Here is the step by steps for the card I demo-ed on Create and Craft on Saturday, 22/10/22, at 5pm using the Christmas Centrepiece Collection and Josie's Diagonal Embossed Patterns 1 & 2 Groovi plates ...
Groovi Plates:
Deluxe Groovi Plate Starter Kit + Butterfly Wreath A5 Square Plate GRO-SK-40709-XX
Nested Rectangles Picot Cut Die Set & Groovi Plate. ACC-DI-30695-56
Nested Squares Picot Cut Die Set & Groovi Plate ACC-DI-30698-66
Tina's Christmas Centrepiece A5 Square Groovi Plate Quartet GRO-CH-41342-03
Josie's Diagonal Embossed Patterns 1 A4 Square Groovi Plate GRO-GG-41733-24
Josie's Diagonal Embossed Patterns 2 A4 Square Groovi Plate GRO-GG-41793-24
All the embossing on this project is done on the back.
The colouring on this project is done on the back.
All the perforating and cutting on this project are done from the front.
Step 1: Die cut the 4th largest picot rectangle on clear parchment paper using the Nested Ovals Picot dies. Emboss the double square outlines from the corresponding Nested Picot Ovals Groovi plate on 3 of the sides using the Groovi No.1 tool (or Pergamano 1mm embossing ball tool).
Step 2: On the side the outlines were left out, emboss part of the round frame from the Turtle Dove plate using the Groovi No.2 tool (or Pergamano 1.5mm embossing ball tool) for the little circles and and the rest of the line art with the Groovi No.1 tool (or Pergamano 1mm embossing ball tool).
Step 3: Inside semi-circle space, emboss the littles circles from the Christmas Tree plate using the Groovi No.2 tool (or Pergamano 1.5mm embossing ball tool) and the rest of the line art using the Groovi No.1 tool (or Pergamano 1mm embossing ball tool).
Step 4: Inside the tree, emboss the dots from one of the patterns on Josie's Diagonal Embossed Patterns 1 plate using the Groovi No.2 tool (or Pergamano 1.5mm embossing ball tool). Remove the parchment from the plate, realign the dots and emboss the dots to fill the rest of the area in the tree.
Step 5: Using the Groovi No.2, 3 & 4 tools (or Pergamano 1mm, 1.5mm and 3mm embossing ball tools) gently emboss inside the little circles starting with the largest ball tool and remembering to let the parchment rest between layers.
Step 6: Still working on the back, colour in the design elements using the Perga Liner B pencils.
Blend the colours using a little Dorso oil and a blending nib. Use a different nib for each colour if possible.
(If you have too much oil on your nib, the colour will come off, so blot off the excess on a piece of kitchen towel. If you have too little oil, the blending will not be smooth, so touch just the very tip of the nib on the Dorso oil for the tiniest amount of oil)
Use Perga Colours Exclusive pen to colour between the double rectangle outlines.
Step 7: From the front, over the super foam, using Pergamano bold 2-needle perforating tool, perforate inside the leaves, bauble string and outside the semi-circle scallops.
Picot cut between all the perforations making sure the scissors are over the waste when you cut.
Step 8: Die cut the 4th largest nested picot square on rainbow parchment paper (I've used Lavender Fields) using the Nested Squares Picot dies. Before cutting, make sure you have placed the die with the cutting side down on the softer matt side facing up.
With the glossy brighter side facing up (this is the back of the work), emboss the corresponding double square outlines from the Nested Squares Picot Groovi plate using the Groovi No.1 tool (or Pergamano 1mm embossing ball tool).
Step 9: Use Groovi tabs to hold the front of the clear parchment piece (so the back is facing up) on the back of the rainbow parchment piece so the double outlines on both pieces line up.
Step 10: Line up the scallops semi-circle part on the Turtle Dove plate. Once lined up, stick the rainbow parchment piece to the plate using Groovi tabs and remove the clear parchment piece.
Step 11: Using the Groovi No.3 tool (or Pergamano 1.5mm embossing ball tool), emboss the scallops.
Step 12: In the space between the semi-circle and the square outline, emboss the dots from one of the patterns on Josie's Diagonal Embossed Patterns 2 plate using the Groovi No.2 tool (or Pergamano 1.5mm embossing ball tool). Remove the parchment from the plate, realign the dots and emboss the dots to fill the rest of the area.
Step 13: Colour between the double square outlines using the Perga Colours Exclusive pen.
To Finish: Add as much or as little (or none) Perga glitter as you wish.
Cut squares from corresponding rainbow paper, white card and companion paper (I have used Waimea Falls) using Nested Squares Picot Dies.
Mount the parchment pieces on the die cut squares using brads and stick this on folded white card.
Here are another couple of creations using the Christmas Centrepiece Groovi plates…
Sending everyone STAY SAFE WISHES sprinkled with PERGA GLITTER. Take care.
Lots of Love, Hugs and Laughter
Tina x
