Sunday, October 3

natures inks…


Jumped up from my craft table, then out the front door to find some leaves.
The first card I made, not entering, was made with leaves from my Asian pear tree…
To these I applied Distress Oxide inks crackling campfire and scattered straw then printed them on the card front.
But I had done this technique in the past and decided to enter one that was new to me.
The main card is kraft card stock base card with a layer of brown card stock.
On cream card stock I ran this through my Vagabond with a branch of leaves from my tomato plant, using their natural “inks”.
To this I stamped the sentiment from Colorado Craft Company “Happy Day!” using StazOn timber brown ink.
For my mixed media I applied wood dots!




5 comments:

  1. What a thrill to see your ethereally beautiful card in our gallery at CAS Mix Up! Double the pleasure to see a second lovely card when I got here. Thank you so much for playing along with us in our Botanical Prints challenge at CAS Mix Up!

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  2. Two wonderful cards Arlene - how often we don't 'see' what's on our doorsteps that we could potentially use in our cards. Love the random-ness of the tomato greens print
    Stay safe
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  3. You got a fantastic print from your tomato leaves, Arlene! I love your prints with the DOX too and a fabulous sentiment! Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up!

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  4. Two stunning cards!! The 1st card has such gorgeous Autumn colours. The second card is so delicate and beautiful! I've never seen wooden dots before - they are perfect for this card! Thanks so much for playing along and sharing at CAS Mix Up:)

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  5. Two beautiful cards using leaves from your garden, Arlene. Isn't it fun to find treasures in the garden to create art??!! Great work. Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up!

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