Leaf Print Poinsettia
>> Friday, October 30, 2020
by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff
Happy Friday!
I hope your week has gone well! We're skating into November this weekend so time to get those holiday cards in the works! I love making Christmas cards all year so it's not hard to get me in the holiday mood. Today my card is a little different. As I was taking the bird feeders out one morning, I noticed that some of the crape myrtle trees had leaves that were already bright red. So I pulled some off & was going to put them on paper & roll them thru my Big Shot. I did, but they didn't really work well. From past experience, some leaves work better than others. If want to see a comparison I did w/ different leaves & papers, HERE is that post. Since it didn't work w/ these crape myrtle leaves, I went another direction. I inked a large leaf by rubbing the ink pad directly over it & printed it onto paper. By printing, I mean after it was inked, I laid it on the paper & gently rubbed over the back w/ a paper towel. Rub too hard, & all the leaf vein detail is lost. To me it looked like a poinsettia leaf so I took a couple of sizes & printed a poinsettia w/ them.
The lighter ones are second generation printings & for the green leaves, I inked part of another leaf & used the red leaf as a mask. I added some gold gems to the center & some splatter w/ the splatter bg stamp.
Here are the leaves as they looked when I took them off the tree. Don't they look like hearty poinsettia leaves? I'm pretty sure a real poinsettia leaf is too delicate to use, but these leaves are pretty sturdy.
Supplies:
stamps: DRS Designs - DRS Designs - Beauty of the Season (new!), Splatter Bg (inside: Deco Peace & Joy)
paper: Staples 110# white
ink: Memento tuxedo black, Distress inks fired brick, barn door, shabby shutters
accessories: Rubbernecker stitched rectangles dies, Misti, crape myrtle leaves
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6 comments:
What a beautiful and clever card Julie! Your giant, leaf printed poinsettia is just gorgeous and you finished it off wonderfully! Thanks as well for linking the old post - it was fun seeing what worked and how they looked on the different paper.
Wow Julie, this poinsettia is gorgeous! It does look like a real poinsettia. You had the perfect leaves for this! Absolutely beautiful!
Wow Julie I am so impressed with how beautiful your leaf printing came out!! That looks so much like a real poinsettia, great leaves you picked for it. What a gorgeous job you did. Love the bits of green leaves too and the gold jewels is the perfect touch for centers!!
I love the bg splatters too!
This is so creative and fun. I am going to have to try it! Love, love, love this card, Julie. The flower you made is awesome and works so well with the pretty sentiment. Hugz
This is such a creative stamping idea, and a fun one too! Love how GORGEOUS it turned out and it it pairs with the sentiment so perfectly!
Wowza incredible technique Julie and gorgeous card with it too.
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