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Saturday 2 October 2021

CAS Mix Up Challenge - October 2021 - Botanical Prints

Good Morning Stampers,
It's the first of October and time for a new challenge at CAS Mix Up.  This month is Mixed Media month and Bonnie is challenging us to do Botanical Prints using real leaves or flowers from the Garden. I used a Gel Plate to begin my card with Acrylic Paints and a Brayer.  I have never used a Gel Plate before so this was a bit of a learning curve, I had a bit of trouble making the Acrylic Paints spread across the Plate but did manage to make it work.  For this piece I used Flower heads of a weed to stamp, sorta worked but I then decided to use a spray of leaves sponged with Distress Ink which worked really well.  To add some more interest I die cut a Frame from the main focal piece, which I mounted on dimensionals and attached the center on the card mat.  I finished my card by adding the Sentiment, sponging a 3cm strip on the inside and stamping the spray of leaves.
We welcome Izzy (Izzy Scraps) as our Guest Designer this month.
Thanks for dropping in today I love to read your comments.
Hugs,
Supplies:
Stamps: Altenew Sentiment Strips 2
Card: Thick and Thin Whisper White
Ink: Tim Holtz Fired Brick Distress Ink, DecoArt Daffodil Yellow Acrylic Paint, FolkArt 611 Barnyard Red Acrylic Paint, S/U's So Saffron, Blushing Bride, 
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix 3D Layered Leaves E/Folder, Honey Bee Dble Stitched Frame Die, Misti, Sponges, Post It Notes,  Dble Sided Tape, Foam Tape