Question: I have a ton of really nice lightweight patterned tissue paper (thanks Shelley L.!) and need some more ideas on how to use it.
I have used double stick tape (carefully) on tissue paper. I had some heart tissue paper and then layered it on a red card then on top of the tissue paper I had mounted an embossed heart. It was pretty. Tissue paper can also be used for stamping and embossing on it then melting it into candles with heat gun. It is neat. Have you tried that?
Kristie
I've used spray adhesive with success, but wrinkles can be tricky if you're not careful.
My favorite method uses an iron, which you say you can't use! Just in case it cools off and you feel like giving it a try, you wrinkle up a piece of the tissue paper into a tight ball, then smooth it out. Back it with a piece of plastic wrap from the kitchen, then put both on your card.
Sandwich between brown paper bag and iron the dickens out of it so the plastic wrap melts and "glues" the tissue to the card face. It is so pretty - almost a leather-like texture with the wrinkles. With patterned tissue this is LOVELY. I had planned it for a background, and ended up doing nothing else to the card, just the tissue and my daughter's name embossed in gold.I have used tissue papers for like a decoupaging . . I got a small box . . and used mod podge to apply small pieces of torn tissue paper all round the box . . i have done 3 of these . .and I love how all of them turned out.
From: Kelli Steele
Well my first thought was using a spray adhesive, but that has already been suggested! Do you have a Xyron? That would be the easiest and cleanest way.
You can also use Perfect Paper Adhesive, Wonder Tape or ribbon. if you want to add more embellishment to the tissue paper, you could attach it with glitter glue, Liquid Applique, Foil It Tape. Or you can use plain glue and attach glass beads, glitter, embossing powder, Fun Flock to the glue, so the glue does not show through.
Cheryl
I love to use tissue papers to make backgrounds! One of my favorite way is to tear the paper into small pieces, and then collage it onto cardstock using either Perfect Paper Adhesive. or Acrylic Gloss Medium. The PPA gives a flatter, less shiny apperance. The Acrylic medium makes a heavier, shiny paper. It is fun to overlap colors, and let them run into one another.
I also like to use white tissue over a printed or colored paper, so that it shows through the tissue softened Hope this helps a little!
Brenda Diggs
I've been using plain tissue without any "backing" a lot lately. Sometimes I use a glue stick applied to the card stock - not the tissue, but most of the time I use Art Quest's Perfect Paper Adhesive. I really like wadding the tissue up, reopening it and then adhering to the card! Very cool effect! Hope this helps!
Terri
I have a book by Nita Leland that gives directions for making crystalline papers. Here's what you do:
Cut or tear your tissue paper into manageable sized pieces.
Paint one side with a thin coat of acrylic gloss medium. (The paper will wrinkle some -- this is good). When dry, turn over and paint the other side with acrylic gloss medium. Wait for it to dry. (Your paper will be translucent)
Thin some acrylic paints, or use reinkers or pearlescent inks -- spritz the coated paper with water, then drizzle the color on the paper. You can sprinkle glitter on before it dries.Notes: You can use more than one color, but don't get carried away or it gets muddy.
You can use Glossy Perfect Paper Adhesive in place of acrylic gloss medium.
I think you could also use diamond glaze or crystal lacquer, but I haven't tried this.
Katie
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A really fun background is to take glossy card stock.....
Tear up pieces of colorful, cheap tissue paper. Lay the piece on the card stock and then wet with a spray bottle full of water.
The water saturates the tissue paper. Then, I take my blow dryer and dry the tissue paper till it curls up and falls off the cardstock. It leaves a beautiful tie-dyed effect background.
Have fun....
Deb Farrow
I saw a really neat card. They used the lily's stamp they stamped on a layer of tissue and thin paper under it and used pearlex on the tissue paper it kind of stuck in sum place and came away from the paper in other places.(it was cut out) it crumple around the edges a bit and looked 3D it had the two layers glued to the lily. it was beautiful. The center was colored and it looked like they had use a vieolet and a white pearl.
Hope this makes sense. They have a sample of it in Stamp Oasis in Vegas.
Kaye
I have used double stick tape (carefully) on tissue paper. I had some heart tissue paper and then layered it on a red card then on top of the tissue paper I had mounted an embossed heart. It was pretty. Tissue paper can also be used for stamping and embossing on it then melting it into candles with heat gun. It is neat. Have you tried that?
Kristie from ARubberStampChat@onelist.com
I've used spray adhesive with success, but wrinkles can be tricky if you're not careful.
My favorite method uses an iron, which you say you can't use! Just in case it cools off and you feel like giving it a try, you wrinkle up a piece of the tissue paper into a tight ball, then smooth it out. Back it with a piece of plastic wrap from the kitchen, then put both on your card.
Sandwich between brown paper bag and iron the dickens out of it so the plastic wrap melts and "glues" the tissue to the card face. It is so pretty - almost a leather-like texture with the wrinkles. With patterned tissue this is LOVELY. I had planned it for a background, and ended up doing nothing else to the card, just the tissue and my daughter's name embossed in gold.
Kathi Rodgers
Use it on candles!! I use mine to make gifts..the candle matching card, bag and tissue in the bag.
Your happy stamper, Chani Christianstamper@onelist.com
I recommend rubber cement - it won't wrinkle and won't sog it out.
Do you have any egyptian them colored tissue? (rec'd some on a card in a swap and can't find it anywhere)
I made some pansy print tissued paper fans yesterday. Bent a wire coat hanger into a circle leaving 1 1/2" -2 1/2" for a handle and traced around the outside of the wire onto the back side of the tissue.
Added a 1/2 inch all the way around and cut out. Covered the last 1" with rubber cement and cut a slit from the outside edge just to the line. Lay the hanger on top of the tissued back side up and wrapped the paper around the wire to the back side of the tissue.Oh I also have a pattern for a votive cup/wine glass lampshade. (you use a votive candle in the wine glass or in a cup in the wine glass.
Lynn
I use mine mostly in papermaking..in the pulp or shreds added after for color. You can also use it glued behind a cut out shape in the front of a card..like heart or square etc.. you can use it squished and fanned out from behind an image that is glued down...does that help?
Diana H,Wa.
I like using tissue for an overall background on my cards. I put lots of glue down on the cs, then crumbple the tissue up sticking it to the middle and moving it around to get lots of nice folds (cut the tissue oversized to begin with). Then I dab it in maybe some gold ink, and layer away...pretty with butterflies! Kathie/WA
Christianstamper@onelist.com
As for glue for this thin paper, I would recommend "rollataq" -- it is the best in my opinion for most adhesive needs.
Laurie RST
There is always the crumpled tissue paper envys, also use it for background papers ( I used a glue stick, worked fine ) , made gift bags with it ( That still envolved ironing it to freezer paper ) and used it for gift wrap. Since I have tons of this paper I also use it as packing (instead of styrofoam peanuts ) when mailing secret sister swaps.
Shelley Lewerke Colorado Stampers
I use mine mostly in papermaking..in the pulp or shreds added after for color.
You can also use it glued behind a cut out shape in the front of a card..like heart or square etc.. you can use it squished and fanned out from behind an image that is glued down...does that help?
Diana H,Wa.
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