For today's Ways to Use It challenge - Would You Be-Leaf It? I chose to use the Stamping With Leaves technique that Sabrina listed for us.
This is my 2nd card for the challenge.
I went out into my garden to get a plant leaf rather than a tree leaf.
I ended up trying two kinds of leaves and made two cards - this is the 2nd one - using leaves from my Spring Cinquefoil plant (it's a spring blooming ground cover - but the leaves are still there).
I pressed the leaves into 2 different Archival inks - blue and green. I placed a piece of computer paper over the leaf and ink pad so I could really press on the leaf without getting all inky!
Then I removed the leaf from the ink pad and laid it onto a watercolor paper panel. Again, I laid a clean sheet of computer paper over the panel and rubbed over the leaf to get as good an impression as possible.
And it worked wonderfully - although the veins in the leaves are more prominent than the fleshy parts. I wasn't sure how the leaves would show up over the text stamping (a panel I had on my desk from a previous project) but I love how it came out!
I die cut the panel and layered it to a green panel and a die cut blue panel. I added three black rhinestones. I didn't put a sentiment on it - I will probably either just use it for a note or stamp a sentiment inside for an appropriate occasion!
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Fri, Aug 31, 2018 @ 7:41 AM
Oh my goodness I love this one even better!! How beautiful this is!!!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
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Sun, Oct 28, 2018 @ 4:28 PM
this is so lovely and serene. Those zig zag (pinking) edged, stitched dies are so cute. haven't seen those yet. more shopping to do! hahah But seriously, the colors you used are just beautiful and serene. The effort of picking the leaves and the extra effort to stamp them, IT's WORTH IT! just lovely. Thanks for sharing. Teresa