A Touch of Grace

Good morning sweet friends.Today I have a card to share with you that I made for one of the Dare to Get Dirty annual summer challenges going on over at Splitcoaststampers hosted by past and current Splitcoaststampers Dirty Dozen Design Team members. The celebration is a thank you event for Splitcoaststampers Fan Club members who support the site with their subscriptions. My dear sweet friend Cheryl Scrivens is hosting the challenge I have participated in. I am a proud member of the Dirty Dozen Alumni, serving February – July 2008 .  .  . I can’t believe it was nine years ago .  .  . where does the time go?

I love the Black-Eyed Susan digital stamp set from Power Poppy and used it for my focal point. I painted the image with Pergamano Pintura Acrylic paints.

I embossed a sentiment from the Cuppa Buttercups digital stamp set from Power Poppy that I felt was perfect for the image.

I designed the card using Groovi’s Nested Scalloped Squares and Nested Scalloped Ovals acrylic plates for parchment paper. If you have the ability to enlarge the photo, you’ll be able to see the detail in the embossing and the glittered background of the large square. I traced the Black-Eyed Susans onto the background with Sticky Ink and a mapping pen and sprinkled the traced images with glitter. It doesn’t show up well in the photo, but is quite beautiful on the card.

If you have any questions regarding the Groovi method of parchment (fabulous for beginners), please drop me a line and I’ll be happy to chat with you about it. If you’re interested in Pergamano supplies, please e-mail me. I have closed my internet store, but am still selling Pergamano products via Paypal.

Supplies Used:

Regular Parchment Paper

Daffodil Card Stock

Pintura Paints

Pergamano Dorso Lively Crayons

Dorso Oil

Pergamano Sticky Ink

Pergamano Glitter

Pergamano 1 Needle Perforating Tool

Pergamano 2 Needle Perforating Tool

Pergamano Fine Stylus Embossing Tool

Pergamano Extra Small Ball Embossing Tool

Pergamano Small Ball Embossing Too

Pergamano Large Ball Embossing Tool

Pergamano Perga Glue

Groovi Nested Scalloped Squares

Groovi Nested Scalloped Ovals

Gr1/4″ Gold Silk Ribbon

Pergamano Mapping Pen

#1 Water Color Paint Brush

Embossing Pad

Perforating Pad

Lace — beautiful, intricate, delicate lace — Julie Roces is synonymous with parchment white lace work. When I’m not in the mood to paint and want to work beautiful white lace work patterns, I can’t help but refer to Julie’s work with parchment lace work.

This beautiful design entitled Princess Mary is one of Julie’s designs from her book Royal Lace. When creating the designs for the book, Julie studied photographs of handmade lace from the last century. She dedicated the designs in the book to the royal family. Her love of timeless lace inspired Julie to create beautiful patterns that will bring many hours of enthusiasm and enjoyment to those who love to create lace work.

In this photo, you see the fine cutting of the lace and the white lace appliqués created by many patient hours of embossing creating white appliqués for the lace. There are two layers of parchment; the inner card is made of a shaded purple parchment paper and the outer card is made of regular parchment paper. I embossed and cut the lace work on the outer card first. When completed, I folded the shaded purple parchment paper and inserted it into the outer card, attaching it with removable scotch tape. I then pierced through four layers of parchment paper around the border. I cut through the four layers of parchment paper with parchment scissors to form the small picots around the border of the card.

I used a 2-split needle tool (the two needles are very close together) to perforate the lace and appliqués and cut the picots within the lace with parchment scissors.

Thank you so much for stopping by, sending you sunny wishes from Florida for a fabulous weekend!

Supplies Used:

Regular Parchment Paper

Shaded Purple Parchment Paper

Tinta White Ink

Pergamano 1 Needle Perforating Tool

Pergamano 2-Split Needle Perforating Tool

Pergamano Fine Stylus Embossing Tool

Pergamano Extra Small Ball Embossing Tool

Pergamano Small Ball Embossing Too

Pergamano Large Ball Embossing Tool

Pergamano Perga Glue

White 1/8″ Silk Ribbon

Pergamano Mapping Pen

Embossing Pad

Perforating Pad

I’ve been published . . . what an honor!

Hi friends, today I have a short post to share my exciting news. Do you remember this design I showed you a few months ago?

Well . . . . here it is in print!

Groovi is publishing books featuring designs using their acrylic plates. My fuchsia card made the cover . . . I’m tickled pink!

Inside the book is the full image with the recipe to make the card on the facing page.

My Easter card is also published in the book.

I’m beyond proud and excited to be included in the publication! Thank you Barbara Gray and the folks at Groovi (Clarity Stamp) for featuring two of my designs in your fabulous publication. The book features 21 inspirational cards and 11 patterns.  The Groovi books are available at ClarityStamp.

Thanks so much for stopping by, sending you sweet summer wishes. I’ll be back soon to share more!