Using Nature As A Stamping Tool For Your Creative Projects

Using Nature As A Stamping Tool For Your Creative Projects 

During the autumn season, I find many things in nature to use creatively. In this post, I use leaves, pinecones, tree bark, etc. as stamping tools. It’s very easy and fun to do. You will not end up with the same image twice. 

Tools you’ll need:

Nice drawing paper

Brayer

Ink Applicator Sponge/Sponge Dauber/Foam Ink Blending Tool (that’s used in stenciling)

Ink (have many colors) used in stamping (you could use acrylics, but I find ink works better)

Leaves of all kinds

Pinecones, tree bark, etc.

Baby wipes to clean

You can also use autumn themed stamps and stencils to add more dimension to your work.

1.    Gather your leaves and make sure they are clean.

2.    Place your paper in a good position. Ink one leaf with an ink blending tool and place the ink side on the paper, then roll over it with the brayer. Gently lift, repeat. Use many colors related to autumn.

3.    Do the same with pinecones, tree bark etc. as you did with the leaves.

4.    Use baby wipes to clean.

The Harvest Well Done Thanksgiving Postcard With Wriiten Back

Thanksgiving post card with written back.

This will be great for crafts such as tags, greeting cards, scrapbooking and atc's.

300 dpi jpg. Click on image, right click to download.

Christmas Papers

Here are five high res Christmas papers (for all of your crafting needs) to download. All are 300 dpi. Size of each paper is below each image.

To download: Click on image, then right click and save image.

paper001

2504 x 3449

8.347 x 11.497

300 dpi

paper002

2536 x 3489

8.453 x 11.63

300 dpi

paper003

2550 x 3509

8.5 x 11.697

300 dpi

paper004

2550 x 3509

8.5 x 11.697

300 dpi

paper005

2550 x 3509

8.5 x 11.697

300 dpi

Halloween Cards and an ATC

I decided to make Halloween cards this year. I haven’t made cards in over a decade so trying to get back into this was a “little” difficult. The difficulty wasn’t in creating it was getting them done in time to send. I only sent two cards as it was nearing the end date. Next year I will be on the ball to make more and send more. I also did an ATC. I need to do two more for the set.

As you can see I went with a solemn look for the cards. The images are in my collection and I used a stamp for the greeting and bat. The bats background stamp was done in white so to be able to see it better. 

I wanted to do black and white for the ATC. I really like the contrast. Papers, printable image and a bat stamp was used for this.

A Jolly Halloween

This a postcard is from 1909 (scanned info below)

Size:

989 x 1604 pixels

3.297 x 5.347 inches

300 dpi

Right click, save image. Goos for any of your scrapbooking/craft needs.