Home Made Textured Paper.

The one thing that I never spend money on is textured paper (Not including embossed paper). For about a hundred reasons all summing up that I can make it myself. Today I will tell you how to make textured paper Using tissue paper and card stock quickly and easily, just in time to make a Mother's day card for your mom (Heck I will ever go a little into that for fun)

Supplies

~1 Sheet of card stock, any size, and any color. (stick with white if you want the tissue paper to be the focal point)
~Scissors
~Ruler
~glue stick
~Tissue paper, can be used and wrinkly as long as you like what it looks like and there are no tears in a piece roughly the size of a greeting card.

Instructions

Step 1: Measure the paper and draw lines on the card stock to make the front and back of the greeting card. It should be 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" so that when folded it will be a small card. You can make it however big or small you want, just make sure you trace the lines nicely so you can see them

Step 2: Crinkle up the tissue paper. It is great to use used tissue paper in this instance so you don't feel like you are wasting good tissue paper. I save all my tissue paper from gifts for just this reason! AFter you are done crinkling ightly flatten out tissue paper trying not to take out too much of the wrinkles, and put to the side.

Step 3: This step can be a little tricky. you want to flip your card stock over so that the lines are table side down, but all the while remembering where the lines are. (you need the lines to cut so you can't cover them with tissue paper.) Apply glue all over the paper keeping in mind what is going to be cut so you can salvage cardstock if needed. If you only have a small section of tissue paper you may have to draw small dots to indicate which section must be covered in glue Do this quickly so you have time to put the tissue paper on.

Step 4: Place tissue paper on the glue covered card stock and flatten. While you are flattening the wrinkles will become very apparent and seem to darken. It creates a really cool effect and almost transforms some tissue papers as you do it. Let this dry completely before moving on to next step.

Step 5: Flip the paper back over so you can see the lines again. Carefully cut the lines and try not to drag the scissors too much as it could rip the paper. Make sure to trim all edges of the tissue paper that hangs over the edge as well.

That is the complete card, now all you have to do is fold it in half, slap on some accents and write a nice little note for the recipient inside and you are good to go! Fr my mother I made it a tea theme since she is sort of a tea enthusiast, and slipped a voucher, for an afternoon tea at a local tea house, inside. Have a Happy Mother's Day weekend!