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Faux Silk Technique
Have you heard of the Faux Silk Technique?
"“You can't make a silk purse from a sows ear
~American Proverb
But you may be able to make some from paper using the faux silk technique!
~Susan"
Have you ever wanted the look of silk on your cards but thought it was too expensive to buy the real thing? Get ready to find out how to easily mimic this look! You probably have what you need in the house right now!
You will need:
- Ordinary tissues
- A rubber stamp
- Some ink
- Glue paste
- Cardstock
What to do:
- Take a tissue and separate the layers out so you just have one layer of tissue
- Stamp some images on the single layer of tissue with the rubber stamp
- Crumple up the tissue and then flatten it out again. You want the creases you formed by crumpling the tissue to remain
- Coat a piece of cardstock with glue
- Smooth the stamped, crumpled tissue onto dry cardstock for size, then carefully smooth the crumpled, stamped tissue onto the glued side of the cardstock
- Once the glue is quite dry, you can cut the tissue and cardstock to size and use it to embellish your card or other papercraft project. TIP: Sometimes the tissue will curl when drying so be prepared to place it under a heavy object (such as a big book) to flatten it slightly before you use it.
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