By: Delores F. Ruzicka

Supplies:

• General instructions for Batiking Watercolor Paper
  
• Crafter's Pick Batik-EZ Resist Medium
  
• Crafter's Pick Memory Mount glue
  
• RIT dye: #4, Teal, #13 Purple, #28 Seafoam Green
  
• DecoArt Vintage Gold Paper Effects paint
  
• Pear stamp
  
• 1 sheet watercolor paper (Strathmore 90#)
  
• 1 sheet light sage green cardstock
  
• Coordinating fiber yarn

Instructions:


1. Referring to the general instructions, batik the watercolor paper using the pear stamp and the RIT dye.

2. When paper is dry, outline each stamped leaf with a relaxed, not exact outline using the Vintage Gold Paper Effects paint.

3. In the sample shown; the lettering was printed onto the batiked watercolor paper using the computer, and the edges of the watercolor paper were torn to create a deckle effect.

4. Use Memory Mount glue to adhere the papers together to make a card.

5. Tie 3 strands of the fiber yarn around the card.