Fall is by far, my absolutely favorite time of year. Just the other day, I was wandering around our yard with my children and we were admiring the fallen leaves on the ground. I was picking up my favorites to show all the different color examples to my 3 year old, and then I had a "Eureka" moment. "Why don't I photocopy these so we can make some art with them?"
I began by using a glue stick on the back of all the leaves, and then gluing them down to white cardstock. This would help the leaves lie flat when I took them over to my printer to copy.
Then I sprayed a piece of white yardstick with Dina Wakley Acrylic sprays in Olive and Syrup. I allowed to dry.
I then stenciled with the StencilClub stencil designed by June Pfaff Daley. I chose this one because it had swirly organic images that reminded me of wood. I stenciled with Dina Wakely Acrylic paint in Cheddar, Medieval, and White Gesso on the page to get some patterns. I used the white gesso to tone down the brighter colors.
Using the StencilGirl© Remember Girl stencil by Pam Carriker, I stenciled the face on to my sprayed cardstock. I tore out the face and glued it down to my page. I also cut out my flowers and glued those down around my focal image.
I then doodled and added some depth with gel crayons. I finally stapled a quoted tag from the Ricki Ticki Tavi line. I love having pages in my journal that tell me about what time it was while I was creating. It is my way to create a timeline on the page. This page will remind me of the time I spent collecting the Autumn leaves with my children.
I love this page, Megan. Thanks for sharing your technique.
ReplyDeleteFantastic! What a great idea to photocopy the leaves!!!
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