Printing on Tissue Paper, a tutorial.

[@kitnelson7889]

Misty is a good supervisor - our kitties can be fun around our sticky projects.

[@geesjebaron]

They are indeed very good helpers, mostly wanting to be right on top of our projects, just to make sure we do a good job!! 😀😀

[@mb4freedom]

I can not wait to try this method of adhering the tissue paper! I’ve tried double sided tape, attaching to printer paper or card stock and no matter how “perfect” I think I have it taped on- I always get the ink blobs. This will be a game changer for me! Thank you for sharing! 🤗

[@geesjebaron]

Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment, I hope with this method you don't have ink "blobs" anymore. Do watch for the corners, that they are adhered nicely, otherwise the tissue will curl up while being dragged into the printer, I had that happen once. Happy creating!!

[@mb4freedom]

@@geesjebaron Thank you for the advice. I will definately be sure to pay special attention to the corners. Happy Holidays! 🎅🏻🎄

[@geesjebaron]

@@mb4freedom Merry Christmas to you too!!

[@shawcraft1]

What a great technique! And I love the tip about heat setting it. Thank you 😊

[@geesjebaron]

Hi, thanks for stopping by and leave a comment. Have a great day!!

[@RsJaneP]

I laughed so hard when your cute kitty plopped down in the middle of your project! I totally admire your patience and how sweetly you removed Misty and carried on. Just like that famous London poster: Keep Calm and Carry On. 🥰😻

[@geesjebaron]

Hi Debs, I'm glad Misty made your day! She is indeed a curious kitty, following me around and getting in my stuff, so glad it's only stuff and can be replaced....🙂 Thank you for your time to leave a comment, I appreciate that, have a great day!!

[@lindao7887]

Such patience.......😇

[@amyybarracuda7565]

Thank you for the helpful tutorial. Loved the cute kitty too!

[@geesjebaron]

Thank you, I hope this helps if you ever want to do it too. Have a great weekend!

[@anndee4899]

Thanks for your fantastic tutorial. Very easy to follow. For anyone in Australia who might be interested: I bought a pack of 100 sheets of tissue paper in Big W a few months ago for tracing dress patterns. I think it would also be great to use for printing. The brand name is Jot&Dot and the sheets are 50 x 75 cm so they'll last a long time!

[@geesjebaron]

Hi, thank you for sharing this info, every country has different names for tissue or tracing paper, both work!! Have a great day!!

[@laura-janerose6116]

Thanks! Great tip :)

[@laura-janerose6116]

What did you use for the freezer paper? I don't think this is available in Australia

[@staciemarie5859]

That was extremely helpful. Now I can finish a project, and my mind is searching for the next project already ! I'm so grateful I stumbled upon your incredibly inspiring video. You made it easy to understand and gave wonderful tips! Heat setting noted! Thank you

[@geesjebaron]

Hi Stacie, I'm glad that this video was of help to you, I do find heat setting helps. Have a great day!!

[@aeromodeller1]

My cats used to do that, too. You can hold the freezer paper down with a block of wood while peeling the tissue off.

[@geesjebaron]

Thank you for the tip! Have a great day! 🙂

[@alisonhansford512]

The kitty was my favorite part!!! ❤️🥰

[@geesjebaron]

I know right? 😀

[@imagesbykim]

Great video and I just love missy! I think she liked the bird print best. Thx for sharing your technique!

[@geesjebaron]

Thank you Kim, sometimes Misty likes to make an appearance.. I love this technique, and one can print only what one needs, no more 20 napkins in a pack, and what do I do with the rest of them? 🙂 Have a great day!

[@tynaheadrick-phipps6768]

Wow, great video. I have tried to seal inkjet tissue and napkins with hairspray 😔, so glad to hear I can headset instead. Just subscribed too☺️

[@geesjebaron]

Another recommendation I can add to this, that is, if you have the time, let the print sit overnight, then heat set it. Thanks for subscribing, I really appreciate that!!

[@lindao7887]

I have not had any luck with hair spray - it just makes the paper crispy - like it does when I use it on my hair!!!

[@deerapp3941]

My inkjet makes smudges of black ink on the left side every time I try this. Suggestions?

[@honestly8015]

Geesje, a truly great tutorial. I have freezer paper but have been reluctant to try this technique. I feel I have a printer curse, as my printers jam when I look sideways at them. It's also great to know I can reuse the freezer paper several times. In fact, my plan as I watched you was to leave the muslin on the freezer paper at first, try printing on fabric, then use the freezer paper several times with tissue or tracing paper, and THEN print something on the freezer paper itself. No waste whatsoever. Appeals to my frugal (cheapskate, tightwad) side. Thank you again, and I will go binge on your videos now. Take care, stay safe. Diane

[@geesjebaron]

Hello Diane, thank you for your kind words. I get the frugal (cheapskate, tightwad) thing, 😀 and I like the idea of printing on fabric first, although I wouldn't right of the bat know what to use it for. Have a wonderful week!

[@lindao7887]

I have some freezer paper here from years ago, can't find it though. (Who took my freezer paper?!) 🤔 priced it at Wal-Mart, $8.50 for 150 sq. ft. Heck, I'll have it for another 15 years......LOL

[@geesjebaron]

@@lindao7887 Hahaha!! You won't run out anytime soon, happy creating!

[@WhatsMarlyUpTo]

Love the heat set tip 👍

[@geesjebaron]

It also helps to let the paper sit for a day, then heat set, then collage with. Thank you for stopping by and have a great weekend!!

[@traceyleicester7019]

Watched so many vids but this is the best at explaining thanks loads!!!!

[@geesjebaron]

Hi Tracey, thank you for your stopping by and leaving a comment, I appreciate hearing that videos are of use to my viewers, have a great weekend!!

[@lizzieb.4160]

Love the cat. I had a cat named Misty also. She looked just like your misty!

[@geesjebaron]

Thank you for your kind words, I hope you have a great day!

[@ratijain]

Thank you sonmuch for being generous to let us know about the website for free downloads, nobody does that I watched over 30+ videos. Also thank you for telling how to enlarge the picture or make it smaller ones to print . Also i am planning to buy a printer but I didn't want to invest in lazer printer if you can confirm does ironing the image that I print in an inkject printer would stop the bleeding of color or I need to use couple of layers of hair spray as most people suggest. Awaiting for your response so that I can decide to buy the right printer for my Art work . Thank you

[@geesjebaron]

Thank you for your kind words. As for buying a printer, if I had the funds, I would invest in a laser printer, but oh well, I don't. I find that letting the print rest for a few hours and then ironing on the highest setting reduces the bleeding enough for me to adhere it to a background. I personally don't like the smell of hairspray and never tried it. But if that works also, and you are okay with that, then that certainly is another solution. By using hairspray one covers the print with a thin "protective" layer, vs ironing one basically "sets" the ink. I do think when applying the ironed image to another paper by using a lot of glue and brushing more than necessary, the ink might smear a bit. but once a coat of glue as been applied and dried, it is run proof. I hope you find this useful, have a great day!!

[@mycottagecosmetics913]

when you iron the paper afterwards to set the colours, do you cover the printing with anything first or just put your iron straight onto the paper? thankyou

[@geesjebaron]

Hi, I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, I just found this comment yesterday! You can use a this cloth between the paper and the iron to protect the iron from potential dye, but I have not found it necessary, so either way would work. Hop this answers your question. Have a great day!

[@edgarlouieque888]

Can this be transferred to a candle as well? Video is amazing 🤩😍

[@geesjebaron]

Good morning. I'm sure you can "decoupage" the tissue paper to a candle. But would the paper not catch fire when the candle burns? Maybe not with the right glue? I'm sorry that I don't have a solid answer for your question. Enjoy your week!

[@CraigsOverijse]

Fab video thanks for sharing. Please can anyone reading this tell me what freezer paper equates to outside the USA? Is it sandwich paper or baking paper, grease proof paper? We don’t have anything called “freezer paper” here. I may just have to try the papers in my kitchen but would like to know what makes it freezer paper than the others? I may also try with low tack adhesive spray

[@geesjebaron]

HI Craig, I think freezer paper can be compared to the brown butcher paper butchers wrap their meat in it, if that is something you have there? Before the freezer paper came out, quilters would use butcher paper to make templates for their applique patterns, iron it on the fabric and cut around. So, like butcher paper, freezer paper has a shiny side and a paper side, the shiny side has a sort of adhesive to it that makes it stick to paper and fabric when heated with an iron ( and maybe other things as well). This can be reused a few times. I hope this explains what freezer paper is and how it works. Oh, I just remembered, some printer paper wrappings have the same properties, I just tested one of mine, and that worked as well. The one I tested was from Xerox, 28lb paper. But it does not work for all packaging, the one from Costco is not shiny on the inside, so no adhesive. Obvious you won't find out until you open the package... I hope this information helps you to find your equivalent of the freezer paper. Have a great day!!

[@CraigsOverijse]

@@geesjebaron thank you now I understand what kind of paper you’re talking about I will pop to my local party supplies shop who sell all kinds of items for wrapping and serving food and see if they have it never seen it in the supermarkets but to be honest as a vegetarian I don’t look for it.

[@geesjebaron]

@@CraigsOverijse And don't forget to check your printer paper wrapping as I mentioned above. I hope you succeed!!

[@sclmb]

Looks like it's naptime for kitty! Love that! 😂

[@geesjebaron]

Thank you for your nice comment!!

[@terryciraulo1236]

How do you heat set it? You didn't show that part.

[@geesjebaron]

Hi Terry, you're right, I didn't show that, but it's basically the same as I showed earlier in the video, turn you iron on the cotton setting and iron slowly over the whole tissue paper after you removed it from the freezer paper, this way the ink will sink in the paper and also the heat makes it so it doesn't bleed as much. I'm not going to claim that it won't bleed at all, every printer and it's ink is different. I hope this answers your question. Have a great day!

[@sandramassingham2203]

What kind of printer do you use please..ink jet or laser? X

[@geesjebaron]

I use an inkjet printer, that is why I heat set it with my iron, if using a laser printer, heat setting is not necessary. Have a great day!

[@Mslizzybluts]

What trimmer do you use in the video?

[@geesjebaron]

Hi, I'm sorry I never got back to you on this, but I'm using a rotary cutter and quilting ruler to trim my paper, as I am a quilter also, I have these supplies already in my toolbox. Have a great day!

[@acreations2813]

Hi can you use the tissue paper for wrapping fries... i want to try a design for food wrapping

[@geesjebaron]

HI, I'm not sure if tissue paper is strong enough to hold the hot fries. Would it soak through the tissue paper? It also depend on the thickness, I mean how strong the tissue paper is. But if it is, you for sure can try it!!

[@lindao7887]

To heat set the napkin before decoupaging do you put the iron directly on it, or cover with something first???

[@geesjebaron]

I put the iron right on it, if you are hesitant with that, you can cover it with a piece of thin cotton fabric. I do find that the iron 'rides' smoother on fabric than on paper, so it might help, using fabric. I hope this answers your question?

[@lindao7887]

@@geesjebaron Yhsnk you, I'll try it - others say to toss it in the oven and all that and then iron, yikes, too much lol

[@artisticthoughtsbyelena]

Can you iron on rice paper to regular printing paper? I am trying how to figure out how to get it to run in my printer. Thanks.

[@geesjebaron]

Hi Elena, I'm not sure rice paper would stick to regular printing paper as it does not have an adhesive. If you want to print on rice paper and if your rice paper feels as sturdy as your printer paper, it might just print as it is. If not, I would tape the top edge of the rice paper to the top edge of the printing paper, as in, the side that will be fed into the printer first. If it is really thin, you may need to tape the edges a bit as well. In this video I use tissue paper, it would take a lot of tape to make it go all around and then still, the printer may skew the tissue paper, ripping it off the printer paper. I hope you succeed in printing on your rice paper, I might give it a try as well. Have a great day!!

[@amydeleon3387]

TY - lol your cat wanted to play!

[@geesjebaron]

I know right? But I didn't have time right then, filming as I was...🙂 Thanks for stopping by!

[@donnaestes410]

So you can use a sheet of freezer paper a few times or just once? Love the kitty, I have 2 Fur baby kitties that let me live with them too lol

[@geesjebaron]

Hi Donna, you can definitely use the freezer paper more than once, at least 3 times if not 4. Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!!

[@donnaestes410]

@@geesjebaron thank you for that info n all you share! Much appreciated!

[@geesjebaron]

@@donnaestes410 You're welcome! and as for the cat, Misty gets into all my craft supplies, she thinks she needs a new toy everyday!! 😀

[@donnaestes410]

@@geesjebaron omg! Do I know about that! My lilman loves to dig in n find pompoms! I spent so much money on toys that just sit or I end up donating to the animal shelter because a pompom trumps any of the toys! I just make sure there's nothing that he can get that harms him, like any greenery, he loved to chew on it..i didn't know until he threw up n had pieces of greenery in it. So thats all out of reach. He's something else! My little Miss Piggy is an amgel. She doesn't do anything wrong, lilman does enough for both! lol we could talk all day about our fur babies ❤❤❤ I'm glad you have Misty to share your life n love ❤❤❤

[@geesjebaron]

@@donnaestes410 Isn't that the truth, I bought a new toy for her and she totally ignores it, she rather chases balls of paper instead! But that is just fine, I have plenty of paper....😃

[@musicforlifeeeadub]

Wait so when you are printing, do you use two sheets of freezer paper? I can’t tell

[@geesjebaron]

Hi Maggi, I am showing how you can cut two pieces of freezer paper out of one with of freezer paper, then because I have these two, I right away iron both to the fabric to remove some of the tackiness. But I use only one piece of freezer paper ironed to a piece of tissue paper for each print, and you can use the same freezer paper a few more times before the stickiness is gone. I hope I answered your concern. Have a great day!

[@musicforlifeeeadub]

@@geesjebaron yes it did!! Thank you so much!!! Have a wonderful day :)

[@gkhan753]

Did you use an inkjet or laser printer?

[@geesjebaron]

Hi Gary, I'm sorry if that wasn't clear in the video, but I used an inkjet printer. I then used an iron to heat set the ink, so far it works for me!

[@jeaniminer5560]

When heat setting with your iron do you iron from the back side of the tissue or do you cover the inked side with plain paper and iron that way? Thanks very much.

[@geesjebaron]

Hi Jeani, because it is paper, I iron straight on the tissue paper, but very carefully. Sometimes I use a piece of 100% cotton fabric rather than a piece of paper to cover the tissue, fabric is thinner than paper, so that most of the heat will get to the tissue paper. Hope this helps. Thank you for stopping by!!

[@Ginger_McElfresh_Art]

If you have a laser jet, don't put the iron over the printed ink....it disappears 😔

[@geesjebaron]

@@Ginger_McElfresh_Art Interesting. I don't have a laser jet printer, but I always heard that an image from a laser jet is water proof, so it wouldn't need heat setting?

[@phenomenal_woman]

Cats are soooo disrespectful. No cats in my office/studio when painting.

[@geesjebaron]

Hi Evelyn, for sure they are disrespectful, they want all the attention towards them and nothing else! 😀 thanks for watching!!