Beth's Paper Cuts: Vintage leaves

I really love the new Vintage Leaves stamp set. I love the fall, it is my favorite season, so this was one of the first stamps that I bought from the Holiday Catalog.

For this card I wanted to use the English Garden Designer Series Paper, and I wanted a slightly watercolor look, to go with the paper.
I started by inking the stamp up with Old Olive, Mossy Meadow and Early Espresso. I just pressed the stamp into the pads in different areas so that the leaf was multi hued.

Next I used my Aqua Painter filled with Alcohol. (91% variety not the 70% in most medicine cabinets. See this post for details) I keep two sets on Aqua Painters at my desk, one filled with water, one with alcohol. I mark the alcohol painter with an A so I know which one it is, although you can smell it once you open the cap.

I used the Old Olive and Mossy Meadows ink pads to paint the leaves.

I used alcohol to paint the leaves because I wanted to use Whisper White paper and water could start to warp and pill the paper unless you use watercolor paper. The alcohol will allow you to get a water color look without ruining the paper. I painted the leaves imperfectly to get a more hand water colored look. I then cut the leaves out with the Leaflets framelits dies.

I hope that you like my card and that you will give painting with alcohol a try.

Thank you for stopping by!!