Simply Pressed Leaves

     I wanted to play around with my Simply Pressed Clay to make some leaves. I ended up going a bit too far and wound up with a pretty ugly color, but I'm sharing my process with you anyway :)
      I added drops of reinker to my clay and ended up with a color similar to silly putty (NOT what I was going for) I laid acetate diecut leaves and cut around them with a knife. I then inked the canvas bg stamp and the spatter from French Foliage with Versamark and different color inks to press patterns into the leaves. Then I used a stylus to add the veining.

 

 After they dried, I wet a brush slightly then put drops of reinker directly onto my brush and painted the color right onto the leaves and I gave them gloss by painting them with Crystal Effects.

      
     Here's the final card-still need to work A LOT more on the techniques! My biggest take home is to be sure to roll onto something you're going to be able to remove the clay from easily.  I ended up having to re-roll and try again due to sticking and that's what ended up muddying my colors so much.

 

Stamps: French Flair, French Foliage, Canvas, Plane & Simple

Paper: Watercolor Paper, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake

Paper Size: A2

Ink: Soft Suede, Tempting Turquoise, Crumb Cake, More Mustard, Tangerine Tango, Early Espresso

Accessories: Watercolor Crayons, Paint brush, Foam Brush, Gesso, Simply Pressed Clay, Natural Trim, Twine, Crystal Effects, Distressed Texturz Plate, Autumn Accents dies, Foam Squares, Sponge, Water Spriter, Designer label Punch

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