Tissue Paper Tutorial

I have this tutorial posted at the Prairie Fairy PCP group page but I am going to post it here too.

I used tissue paper and watercolors and watercolor paper to create this background paper. You can also use reinkers too.

Tape your paper to a stable surface and tear up some plain white tissue paper.

Wet the surface of your paper and add some color. Two is usually best and make sure they are not compliments as if you mix compliments they will make mud.
Compliments are:
Red and Green
Blue and Orange
Yellow and purple

Smoosh the paper down onto the surface with a brush and add some more paint if you like. It really stains the tissue well. Let this dry.

Seal the surface with modge podge or watery glue or I used matt medium which is used for sealing, thinning and collage on canvases with acrylic paints. This will prevent the tissue from peeling off.

Here is the finished piece. It will always dry lighter so keep this in mind when painting.
You could stop here or:

I mixed some perfect pearls by Ranger with some of the matt medium and coated the surface to add a glow and shine. I could stop here too or:

You could take some acrylic paint in a contrasting color, here I used gold, and use your FINGER to rub some along the surface of the paper. Where the paper is raised from the tissue paper it will pick up the paint creating even more texture.

Here is the finished paper. Just trim to size!

Here is a close up of the paper showing detail of the texture. LOVE IT!
If you decide to try this why not make a large sheet you can get several small sheets from!

Here is the card I created with that piece of paper!

Sorry guys! I had to remove the picture as I am being published in scrapbook news and reviews!