Today I’ve combined Beautiful Autumn with Stitched Leaves to bring you a Beautiful Autumn Leaf.
Embrace Your Inner Artist!
The best part of this process for me was watercoloring the leaf. In case you’d like to try one, I’ll do my best to explain the process.
- Cut a piece of Watercolor Paper and place it on a waterproof surface. It helps to hold the corners down with magnets or tape. Spray it generously with water.
- Drop one drop of Stampin’ Ink Refill at a time onto the wet paper. I used Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie, and Granny Apple Green.
- After each drop of color, blow through a drinking straw to push the ink around in the direction you want it to spread.
- Let it dry completely, then crop out the leaf from the section that you like the best. I tried to find a spot where all of the colors were represented. I used one of the dies from Stitched Leaves Dies.
Put It All Together
Once you have your leaf, choose a color for your base that compliments the leaf. Then cut a 5″x 3-3/4″ piece of thick Whisper White Cardstock. Place your leaf where you want it to sit on the card, then using the same die, cut the leaf shape out of the cardstock in that spot. Replace the colored leaf into its hole and tape it on the back.
Flick some “splatter” on the card (cover up the leaf first!) with the same ink colors on your leaf. Add a sentiment such as this one from Beautiful Autumn Stamp Set. The final touch is the Linen Thread bow. I also put a layer of craft foam between the white layer and the Cherry Cobbler base layer to give it dimension.
Decorate the back flap of your envelope with a complimentary DSP. Here I chose Artistry Blooms with its touches of orange and red.
I hope you found this informative! I had so much fun creating that watercolored leaf that I wanted to share it with you!
Want to make one?
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Have a beautiful day!
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Simple and amazing, Karen.
Thanks so much, Mary!
Love it and your instructions are spot on!!!! It is just beautiful here on the east coast….and this morning I saw my first sighting of color on the leaves!
Wish I could be there to see it as they turn! You’ll have to send me pictures!! Thanks, Susan!
Love this. They are fun to make. I haven’t done this for a long time. The first time I blew through the straw so hard it blew off the paper! I was so embarrassed. Also don’t squeeze the bottle too hard when a drop of ink doesn’t come out at first! Let alone saturating the paper too much with water. We had to use some paper towels trying to dry it so we could get the leaves cut out. My colors were muted because of that. But I had so much fun and eventually finished the card at home. So you gotta try this. My new card making friends had even more fun watching me and laughing with me and trying to help. Also, you can drop ink on wet wipes and then press it on the paper. Either way, have fun making these leaves!
The Baby Wipe technique is fun, too! Thanks, Chris!
Simply beautiful!!!
Thank you, Mary!