Faux Silk

I saw this project on the web - Technique Time Tuesday - and thought that I would give it a try.

 I stamped a couple of flowers (Pansy and Poppy) onto a sheet of tissue paper so that I had five images, leaving a large margin round each stamping.


When the ink had dried, I used my watercolour pencils to colour the poppies red and the pansies purple, varying the shading so that I had five different images.
I cut between each flower and then screwed each piece of tissue into a small tight ball.

Each little ball was gently teased open and put to one side to 'rest', it was still well creased but they were needed.  I cut my cards to size and rubbed a glue stick to cover each one.  I then gently pressed each coloured image onto a card, leaving some of the creases showing and put them to dry overnight.


The next morning I added pre-printed words to the cards and then gave each one a covering of PVA and left to dry again.  I noticed that some of the colour had run, so next time I use this process I shall colour with felt tips, or wax crayons, or pencils.
I edged the cards with a matching ink pad, attached the backs and corner rounded them to finish.


This process is called Faux Silk and produces a very different finish which I must admit I quite like.
The fifth card has been sent for a swap- see later post.