I had picked up some bleeding tissue paper over the weekend and thought it would be a very fitting technique to try for today's Ways to Use It Challenge to use only red and white in honor of nurse Clara Barton. I'd pinned this technique a while ago, but didn't have the correct tissue paper for it. It doesn't work with regular tissue paper (ask me how I know!). It is super simple to do once you get your punch to go through the tissue paper! I ended up folding over the tissue so that I was going through 4 layers but even then I usually had one spot that didn't quite punch. Then it was just a liberal spritz of water and lay down the shapes. Once they'd bled out onto the paper, I used my heat gun to dry with the circles still in place. (Kind of fun to see the tissue circles fly off once dry!) For this one made a pattern but went more random on another couple of pieces I made at the same time. (See my blog post for more photos). I used my Chalkboard Marker to add some highlights on the circles. I kept my layout simple with a titled panel behind my piece. I inked my sentiment in Versamark then Real Red and embossed in clear. I added a piece of ribbon I'd stapled to a Christmas tag and used a glue dot to add it on here.
Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015 GMT Views: 970
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Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105268
Thu, May 21, 2015 @ 6:34 AM
This technique is fascinating, and how beautiful in RED!! Thanks for adding the information to your blg......and for using RED today!!
------------------------------ Anne HarmonFS154, QFTD58, PROUD FAN CLUB MEMBER (photo of our Great Granddaughter Elise, just 6 months old) and me, even older.
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Registered: January 7, 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 42877
Thu, May 21, 2015 @ 7:06 AM
This really is interesting, Gail. I love the idea that you are honoring Clara Barton, having been a nurse in a previous chapter of my life.Glad to see you in the red gallery today.
------------------------------ Kathy Stamp n Sip with me
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132001
Thu, May 21, 2015 @ 10:58 AM
Fun and very effective looking. Sounds like an interesting technique. I'm thinking that the tissue would be quite hard to find here, it's hard enough finding regular stuff!! My technique of punching difficult stuff is to layer it in between two sheets of thin copy paper - it usually works.