Handmade Pattern Paper – Christmas Shapes 100g

This lovely selection of Handmade Pattern Paper – Christmas Shapes 100g have been cut from exquisitely embossed, foiled and printed Indian handmade paper. This assortment in a range of festive colours and assorted patterns have been pre-cut into a generous variety of festive shapes. Use in collage, scrapbooking, card making, paper crafts, stationery, invitations and handmade gifts.

Key Features: 

• 100g pack of assorted Christmas shapes 
• This assortment comes in a range of festive colours and assorted patterns that have been pre-cut into a generous variety of festive shapes. 
• Includes 14 different shapes: Dove, Reindeer (x 2 designs), Santa, Star, Snowflake, Stocking (x 2), Tree, Bell, Bauble (x 2 designs), Gift and Bow. 
• Shapes vary in width and height from 5cm to 12.5cm  
• Cut from exquisitely embossed, foiled, colorful and printed Indian handmade papers. 
• Colours: red, gold, silver, green, yellow, orange and blues. 
• Made from recycled cotton rags that have been chopped and beaten into a pulp. 
• Great for collage, scrapbooking, card making, paper crafts, stationery, invitations and handmade gifts. 
• Colours may vary. 
• Suitable for all ages. 

How this paper is made:
Making paper by hand is an age-old art and tradition of paper-making in India. Handmade Papers are made from recycled cotton rags. Cotton Rags are chopped and beaten down to pulp. The pulp is then mixed with water. This dilute suspension consisting of cellulose fibres is lifted on a sieve and the water is drained out. This process in paper making is called Pulp Lifting. It is during this process of pulp lifting that we are also able to add embellishments to the paper like flower petals, straw, jute fibres or real seeds!

The water is further removed from the sheets by pressing the sheets against each other and staking them. The sheets so formed are sun-dried and calendered (cold pressed) to result in uniform and strong sheets of paper.

Processes like multi-colour silk screen printing by hand, flocking, deep embossing, hot stamp foiling and dew drops are carried out on handmade paper sheets resulting in exquisite designs and textures.