Leafy Thanks

Hello All
Maybe if I can just stay one step ahead of myself I might get a few more of my card mountain blogged. It's not working well so far, but I can only hope that things get better lol.

Today's cards were made using a fabulous old Stampendous leaf stamp set and a Kaleidacolour dye based ink pad.

These lovely multicoloured ink pads lend themselves very nicely to the painting technique that I have used here, as do the patterned leaves.

I created a Masterboard by stamping the leaves randomly on to Mixed Media card stock using the Cappuchino Kaleidacolour ink pad.

A damp paintbrush was used to colour in the leaves using the ink from the stamped image. Because it is a dye based ink the colour will move when water is added, just make sure you keep washing your paint brush so that the painting doesn't become muddy.

I used an Edger die to create this lovely border,

and the waste to create the white panel on the right hand side of this second card.

I sponged more  ink on to the master board and added sentiment panels.

The main panel on this card uses the same patterned leaf stamp along with a smaller similar shaped leaf.

This time I stamped and embossed the images before sponging and painting them with dye based ink.
I used a Tim Holtz die in the corner of the card,

and added a sentiment on a strip of vellum along with some die cut leaves.

Have a great evening. I'm off to visit a few blogs before I get too far behind on my commenting.

Happy Crafting and hugs

Kimx