Goatskin parchment refers to a watermarked range of woven textured archival papers. It is ideal for use in legal documents, certificates, diplomas and is guaranteed to last 500 years. No animal products are used in the making of your certificate.

Parchment is made by soaking an animal skin (usually from a goat, sheep or calf) in lime and then stretching it on a frame, scraping it to remove excess tissue and allowing it to dry under tension. During this process, the collagen of the skin is rearranged, but not chemically altered.

Parchment is extraordinarily durable, far more so than leather, for instance. It can last for a thousand years, or more, in perfect condition. Good parchment is soft and thin and velvety, and folds easily.

is that paper is a sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water while parchment is a material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.

The term parchment is a general term for an animal skin which has been prepared for writing or printing. Parchment has been made for centuries, and is usually calf, goat, or sheep skin. The term vellum from the French veau refers to a parchment made from calf skin.

Parchment paper is difficult to run through a printer since it’s so slippery, but backed with a regular sheet of paper, it’s not a problem, so we’ll start by printing our image to a regular sheet of paper using an inkjet or laser printer.

Strathmore 300

Perfect skin They feel like velvet and make a slight rustling sound when you turn the page—suspenseful whispers that teased the reader (image above). Bad skin, by contrast, crackles. It is of uneven thickness, and shows staining and a variety of colors (image below).

Bristol Smooth has a flat, smooth surface and is great for pen & ink, mechanical pencil, airbrush, and marker. Bristol Vellum has a medium surface with peaks and valleys, making it great for graphite, colored pencil, charcoal, pastel, and crayons.

wax paper

Heavyweight Translucent Vellum Cardstock (48lb – 54lb) Its thickness is that of a 65lb cardstock – substantial enough to stand on its own but not quite as thick as a standard greeting card.

What Adhesive To Use For Vellum Paper?

• If you are adhering the vellum directly to the layer below it – use Stampin’ Up!’s Anywhere Glue Sticks or acid free glue sticks.
• Glue sprays and thin strips of adhesives work best with vellum paper.

Cool, Dry, Flat Storage are the Fixes If you feel like storing your vellum under something weighty (like a book), even better. If your edges do happen to curl a little, don’t be afraid to curl them the other way with some sort of barrel tool (like a pencil).

Cutting Vellum with a Cricut Machine Place Vellum onto Cricut LightGrip cutting mat. Select and size images and load mat into the machine. Refer to Vellum Cut Guide table below to adjust machine settings. Press CUT.

As I mentioned, the possibilities are endless with the Cricut Explore Air! You can use it to make just about anything you could imagine for your wedding day. Think paper goods like your save the dates, wedding invitations, envelope liners, thank you cards, menus, programs, and so much more!

It’s important to note that buying a Cricut machine won’t necessarily save you money to DIY your wedding. The start-up costs can really add up! But if you’re a DIY Queen and want to personalize *every* aspect of your wedding day for less, than a Cricut Machine would be a worthy investment for you.

Best Cricut Pens to Use

• Sharpie Fine Point (Regular, Metallic & Neon)
• Sharpie Ultra Fine Point.
• Sharpie Pen Art Pen.
• Pilot Precise (V5 & V7)
• Bic Marking (Fine & Ultra Fine)
• Bic Cristal.
• Sakura Gelly Roll.
• Amaza Gel Pens.

The thing that makes addressing envelopes so quick and easy for Cricut Joy is the Card Mat. You can load the envelope right onto the Card Mat; and when your text is formatted correctly, Cricut Joy will write perfectly-placed addresses for you!

To save you a bit of time searching through fonts, here are some great fonts with writing styles to get you started. You still may prefer using downloaded fonts with your Cricut. FontBundles is one of my favorite places to purchase fonts, and they have a collection of free fonts also.