Mulberry Paper
 

I am guilty - I have been hoarding mulberry paper. It is beautiful and I have collected some (I dare not say how much...) I guess I am a bit afraid to use this semi-pricey paper and have been waiting for "just the right moment" to use it. Well the time to decrease the collection and actually use it is here NOW.

Any hints or tricks to using this special paper??? Please share...

I did look through the gallery and saw examples. Show me your favorite card or other project using mulberry paper, please!

Many thanks!!!

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I keep waiting for someone else to post with better examples, but they must be sleeping in late :)

The cards below show some ways I've used mulberry paper. The first one had a different kind of mulberry paper--it had a circular pattern on it.

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I hope others will post with better examples. I, too, love mulberry paper. I just forget to use it! Hope this helps.

Here are two that I was happy with...

http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...683&perpage=36

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don't know if anyone has told you that you need to use a wet q-tip or somehow wet the area you want to use. for instance - use a wet a square the size you'd like and then pull the mulberry paper away - it is the easiest way to "tear" the paper and get the effect you're looking for. of course it dries really fast afterward and you don't notice the wet parts.

I forget to mention that mulberry paper shreds/tears better with a more random pattern if you lightly moisten just the edges before you tear. I like to use my aquapainter, but a wet finger or watercolor brush would do.

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Looks like great minds think alike--at the same time. I bet we hit the "post" button simultaneously.:)

Thanks for these examples and hints. I appreciate your help!

Any more ideas out there???

Here's one I did last week. I love how it looks behind acetate!
I used to hate using mulberry paper cuz I didn't know how to tear it - nobody ever told me to wet it. Now I love it and I need to use it more. Thanks everyone for posting their examples...you are inspiring me to pull out my stash!

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Mulberry Paper
 

Here are a few of mine:

Pink Mulberry
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Blue Flower made from Mulberry Paper
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Red & Black
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Lavendar Flowers//www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=268958&cat=500&ppuser=52409
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More pink
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Last one I promise!
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Sorry, got carried away. I really love Mulberry!

If you would like to see what the mulberry will look like before useing your semi-pricey paper : use "used dryer sheets" tear and experiement with. You can also use dye inks to color the dryer sheets. this make faux mulberry paper. It tears like mulberry looks a lot like mulberry and feels like mulberry.

mullberry paper flowers
 

I love the flowers. Did you add a little glue into the mullberry paper to get it to hold shape or is it just twisted. Joyce Pacer

I like to emboss on mulberry and then chalk it. I have some in my gallery if you are intersected.

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Awesome examples from everyone! No such thing as getting carried away when it comes to making cards :rolleyes:!

Please, keep sharing!

Kate :)

Here is Roses in Winter stamped on mulberry paper. I love it, but forget to use it. I must use it more often.

Mulberry roses

I used mine as snow Here is my example. http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...0&ppuser=42841
Rochelle

I don't know what kinds of mulberry paper you have, but if you google 'tear bears' (rhymes with Care Bears) you will find some super-cute animals made from tearing fine-grained mulberry paper.

Mulberry Paper
 

Here's one using the technique called 'polished mulberry' (stamp and emboss on the mulberry (I used white EP on white mulberry) then 'pounce' color onto the mulberry using a cotton ball inked-up with 2-3 reinker colors)).

And here's another card using 'unadulterated' mulberry.
-Mary

Mulberry Paper
 

I just did my flowers by wetting the paper. After I wet and tore the paper to the approximate shape, I wet my fingers and refined the shape and they dried and held their shape just fine.

Wow, Becki, you are great with mulberry paper! Thanks for the great samples and the beautiful flowers -can't wait to try it!

Mulberry Paper
 

Thank you for those kind words! This thread has gotten me inspired to do more! Love flowers and especially love Mulberry paper.

I love this scrapbook page I made using mulberry paper. I used a light yellow paper but didn't have the right shade of pink--so I dyed it a sponge dauber and a Pink Passion ink pad. It was so easy to color the small pieces I needed for the flowers! I was also very pleased to discover that double stick adhesives work great with mulberry paper. I was able to attach the acetate cover sheet to the mulberry paper with small pieces of adhesive and you couldn't see it at all. I gotta play with this stuff more often! :D

Refills?
 

With the SU white mulberry, you have to dye it using the ink refills. How do you do it?

dye mulberry paper
 

I place my paper in a shallow pan that I use for crafting. Then I place ink and water in spray bottles and spray or use directly and drop colors on to paper the paper spreads out the color.

A great look is to emboss stamp designs on to paper in white or clear then place in pan and drop ink on to.

Also works great on used dryer sheets.

Wow. Thanks for the quick response!

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Thanks ladies for all of the card examples & techniques using mulberry paper. I found a package yesterday that I completely forgot that I had & had no idea what to do with it. Thanks to all of you, I have some ideas that I can try out.

As soon as I saw tips for mulberry paper I thought of water too but I do a little different technique and it's less of a mess by using the aqua painter/water wand to apply the water. Wow, when I learned this water trick I couldn't believe how easy it was to tear! Good tip!

and I just "found" a whole bunch in my craft room. great thread.

I wonder if paper piecing a girl's dress or a baby's christening gown would look good....