Bleeding Tissue Paper technique

Hi everyone!
It's Branka here and today is my turn to bring you an Inspirational post. I've chosen to play with Bleeding tissue paper technique using a crepe paper.

If you want to play with this technique you will need:
- bleeding tissue paper ( you can get it in craft and art supply store) or crepe paper (couldn't find any bleeding tissue paper in my country)
- a flat watercolour brush
- a cup of water and a spray bottle full of water
- a watercolour paper (for the best result) or mixed media paper
You will also need a craft mat and some disposable gloves to protect your working surface and your hands.

This technique is very simple and easy to use so you can play with your kids if you want. It's so much fun!
If you want to create a beautiful coloured background for your art journal page or a card, then this technique is for you!

Step 1:
Generously spray water all over your paper.
Step 2:
Layer a variety of bleeding tissue paper pieces or crepe paper across the paper surface. Overlap the paper pieces to get the better result.
Step 3:
Spray water all over your layered paper again. The more water you add the better the colour bleeds from the paper.

Step 4:
Let it dry. You can use your heat gun if you want.
Step 5:
Once the background is dry, collect all your tissue/crepe paper pieces. You can use them in future
projects since they look amazing.

Here is the background:

Another way to layer your tissue or crepe paper is using your watercolour flat brush and a cup of water. This technique is better for those who want to have more control in layering smaller pieces of paper.

Step 1:
Spray water all over your paper surface.
Step 2:
Layer your coloured paper pieces one by one and apply water using your watercolor brush on each
piece as you layering them.

Step 3:
Let it dry.
Step 4:
Once the background is dry, collect your paper pieces.

Tip:
You can just tear the tissue/crepe paper to get random shapes or you can use your paper punches or dies to cut out some shapes and layered them on your paper surface.

You can use stripes of paper if you want:

This is the result: 

Also, you can play with your stencils or masks to achieve the more unique look of your background.
Just place the stencil on your wet paper surface before you layer the tissue paper. In this case, the tissue paper goes on top of the stencil.

How fun is that!

This is an art journal page I created using the bleeding tissue paper technique on the background:

What a wonderful way to add colours to your pages!
Those are beautiful pieces of crepe paper that left and can be used in another project:

I hope I inspired you to try this fun and easy technique!
Hugs! Branka