Hi Pat, I bought a Pergamo beginner kit and actually just took a class at a local stamp shop. We just traced a stamp pattern using what is similiar to a calligraphy pen and the white dorso ink. It is quite simple but time consuming. You then turn it over and emboss with a stylus on a foam mat. Then we used a piercing tool to do a decorative edge around the card and cut it out. It turned out quite nice but my hand was sore. The parchment paper, they say, is special for this craft but I just bought the cardstock weight of SU vellum and am going to give it a try. The paper needs some "body" to it to hold up to the embossing. I don't know if this helps. I had bought the kit some time ago and wasn't sure how to use it and was glad when the opportunity to take a hands on class became available. I also had never thought of using a stamp pattern for the pattern.
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