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Friday, 21 August 2020

Be the Change



Good Morning
Wow, this month just flew by.  
The nights are getting so much cooler and crisp as September approaches.  I had my acrylic paints out the other day, so decided to paint some leaves.  I love working with leaves as they are so simple to create with and can be found pretty much everywhere.
So here's what I did to create my card.

  • I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock, my acrylic paints, leaves from my tree in the backyard, a brayer and a great new to me sentiment stamp.
  • I laid the leaves with the back, vein side up towards me, onto a piece of newsprint.  
  • I put some yellow, orange and red acrylic paint onto my non-stick mat, being sure to keep the colours side by side but not touching.
  • Using my brayer, I rolled into the paint and then onto the leaves, covering them with the paint.  I took the leaf and pressed it onto my cardstock.  
  • After I printed all the leaves, I set it aside to dry completely.
  • I placed the dry piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment with some Versafine Clair and clear heat embossed it.
  • I added some lines using my Festive Berries Distress Oxide inks and an old gift card.
  • Lastly, I splattered the panel using my black Posca paint pen.



Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Crafty Creations- ANYTHING GOES
A Bit More Time To Craft- ANYTHING GOES
Try it on Tuesday- SPLASH AND SPLATTER


Supplies
Stamps- Words and Ideas (Impression Obsession)
Inks- Versafine Clair; acrylic paint; DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); old gift card; Speedball Brayer; 
leaves; Posca pen

23 comments:

  1. This is a beautiful card. I love Fall and of course, the Fall colors. Thank you for letting us know how you created this! You have inspired me to give this a try. Have a beautiful day.

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  2. Stunning Karen, love the fall colours :)

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  3. So beautiful and rich in colors and design. I love the quote too!

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  4. Even though my Hydrangea haven't EVER bloomed, I leave them just because I love their leaves so much.
    Karen, this is just absolutely gorgeous for Autumn greetings!! Well done, you!! Thanks for sharing the process... though I STILL don't have a brayer!!
    =]

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  5. This is a striking piece of art!

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  6. Gorgeously designed and coloured card Karen, and the sentiment is just lovely, Kate x

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  7. That is so, so gorgeous! Thank you for sharing how you did this. I will go look for some suitable leaves in my garden. I just love this card!

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  8. What a lovely reminder that Fall will be here soon, Karen! I love that meaningful sentiment!

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  9. So beautiful as is the wonderful sentiment from the wonderful Robin Williams.

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  10. Impressed and one I will try myself...hugs.x

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  11. Wow--this is amazing, Karen! Love it!

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  12. Another incredible result with unusual ways (to me) of crafting Karen. Love the sentiment too.
    Faith x

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  13. Your card is stunning. Love your technique in designing it x

    hugs sally x
    sallysbitz2.blogspot.co.uk

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  14. Wow! Fabulous card - love those vibrant colours. Thank you for joining us at Try It On Tuesday, Chrisx

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  15. It's been a looooong time since I did any leaf printing, Karen. Yours are fabulous!

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  16. Lovely card. Thank you for joining us at Try it on Tuesday.

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  17. Your leaf prints are gorgeous in these bright and fun colours Karen. Your sentiment is fabulous! xx

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  18. Wow - what a gorgeous pop of color and I love the fact that you used nature itself to help make this special card. Thanks so very much for joining us this time at the Crafty Creations Challenge, Elizabeth (DT)

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  19. Such a beautiful card! I love the autumnal leaves and colours with the black splatters and embossed quote - perfect 😀. Thanks so much for joining in the fun at Try it on Tuesday! Hugs, Jo x

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  20. How unique and love the vibrancy of the colours Karen x.

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  21. Many congratulations on being chosen for Top 5 at Try it on Tuesday with your amazing autumnal card with all those splashes and splatters! Hugs, Jo x

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