Watercoloured Tissue Cards from Video

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing the details (and close-up pics) of the three cards from my latest video - Tissue Paper Watercolouring & Techniques.  The first card with the flowery heart die-cut is posted HERE.

This is the Metallic Tissue Paper technique that I learned from Karen (Karen's Kreative Kards).  After watercolouring my tissue paper with brushos and letting it dry, I scrunched it up, flattened it out a bit and then glued it to a piece of white card stock.  The scrunching creates lots of creases and texture.

I went over the piece with an anti-static pad and then lightly swiped my Versamark ink pad over top, just adding ink to the tops of the creases.  Embossing powder was added and then heat embossed.  This creates a gorgeous textured background with metallic highlights.  I simply added a silver foil die-cut snowflake sash and heat embossed sentiment to finish the card.

For the above card, I used watercolour sprays to colour my tissue paper.  Once dry, I glued the paper flat onto a piece of acetate (Grafix .007 acetate used here - available at Amazon.com). You need to use good quality glue and good quality acetate to get the tissue to stick. This creates a sturdy, semi-translucent piece that was used to die-cut the leaf sprig.  A stitched frame was added to the background and a sentiment was stamped to finish the card.

For the last card sample from my video, I used a dye ink watercoloured tissue paper and scrunched it to create texture.  The tissue paper was adhered to a piece of good quality acetate (see info above) using good quality glue in order for it to stick.  I flipped the piece over to use the acetate side as the front of my focal card panel. You can see the texture from the crumbled background through the acetate, creating a unique look.

I stamped the wildflowers in Versamark and heat embossed in gold.  A piece of vellum was ripped to create a banner and the sentiment was also heat embossed with the same gold.

I hope you'll try out these fun techniques and then come join the CAS Mix Up July Challenge - Tissue Paper.  Hope to see you in the gallery!

Christmas Greetings:
Stamps:  Warmth & Wonder (SU!)
Paper:  White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); white tissue paper; silver foil (SU!)
Ink:  Brushos; Versamark
Accessories & Tools:  water mister, silver embossing powder, heat tool, glue, Snowflake Sash die (

Happy Birthday:
Stamps:  Fun Birthday Sentiments (HLS)
Paper:  White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); white tissue paper
Ink:  Watercolour sprays (Dick Blick)
Accessories & Tools:  Acetate sheet (Grafix .007 thickness), glue, Stitched rectangle die (Lil' inkers), Lively die (Penny Black)

Hello:
Stamps:  Insightful Meadows (Unity); Many Everyday Messages (Hero Arts)
Paper:  White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); tissue paper; vellum
Ink:  Dye inks (SU!); Versamark
Accessories & Tools:  water mister, acetate sheet (Grafix .007 thickness), glue, gold heat embossing, heat tool


Challenges:
CAS Mix Up July Challenge - Tissue Paper