Firstly the Tea Party card - this will be sent to Janet and Bruce to bring some sunshine and smiles into their lives.
Secondly this is also for the Water Colour Wednesday challenge of using tissue paper watercolour.
Oh boy this was an effort. First of all I stamped the Tim Holtz Crazy Birds and cone flowers and fussy cut them out. Stamped the birds again on a floral paper and fussy cut the floral paper out and layered them on top of the original.
Next step was to create a tissue paper water coloured background. All was going well until remembered that did not have any tissue paper. Quick trip out to the local newsagent. There at the back of the pile under the rainbow of colours was a plain white packet. Then the fun began. Used distress inks to smooch on my glass cutting mat and then placed the tissue paper gently down on the squishy puddle. Right - not to lift it up without tearing it. Once, twice and third time lucky - a piece that I could use. I think my tissue paper was the economy cheap and very nasty brand. It was terrible thin. Anyway glued the tissue paper down on white card and let it dry. Stamped flowers in the background with distress inks and layered the birds up on top. Trimmed to size - and that is where the fun and games started. All around the edge the tissue paper started to lift necessitating a quick stick down again with more glue and left to dry. Once this was all nice and dry again I inked gently around the edges and again everything started to lift again. Another layer of glue again. As I said I think my tissue paper was very poor quality. Hopefully now that the card is finished it will hold together until it reaches Janet and Bruce.
I don't think Tissue Paper Watercolour backgrounds will be added to my "favourite" techniques any time soon. I found it very frustrating - but then again fun to try something new.
Hope you enjoy the crazy birds in their garden.
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Sun, Jul 19, 2020 @ 8:05 PM
I don't think I would have known you used tissue paper on this except for reading your story. Even though the tissue paper was battling you, you succeeded in making a super fun card! I love how you paper pieced those cute quirky birds and added your signature flair all around. Cute!! It will definitely bring a smile to Janet and Bruce.
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Happy stamping to all you Splitcoasters who inspire me each day!