag.
Colour
✹ Paint the castle with a wash of
grey paint.
✹ Paint a second layer concentrating
on the shadowy areas to give some
dimension.
✹ Mix red and a small amount of grey
and paint the castle roofs, the tower
domes with copper, and the flag
with red.
✹ Use a little yellow to accent the
windows.
✹ Paint the tree trunks with cinnamon.
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© Sandra Parrish 2015
✹ Take your stippling brush and stipple

(using a dabbing motion) the tree
tops firstly with yellow, then green
and lastly a tiny bit of cinnamon.
✹ Paint the greeting with copper.
✹ Turn to the back of your work
to dorse behind the trees with
brown and green dorso crayon,
and blend well.
✹ Use blue dorso crayon to dorse
around and above the castle within
the border lines on the back of the
greeting tag.
Perforate (shallow)
✹ Use your Semi-Square tool to
perforate around the outer border,
the base layer of the tag and across
on the diagonal line.
Emboss
✹ Emboss the dots in the perforation
in the border and diagonal lines, and
on the greeting tag with your Extra
Small Ball tool.
✹ Lightly emboss parts of the castle
and trees using a Large Ball tool to
give some dimension.
✹ Emboss your greeting.
Perforate (deep)
✹ Re-perforate all of the pattern with
your Semi-Square tool.
✹ Work around the greeting tag using
your Two Needle tool. Embossing
Pricking
Cutting
Cut
✹ Using parchment scissors or snips Embossing
cut around the card and tags as Pricking
indicated. Cutting
Brads
Finishing
✹ Use the brads to attach the greeting
tag to the tag backing.
✹ Attach a piece of light blue paper to Greeting tag
the card to go behind your painting.
✹ Secure with mini brads or sew. Backing layer
✹ Use foam pads behind the greeting
to attach the tag to the main card
as shown.
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Advanced Project
Chameleon Rose
The inspiration for this piece of work came from a much
Designed by loved Italian table cloth, given to me many years ago.
Maria Maidment
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Grid A Grid B
B B
You Will Need

Pergamano A A
✹ Arrow perforating tool
Plus
✹ Chameleon Pens
or Perga Liners
✹ Adhesive gems
✹ Lilac ribbon
✹ Lilac insert card B B
A
Trace
to the pattern.
© Maria Maidment 2015
✹ Use white ink or a sharp white
pencil to trace all of the design
elements (except for the rose).
Cut Emboss
Grid work ✹ Cut out around the parchment ✹ Add definition and shape to the
✹ Place the traced sheet of parchment with scissors or snips. roses by embossing on the reverse
on your Straight Grid and emboss of the piece.
the pattern as indicated in the areas
marked ‘A’ with your Small Ball tool. Rose piece
✹ Refer to section ‘B’ for the ✹ Attach a second sheet of Perforate
corner pieces. parchment to the rose pattern. ✹ Work around the outside of the
✹ Following the manufacturer coloured rose with your Two Split
instructions on the Chameleon Needle perforating tool.
Emboss pens I coloured each petal tonally,
✹ Emboss the pattern as you see fit starting with the scarlet colour to
with your chosen Ball tools. create dark and light tones. Finishing
✹ I then used the green pen for the ✹ Attach the finished rose to the
leaves, adding detail with the fine white work design, mounting to
Perforate liner end of the pen. coloured insert card and colour
✹ Work around the edge of the ✹ Add detailing to the centre of co-ordinating embellishments.
design with your Semi-Circle tool. each petal with a brown pen.
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Beginners Project
Green You Will Need

Dragon
Pergamano
Designed by ✹ Perga Colours

Exclusive (PCE)
May Neilson
✹ Pinta Perla green paint
This any occasion card is made up of two layers. Plus

✹ Black fine liner pen
✹ Small brush
✹ Coloured brads
✹ Green insert card
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© May Neilson 2015
Trace Perforate (shallow) Cut
✹ Attach a plain piece of parchment ✹ Work around both borders with ✹ Carefully cut out all of the pieces
to the dragon pattern and trace the your Star point perforating tool. with your scissors or snips.
image with a black pen.
✹ Trace the border with a
white pencil. Emboss Finishing
✹ Attach a second sheet to the ✹ Very lightly emboss the dragon with ✹ Mount the finished dragon section
bamboo pattern; trace the bamboo your Large Ball tool. to the border panel with brads, then
with a black pen and the border ✹ Emboss the borders with your secure both pieces to a trimmed
with a white pencil. Small Ball tool and ruler. card and a folded white insert.
Paint Perforate (deep)

✹ Begin to paint the dragon with Pinta ✹ Re-perforate all of the borders with
perla paint, water it down a bit and your Star point tool.
use very fine lines keeping them as
close together as possible.
✹ Paint on the front of the piece with
PCE pens.
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Butterfly You Will Need

Pergamano
Blossom
✹ Hockey Stick embossing tool
Designed by ✹ Tinta sepia ink
Pat Murphy ✹ Tinta gold ink

✹ Tinta green ink
✹ Dorso crayon
Designed to give as a birthday card, (lively collection)
you can change the greeting to suit the Plus

desired occasion or indeed recipient. ✹ Felt tip pens
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© Pat Murphy 2015
Trace Emboss Top If you are a bit heavy handed when

✹ Use a white pencil to trace all of ✹ Emboss the butterflies with your embossing, bring the piece back
the straight lines in the border,
the butterfly wings and the bow.
Large and then Medium Ball tool.
✹ Use your Hockey Stick or Large
Tip: to life by applying more colour.
✹ Use sepia ink and then gold ink Ball tool to emboss the leaves and
to trace the birthday greeting, flower buds.
the scallop border body of the
butterfly wings and flower stamens.
Stipple
✹ Work around the outside of the
Paint corner bow and some of the wings
✹ Use Tinta green ink for all of with your One Needle tool.
the leaves.
✹ Paint the flowers in layers of lilac
with a little bit of red, picking up Finishing
the colour from your paint pallet ✹ Emboss a straight line around the
and apply until you are happy with three sides and then cut away any
the shade. waste parchment.
✹ Use gold ink to fill in all of the ✹ Add an insert and fix into place
butterfly bodies. with either glue or invisible thread.
Dorse
✹ Apply red fuchsia and violet
on the reverse of the centre
of the card, blending with your
preferred medium.
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Beginner Project
To Have
Designed by
Mary E. Price
and to Hold
A quick and easy card to make intended for a wedding,
alternatively use it for an anniversary.
You Will Need

Pergamano
✹ Heart perforating tool
✹ White Tinta Perla paint
✹ White Pinta Perla paint
Plus
✹ Purple ribbon
✹ Purple insert card
Trace
✹ Trace the outer straight edges of
the card with a white pencil.
✹ Trace the hearts and the outlines
of the main letters (choosing which
ones are appropriate to you) and
the greeting using a mapping pen
and Tinta perla white, or any other
pearlised ink.
Dip Dot
✹ Use a Small Ball tool and white
Pinta Perla to dip dot around the
smaller inner hearts and use a Ball
tool a size larger to do the same
around the outer heart shapes.
✹ Using white Pinta Perla and a fine
brush, fill in the main letters and
the greeting.
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© Mary E. Price 2015
Perforate (shallow)
✹ Using a thin mat beneath the
work, perforate with your Heart
tool where shown and also
around the three outer edges
with a Semi-Square tool.
✹ Remove the parchment from
the pattern.
Grid Work
✹ Attach to Multi Grid No. 4 or
any other Fine Straight Grid and
perforate as shown in the grid
patterns in the areas between the
small and large heart shapes.
Emboss
✹ Use a ruler and your Extra Small
Ball tool to emboss the three outer
edges and the fold line.
✹ Emboss the unperforated ‘column’
areas within the Grid Work,
the heart shapes and the outer
sections of the Semi Square tool
perforations.
✹ Using the same size tool that was
used for the dip dots, carefully
emboss them.
✹ If needed use a Small Ball tool to
emboss the edges of the dots to
ensure they are a good shape.
Perforate (deep)
✹ Using a thick mat beneath the
work, re-perforate all previously
made perforations.
Cut
✹ Use snips or scissors to cut the
areas within the grid work and
the central triangle shape within
the Semi-Square tool shapes.
✹ Cut around the outer edge.
Finishing
✹ Fold the card and add an insert in
a colour of your choice, add a small
bow if you desire.
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Butterfly of You Will Need

Pergamano
my Heart
✹ S emi-Square perforating tool
Designed by ✹ ulti Grid No. 19 (Diagonal)

M
✹ inta white ink
T
Hilda Gelling
✹ S ticky ink
✹ archment paper
P
Hilda’s used a butterfly die for her centre shaded orange
piece, as an alternative, you could use Plus

one from a Multi Grid. hite glitter paper
✹ W
Ultra-fine glitter powder
ouble sided tape
✹ D
ilding Flakes: Indigo Blue
✹ G
and Morris Dance
utting dies: Joy crafts:
✹ C
Gerti’s hearts. Butterfly Die:
Die-namics or Memory box
hite insert card
✹ W
Trace
✹ Attach the shaded orange
parchment paper to the pattern.
✹ Trace the border lines of the card
with your mapping pen and white ink.
✹ Trace the fold line with a
white pencil.
✹ Attach a second piece of orange
parchment to the heart and trace it
with white ink.
Grid Work
✹ Place the traced square on Multi
Grid No. 19 (or any other Diagonal
Grid) in a vertical position and
emboss the figures on the back of
the front of the card (according to
pattern) with your Small Ball tool.
Perforate (shallow)
✹ With your Semi-Square
perforating tool, shallow perforate
around the border of the card
following the pattern.
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Pattern:
Card
1st layer
2nd layer
Fold line
Emboss Perforate (deep)

✹ Emboss the dots in the Semi-Square ✹ Fold the card along the fold line and
perforations on the card design then re-perforate the Semi-Square
with your Extra Small Ball tool. perforations with your One Needle
✹ On the heart piece, emboss the tool through both sheets.
scroll work detailing within the ✹ Working on the heart shaped piece,
heart using your Extra Small, perforate along the border of the
Small and Large ball tools. heart with your Two Needle tool.
(Do not emboss within the Butterfly Element
outer lines). ✹ Use your preferred die or one
Cut from the bonus pages to create
✹ Cut out the card and the heart your butterfly.
Stipple along the outer lines.
✹ Stipple the area between the
two outer lines with your Finishing
One Needle tool. Glitter ✹ Fold and cut a piece of white card
✹ Trace along the two immediate stock to measure 13cm x 13cm and
outer lines plus the inner line stick to the inside of the main card.
around the heart with sticky ink, ✹ Attach your finished butterfly to
then sprinkle with ultra-fine glitter the heart shaped piece and then to
powder on the lines. the main card using foam pads.
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Blue Iris
The floral oval, lined with white
printed vellum, is mounted onto blue
parchment with multi grid-worked
Panel
embossed and perforated lace corners.
Designed by
Marjorie Rigby
You Will Need

Pergamano
✹ H ockey stick embossing tool
✹ S emi- Square perforating
tool
✹ Pintura green paint
✹ Pintura blue paint
✹ Pintura yellow paint
✹ No. 2 round brush
Plus
✹ S mall piece of thin white
printed vellum
✹ B lue/faded blue parchment
paper
✹ B lotting paper or kitchen roll
✹ Silicone glue
✹ Double sided tape
Centre Panel
Colour
Leaves, bud and calyx
✹ The centre panel is worked on a
small piece of plain parchment. it on the tile and ‘roll’ it to a point.
✹ You need very little water on ✹ Starting from the base of a leaf and the length of the leaf.
your brush. with the bristles nearly flat on the ✹ Providing the first stroke is dry –
✹ With the tip of your damp brush, paper, pull the brush towards the which takes only seconds - repeat
pick up a tiny amount of green paint top in one long sweep i.e. work on the other side of the leaf.
from your tile, mix it in slightly with with the brush at right angles to the ✹ Repeat again on the other side
the water on the brush by wiggling leaf edge, pulling the colour along of the leaf but always start at the
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Fold line
bottom as this is the
darkest area.
✹ If you finish the stroke Cut
with a tiny blob of ✹ Carefully cut out the perforations
colour or moisture, with your scissors or snips
your brush is too wet and according to the pattern.
you must blot immediately. ✹ Trace and cut the white printed
Do not take the brush on and parchment backing to the size of
off or attempt to repaint an area
once covered until after it is dry or Top Painting with the tip or going parallel
with the edge will not achieve the
the inner oval and glue behind the
iris panel.
you may make the paint blotchy. If
your paint layers overlap and create Tip: required result, just blue lines instead
lines, then that is good as they will of a softened edge effect. Main Card
represent leaf veins.
✹ Depending on the green and water Trace
diluted mix you have made, Trace Please note that the outer card
the number of layers you need to ✹ With white pencil, trace the pattern fits quite tightly to the size
do may vary. oval frame. of the A4 parchment paper. However,
there is room!
✹ Trace with a white pencil the panel
Iris flowers Emboss placement and the fold line.
✹ The method of painting the flowers ✹ Line-emboss the inner oval outline
is similar to doing the leaves but with an Extra Small Ball tool.
over a smaller area. ✹ Use your Hockey Stick, Shader or Grid Work
✹ Start the brush stroke at one side Large Ball tool to emboss the iris, ✹ With Multi Grid No 20 emboss
of a petal base, always working at stems and foliage. and then perforate the corners and
right angles to the outer edge. ✹ Raise the edges of the petals a little lower and upper edges with your
✹ Start flattening the brush and push but focus more on the centres as Four Needle tool according to the
it sideways across the paper with embossing will whiten and lighten the grid pattern.
small round and wiggly movements yellow and white areas for contrast. ✹ Use the side and lower edges of the
to the other side, still keeping the Grid as the edges of your card and
bristles almost flat on the paper. complete the pattern exactly as you
The bristles will spread until you Perforate (Shallow) see it on the Grid - no changes or
need to lift off at the other side. ✹ From the front with your One alterations needed.
✹ The blue pigment on the tip self- Needle tool, make small holes along
mixes with the water in the body the embossed frame about 2mm
of the brush from solid colour to apart – not too closely, however, Finishing
nothing as you go along. So you this addition can disguise unwanted ✹ Fold the main card on the fold line
will run out of colour as the brush wavy lines! and glue or tape the assembled
approaches the other side of the petal. ✹ Add another row between that and panel to it or stitch it in place with
✹ Rinse the brush, blot off the excess, the Semi-Square edge. invisible thread.
re-load and start again.
✹ Begin another stroke from the ✹ Add a white insert card using the
opposite side. When the first petal Perforate (Deep) full width of the card. Only a sliver
is dry, over-paint to a darker colour. ✹ Perforate the outer edge with of colour will show at the side and
✹ Increase the depth of colour by layered your Semi-Square perforating tool trim the upper and lower edges.
painting but narrowing the width of according to the pattern. ✹ Tape or sew together at the spine. }
each stroke by having less of your brush
in contact with the parchment.This Semi-Square Edge
is similar to the technique for feather SEMI-SQUARE EDGE
embossing and shading.  Emboss tiny circles inside perforations
✹ Leave the centres of the petals clear. ✹ EMBOSS TINY CIRCLES INSIDE PERFORATIONS
✹ Carefully paint in the fine pair of  Deep perforate
✹ DEEP PERFORATE
lines denoting central petal veins.  TRIANGLES
Cut inner triangles Cut
✹ Colour the lower petal centres ✹ CUT INNER
only with extremely dilute yellow.  EDGE
✹ CUT OUTER Cut outer edge
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Inner white card Outer blue parchment

Fold line
G Grid no. 20 flower and square corner design G
One-needle perforations
G G
© Marjorie Rigby 2015
Semi-Square Edge

Majorie says…
Emboss tiny circles inside perforations
 Deep perforate
See how many different versions
 Cut inner triangles you make from this pattern.
Cut
 Cut outer edge
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Beginners Project
Let’s Get You Will Need

Pumping
Pergamano
Designed by ✹ Multi Grid No. 4
Marie Quincey
Plus
One for the man in your life. ✹ Faber Castell
polychromos pencils
✹ Medium flesh 131
✹ Brown ochre 182
✹ Cobalt blue 144
✹ Warm grey v 274
✹ Dark red 225
✹ Black 199
✹ Yellow ink
✹ Sepia ink
✹ Silver pen touch pen
✹ Black fine liner pen
Trace
✹ Once you have attached your
parchment to the pattern, use a
yellow and sepia mix to trace all of
the flesh.
✹ Use a black fine ink liner pen to
trace the hair, trainers, trousers,
bench, weights and greeting.
✹ Trace the vest, border and dashed
lines with a white pencil.
Colour
✹ Working with polychromos pencils
use medium flesh plus a touch of
brown ochre for the skin.
✹ Colour in the vest and the stripes
on the trainers with cobalt blue.
✹ Warm grey V for the trousers.
✹ Use dark red for the bench and
trousers.
✹ Colour in the hair with black.
✹ Once coloured dorse on the back.
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© Marie Quincey 2015
Paint
✹ Use black pintura paint and your
Small Ball tool to dip dot the oval
ring and to fill in the weights.
✹ Silver paint for the bench legs and
weight bar.
Emboss
✹ Emboss the card border, weights and
bench legs with a Small Ball tool.
Perforate
✹ Use your One Needle tool and Grid
to perforate every hole on his vest.
✹ Perforate around the border of the
card with your Four Needle tool.
Finishing
✹ Carefully cut out the perforations
and then attach to a coloured
piece of card, securing with a cord
or ribbon.
Happy Birthday
Congratulations
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Hello and welcome to this extraordinary edition of Parchment Craft,

Parchment Craft is published 12 times a year.

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5 It's a Man's World 22 Summer Daisies

8 Two to Choose 28 White Work Rose

10 The Bristol Butterfly

14 Flowers for You 30 Summer Flowers

16 Practical Parchment 32 Blue Iris

18 Good Luck 34 Thinking of You

40 We Talk To… 56 Butterfly Blossom

42 Poppies in the Field

44 Ribbon Blue 60 Butterfly of my Heart

46 Summer Delight 62 Dream Catcher

66 Let’s Get Pumping

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Two to You Will Need

Hilary’s coasters are both worked from the Plus

be worked as coasters or used as card toppers. ✹ Blue parchment paper

White Work Coaster

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✹ Emboss a straight border around

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Top Tip: Colour

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© Alison Yeates 2015

Alison Yeates 2015

You Will Need

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Finishing ✹ Attach to a blue backing card,

You Will Need

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To read more about Pat’s crafty life turn to page 40

Practical You Will Need

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