Leaf Prints- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and Welcome.

This month we are celebrating our 1st Birthday at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge.

Great prizes and great Fall theme:

For my card, I decided to go for the real thing.  I went out to the front of my house and picked a small maple leaf off the tree.  I tried to chose one that wasn't too large and not too dried out so it would ink up nicely and fit onto my card front.

I rubbed Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide ink onto my non-stick craft sheet, sprayed a bit of water onto the ink then carefully pressed the leaf into the ink using the backside or the side that has the veins of the leaf more protruded.  I lifted it up making sure the whole leaf was covered with the watered down ink, then laid it onto my cardstock.  I took a piece of scrap paper, placed it over the top and rubbed to transfer all the ink.  Don't worry if the leaf doesn't totally print because you can ink your leaf again and carefully place it over the first impression.  

I cleaned off the leaf then repeated the process using Fired Brick then Peeled Paint DOX.

When that was dry, I diluted some some Brushed Corduroy and filled in the background a bit with a wet paintbrush to look like puddles the leaves were laying in.

I stamped the sentiment using my Misti and clear heat embossed it, then pop dotted the panel onto a plain white card.

It was fun to use something directly from Mother Nature to create my card.
Thanks so much for the visit and I hope you will come and play along with us.

Also adding my card to these challenges:

 CAS on Friday- FALL/HALLOWEEN
Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING GOES STAMPING
Brown Sugar- COLOUR CHALLENGE


Supplies
Stamp- Nature Art (Technique Junkies)
Ink- Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide (TH)/ 
Brushed Corduroy Distress (TH)/ Tuxedo Black Memento
 Paper- heavy white (local store)
Accessories and Tools- real maple leaf/ clear eb powder/ heat tool/ non-stick craft sheet (Ranger)
Misti/ paintbrush