pergamano cards
 

Does anyone have instructions on making pergamano or parchment cards. I have seen several but need help in doing them. Can you use the parchment paper from the grocery store?

Thanks

Pat

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.

Michelle has a great tutorial in her blog. Here is the link. Also, if you do a search in the gallery, you will see about 2 pages of them.
Have fun!!

http://www.easypergamano.blogspot.com/

thank you
 

for the site. It gives some good hints.

Pat

If you google pergamano you can find some interesting sites.

This site has beautiful samples in their gallery:
http://www.creativepapercrafts.com/p...gngallery.aspx

For more information on Pergamano, some free patterns and lots of instructional books, go to www.ecstasycrafts.com

Dandee Images
 

Lots of books, kits, patterns, papers and inks for pergamano at Dandee Images. Look along the left margin for index.