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How to Make Silk Painted Cards – Personalized Greeting Cards

To make silk painted cards is always a good way to personalize a greeting card. The recipient always really appreciates the trouble the crafter took with the silk painted greeting card.  Unfortunately it is a little time consuming and you will probably not be able to make one for everyone on your Christmas card list, or any other holiday card list for that matter.

But some types of greeting cards are easier to make than others and silk painted cards are a little less time consuming than other kinds of cards. So, for those who are pressed for time, silk painted cards are great for adding that personal touch without a lot of work. You don’t have to be a world-renowned painter to make them, either. You just need to learn a few simple techniques.

What You Need

  • Silk
  • Frame or hoop
  • Rubber band or silk clips
  • Water
  • Heat-set silk paint or dye
  • Paintbrushes (either brushes designed specifically for silk or watercolor brushes)
  • Table or rock salt
  • Iron
  • Wadding
  • Double-sided tape
  • Tri-fold cards with cutout shapes on the front

Instructions

  1. Attach silk to the frame or hoop, securing with rubber band or clips. Make sure the material is pulled taut.
  2. Moisten silk with water. Brush different colors of the silk paint or dye over the silk quickly and randomly. Don’t worry if they bleed into each other. This just adds to the charm of the finished product.
  3. Sprinkle salt over the painted silk to give it a marbled look. Use table salt for fine marbling, or rock salt for a coarser pattern.
  4. Let the silk dry on the frame according to paint or dye instructions. When dried, brush off the salt and remove it from the frame.
  5. Set your iron to the appropriate temperature for silk. Iron silk on the wrong side to set the paint.
  6. Cut a piece of silk that is larger than the cutout on one of the cards, but not as large as the card itself. Cut a piece of wadding the same size.
  7. Place double-sided tape around the edges of the cutout on the back side.
  8. Place the silk painted side down on top of the tape, followed by the wadding. Smooth it out to eliminate wrinkles.
  9. Place double sided tape around the edges of the card, and fold it so that the front sticks to the panel behind it, hiding the wadding.

Tips

If you don’t have a frame designed for silk painting, you can use a picture frame or make your own.

The larger the piece of silk you paint, the more cards you will be able to make from it. For maximum yield, measure each piece before cutting so that there’s not much more than necessary to cover the cutout.

If you want a more defined design, use resist to keep colors confined to specific areas.

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  5. Essential Silk Painting Equipment

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