Everyone is familiar with the technique Faux Silk using tissue paper (if not, you can find the directions for it here). Here's my twist on it: if you apply a solid background stamp (as in our now-retired Floral Background) to the tissue paper and then adhere it to brown cardstock (cocoa or caramel works best, but so saffron is good option too), the image appears tea stained. I used ModPodge to adhere the tissue paper.
Here's another technique for you to try: I call it Ink Pad Striation. On a solid image stamp of good size like Fabulous Flowers (which is also retired...sorry...both of these were from my Kiss 'Em Good-bye class in January), simply ink up the stamp so it's nice and juicy and then drag the edge of the pad from the center out to create striations in the image. Here's a close up of the image:
And the whole card.
Be creative today!
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