Less is More - Foliage

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Hi all, I hope you're enjoying this  glorious early autumn sunshine, aren't we lucky?!

I tried to mow the lawn, but the mower packed up, so I did the next best thing, and got a bit creative ;-)

This morning over at Less is More, the theme is Foliage on a one layer card. And over at CAS-ual Friday's the theme is embossing, either wet or dry.

 I've been itching to use one of my newer purchases for a while - I used it earlier this year, but I haven't had a chance recently to ink it up.
So today's challenge was perfect for me to use this beautiful image of a fern leaf from the Stampin' Up! Growing Green set.

I love this image, it has to be one of my most favourite stamps right now.

I stamped the fern image onto some Certainly Celery cardstock, and clear embossed. I then stamped the sentiment from Uniko Studios in Versamark and Memento Potter's Clay.

Then, taking two green ink pads, I pressed them onto some acrylic blocks, and using a paintbrush, painted some greenery onto each leaf in Certainly Celery. I then painted some Bundled Sage in the corners of the leaves for a little definition. This is something I have been meaning to try for a while, so glad I did it today.

This is how I did it! It was so easy to do, and I am definitely going to give this technique another whirl again.

Finally I tied a small strip of sheer ribbon in Lucky limeade around the top, and added a little creamy pearl, I hope this still qualifies as a one layer card!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline