Dip Dyed Stationary

Learn how to make Dip Dyed Stationary using Rit Dye.  These cards are beautiful and because they’re hand dipped, each one is unique.

Let’s start from the beginning.  I’ll try to make it quick.  I prepped all week to dip dye my curtains in the living room.  They were beige and the walls are too, so they desperately needed color.  I researched all week and got all the supplies I needed.  I woke up Saturday morning SO EXCITED!  The day was finally here for me to dye my curtains.  Tim took Big O to play for the morning and when I put Little O down for a nap, it was GO TIME!  I did the whole process and things were looking good.  It was not a glamorous DIY project because I was outside and it was muddy and there was lots of water involved and it was just a mess!  I was rinsing out the curtains and it was taking FOREVER!  So when my ADD kicked in I just threw them in the washer to finish them up.  Well, that was stupid of me because the not fully rinsed curtains bled everywhere and the parts that I still wanted beige were now splotchy green.  I was so annoyed!  We put them up just to see if they looked okay and Tim said “it’s okay, we can buy more tomorrow”.  That meant they were NOT going to be staying up!  I was so bummed!  But now I had all my dye supplies out so I had to do something.

I had watercolor paper that I was going to make other stationary with but now decided to Dip Dye instead.  They turned out so beautiful!  You need to make them!

You’ll need:

-Watercolor paper (You might be able to use something else but I don’t suggest it, watercolor paper holds water better)

-Rit Dye (I mixed Dark Green and Evening Blue)

-Kraft knife or paper cutter (if your paper isn’t the size you want)

-Warm water (aprox. 2 -3cups)

-Tupperware (for mixing dye-needs to be big enough for your paper to dip)

-Paper towels

-Drying rack

Let’s get started:

1.  Prepare your dye.  Read the directions on the bottle!  I did 1 capful of the blue and 2 capfuls of the green with about 2 cups of warm water.
2. Get your dry rack ready and have paper towels handy.
3. Take one piece of stationary and do one quick dip (in and out).
4. To create the gradient look, you want to pull out the card just a little and hold it there for about 3-5 minutes. (see photo)
5. Pull out the stationary and dab it on a paper towel to soak up the excess dye.
6. Lay on rack to dry.
7. Once they were dry (about an hour) I dipped them again just a little on the bottom to get one more dark line.
8. Let dry and you’re done!

And that’s that!  I think this stationary is beautiful!  It reminds me of the ocean.  I imagine that other colors would be just as beautiful too.  I’m going to use these for thank you or hello notes.  You could also use this technique on business cards, gift tags, or wedding invitations…the possibilities are endless!

I can’t wait to make more of these.  I’ll probably try a different color next time.  What do you think?  Purple maybe?!  I pinned a pin to my Craft/DIY board that had a long list of Rit Dye color combos.  There are a TON of them and I’m excited to try some… on paper, not my curtains.  Speaking of curtains, I’ll be shopping for new ones tomorrow.  I hope I find the perfect ones.  Okay, thank you so much for being here today.  Pin the picture below to your favorite Craft board for easy access to this blog post.  Have fun making these and have a GREAT day!