Pastels and Tissue Paper

I can't say that I can't believe it, because it's happened at least once a week since late fall, but IT'S SNOWING AGAIN! When will it stop? I could almost see the driveway yesterday and now it's covered again. Enough complaining for now.

Today's project is made with soft pastels and sewing pattern tissue paper. Click on the picture to see the details. I just made one because it came out somewhat like I wanted it to. And there is no mess to clean up! Which is a good thing after I spent nearly all day cleaning and organizing my studio. I actually know where things are now. Yippee!!!

Directions to follow:

1. I used 140lb watercolor paper for my card, but you can use anything and even paint it.
2. Cut a piece of pattern tissue that's larger than your card.
3. Scrunch up the tissue and then flatten it out. But not too flat. You want to keep the hills and valleys.
4. Glue the tissue to your card. I used gel medium for my glue. Let it dry.
5. Take your pastels and rub them over the ridges on the tissue. Don't press too hard. You want to keep the colors on the top.
6. Carefully spray your card with hairspray to fix the pastels to the paper. Let it dry.
7. Trim any excess pattern tissue off the edges of the card.

I'm going to try another one with a painted background later. Now that my studio is clean, I hate to mess it up. But when I think about it, who can create in cleanliness and order anyway?