Weekend Project: Marbling Paper

This marbling kit arrived in the stores this week and is a perfect weekend project!  It's extremely easy to do and you will have beautiful marble paper in a matter of a few minutes.  All you need is a clean tray.  I used my glass 9.5 x 11 baking dish.  You'll need water and paper without sizing. This is important because the dye will attach better to paper that doesn't have sizing.  I went to my local art store and they directed me to the correct paper that I was looking for.

This marbling kit has 6 different colors and you can use any combination.  It comes with these small paper disks.  You put the disks in the water and you drop the ink onto the disks.  The ink will spread onto the water.  I took a toothpick and made patterns in the water.  Then, you simply lay the paper onto the water and pull them out.  I placed the marbled paper on some newsprint to let them dry.  You can get several sheets of paper marbled with one initial set up.  Each paper will get lighter and lighter.  Then I dumped the water and started over again.  It's fun to have some custom paper in your stash!  Have a great weekend!