Tissue Paper Watercolor

Create beautiful watercolor backgrounds with tissue paper.

Supplies

Step-by-Step

1. Step 1

   Add a watercolor medium onto a craft mat, covering about the same area as your paper.

   

2. Step 2

   Mist with water.

   

3. Use a palette knife or other tool to blend the colors into each other.

   

4. Step 3

   Drop a piece of white tissue paper on top. Let it absorb the color.

   

5. Step 4

   Carefully pull up the wet tissue paper and place it on a paper towel to dry (about 15-30 minutes). You can use a heat tool to speed up the drying process.

   

6. Step 5

   Now you have a piece of watercolored tissue paper to create backgrounds or die cuts for cards.

   

7. Step 6

   Ideas for watercolored tissue paper backgrounds:
   Scrunch watercolored tissue paper and glue it to white cardstock, scrunching it more as you glue it down.
   

   

8. This technique creates beautiful texture for backgrounds or die cuts.

   

9. Step 7

   Repeat step 6 above. Lightly swipe Versamark ink over the top to catch the creases. Sprinkle with embossing powder. Knock off any excess powder.

   

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11. Step 8

    Glue watercolored tissue paper to acetate using good quality glue.

    

12. The backing ensures that the tissue paper is sturdy and makes for easy die cutting while maintaining the translucent look of tissue. Heatproof acetate can also be stamped and heat embossed, while the tissue paper background shows through to add color and texture behind the image.

    

Video!

Your Turn

You've seen the tutorial, now you try it! We've got a section of the gallery set aside for Tissue Paper Watercolor. Try this technique, then upload your artwork to the gallery. Show us your creations!

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