We created Fall Leaves using bleeding tissue paper. Bleeding tissue can be really cool when you want the colors to run on your paper! If you use non-bleeding tissue paper this project will not work! Bleeding tissue can be purchased at most Arts and Craft stores and I've seen it online here. For this project all you'll need is some bleeding tissue paper, scissors, white paper, newspaper, water, and a paint brush. Here is one of our finished bleeding tissue Fall leaves.
To begin, cut out some leaf shapes from white paper. Put your paper leaf shapes on newspaper to soak up any mess from the water.
Next, tear or cut some bleeding tissue paper shapes that are Fall colors. Also, have some water in a dish and a paint brush.
To create the bleeding colors, place pieces of the tissue paper on the white paper leaf and paint over them with a paint brush dipped in water.
After a while you'll notice the colors start to bleed from the tissue paper like paint. You can overlap the tissue paper for a more mixed up color look. I think it is a really AMAZING effect! Here you can see the bleeding colors start to do their magic!
After putting all the bleeding tissue paper on and painting with water, then let your leaf dry. The leaves actually look pretty cool at this point. If you like this effect better then the end result, you could mix the water with glue and the tissue paper would adhere to the leaf paper!
When the leaves are dry, you can take the tissue paper off to reveal beautiful water color-ish Fall Leaves!
Here is one of our other finished leaves. They make GORGEUS Fall decorations!
We didn't throw away the tissue paper. Check back on our next post to find out what we did with the scraps!!!!!!
To begin, cut out some leaf shapes from white paper. Put your paper leaf shapes on newspaper to soak up any mess from the water.
Next, tear or cut some bleeding tissue paper shapes that are Fall colors. Also, have some water in a dish and a paint brush.
To create the bleeding colors, place pieces of the tissue paper on the white paper leaf and paint over them with a paint brush dipped in water.
After a while you'll notice the colors start to bleed from the tissue paper like paint. You can overlap the tissue paper for a more mixed up color look. I think it is a really AMAZING effect! Here you can see the bleeding colors start to do their magic!
After putting all the bleeding tissue paper on and painting with water, then let your leaf dry. The leaves actually look pretty cool at this point. If you like this effect better then the end result, you could mix the water with glue and the tissue paper would adhere to the leaf paper!
When the leaves are dry, you can take the tissue paper off to reveal beautiful water color-ish Fall Leaves!
Here is one of our other finished leaves. They make GORGEUS Fall decorations!
We didn't throw away the tissue paper. Check back on our next post to find out what we did with the scraps!!!!!!
Other Great projects done with Bleeding Tissue paper in the blogosphere:
DIY Wrapping Paper from Hands On: As We Grow
Bleeding Tissue Paper from Paint Cut Paste
Raindrop Collage from TinkerLab
Snowflake prints and Tie Dyeing T-shirts with Bleeding Tissue Paper from The Artful Parent
