Hi Everyone,   Wow! we are having some hot weather here in Queensland.

Today I am going to give you a few ideas of how to use tissue as a background. You can use it in your journals, altered books, ATC’s or whatever.

The background in the picture is from tissues I used to clean up my mess after playing with watercolor paints. Yes! you heard right….do not under any circumstances throw those cleaning up papers out. Dry them and stack them for later art work.


All I did then was coat the page with watered down PVA glue ( white glue). Next you quickly rip up the tissue into random small pieces then push them down onto the page.

Dip your brush into the watered down PVA and brush over the top of the tissue as well. Don’t fret as the PVA will dry clear.

Keep doing this till the complete page is covered then brush another coat of the PVA over the top. Now leave the page to dry.

There you have a wonderful tissue background for your pages.

Note: You can also use bought printed tissue for this or even use white then when its dry paint over it with acrylic paints or Lumiere for a wonderful leather look.

Have fun.