My friend Hilary does Parchment work and so does Joanne (Pinnacle Crafts) and I have always been in awe of their creations - but this has been a craft that I have not ventured into as I would want finished results too quickly and parch-craft takes time/skill/patience.
However, I have recently seen the "Groovi" plates from Clarity, hanging on the wall with all the parchment tools & plates and this one caught my eye...
This weekend was "Member's weekend" at Pinnacles - 30% off crafting goodies for club members and yet again I was drawn to this lace tree...I even sat and watched some Barbara Grey videos on YouTube. What struck me was the similarity to the dry embossing that I used to do when I first started scrapbooking (in the days before all the wonderful die-cutting machines and dies). I would sit with my light-box and metal stencils and make my own embossed panels to use as embellishments.
So you will not be surprised to hear that a pack of parchment paper and this plate jumped into my basket.
That was on Friday.
When I got home from my shopping trip, I set to locating my fine embossing tools only to finally remember that I gave them away with some of my metal stencils. All the ball-tools I have now are larger in design for use with score boards and the like.
Back to Pinnacles on Saturday morning to add some fine metal ball-tools to my crafting stash.
I decided to go with the Pergamano ones as they have a comfortable grip that I thought would be more suitable for me.
I have to say, I really enjoyed this and found the concentration very soothing (a bit like grown-up colouring in).
I do not have the "Plate-mate" and my first attempt was not perfect as I didn't tape my parchment down very well but my second go was much better and I was very pleased with the result.
I don't think Joanne will see me joining her parchment classes any time soon as I'm not sure I could do all the pricking & cutting but this embossing part of the process is great and I think I could be adding a few more plates to my collection.
Oh no! More stash........................................................................
3 comments:
If you have a die cutting machine you could use an embossing folder with vellum/parchment and get a similar effect.
It is always nice to try something new, even if at the end of it you are of the opinion that it won't lead you into a full blown new hobby as it were!
It's lovely to dip your toe into a different craft, and gives you the opportunity to see if it's one for you or not
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