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, Seafoam Green (Formula: 1 pkg. Evening Blue Powder + 3 tsp. Kelly Green Powder) 


• 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.