This multi-purpose card can be suitable for many occasions. It includes white work, 3D and lots of cutting, so would be a good design for all levels of the craft to practice their cutting skills.
Designed by Mary G. Kerr
Trace
• Secure your plain parchment paper to the pattern and with your white pencil or mapping pen trace all the elements on the pattern.
Emboss
• With a large and small ball tools emboss the outlines.
• With a sun tool emboss as shown in the pattern.
• With an extra small ball tool emboss within your semi-square perforations in the outline.
• Remove any visible pencil lines with an eraser.
Perforate
• With your 2-needle and semi-square perforating tools, perforate as shown on the pattern.
Cut
• Cut all perforations with scissors or snips as shown on the pattern.
Perforate
• Place a piece of A4 lilac parchment paper folded to A5 behind your worked card and secure with low-tack tape.
• With a semi-square perforating tool, perforate shallow around the outline as shown on the pattern, re-perforate deep with a single needle tool
• Cut all the perforations with scissors or snips.
To finish
• Use a flower punch or alternatively trace 10 small flowers as shown in the pattern.
• With a large ball embossing tool press the centre of each flower to give shape.
• Attach the flowers to your finished card as shown. Place a flat back pearl in the cen
