Hello friends,
Thanks for popping by again today. I've got two 5 inch square, gate fold cards to share with you today. Over on the Parchlet Treasures FB page they are asking if we could use orange for some of our artwork this week, to hight light lots of different charities.
Checking through my stash, I came across this rather beautiful paper, it's sort of a pinky orange colour so I thought I'd use it.
Anyone who knows me, will know that I will always spend a little more time on the actual card design, composition and how I'm going to mount the parchment, than the actual parchment piece! It's just the way I'm programmed, I suppose. This is why I'm really liking these parchment twinchies, I can make a small simple piece and go from there.
I designed and cut the decorative mats on my Silhouette Cameo, it's easier than you think! I welded together an oval, a square and a couple of rectangles, it's as easy as that! From there I was able to make the gate fold square card, with the exact same shape cut away - simple!
As you can see from the second card, I even designed and cut a couple of slots to hold my parchment piece into the top mat :)!
The parchment twinchie on the first card is only held by that one tiny brad in the centre of the flower at the bottom. I think people think that they need to put a brad in each corner but it's not necessary for such a tiny piece, I don't think, as the parchment itself is fairly strong and rigid, it easily holds up on its own, even if the brad is in the bottom corner ;)!
Just so you know, the cut out heart in the centre of the second parchment twinchie is a design change! I had a big accident with my Perga glue so ended up pricking the heart and instead of snipping it out, with a chance of ruining my Perga cutters, I gently tore it out ;)! So pleased that the Parchment Police can't get me for that these days ;)!
Thanks again for popping by and thanks for looking.
Carole x
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