Tree in Leaf 🌳

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! Are you ready for fall? I sure am. In anticipation of its arrival, I have a very fall card. I started by die cutting a large leaf shape & using the negative as a mask to sponge Distress inks in the fall colors. Then I stamped the Single Fall Tree in Distress oxide ink in ground espresso. I used a water brush & more of the distress inks to add a little splatter. 

For the larger bg, I used the woodgrain bg, but not in the conventional sense. I used a technique I learned probably 15 yrs ago but I don't see it used these days. I wanted the bg to look a little more solid, so I used a hair dryer to slightly heat a piece of fun foam then pressed it to the woodgrain bg. What I got was a solid version of the woodgrain. See pic below. The green block is made of fun foam & I inked it so you could see it better. This works w/ any stamp, it just looks better w/ some. I will caution you, do not use a heat gun..it's just too hot & will melt the foam into a solid hard mess. I have an old, not very powerful hair dryer I kept just for things like this 😁. I used my solid foam "stamp" & Distress inks in vintage photo & walnut stain for the bg. 

Here's the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs - Single Fall Tree,  Woodgrain Bg, Beauty of Autumn  (inside: Goodbye Summer, Open Leaf )

paper:  Staples 110# white

ink:  Distress inks ripe persimmon, dried marigold, crushed olive, fired brick, walnut stain, vintage photo, Distress oxide ink in ground espresso

accessories: Misti, Rubbernecker Rectangle Stitch, Deckle Rectangle dies, fun foam, hair dryer

Single Fall Tree 468F	Woodgrain Bg 626P	Beauty of Autumn 704D	Goodbye Summer 350F 207G
Open Leaf 584D	MISTI	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Deckle Rectangle dies 5176D
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Distress Inks	Distress Oxide Inks

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