Ornare Paper Piercing Pattern a - Cu4cuCompleted by Gail Pennycuick

I printed the design onto white card and used it as my template to pierce the design onto a square kraft coloured card.

I used a mouse pad under it to allow free movement of the pricking tool. I wrote out 'Venezia' and pricked it in one corner.

In the opposite one I used some flourishes from part of the design. I cut away the inner part of the frame so that it could be used to showcase the image underneath.

Finally I added tiny faux gems here and there around the design to complete it. (The inner image is cup252504_923.) This lovely design would be useful in a lot of different applications.

The addition of seed beads would be a possibility along some of the lines or just a beautiful frame for a vintage bust perhaps.