DIY Tea Dyed Paper - Several Methods
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- How I tea dye my papers - ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
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If you would like to see what I do with the left over tea bags, have a look at these videos: (Altered Vintage Playing Cards) th-cam.com/video/Kp0BxSKPXx0/w-d-xo.html and (Vintage up those magazine images) th-cam.com/video/eQ0P-A1tD74/w-d-xo.html
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I am new at Junk Journals and I enjoy your videos. I would love to see videos using Easter Egg dye and vegetables and anything else that you can use. I am going to take the leap and try tea dying some paper. I love your videos! ❤❤❤
Can you tell me what kind of copypaper you use, mine starts to break down when I'm submerging it..
My type writer paper breaks up but artist paper doesn't. I don't submerge the type writer paper I squeeze the tea bag over it which works great.
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'I don't have time to iron things that should be ironed'. Ha Ha Ha!!
BUT she has THREEEEEEEE DAYS ?!?! to dye paper?
I do mine in 45-min to 1 hour from start to finish- done n dried. An hour (about as many or more pages). I don’t have three days to dye paper 🤦🏻♀️
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I came here to say this very thing! 😂 Natasha, you're my kind of woman. When my daughter was 16 she asked me "mammy, do we have an ironing board?" and I replied "Yes, it's the digital piano stand that you practiced piano on for 4 years!" She had seen me use many tools over the years but an iron wasn't one of them.😂 I'm new to journalling and your tutorials are great. I've been using tea and coffee to stain new wood in household projects for years but as I move to paper crafts it's great to learn from paper masters such as yourself. I did a small first batch blind without all of the logistics figured out in advance (drying space in particular). Also, as I used an older roasting tin, the solution became grayer as it began to oxidize with the surface of the metal, delivering a gray/green hue that I didn't care for. Second time I used a newer tin with better results. Fantastic to see your process in particular to see that sheets can be par dried in small bundles and separated midway through. Your channel is great for 'keeping it real' compared to some creators that have studios as big as a small house. Once again, thank-you for sharing your talent. You set a high bar for us newbies but it's great to have a quality standard to aim for. 🙏
I'd like to see a whole series of just dying papers with different methods. Fascinating.
Love this idea!!!!
Thank you :) Great idea
A series sounds awesome!
Yes!!!! Id love to see that also...👍
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Since I don't have anything like your lacey tablecloth, I tried adding stencils on top of my wet/dyed papers, and it works beautifully. And it allows me to use all those stencils I've bought and made over the years and years!!! Great ideas in the vid! TFS!!!❤❤❤
"I don't have time to iron things that SHOULD be ironed" is the comment that made my day :D
absolutely love the tea dyed paper - amazing!!!
I like them all, but would like to see the onion dye.
I have used purple onion skins and it turns the paper this beautiful sage green color. It’s gorgeous!
@@ajennyforyourthoughtscincy How much onino skins do you need? Save a bunch in a produce bag until ready to use?
Thank you for this very helpful tutorial. You are the only one I’ve seen who uses “baking soda” though and it makes perfect sense! I also hadn’t thought of using a vinyl tablecloth to lay out my papers to dry. This tutorial was loaded with “tips and tricks” thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much Claudia :)
You are truly the Queen of Treasure Books ! I learn so much from you . Thank you for all your hardwork in making these videos !!
Love them all,but the onion an the avocado would love to see them
Excellent video. You did answer some questions I had. Thank you. I haven’t looked through your videos yet. But if you haven’t, please do an EASTER EGG PAPER DYING VIDEO!!!!!
Oh my gosh! I love your personality explaining all this! "I don't have time to iron things that should be ironed." "🤣
I have never felt so excited just watching a tutorial video! You have a brilliant mind and are incredibly inspiring ❤
Great video... thank you
I’ve been anxious to watch someone actually doing tea dye
Can you also make a video on the purple paper? I love how that looks! This video is really great!
I would guess same as teabags except use an Easter egg dye tablet. She probably leaves out the Vinegar due to ph levels.
I would love to see the dying using onion skins. Sounds interesting.
Thanks for all the tips and tricks. I've also used the liquid from pickled beets for a pretty pink and I sometimes add a little balsamic vinegar to my tea or onion mix for a darker effect.
I'll have to try that, thank you :)
Thnx indeed! I’ll try that too 😃🇳🇱💖
Fantastic idea Vera...👍
Doesn't the Vinegar make the solution overly acidic?
I haven't had any problem with doing that; I just use about a tablespoon to a quart and a half of my mix.
I love that trick with plastic doily! I know what I'm going to try finding next week :-) the patterns are soooo pretty!
I jsut love listening to you. You make me giggle while I am learning. Thank you
🤗 Thank you so much
Awesome information - thank you. I would love to see the onion dying process. We use a lot of shallots so I think those skins would give a lovely purple hue to the solution. Your drying process is perfect; I have to use my oven to since I can't even imagine the havoc my cat would wreak on a floor full of paper! LOL
Oh gosh, Yes. No. Not with a cat in a house hahahah
You would get some very cute Paw pad stains on your papers!!! 🐱
As a chemist, I love this!
I’ve used red cabbage twice to dye paper. It creates a pretty slate blue paper. I’m glad to learn how to make less acidic. Also, loved seeing different techniques you’ve used for different designs. I’ve not tried Easter egg dye, onion skin or food coloring. Love to see your methods❣️. 🤗💕🦋
I tried doing this with some fruit tea bags. The water from them was a glorious dark pink so I thought I'd get some fabulous results from that. However, the colour seemed to oxidise in the air and all the paper came out grey! Not really a problem as they are lovely, but very unexpected. If you see my previous comment about drying the teabags on watercolour paper to make stains, I did this with the fruit tea bags and got gorgeous grey stains which I then doodled over in black. I am absolutely thrilled with the result of these! The actual teabags did stay pink and once I'd taken out the tea, I ended up with some nice pink teabag paper to use in projects.
thank you so much for this video....
I use: coffee, black tea, green tea... and agree, time give different shade...
other what use for experiment is: ground cinnamon, ground turmeric, ground smoked paprika, balsamic vinegar, vanilla essence.... cocoa powder........all of them mixed with hot water.... all give me more or less colors.......same with smell like balsamic or vanilla or cinnamon= love it so delicate......paprika or turmeric very interesting raw smell and pale color.... cocoa give dark brown color much darker like even strong coffee and smell like chocolate, I love this smell......... not satisfaction for me with avocado, but my be use wrong color of skin, have green, probably better is use dark, purpule skin, I do................... great success with water after cook red beetroots, amazing dark red color.........and depends on time have from "burgundy" to pale pink paper........ I LOVE THIS COLOR from beetroots.........................now I collect onion skin and think about red cabbage.....and I'm stack how make any kind of greenish??? ..........
hugs, Ursa from Cape Town, RSA........
Oh wow, you have tried many methods!! I am trying paprika next!
I love the splotches as well - so lovely!
Thank you ❤️
I've watched several other vids on how to do this----
Natasha, your's is the best, by far! Makes total sense, and nothing is wasted!! This will be my method from now on----
Thank you for sharing all your talent w/ us!!
Thank you so much !
Love your. Tea dying technique!
I’d love to see any paper dying video you’d be willing to make! Love to see all the colors!
Love the ones with the tablecloth in print!
YES! I would like to see the onion dye, avocado dye and whatever else! I understand the egg color dye. One time I used "old" but not moldy, raspberries and it came out so pretty! Just mashed them up. I had given no thought to the acidity in tea, so THANK you for that tip. Thank you!😀😁
Thank you so much Eileen. Ohh mashing raspberries, never would have thought of that!
Great video I always wondered how to tea dye paper. I love the effect. Thank you
They all turned out beautiful! ❤ I started using beetroot juice from precooked beetroots. That makes a very pretty pink colour. I started collecting the juice in the freezer.
I used beet juice also but it seemed to soften my paper. Maybe heavier paper would be better. I still used them all though. I love the rosey color.
Wow. You are insanely creative! Thank you for sharing!
I love the idea of using the coloring pages, those are very neat looking dyed. The onion color and the avocado dye are also my favorites. I would love to see how you do the onion skin dye. Thank you for sharing. I use coffee a lot to dye paper, but I didn't know about the baking soda to alkaline it. That is great to know. You can also use distress ink colors to make many colors of dyed papers. So much fun to do.
I’ve never left mine for hours. Need to do that next time I dye. Like the coffee sprinkles idea.
My favorite was using the plastic tablecloth. And as others have mentioned, dying using onion skins and one using avocado dying. 🙂
The onion paper is also a Beautiful antique color!
Beautiful papers and hues. I would like to see the onion skin process. Tfs🌷
Natasha, you're simply the best, the funniest, the smartest.... 😆I just fell in love with you and your personality ... kinda "soul sister"... 😇Thank you so much for just being there and sharing your heart and your creativity with us! God bless you and your family.😘
Thank you for a very informative video. I have coffee dyed papers several times. Have been experimenting with other types of flavored teas and got one that the papers are a gray blue color. Thank you for the tip on the PH balance, I will remember to do that from now on. I would greatly enjoy videos on all types of dying to get other colors. One thing I also do when dying papers is to dye laces, fabrics, linens and cheesecloth so have some of those to use also. Love how your papers came out.
Thank you so much Donita :)
Thx a lot Beetroot cooking water is nice too. And Rusty metal parts can usually be obtained free of charge from any building site 2 days in water gives great colours
This was a great video and I learned a lot and can't wait to try it! Thank you for being so generous with your time and talent. I would love to see a video on making the colored papers. 😘
“Not gonna be touching at all until its completely dry” - and goes in right away slaping them papers to the plastic doilies 🤣🤣🤣 I laugh so good watching your videos, you are so much fun to watch😍🥰❤️and also I learn so much from you, thank you🙏🏼❤️❤️
I love it! I will love to see your tutorial about dyed papers with avocado or else too! You are a good teacher! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! ❤️🦋🌻🇨🇦
I have also used beet juice from a can of beets. It makes a gorgeous pink!
I love the look of tea or coffee dyed papers and have watched several videos on how it's done, but my biggest drawback is that I don't have my own craft space to work in, otherwise I'd jump at the chance. Thanks for sharing your talent, time and inspirations. I really appreciate the way you teach. Take care and God bless you and yours. Sincerely Becky B from Arkansas
Do it in the kitchen!
Thank you, you’ve answered so many questions I had about tea dying paper. I would like to see how you onion skin dye paper or any other type of dye you’ve used. 💋
Great information, Natasa, thank you. Yes, please do a follow up with the vegetable dyed papers.🌸
You are very talented! I love your videos, your voice and your sense of humor is very enjoyable. The use of "trash" inspires me to limit buying new and giving a second look at what I might toss away. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much!
Thank you Natasha this is so good to learn I literally put the paper in and took it out after a few minutes as I thought it would fall apart 😂😂😂 I would love to see a video on other dyeing methods I love all your fabulous tutorials and creative makes 😍
Thanks for sharing your process I really like the Doily imprints and the darker tones. The Easter colors were fun too. 💞💕❤
❤️❤️❤️ I don’t have time to iron things that should be ironed, either, Natasa! So no ironing paper in my house as well. Thanks for sharing your method. I’d love to see you dye with onion skins and food coloring. 😃
I love the grundgy look. Love the big splotches.
What is ironing paper? Lol, I don’t even own an ironing board and only use my iron for craft! 😀
Love the technique is with the big doily. Love the design. Thanks great video.
That was super helpful! I'm using some tea/coffe dyed papers in my bullet journal so I've been looking for tips and ideas. This video has given a lot of insight and inspiration. Thanks so much!
THANKS FOR SHARING THIS.
LOVE DYED PAPERS.
LOVE YOUR RINGS AND NAILS AS WELL.
💜 CAMILLE 🇦🇺
Thank you so very much Camille :)
Just found you, & love everything I've watched. I've been wanting to start making journals for my family as gifts. I would love to see your onion dying process.
Thank you so much Diane. Here is the onion dying process video: th-cam.com/video/ttRVgeyc2QM/w-d-xo.html
I love the splotches and lace table runner effects the best. Thanks for sharing your process.
Great tutorial on how to dye your papers; TFS!
Oh, my I watched you for the first time last night. I got up and had my cup of green tea with hibiscus in it. Then I sprinkled it on the paper and added some extra hibiscus and added some weight for a few hours and now letting it dry in the open I think the paper not being flat is all part of the ascetics. OK, so I do not know about my acid level but thanks to you I am learning so I will be placing an order for the strips. You have me excited for making some Christmas gifts and I crochet, knit and embroidery of which I plan on making journals of and using some of those to make journals, can't wait to see what is born from the combination. I am excited to learn more from you. Thank you for sharing!
great papers. I dye several times in the summer using eco style and regular teas and food color dyes in sprayer bottles. Simply love the process.
I would love to see a tutorial for using food colouring. I bought some a couple of years ago for trying on fabric. Never got around to that but it would be fun to try with paper!
This video is great Natasha, thanks for explaining the acidity factor, I didn’t know that. And I didn’t know I can leave the papers in the dye overnight.
I would love to see how you use avocado to achieve the pink color. I tried with berry fruit tea but the papers were turning blue as they dried.
I would love to get some blue pages. *adds berry tea to shopping list.
Thank you so much Dragana :) Oohhh blue paper from berry fruit tea! That sounds awesome :)
Can you tell us what brand of berry fruit tea you used and THANKS for the heads up on that one!
@@heymudda1 I used Teekanne forest fruits ( mixture of raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries) Tea is dark red but the paper turns purplish blue. Another time, I used dried Aronia fruit(chokeberries), boiled them for a while to extract color. Paper turned grayish blue that time.
This video gives me inspiration, I have never died paper before, but it looks fun!
Please also make a video on how to stain paper with union skins!
❤❤❤❤ Thanks so much. I love the added coffee ground ones. ❤
So cool! I really appreciate you taking the time to share all of that with us. Ì have never dyed paper this way. I have sprayed on color with ink and water but I haven't tried coffee or tea because I don't have much space. But you have given me a lot to think about. Would love to see the onion skins... and maybe the different colors too.
I really enjoyed your video. I have spent a day coffee dyeing & cooking the paper. I live in Texas so using an oven is almost painful. I may try sun drying & the other things including Easter egg dyes. I had not even thought of this … very cool. U r a very clever young lady, keep up the good work.
Natasa Thank you for this video! Haven't tried the tea dyeing yet, have done the food coloring, did a video over a year ago on it. Love mixing the colors to come up with new ones. Always enjoy watching you!
I'm back to comment because I've now FINALLY got a pretty way to reuse all the pages I've printed for school that I no longer need anymore! I didn't quite have the set up you do... but as I write this I have the whole edge of the lino kitchen hallway covered in we tea-dyed assessment papers.
I've raided my stash for pages I've watercoloured (primarily for testing colour combinations and mixing triads) and either cut them up to create the beginnings of some tags, or if they were big enough, folded them to add into a journal.
Further actions from your totally INSPIRING channel, I have dismantled my UNINSPIRING watercolour journal (which was 14 folded sheets of A4, kettle stitch bound with some craft paper), and now those pages are waiting VERY patiently to be bound into a tea-dyed/ watercolour splotched/ magazine raided extravaganza!!!
I've never felt MORE inspired or capable or empowered to create with what I have!
This is no shade on how other people do things... but all the pretty stashes people have... I can't afford or justify spending that kind of money on ephemera or fancy supplies.
YOU, my friend, are the kind of crafter I want to be! Our styles differ somewhat, admittedly- I'm a little less vintage and a little more... uh, pop-y, I guess. But. Dang. Hell. To. The. Yes! Thank you.
I hope you see this. Your channel is helping my process like you wouldn't BELIEVE!
Hahah HELL TO THE YES!!!! Thank you so much, that makes me very happy!!!
Would love to see the onion dyed. Hear about it but have never seen anyone do it. Thanks😊oooh I love ALL the different ones so would love to see any and all
The “neutral” “acidic” and “alcaline” really confused me, could you explain more about the importance of it? Thank you! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I explained everything in the video, but here goes again. Ph level measures alkalinity versus acidity. Water is neutral. Bleach is highly alkaline, coffee is acid. Paper is also already slightly acid. When you add tea or coffee to paper, you make it very acid. Acidity eats through any writing on the page and especially if you place photograps into a journal that has very acidic paper. It takes years for this to happen, and for the writing and photographs to fade, hence why people don't worry about it too much. That is also why a lot of scrapbooking products and paper state "archival" paper, meaning its not acid, it will not fade your photographs. So, adding soda bicarb, which is alkaline, it neutralizes the acid and brings the solution to neutral. I hope this helps
Thank you so much for the thorough explanation, I understand now that it’s all about preventing the paper, photos, etc to become yellowish over time. Best regards from Canada :)
Firts time I've heard about this too, thank u for such a learning vid
@@TreasureBooks WOW! I did not know this. Thanks for sharing your dye methods and educating us on what "archival" means. I'm working on a family tree book and I want it to last, so it's going to be archival papers for all vital documents going forward for me!
Omgarsh ! I'm So happy that I have found your channel ❗ I enjoy your videos, because you are so resourceful, thorough and creative ‼ New subscriber ❗joy & peace😁💜✌
Thank you so much ❤️
Thank you for answering the questions I wanted to ask :) Would love to see how to dye the purple ones. Usually I use coffee (love the smell...and taste) and hibiscus tea: the tea turns pink and the flowers turn the paper blue afterwards. Love the effect.
The easter dyed ones are my favorite. I will definitely be trying that one.
Also I would like to see how you use the onion skins...how cool!
I would love to see you dye paper with the onion skins.☺️💜
Love the splotch effect. Will have to try that next time. I prefer drying them in the oven as it is sooo much quicker and I can do a lot in a few hours. I like how you had a large pan of the dye first and then added each page one by one. I haven't tried it that way before. Neither have I ever left the paper in for that long. Usually I dye each page one by one and put directly on to the cookie sheet, or, I will take a big chunk of paper and put the whole thing in the pan at once. This leaves a lot of white space as you have said. Sometimes I don't mind that. I have also tried the sprinkle coffee effect - I love that as well. Thanks for sharing your process. Would love to see the onion skin dying process sometime when you have a chance.
Thank you Sharon! I think the oven drying process seems to darken the paper more than air drying, so you don't need to leave it in the solution for that long :)
Great job! I like your method better than any I have seen, thanks!
Awesome, thank you!
I learned some new things! Thank you for sharing your methods. I have appreciated your style of journal making and now your paper dying.
Fantastic I love the coffee sprinkled
I don't have time to iron things that should be ironed lol. You are so awesome.
I really appreciate seeing how you do this!
Beautiful pages! My favorite are the patterns created from the doilies and the plastic mat you used during dry time. I love the faded/inconsistencies of the patterns. Keep up the beautiful work.
Thank you so much!
Oh boy, this was both fun and rather messy at times! I used the following previously used/dried tea bags: Luzianne Cold Brew, Tazo Chai Organic (the "Starbucks" type or brand used - old research, can't remember which it is) and Celestial Seasonings Country Peach Passion. Talk about smelling really good in the kitchen area and house! Probably used too many at one time but for some reason - which now that I'm thinking about it does not make sense, I thought the cold brew would not be so great in hot water. I know, that was a brain cramp moment for sure!
I covered my table with a split large (black) trash bag, an old beach towel and a portion of a king size t-shirt style sheet, in that order. I had tea dyed fabrics before and gotten them white again but this time, the lace and doilies I used seem to refusing to release the tea. Yes, I have been using cold water rinses. I'm hesitant to use bleach and have used a little tiny bit of liquid Oxy whitener. Probably have to use more.
While typing this, I needed to be sure I am on the right video and oh my gosh, my papers look like yours! The white copy paper I used was a little thin and I thought it was going to fall apart but it didn't. (AmazonBasics 20lb wt.) Some tore from the weight of the water as I pulled them out of the pan but I used more care and rushed them to the table dripping wet! I dyed some notebook paper, a cool envelope, book pages, writing journal pages, some cheap paper towels which I thought surely would just come apart. They didn't! How cool is that!! They soaked up the last portion of brew I had in the pan and looked like chocolate iced cake sitting there in the pan. I also soaked a very used manila file folder. As if it needs tea dying, but it's pretty cool anyway.
I probably should have waited on doing the second round of papers but I didn't. I ended up putting old 1970 orange terry towels down on top of the first batch and rotating things as soon as I could. Next time, one batch at a time. You aren't kidding when you say it takes a lot of space. And, I have cleaned up lots of tea-drops on the tile floor, thankfully it's tile ... mostly missed the grout!
I loved doing this ... I'm wondering how to do the journaling part though as it seems I keep failing at other things so far. Sometimes, it feels like I have already been there done that b/c I've watched videos!!
I hope you don't mind my lengthy comment - thought you'd like to know how my journey in this went. I did take quite a few pictures along the way. I'm hoping to do something with those. I used to blog several years ago, had several blogs. It's going through my head to maybe do something like that. I seem to do better at the digital stuff so far!! Got lots of images I want to put into a journal etc., etc.
Thank you for your videos. Always enjoy them!! Even when my attempt doesn't work (see my comment on the cereal box liner fusing. ha ha?)
Oh, yeah, I saved one of the Country Peach Passion tea bags, little bitty thing actually. And I see you've got a link to a video for what you do with those - your comment about doing something with them made me save the one that busted. Or did I tear it on purpose? I don't remember. And, now that it's dry, yes, I can think of some uses. But I'll be over to see what you do with the ones you save! Thanks again!!
I love the different effects you get with your papers. Thank you for sharing . I always learn something new from you!!😊
Fantastic!!! My favorite is the plastic table runner effect. I wish I could find one of those locally. But I want to see the onion dye and Easter dye.
Thank you :) I have done the onion dye video, here is the link: th-cam.com/video/ttRVgeyc2QM/w-d-xo.html
Super video with so much interesting information. I particularly love the lace ones and would love to see a video on Easter egg dyeing. I had never heard of Easter egg dyes before.
I think I’ve tried them all. My favorite is the easiest one!!! Probably food coloring.
Awesome, thank you. The onion skins paper is beautiful 🖤👍🏾
Your videos are music to my creative soul! Thank you for the song, Natasha!
Aw thank you SO much Carole!
Hello Natasha, ty for all ur tips/tricks for paper tea dying.
Now I have the craziest question ❓
We all kinda know the coffee dyed paper leaves an awesome coffee scent, which I simply LOVE. So here's my new question, have you ever considered or tried other scented dyed paper? Maybe a scent that could be a SOFT floral, or a nature type scent, like maybe a scent from those liquid plug in scents. I realize it's a crazy idea 💡, but could it be a possibility? Thanx Natasha for reading my message.
Thank you for sharing, i like watching videos because it gives me workarounds and ideas i did not think about. Respect!
Beautiful. I dry my papers out in the sun. I love the color books.
I LOVE all your videos! I'm wishing I had more paper to dye on!
Fun I like watching tea dying I tried the Easter egg dye and coffee dye methods never heard of the acid free part. Thanks for sharing💯❤️🦩
Enjoy this video very much. Did not realize you could use so many different items to get those colors
This was a great tutorial! Thank you for sharing. I love all the different techniques
Yeah!!! I've been hoping you'd do a video on this! Thank you!
I use acrylic paint watered down to color paper. So pretty!
Thank you , your method is more appealing then other methods I’ve seen. Definitely going to give this a try now.
Thank you for sharing tea staining..they are beautiful..👍👍☺️
Love how tea staining looks in a journal, the paper has such character when you fold it..I want to attempt making a small journal using tea stained paper..Will keep you posted how it goes..👍👍🌷🌷
This stack of stained paper❤️❤️❤️❤️ I know how this feels. It’s everything. In summer a always dye my paper in the garden and it’s dry in no time. Sometimes I have to chase some papers through the yard but that’s ok. I sometimes iron them, but they loose some of the crispyness after that. I love love love a big stack of freshly dyed paper. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 keep on with your art and greetings from 🇩🇪