Time for our CAS Mix Up (MM) Reminder Botanical Prints CAS cards by our talented DT girls!
Bonnie is our host and she has chosen an awesome challenge: Botanical Prints😀
The DT girls CAS cards and our followers gallery are filled with Stunning and Inspiring cards!
Bonnie's Message
This month I'd like to find leaves, flowers, ferns, etc. from the yard and bring them into the craft room to use on a card. You can put them between 2 pieces of watercolor paper and run them through the Big Shot, or use them on a gel plate, or even paint a leaf and press it onto cardstock.
I can't wait to see what you do with what grows in your space!
Video Tutorials:
I was inspired by Gina K's Stamping Real Leaves with Distress Oxide Video.
Thank you Bonnie for hosting such a fun and creative Botanical Prints CAS Mix Up Challenge!
It is a wonderful technique using leaves that are all over the ground during our
Autumn Season:-)
I pressed a flowering Cherry Tree leaf directly onto Distress Oxide ink pads: Carved Pumpkin, Fired Brick and Aged Mahogany. Spritzed with water then placed leaf onto
Strathmore Mixed Media paper and placed acrylic block over leaf and pressed down
with my hand. I did this twice to get prints of 2 leaves.
Let dry and die cut with Spellbinders Square Hemstitch 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" for the card front.
Then used the smaller square Hemstitch Die for the hemstitch holes.
Found this STAMPlorations Skinny Sentiment Dies Hello in my stash using Bisters
Mahogany and Brushos Dark Brown. Matched the leaves perfectly:-)
Attached card front to SU Pumpkin Pie for a wonderful organic
Autumn Hello😀
You still have until the 24th to play along with us at CAS Mix Up (MM)
Botanical Prints. Happy leaf hunting, dear friends.
Love and Hugs,
Supplies:
Stamps: Real Leaves for stamps.
Paper: Strathmore Mixed Media and SU Pumpkin Pie.
Inks: Distress Oxide: Carved Pumpkin, Fired Brick and Aged Mahogany. Bisters Mahogany, Brushos Dark Brown.
Accessories: Spellbinders Square Hemstitch Dies. Clear Acrylic Block. Real Flowering Cherry Tree Leaf. STAMPlorations Skinny Sentiment Dies.
This is something I never tried and your results are just beautiful, Nancy! I love how clear the prints are! How fun to do this too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful softness you have achieved with your print and you have framed it beautifully. Your sentiment goes perfectly with it too xx
ReplyDeleteNancy you did a much better job of keeping your painted leaves CAS than I did - oh I made a card, but it won't fit this time!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty, my friend!
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how beautiful...love the prints.
ReplyDeletexx Karen
Lovely soft background from the leaf stamping! Beautiful colours and great matching sentiment.
ReplyDeleteOOOOH! Love the colors you chose for both the leaf prints and your sentiment block. Very artsy and paintery looking. Also love the hemstitching with the colored cardstock peeking through.
ReplyDeleteThat is one of the techniques I didn't try, Nancy. I love how your leaves sweep across the card and the peek of color through the die.
ReplyDeleteI'm really in love with the hemstitch frame and your pretty inked leaves pressed on the paper have given a beautiful image Nancy, and finished with the coordinating colour of the die cut and inset sentiment looks great. x
ReplyDeleteYour prints are perfect and I love the design Nancy... Enjoy your weekend
ReplyDeleteGorgeous prints and fab colours Nancy - lovely card. x
ReplyDeleteYou got wonderful results doing your leaves that way. I love the soft colors and they are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGosh, Nancy, you'd think your sentiment and image panel were made for each other from the get go. Wasn't this a fun challenge? Your cherry tree leaves made into a beautiful card. When I think of all the leaf stamps I have out in the garden...
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to play using this technique again in the future...so many possibilities!!! We sure have creative fun! Love and Hugs...Nancy
DeleteI'm in love with this colour Nancy, such an awesome print from the leaf ♥
ReplyDeleteBeautiful prints, Nancy! LOVE the Autumn colours and the gorgeous framing. xx
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you've had fun with this challenge, Nancy! You have found perfect leaves and colors for your print! Love how perfectly the sentiment piece matches and how you've framed it all! Awesome card, sweet friend!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Bonnie for such an awesome and fun challenge. I keep looking at leaves in a different way...lol:-) I really want to make more botanical prints for my stash:-) Love and Hugs and Happy Autumn dear friend.
DeleteWhat beautiful autumnal colours and a fabulous effect from the fun technique Nancy x.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful Cherry Tree leaf print card, Nancy! The color combo and the details of the leaves are just amazing! The sentiment panel echoes the colors of the leaves and makes a great color weight in the square panel. I love how you framed the leaves with the hemstitch die, too! Hugs.. Hideko
ReplyDeleteWow, Nancy, your pressed leaf images are awesome! Such wonderful colors, too! Fabulous card!
ReplyDeleteI love the looseness of these terrific prints Nancy, they just sweep across the card!
ReplyDeleteChrissie x
Oh I love your print and the gorgeous colours so much!
ReplyDeleteLove the colours you used and the die cut boarder with your beautiful leaf prints. Just perfect!
ReplyDeleteGreat job Nancy! I LOVE the Autumn colours, and those leaf prints look amazing. Stunning card as always!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, I love the delicate detail of veins and texture.
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