Faux Silk with Chinese Princess Stamp Set

Hi Everyone,

It is me, Karen McAlpine, visiting today from Dreaming and Creating.  I thought it would be nice to share a “faux” technique with you. I have a lot of fun with this technique: Faux Silk. It is simple and can be made with materials you will have on hand. This is the project we will be making today.

List of Supplies:

Stamps: Blockheads Stamp sets Chinese Princess and Japanese Musicians (the border stamp).

Memento Ink Pad: Tuxedo Black or Ladybug Red

White Cardstock

Navy Cardstock

Tissue paper in white or other colors

Gold and red trim

Fabric scrap

Pearl Stickers

First, we will start with ordinary tissue paper, the Princess stamp, and some dye ink.

Stamp the image on the tissue. This is what your images will look like. I have samples using red and black ink on white, red and, brown tissue paper. This technique is so versatile that any color combo I have tried turns out great. I stamped off once for the sample in the upper left.

Let the ink dry completely before going to next step. You can even heat it with a heat gun to be sure it is dry. If the ink is not dry, it will smear. Now, crumple the tissue up into a tight ball.

Flatten the tissue out and see if you like the results. Sometimes I repeat the crumpling several times to get more texture. Now your tissue will look like this.

You can really see the Silkiness on this close up of the white tissue. Pretty cool!
To give it some strength, I glue the tissue to a piece of cardstock. I used white for the white sample and brown for the brown.

Now, to finish the card, just add some layers. I also stamped the border from the Japanese Musicians set on the edge of a piece of white cardstock and added the layered tissue piece.

I used dark Navy cardstock to make the card base. For accents I added a piece of gold/red trim and a piece of white organza that I had in my stash. And, I of course love pearls on an Asian inspired image. And, I also made the brown tissue sample into a card.

You can also check out my Blog for two additional samples using black ink on white and red tissue. Hope you will try this technique. I think it is so fun. When I give or show a card to friends made using this technique, they can’t help touching and rubbing it to feel the texture. The cards are always a big hit. I’ll be back in two weeks with another technique. Happy Stamping!

Karen McAlpine