Friendship by Daylene Strickland

In doing this project I wanted to add a lot of color to the piece of cast paper so I decided to use Twinkling H20”s before adding the tissue paper to the stamp and give it a watercolor blend look.

Pick a bold image stamp with some detail. This project uses one side of the Deco Bolio stamp by Judi-kins;, Twinkling H20 colors (Jasmine, Sky Blue, Bougainvillea, Egyptian Gold, Irish Mist);, ¼ cup of water with approximately a nickel sized drop of white Elmer’s glue mixed in it; 8 cut pieces of white tissue paper; water brush and small stipple brush. (See Picture 1)


1) Using water brush and H20’s add color randomly to the stamp, liberally filling in the spaces and coloring the stamp. (See Picture 2)


2) Lay first piece of tissue paper across stamp image and gently tamp down with stipple brush. Repeat layering tissue paper each time adding glue water as needed and use stipple brush to gently push the tissue paper into the crevices of the stamp. After all layers of tissue are applied, smooth out the surface to remove any air bubbles.
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3) Gently remove the tissue paper from the stamp. (See Picture 4)
 Allow tissue paper cast to dry completely flat and wash stamp image immediately after use to remove any glue residue.

4) Once dry, trim paper cast image to desired shape. Glue gold cording on edges.

5) Stamp same image with Brilliance Pearlescent Sky Blue across bottom of magenta cardstock piece. Add folded piece of vellum trimmed to allow border to show. Emboss sentiment (“Friendship” by Stampin’ Up) in gold on the vellum. Glue the paper cast piece on top and trim edges. Layer on blue folded card.

Hydrangea Card (Paper Casting) by Maria Adams

1. Choose a bold stamp with clear details. I used Hydrangea by Rubber Stampede. Dab appropriately colored pigment ink pads onto the stamp surface. This will give your casting a touch of color. (See Picture 1)


2. Place a sheet of plain toilet tissue onto the inked surface. (See Picture 2)


3. Stipple the surface gently with a damp brush, making sure that the tissue sinks into the contours of the stamp. (See Picture 3)


4. Add further layers of tissue – I used 5 layers of 2ply tissue – stippling each layer with your damp brush as before, until you have reached the thickness you require. (See Picture 4)


5. Leave to dry slightly. At this stage you may add some more color to the back of your casting with watercolors or color from dye-based ink pads using a paintbrush. (See Picture 5)


6. Leave overnight in a warm place to dry, or you may speed up this process by using a heat gun. When completely dry, gently remove your casting from the stamp. Tear or cut around the image and put aside. (See Picture 6)


7. Take a 6”x4” tan card, and stamp a background with script and botanical stamps. I used Old French Writing by Hero Arts, and A Cluster by Penny Black. (See Picture 7)


To finish, add a grosgrain ribbon in a color to tone with your card, stick your paper casting onto the card and, if you wish, add a metal sentiment.

Simple Paper Casting By Karen Slusher

Stacked Leaf Image

1. Gather some chip board, foam core or other dimensional material that can be cut to your desired shape. I used two stacks of cardstock (approx. 12 pieces each) cut to 2-1/2” x 3-1/2” and 1-3/4” x 2-3/4”.

2. Wrap these pieces in foil and adhere them together. Lay them on a piece of wax paper or other non-stick sheet.

3. Mix a small amount of white glue with water. Just a few drops of glue per each couple of tablespoons is about the right proportion. A dime-size blob should have about a quarter cup of water to mix it into.

4. Lay a piece of white tissue paper over the foil stack and, using a stipple brush, dab some of the glue mixture onto the tissue paper and into all the crevices. Be careful to get all the paper completely covering all the foiled surfaces, but be careful to avoid tearing the wet tissue paper as you work it into the cracks. Minor tears are OK, since more layers will be added and they will patch small tears, but avoid the big ones.

5. Continue layering more pieces of tissue paper using the glue mixture, until you have 8 layers. Allow to dry several hours or overnight.

6. Using some tissue paper as a dauber, blot on some dye inks to the edges and sides of the paper casting, but leave the top center un-inked. In the sample, the colors of Desert Sand, Golden Ember and Autumn Terra Cotta (CTMH) were used.

7. Ink a leaf stamp (CTMH) by first stamping it into the lightest ink (Golden Ember), then using the crumpled tissue paper as a dauber, blot some of the other two colors onto the leaf, too. Stamp the leaf into the center top of the paper casting.

8. Remove the stamped paper casting from the foil pieces and tear the edges to remove any extra tissue paper.

9. Randomly stamp Leaf Skeleton images (CTMH) using White Daisy ink onto a Terra Cotta card front.

10. Adhere the paper casting piece to the card front, near the top of the card. Find some sticks outside and tie them under the paper casting using hemp twine.

Fleur de Lis Stamp Casting

1. Turn Fleur de Lis stamp (Rubber Stampede) rubber-side-up onto a piece of wax paper. Lay a piece of tissue paper over the stamp and, using the same glue/water mixture as in step #3 above, stipple the glue onto the tissue paper until the stamp image is completely covered and it’s well into the stamp’s grooves. Once again, be firm enough to get into all the grooves, but careful enough that you don’t tear through the tissue paper.

2. Continue this step until there are 8 pieces of tissue paper stacked onto the stamp, then allow to dry several hours or overnight.

3. Remove the dried casting from the rubber stamp and tear away the excess tissue paper from around the edge of the image.

4. Using a dauber, lightly ink just the edges of the raised Fleur de Lis with Dessert Sand dye ink.

5. If you don’t have a card with a die-cut rectangle removed from the card front, measure and cut an opening approximately 3”x4” from a standard white 4-1/2”x5-1/2” card. This sample was created using a pre-cut card.

6. Daub some Dessert Sand ink around the inside and outside edges of the entire card, then stamp script and postage randomly over the front using the same ink. (Stamps by CTMH)

7. I adhered the paper casting to a background I had created previously using alcohol inks on glossy white cardstock, but you could easily create your own for this project. (See SM Archives for Polished Stone technique) Once attached, I finished the card by centering this piece in the opening of the card frame. Note: For this step, open the card and apply glue to the inside edge of the frame opening, then adhere the Fleur de Lis piece. If you apply the glue to the polished stone background piece instead, you’ll have a hard time estimating where the glue needs to go where it won’t show through the opening.

Faux Verdigris Pin and card by Linda Strawn

I have always admired verdigris or antiqued copper and wanted to try and create a faux piece using paper.

1. Gather together all supplies, scrap paper, making sure to have a small scrap piece of olive green. Blender, water, sponge, mold, pearl ex pearl, small brush, and an old towel.

2. Prepare your mold by brushing in a bit of pearl ex pearl colored powder making sure to coat entire inside of mold. This will give you a good base and also keep your paper from sticking. You can find many good push rubber molds by doing a search on the internet. One good place is After Midnight.

3. Set out a blender that is used only for paper making, once you use it for paper pulp you must never use it for food. (See Picture 1)


Gather your paper scraps into a pile, to get the color I did, use lots of white scraps, a few light yellow scraps and a few blue scraps and a couple of green bazil paper scraps. (See Picture 2)


4. Tear your scraps of paper into small strips, making sure you have a few scraps of the green bazil paper. (See Picture 3)


5. Fill your blender about ½ full with your scraps. (See Picture 4)


6. Pour about ½ bottle of water into blender and cover and turn on the fastest speed or frappe. Check to see that you are using enough water to make a fine pulp, if not add a bit more water. Frappe the paper for about 2 minutes. Turn off and check the paper it should have formed a smooth pulp. (See Picture 5)


7. Lay your coated mold onto an old towel and scoop out some of the pulp and lay it on top of the mold, making sure you have a generous covering. (See Picture 6)


8. Using a damp sponge, press out the water on your pulp by covering the mold with the sponge and pressing hard. Squeeze out extra water and repeat several times till paper is pressed into the mold and detail is seen. See Pictures 9
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 and Picture 13


9. Let sit a few moments and then carefully remove the casting, it should remove very easy. (See Picture 14)
 Set aside till completely dry.

10. When dry, brush on a coat of diamond glaze all over the whole surface, inside and out, front and back. Let this dry, it will dry clear and help to protect the piece. (See Picture 15)


11. When glaze is dry, Use the antiqued copper metallic rub ons earth kit #2, dip your finger into the rub on and buff and rub the raised surface of your piece to coat all raised surface. (See Picture 16)
 When done use a scissors and cut off extra paper and add a bit of rub ons to the edges.

12. I did a search on the internet for stamps to use with dominoes and came up with small stamps from the enchanted gallery. The stamp was from their sheet images 2.

13. Ink up the stamp using walnut stain distressed ink from Ranger and stamp onto a glossy white piece of cardstock. (See Picture 17)


14. Cut out by leaving a small white edge all around oval, this will make it just the right size to fit the paper casting piece. (See Pictures 18
 and Picture 19)


15. Add Pink jewels from Heidi Swapp as desired on the piece. (See Picture 19)


16. String beads as desired on the bottom see finished card.

17. Add a pin back to piece and set aside.

18. Using any kind of cardstock, fold into a card, add purple patterned paper down left side and tear one edge of green pattered cardstock to add to the right side. See finished card.

19. Using walnut distressed ink and light green cardstock, stamp image D350 from Great Impressions and cut out into a rectangle. Distress edges and mat onto a scrap purple piece left over from above. (See finished picture at top).

20. Add brass corners and add 3 crocheted butterflies, and attach pin to card.

Now bless your moms day by giving her this beautiful antiqued pin, she won’t believe it is made from paper.