So, I have been having major scrojo issues for the last month or so but it's not all bad news. My partner bought me a lovely art journal (Dian Wakley mixed media journal) and I have been playing with it. So expect to see more art journal stuff and less scrapbooking from me at least for a little while.
We have all seen the fantastic tissue paper from Tim Holtz I am sure but it may not always suit your style of layout or youjust don't have it at hand. Here is a quick and easy way to create faux tissue paper in whatever colour or design you want.
What you need:
- Three ply good quality napkin
- Stamps
- Staz-on ink (or similar)
- Background (what you want to stuck your faux tissue paper too)
- Brush
- Decoupage glue ( or watered down PVA)
1. You need to start with a paper napkin. You will need a good quality three ply napki for this. Peel off the bottom layer (mine is white in this case) - this is what we are using. You can use the second layer but it may have a ghost image on it from the top layer.
2. Select your stamps. I find it is best to mix sizes and shapes, having some large centerpiece stamps surrounded by smaller stamps. You will also need Stax-on ink or another brand which is not water reactive.
3. STAMP! Randomly stamp over your napkin sheet. I started with the big stamps and went down in size, filling space as much as possible. Keep going until you are happy with the look. Remember you don't have to stamp the entire design if you don't want to, partial stamps look great to.
4. This is my completed napkin, I needed two for my project. Be aware the napkin is very thin and I did stamp through to the craft sheet underneath. You could put a piece of paper or something under your napkin if you wanted to get double use out of this. Not everything I stamped went through though.
5. Now the fun part! You will need your background paper to stick your napkins to (in my case my art journal but this could be a scrap layout, off the page project, just about anything!), decoupage glue (or watered down PVA), a brush to apply your glue and of course your napkin.
6. To prepare, tear your napkin into pieces, you don't want them too small, mine are around 5x5 cm. They don't have to be regularly shaped either. Tearing is very important as cutting them will result in very defined edges and in this case we don't want that.
7. Start sticking your pieces down. I find it easiest to apply a thin layer of glue to the page first then placing my napkin piece down before applying glue on top. The glue acts as a sealer on your project. This is also why you need Staz-on ink, using a water based ink at this stage would result in a mess as the ink would run in the glue.
8. Keep sticking the pieces down until your background is covered. You can overlap the napkin pieces slightly for a seamless finish. My finished page is below.
9. Once the glue is dry your background is ready to go. Just be aware that the glue you use may affect what you can put on your layout, for example you may not be able to paint on it as the surface to too slick for the paint to stick.
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