TISSUE TECHNIQUE

Hello Eleanor here, with a slightly messy technique which results in a textured background like this:

I started with some tissue paper:

pva glue (mine was temporarily misplaced, so this is what I used):

Some pieces of plain cardstock:

And some creamy metallic rub-ons, like cream eyeshadow, I think these may have been a magazine freebie some years back, but you could also use sparkly wax crayons or chalk or oil pastels.

I mixed the pva half and half with water in a bowl, slooshed it onto a piece of cardstock, draped onto it a piece of tissue approx twice as large as the card, and manoeuvred it all onto the card, creasing and crinkling to fit. I then flattened it all with the palm of my hand and set it to dry. This is how my 3 pieces looked when wet:

After an hour on the central heating boiler they were crisper than a piece of melba toast:

so I set to with my metallic rubbing, just smearing a little onto the creases and into the hollows, silver on the blue:

reddish copper on the yellow:

and both gold:

and silver, on the black:

I think the last 2 are the most effective, but any of them would be useful trimmed to size as ATC bases, or art journal covers, or  collage backgrounds.

Cheerio for now.

Comments

[Lynne V]

This is gorgeous. I'm really enjoying making ATCs at the moment and this would create a perfect base for them.