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Meet today's card.

As I had mentioned, I have been making some sympathy cards to have on hand.  As it turns out, I now need a few and they are not fun to make at the time.  

This was a very simple one to create using a leaf found in my backyard.

This type of printing is called 'Cyanotype'.  I just love the results you can get.

(for more cards like this, go HERE and HERE)

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began with a piece of white cardstock.  I got out my Gel Plate and my Distress Oxide inks.
• I pressed some Rustic Wilderness and Evergreen Bough DOX onto my Gel Plate and blended with my brayer. I like to leave a bit of space between them as not to contaminate the pads with the other colour.
• I placed the leaves from my garden onto the plate and then rubbed a piece of paper over the top of it.  I lifted the paper partially from the plate, then lifted the leaves off and rubbed the paper down again.  **Normally when lifting a print, you would take the whole piece of paper off the Gel Plate after rubbing it down and you would be left with a white out area where the leaf was.  Using this method of printing gives you the whole image printed onto your paper.....hope that makes sense!!**
• I let the print dry and then using my finger, I rubbed some white acrylic paint along the edges to add a bit of a distressed look.
• I set that aside and worked on the panel you can see behind the print.  I didn't have any cardstock to mount the print onto; all my green cardstock pieces didn't work as they were the wrong shades of green, so I decided to make my own.  I did that by using the same colours mentioned above.  I added ink with a blending brush and then splattered with lots of water to lift the colour and add interest.  

• I placed the leaf print into my Misti and stamped the sentiment with some Versafine Clair ink. 
• I splattered the print with my black and white Posca pens to add some detail.
• I glued the print onto the inked panel and then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

ModSquad- SYMPATHY

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Stamps

Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios)

Inks- Distress Oxides (mentioned above); Versafine Clair Noir

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook-Waterloo, Ontario)

Accessories and Tools- Gel Plate; brayer; leaf from garden; TE Blending Brushes; black and white Posca pens