Aqua Wedding

By Marian Chivers
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MATERIALS REQUIRED:
Pale Blue Mulberry Paper: M15A4.
Parchment/Tracing Paper: TR003.
Brodery Template: STE226.
Silver Seed Beads: BEA35.
Silver Gems: GE05-02.
Silver & Dk. Blue Metallic Thread.
Beading and Sewing Needle.
Pricking Tool and Mat.
Small Embossing Tool and Mat.
Scrap of Clear Polyester.
Clear Glitter Vinyl: ZL000U-80.
Gold Label Stickers:
ZL424U-82 Wavy Border,
ZL540U-82 Hearts,
ZL675U-72 Flowers,
XL115U-02 Doves,
XL010U-02 Bows,
XL087U-01 Rings,
XL264U-02 Congratulations,
XL664U-02 Heart Corners.
Sticky Fixers and Low Tack Tape.
UHU General Purpose Glue: ADH01.
Card Mount: DEC6M-81 Aquamarine.
TO MAKE THE CARD:
Place the parchment paper onto the template as
shown (right) and fix the two together with a little
tape. Place on an embossing mat and use the em-
bossing tool to emboss the swirls of the outer border
pattern, you should be able to see them clearly
enough through the paper. Emboss the re-alignment
lines at the centre of the long edge. Turn the work
over (template on top) and emboss just outside the
two patterned edges of the template.
Push a needle or pin through the single dot be-
tween the alignment lines then carefully remove the
tape at the edges of the work. Swivel the template
around on the pin so it is positioned over the other
half of the paper. Check that the two straight lines
at the centre show through the holes nicely and the
corners match, then retape. With the paper upwards
again, emboss the swirls as before then turn over
and emboss just outside the two edges.
Remove the template from the work. Using the
centre alignment dot already pricked through the
parchment, measure out a 6cm square in the centre
Re-alignment
Lines
Pin
Parchment on Top
of Stencil
Re-alignment
Lines
Pin
Parchment on Top
of Stencil
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VARIATION:
This design also looks very pretty in pink (above).
I have changed the stitch pattern of the diamonds
and varied the stickers used.
Cut a piece of pale blue Mulberry to 135 x 135mm
and fix to the back of the parchment panel using low
tack tape. Tape the template into position on top of
the work using the embossed border line for align-
ment. Place on a pricking mat and prick all the holes
on the outer border and the double row of holes just
inside the border, going through both layers of paper.
Note: The template has several pattern stitching
suggestions for the diamond shapes etched onto it,
for the straight lines which I chose to use, there is
no need to prick the holes that are not used.
Carefully turn the template using a pin through the
centre alignment hole as before, or line up using the
embossed border if you prefer. Prick the other half of
the paper in the same way then remove the template
but keep the Mulberry and parchment fixed together.
Now work the stitching through both layers in the
following way. Use silver thread to stitch the dia-
monds as shown, fixing the ends with a little clear
tape on the back of the mulberry paper. Next, work
the silver cross stitches between the border dots.
Use dark blue thread to work back stitches around
all the diamonds, adding a clear seed bead to each
point as you go. Back stitch along the top and bot-
tom of the cross stitches in dark blue. Remove the
tape then glue this panel to the front of the card.
Place a clear glitter heart sticker in each corner of
the parchment panel, add one congratulations sticker
over the cross stitches on each side of the square.
Place strips of wavy border stickers just inside the
parchment aperture and add a silver heart corner
over the top of this border in each corner. Add a
single flower sticker to the centre of each diamond
Blue Mulberry Blue Mulberry
Blue Mulberry Underneath
6cm Square
Centre
and then use UHU to stick a mini gemstone in the
centre of each of the spiral patterns.
Stick a heart with doves sticker over the glitter
vinyl sheet, then cut it out, leave the backing on
the vinyl so it looks white not clear. Cut a 5cm length
of white thread and stick one end firmly to the back
of the heart. Place a double ring sticker onto clear
polyester and cut it out, then stick this to the end
of the white thread so that it dangles in front of the
heart. Sticky fix the heart into the centre section of
the card.
Stick four silver bows to the clear vinyl and cut
them out (leave the backing on as before) then sticky
fix to the corners between the stitch lines.
of the work and cut it out. Carefully cut just outside
the embossed outer line to make the parchment into
a shaped panel, see below.
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