Leaf your Mark with the New Fall Inks

I wanted to share the steps to make this beautiful page and share a YouTube link where you can watch me create this page step-by-step.

First the video:

Step 1:  Use Bright White as your base.  Splatter the left edge and bottom right of your page with Rich Cocoa ink.

SPLATTERING:  To achieve this, rub a small amount of ink directly on a piece of empty embellishment bag.  Spritz once with water.  Mix the water and paint with a small paintbrush.  Pick up some of the ink-colored water with the paintbrush and tap it on your finger over the paper.  You can add as much or as little as you’d like.

Step 2:  Tape off the stencil so that only leaves are showing.  You can use washi tape, post-it notes, stencil tape or anything with a light tack. 

Step 3:  Place the stencil over the splattered area on the left edge of the page.  Use the Potter’s Clay ink to color inside the leaves on the stencil.  You will need to keep moving the stencil up to get a full border of leaves.

TIPS: 

• When you pounce ink on your brush, quickly dab the brush on a piece of scrap paper.  This will give you a gentler ink application.

• Rub the ink in a circular motion and with a light hand.  You can always add more ink, but you can’t heavy ink away.  You should see the splatters through the leaves.

Step 4:  Cut two 6¼” x 4¼” pieces of Autumn Brown. Set the bottom piece 1¾” from the bottom and 3” from the right edge.  Do not adhere yet.  Instead draw a pencil line around the bottom right corner.  Remove the Autumn Brown paper.

Step 5:  Tape off your leaves individually as you select random leaves to stencil.  Move the stencil around and use different leaves to make a nice corner border where you have the penciled corner.  You can go over that mark so that your leaves appear to come out of the corner.  About five leaves of various sizes is plenty to add.

Step 6:  Clean your stencil.  You can do this with a spritz of water or wet wipe.  Dry it well with a paper towel and then tape the stencil so that only the acorn is showing.  Using Rich Cocoa ink, color the acorns around the leaves on the left edge and the bottom right corner.

Step 7:  Add the Autumn Brown paper.  The bottom mat is 1¾” from the bottom and 3” from the right edge.  The top mat is 1¾” from the top and 3” from the right edge.

Step 8:  Add stickers and pieces of the laser cut wheat border as shown.  Use 3-D foam as desired.