A Winter Wedding

Wedding  Card

Materials used
Acid free white tissue paper
Watercolour paint
Baking parchment
Various weight threads
Skeleton leaves
Thick card die cut
Treasure gold
Watercolour paper card - deckle edge
Red paint pen
Silver roller-ball pen

Technique
I painted a single sheet of tissue with a mixture of watercolour washes using a foam brush (to avoid tearing), dried with a hair dryer and then crumpled, straightened and crumpled the tissue a few times.  The tissue paper was then ironed (steam off) between two sheets of baking parchment.  This flattens the 'paper fabric' and sets the creases, creating a nice textured effect.  Having decided how much of the card I'd like to cover, I used a ruler as a firm edge to tear against and tore the tissue into sections, laying them on top of one another - there were three layers of tissue in total, which created a soft, quilt effect.

I then hand stitched the skeleton leaves onto the tissue stack using a continuous line of back stitch through each pair, and then couched the heavier weight threads onto the tissue paper using a random cross-stitch. The decorated tissue was then fixed across the card (running from front to back) using double sided photo tape.

The next step was to stick the die cut bird cage inside the card using PVA glue, and once dried I coloured the hearts using a red paint pen.  Finally, Treasure Gold on a soft cloth was swept across the die cut to soften and add an aged effect and words were added using silver roller-ball pen.

And finally........a photograph showing the back of the bride's beautiful dress!

28th December 2013