Quick Tip Tuesday: Using Patterned Napkins for Stamping & Collage

I love using tissue paper as collage and recently discovered that I could use printed napkins for the same purpose.  I love the way the patterns pop off the page and how the tissue paper pushes other elements of your artwork into the background.  Using tissue paper or printed napkins is  a great way to cover up places in your journal page that you don’t like, or you can also use it as a way to create some softness and carve out a little resting place for the eye among all the other noise and chaos of a busy background!  What’s great about the printed napkins is that there are three layers: the printed layer and two plain layers.  The printed layer is ready to go and can be adhered onto your background with a glue stick (my personal favorite for art journals!) or Mod Podge.  The plain layers are great for stamping your own patterns, words, or images.  I like to use this technique with background stamps and words and black ink but it also works great for your lighter ink colors (like neon pink–another fave!) and actually lets you see the stamped image really well.  I hope you have fun playing with this technique and I’d love to see what you create!

List Products Used:

Printed facial tissue travel pack (with a fun pattern!), glue stick, VersaFine black ink pad, Hero Arts mini neon ink pads, script stamp, Pattern Play clear stamp set by Studio L2E, Stabilo woody 3-in-1 pencils, Kwik Stix, Home Made Modern acrylic paint (Azalea & Robins Egg), paint pens (Posca, Sharpie, Liquitex), Hero Arts paint dauber (neon green), Tim Holtz foam letter stamp set, acrylic blocks

Be Inspired, Create and know that you are loved!