This Christmas card was made using a stencil designed by Alison Yeates, one of the tutors on last week's parchment course. I've always felt that the use of such stencils was sort of cheating but having discovered how versatile they are, with many design elements to use in different ways, I put my scruples aside and thought I'd try it. I love the result! And there's enough 'real' parching skills in the execution that my scruples have been banished entirely and I'm keen to try another design :)
