Hello, my Doodlebugs friends! Michele here again - so that must mean it is FRIDAY!! Yay! I have a beautiful card for you today - by now you must know how much I love leaves? This one from Pinkfresh called Detailed Leaf has many means of making it: stenciled, stamped, die cut, or foiled. I wanted to see if it could stand up to just one - stenciling - but it fell quite flat for me. Oh, it's pretty enough, but with a few extra steps you can get to this:
from this:
BTW Here's a tip - don't waste that lovely ink after blending the first stencil!
Just give it a spritz of water and flip it over onto a piece of cardstock...
I continued to spritz and flip until I achieved the inky look I wanted then, after drying, used one of the Spellbinder Essential arched dies to cut then adding my favored Altenew Dotted Swirls debossing:
Die-cutting, and adding the stamped image to the stenciled one really
brought life to the leaves! This sentiment is part of the stamp and the coordinating die set cuts it so perfectly in one piece.
But what if those lines were foiled? Even when stenciled in shades of grey, the foiling really added gorgeous details!
The sentiment on this masculine version comes from Fancy Script Words - foiled and cut with the coordinating dies. I've added just a little more interest to the background using my Pinkfresh Diagonal Stitched Plaid die.
I hope I've brought a little fun into your day with these gorgeous leaves! Wishing you the best crafty weekend, my friends!
=] Michele
You certainly did bring these leaves to life!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow, you've done some amazing things with that leaf! I thought it was pretty before, but you've shown me The Way! The monoprint stencil background is the most lovely home for this beauty of nature. A whole other look with the gray and really quite striking!
ReplyDeleteI am torn between these two. I do love all things green, but also, your grey cards are always spectacular and that foiling makes it very special. Decisions decisions, I think I just go for a tie xx
ReplyDeleteThe stamping adds so much to the stenciled leaves, Michele. But then so does the foil. Pink on gray? Love the combination but never thought of it for leaves.
ReplyDeleteI love stenciling, but you have really brought these leaves to life Michele! All your cards are gorgeous! I do love the sentiments die cut out like that, I don't have many, but they do make a difference. Well done but I'm not surprised!! Ha, I was looking for your post last night as I though yesterday was Friday. Yeah, ding dong! LOL Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteEach version has so many beautiful elements! I think you've proven that a masculine card can still have a little rosy pink on it!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! and so much dimension
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing some of your fantastic tips for creating these beauties, Michele. I love how you brought the leaves to life. The foiling is amazing. Well, your cards are amazing! Crafty hugs!
ReplyDeleteYou are something. These are beautiful and I love that you have showed all the steps that make these leaves come alive. Love the pun about the stenciling only "leaving" you flat. LOL.
ReplyDeleteBoth versions are wonderful Michele, but as I mentioned before, the gray really steals my heart! Maybe it's the foiling?? Lovely, lovely cards!! :0)
ReplyDeleteBoth leaf cards are beautiful, Michele! Love the Rose Gold foiling really shines in the gray tone card!
ReplyDeleteHideko xx