Make a Parchment Fairy Lantern
Design Team member Susan Bradney has created this lovely Fairy Lantern using parchment.
Read on to find out how she made it in this easy to follow, step-by-step guide.

The Products used…
A sheet of A4 parchment paper
A selection of alcohol inks
Alcohol blending solution
Versafine clair in nocturne
Black embossing powder
Selection of Lavinia stamps
Selection of archival inks
Double sided tape
The Steps in creating the card
(click on the first image to view as a slideshow)
- Take a sheet of A4 parchment and cut it to the size. I made mine 7” x the length of the A4 sheet
- Drop some alcohol ink onto your parchment followed by a couple drops of blending solution. Blow the ink around with either a hair dryer on low or a hand pump blower
- Continue until the entire sheet is covered and leave to dry
- IMPORTANT: Turn the parchment over and work on the reverse. Use an anti static bag to give a good coating all over.
- Use nocturne versafine clair ink, stamp your main images and heat emboss these with black embossing powder
- Use torn paper and archival ink to ground your images
- Using archival inks add some trees and foliage.
- Put a piece of double sided tape along one of the short edges and join both sides together.
- Add a border to the top and bottom, it is best to do this after you’ve completed step 8, otherwise it could buckle. Add a battery operated candle and you have your fairy lantern
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and will make your own lantern.
Susan x