Painting with Paper

Old blog post about Spectra Tissue paper.
Spectra on You Tube.
Where do I find it? Pacon.com

Hi Everyone, I was watching Heather do her magic with tissue paper and remembered I had a few tissue tricks to share too. Above is the link to a watercolor card done with Spectra tissue paper. Another technique I love is tissue and acetate.   Here is a demo From Tim Holtz and Ranger.
I made a few samples for you to see.

Stamp on acetate

Add alcohol ink

apply Glossy Accents

apply crumpled tissue paper to back

Frame and mount on card

Another fun tip is to use paper behind the stamped acetate, ant run the whole thing through the Xyron.

Butterfly on acetate then run through Xyron

 Once your paper is applied to the back, run the acetate upside down through the Zyron or apply Red Line tape to the front, sprinkle on glitter and rub it in before applying color.

Elizabeth Craft glitter applied to top side

Color butterfly with Copic

Use an up and down motion with your Copic pen so you don't damage them or rub off glitter.

So there you have it. Have fun. ttfn

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Morning everyone,

Well it's Wednesday (somewhere) and after my whirlwind trip to California I have quite a mess and not just on my desk. I am not sure where it is all going to go.

New stencils, paints. projects,everything is out. I just finish some projects with the new Art Anthology paint you can check that out in my previous post if you are interested. In addition to showing my desk on Wednesday it's usually a cleanup day for me. I bought a new air compressor to use with my Copic markers and I need to assemble that. You would think I would have this done. Here goes.

Yippee one project up and running. Isn't that compressor a thing of beauty? I have toyed with the idea of getting one for years.

So I did a bit of tidy up. Now I'm ready to play. Here are some of the projects that we did in the alcohol ink classes with Copic. I did painting with ink and airbrushing and loved both classes.

Here's my space tidied and ready to use again. 

I tend to keep working and just pushing things back on my desk. That only works for so long.  I only stay clean long enough to drag out more stuff. I had a play today with more paint and did a video to show you what my play produced. I will say it was an exciting day. I dropped my favorite heat tool in my wash water and then the pan sprung a leak. ack! Here are some stills. I know this is getting lengthy so this is a peek of what I put in the video.

 Well I must get this posted and go visit the other deskers. If you're not familiar with this 'what's on my work desk Wednesday', check out the Stamping Ground at Julia Dunnit's blog. Hugs gentle crafters. I hope you are surviving this polar vortex again.