• Checkout
  • My Account

0 items

  • Home
  • Shop
    • Beginner’s kits and patterns
    • Parchment
    • Pergamano
      • New Pergamano products
      • Accessories
      • Books
      • Multi grids
      • Tools
        • Embossing Tools
        • Perforating tools
    • ParchCraft Australia
      • Embossing Tools
      • Grids
      • Perforating Tools
      • Templates
    • Accessories
      • Pads embossing and perforating
      • miscellaneous
      • Brads
      • Crystals
      • Magnifiers
    • Faber Castell Pencils
    • Grids, patterned
    • Card
      • Rainbow and shaded
      • Mirri sparkle
      • Mirri card
      • Velvet paper
    • Patterns and projects
    • Parchment Craft for Weddings
    • Stardust Pens
      • Micron Pens 005
    • Association of parchment crafters
  • News
  • Links
  • Workshops & Holidays
    • Workshops
    • Weekend and Holiday courses
  • Beginners P C and patterns
    • How to start
    • How to – cut and perforate parchment
    • How to – use grids
    • Free patterns
  • Contact
  • Hints and Tips Posted May 23, 2013

    3

    This post will be updated regularly with all the hints and tips that I get to hear about.Kingfisher

    1.  If your parchment scissors / tweezers become stiff to use or will not spring back easily, spray some WD40 onto the blades where they join.

    2.  Tumble drier sheets rubbed over your parchment before embossing helps the embossing tools to glide over the parchment so making embossing much easier.

    3. Rusty needles?  Put a small amount of sheep’s wool into the caps; the lanolin in the wool helps to keep them rust free.  If they have gone rusty, clean the rust off with some WD40; it is only surface rust so it should not have harmed the needle.

    4.  If you accidentally emboss a small area, you can flatten it slightly with Zest-it, then when dry go over with Faber Castell pencil cold grayIII. The colour is very close to original parchment colour.

    5.  How do you stick parchment to the backing card?

    Answer – There is no magic answer to this question – parchment paper is translucent so it will always show glue or tape especially if you are mounting onto a dark backing.  There are several methods to get round this –

    v  Sew the parchment to the backing.  Use a transparent thread and sew through perforations or lace holes in the parchment.  Make holes through the backing card in the correct place one at a time so that you can position the parchment in the correct place as you go.  Tape the ends of the thread to the back of the card.

    v  Use tiny amounts of silicon or PinFlair glue under coloured or embossed sections of your parchment.  The glue takes a while to dry, so put a light weight on top of the card.  There is no need to press down completely as the silicon glue is better left as a lump.

    v  Use brads in the corners of the card.

    v  Sew beads into the corners or around lace work, so attaching the card at the same time.

    v  Use corner punches which are like photo corners.

     

  • Search Store

    Recent Posts

    • A Festival of Traditional parchment craft
    • Otter step by step pictures
    • Partridge in a pear tree

    Archives

    • September 2018
    • June 2018
    • October 2017
    • September 2017
    • June 2017
    • May 2017
    • August 2016
    • July 2015
    • July 2014
    • June 2014
    • November 2013
    • October 2013
    • August 2013
    • July 2013
    • May 2013
  • Customer Services
    • +44 (0)1202 891308
    • [email protected]
  • Parchment Craft Workshop
    All classes taken by Alison Yeates, Fellow of Parchment Craft Guild, and assessor for the associations of parchment crafters award scheme
    All classes are mixed abilities and are suitable for all levels from complete beginner to more advanced. For further information etc. visit the Workshop page or contact Alison on 01202 891308, or email.
  • Postal Charges
    UK orders over £15 are postage free, under this amount a £2 flat rate will be applied.

    Oversees orders - please email your order and we will calculate the postage rate and contact you directly.

© Copyright 2016 Kingfisher Crafts. All rights reserved | Web development Seemore Graphics