Lazy Girl Hack~Coffee Dyed Paper

[@susanstephen4555]

I use a large cookie sheet. Put a layer of paper, I brush the coffee on the paper, add another layer of paper, repeating that process until I am out of paper. I then put the cookie sheet with stacks of wet papers under a ceiling fan. I leave it overnight and start pulling off the almost dry top layers off and put onto a dry cookie sheet. Through out the day, I check it and pull a few more layers off. It takes anywhere from 24-36 hours but I don’t have to stand over it. My papers come out just as lovely as they did when I would lay them out separately to dry. Some are darker but I don’t mind that. I got this method from Lizzi Brewer aka ScrappinLizzi. She got it from someone else and did a video on her channel. I have been doing it this way, ever since. It works for me.

[@thekayway5872]

This would be the cheapest and easiest way for me, thank you for sharing as I'll be able to affordably use your method 💙

[@jamiemueller1881]

On the one hand, seems like a lot of work, on the other, it's some of the flattest, best looking coffee-dyed paper I've ever seen. Love that it's not too wonky/wrinkled and that you can stack. Thanks for sharing these great tips.

[@jewishras]

10:50 looks so goood

[@carriemaybug4284]

I would come back to the paper being properly crumpled as my cats will most definitely need to lay on them.

[@justtere]

For Christmas Ornaments I printed off carols on several sheets of paper then coffee dyed it. Gorgeous.

[@paulad2527]

Back to report I tried this and the results are phenomenal! So much easier than baking...thank you!

[@cbooth113]

This is a great method! I think I might try it! The one and only time I coffee dyed paper I dried it page by page in the oven. No thanks, lol. I've avoided it ever since. This looks much easier. Thank you 😊!!

[@debbiebaker4515]

This is such a great method. I quit making coffee dyed paper because it was such a mess spreading everything out immediately. Love this.

[@aalemap1]

I have a wooden Clothes Dryer....I set it in my porch...I live in Florida I drape my dyed papers over all the wooden dowels.... They dry pretty fast...and I take them off and stack them....Yes they are flat I used to lay them on newspaper on my dining room table and elsewhere They dried just fine.

[@colleengeddert8504]

TFS!! I, too, take the lazy route. My last batch of 250 sheets took me 1.5 hours start to finish. I did use the oven though. Liking the marbled texture you got. Coffee dyeing paper is always a lot of fun!

[@heksedansd.2919]

I really dont understand how you can be lazy....😊 because this is SO much more work than when I do it!! 😂 SO woman,- you are NOT lazy!! 😊❤👍

[@wandaspencer9523]

I have 2 pints of avocado dye waiting in my refrigerator for dying paper tomorrow and I am excited to give your method a try. It sounds like less work than my usual soak, drain and oven or sun dry my paper. And I have a 3foot x 10 foot long arm quilt bed with nothing on it right now so that should be perfect for drying. Thanks for sharing...

[@madwillou4274]

A tip to make the paper dry faster is you can use a blow dryer! I’m not sure if it makes the apearence different but it does work :)

[@thekayway5872]

I was thinking the same thing, that's what I'll be using..lol

[@lorikorstanje2964]

what a great looking system!

[@ginabean317]

Thank you!!! I live in Florida so I'm gonna try a small batch and dry them in my garage....hot!!!

[@jneigler]

Very nice technique. Paper is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[@candycanecreates]

Thank you for sharing. This way looks so much easier!

[@djigueneart6074]

Juste sublime !❤

[@mrs.snyder2170]

This method seems to take SOOO much more time than dyeing stacks at a time & drying slim stacks in the oven. I personally LOVE the irregularities & wrinkles/ crinkles. I don’t have time to spend 3 days waiting for paper to dry, or laying them all out so carefully. I feel like this method requires too much pressure for perfection? Definitely NOT. a lazy method me me! 😅 It’s beautiful but I don’t think the difference is enough to warrant the amount of work. I guess it depends on what you’re planning to use the paper for. Just my opinion! Thanks for the video!!

[@quarrel05]

I’m here for my sons school project I’ll report back and I have very little crafting skills of course he wants his in a balled up messy looking way 😂

[@KimberlyLetsGo]

You were not imagining things when you felt like the coffee gave you a bit of a jolt. The caffeine molecule can be absorbed into the skin and get into your blood system. There are beauty creams out there that have caffeine in them that temporary smooth out cellulite. TFS all your tips!! I'm in Colorado as well. :)

[@flowersflowers5070]

I will most definitely try your method. Seems less consuming of one's time and came out pretty. Thank you.

[@theplumcreekbooksmith]

Thank you!! I like this idea and will give it a try!!

[@thecardcraft8729]

Thank You very much, Can't wait to give it a try! Perhaps tomorrow, really foggy here this morning. You are a sweetie! I thought it would be complicated with lots of steps and it's not!

[@DanielNeedham100]

Thankyou so much for tge video. It looks so easy. Cant wait to try. You are very kind

[@ampersand.]

Thanks, very useful :) For those in Britain/Europe, that 28lb paper weight corresponds to 105gsm

[@careyclapp8357]

thanks I always wonder how that conversion works!

[@sherryhearington9027]

Thanks for this video!

[@Paperlover123]

Great technique!!!!!

[@jennieadamsMM]

Thanks for sharing❣️. I can’t wait to try this method❣️🤗💕🦋

[@cherylrymer6782]

I prefer the 28 to 32 lb. weight paper too. This may take longer in the end but the result looks great!

[@tatteredbookboutique]

I just found you! I live in Colorado too! I love this tutorial I can’t wait to try it!

[@KimberlyLetsGo]

I'm in Colorado as well. And, I thank her for sharing the differences necessary for those of us in drier areas.

[@Bmac7961]

I just moved from Colorado to wyoming so when she said Colorado I smiled

[@Paula-vh8em]

Love that Lexington Victorian Sampler as well. You’ll know what I mean.

[@djigueneart6074]

Bravo Michelle, as-tu essayé la teinture avec le papier crépon ?

[@CountryMorningCreations]

Non. Tu?

[@juneribbons5196]

Awesome.

[@jneigler]

Thanks for sharing

[@emmkaa2099]

This looks like a wonderful thing for me to do with that tea over there on the stove, doesn't it? 😉 I live in the Southern California desert about 30 miles north of Palm Springs, so resting time (it's 107 degrees as I type this 🥵) ...maybe two or three hours? I'm excited to try this, thanks! MK😀🏜

[@stephanieshepherd8476]

I’m excited to hear how this works for you and the time frame it takes you! Hugz

[@emmkaa2099]

With the heat here in the desert I was able to do about 150 sheets of regular copy paper in... four or five hours start to finish? There's the silver lining to 107 degree weather! I had a blast dying paper this way and will be adding your method to my repertoire. 😁 Thanks!! 🏜

[@mividalocastudio9366]

Great idea. I’ll go on a weekend trip to Palm Springs this weekend just to make stacks of coffee and tea dyed papers! I’d say that’s with the 2 hour drive from LA 🤣

[@clairebishop9835]

Great method - thank you x

[@paulad2527]

Interesting! I’ll give this method a try...thank you!

[@RestlessThoughts]

Woah, I didn't know that the papers would get darker when exposed to the air. I coffee dyed about a dozen sheets to test, but I covered them with paper towels xD And yea they're light and I was wondering if people twice dyed to get the darker color (or if they maybe just used extra strong coffee lol) Thanks for the tips :) I followed "Scrapbooking With ME Crafts" method of painting the paper with a brush instead of dunking it in water - works like a charm, dries in a stack that doesn't stick together. But I was thinking that may also be why I wasn't getting darker color.

[@sallyallen6147]

I like mine a shade darker..so i did coffee, not tea and they came out superb

[@meganhuggins7494]

I just lay the wet paper on kitchen towels and let it dry. Works really well and stays very flat.

[@rachaelmarsh2704]

Have you ever tried hanging it up outside on like a close-in type thing to let it dry

[@CountryMorningCreations]

I have not. Not sure I would like the marks

[@BettysCustomDesigns]

I'm on the gulf coast of Florida, so I'm guessing that I need to wait about 24 hours?

[@CountryMorningCreations]

That would be correct. Watch your humidity levels. If the page edges become very dark brown and start sticking together, time to move to the next step.

[@cynthiaaho3292]

@@CountryMorningCreations good to know. I was wondering how to make sure the steps were timed correctly. Thank you for this. I just finished wetting 110 sheets of paper. Fingers crossed.

[@sabinawoods5134]

Hi. I’m new to junk journaling…why is “acid neutral” important?

[@CountryMorningCreations]

It helps both the paper and the things you may add to a page. Acid in paper causes photos to fade and paper to turn brown and crumbly.

[@jenscraftedchaos6137]

I think quick, painless, and completed? 3 days drying in a humid place....

[@judigullett9060]

How many sheets did you use? Like this technique. tfs

[@CountryMorningCreations]

Not exactly sure. It was over 100.

[@novallasuter5265]

Won't the acid in the coffee effect the paper adversely? Seems like it would.

[@CountryMorningCreations]

Yes, that is why I recommend using baking soda to neutralize the acid.

[@novallasuter5265]

I need to listen more closely.💕

[@angelburba635]

Regarding acid free paper… Tea and coffee are both acidic so there goes that idea I think.

[@CountryMorningCreations]

Not when neutralized with baking soda. That’s another video linked in the description box.

[@lindazummo9907]

Do you press it maybe with an iron or just layer the paper will flatten it?

[@CountryMorningCreations]

I don’t iron anything including my clothes. 😂

[@horcruxx]

Will this work when theres already text printed on it?? We have a laser printer if that makes any difference

[@CountryMorningCreations]

Maybe. I would test it first. Some ink runs and some doesn’t. Try it!!!

[@anki88hd]

How would you recommend drying coffee dyed paper of one does not have space to dry it on a bed?

[@CountryMorningCreations]

You could spread it on the floor, a large table or even a clothes line.

[@luwandaartrelle4250]

If I did this method, I would have to use the floor.

[@sinahi98]

I live in Pueblo Colorado

[@acrookedpinky2689]

I just found this video I like your idea,but would be afraid or my papers getting moldy.

[@CountryMorningCreations]

Believe it or not, the coffee helps keep them from molding. If you are really worried, try adding some rubbing alcohol in place of water.

[@nancymcgahey6100]

Did you state how you.made the coffee water?

[@CountryMorningCreations]

There is a separate video on how I make that. The link is in the description box. 😁

[@horcruxx]

And what will happen if the paper is not acid free? Because we dont have that paper :(

[@CountryMorningCreations]

Where are you located? Most office supply stores and even Amazon carry acid free papers.

[@horcruxx]

@@CountryMorningCreations i live in the Netherlands, i will have a look on amazon!

[@TheCrabbyCrafterlol]

Holy Hannah--there doesn't seem to be anything "lazy" about handling 250-500 sheets of paper--individually--wowzers. Then three+ days and multiple locations to dry? You've far more patience than I --lol. I'd also worry about mold 😳🤧

[@CountryMorningCreations]

Never been a problem even for my friend on the east coast who has lots of humidity. Exchange some or all of the water with rubbing alcohol. That should help.

[@phyllismarony8948]

I also was thinking about the mold factor. Thats why I'll buy mine on etsy. 😺

[@conniekeen7732]

You could have dipped and stacked off camera.

[@karenholst8306]

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