Monday, November 24, 2014

Altering Fall Leaves

I was working on my art journal today and thought of something fun to put in it.
I was planning on adding some paper die cut leaves that I was going to use some alcohol ink on.
But then I thought…why not use real leaves :)
Funny thing was, all the leaves were covered in ice and snow.
We had freezing rain last night and well..they were frozen to the ground, lol.






















So after I pulled them from the ground, and thawed them out under warm water.
I patted them dry and covered them with matt Mod Podge, as I know that Mod Podge will keep them pliable.
When the Mod Podge dried I ran the leaves through my cuttle bug with a few different leaf dies.
I was pretty excited with the results.






















When I told Kristy what I was doing, she responded with "You are making leaves out of leaves?"
I had a chuckle over her logic ;)
Look I made a video as well :)
If you would rather watch my video on my YouTube channel just click the link "Tracy's Treasures24"


I still have a long way to go with my art journal page.

I hope you all had a very Creative Monday :)

Tracy :)

12 comments:

  1. What a great idea!!! Lucy you found some in good shape still :)

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  2. I love your leaves out of leaves! Such a clever idea.

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  3. oh tracy, was für eine coole idee....ziehe dich schön warm an, wenn du die nächsten blätter vom eis befreist;-)
    liebe grüsse aus dem milden berlin...
    ruth..chen;-))

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    1. tracy oh , what a cool idea .... pull you in nice and warm when you free the next leaves the ice ;- )
      love greetings from the mild berlin ...
      ruth..chen ;-))

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  4. Love how they turned out. Johanne Lacombe

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  5. Great idea!! You are so creative

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  6. Wow they are great, great instructions for making them. Looking forward to seeing your finished journal pages.

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  7. Oh my gosh, how cool!! Love this!!

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  8. Fab idea, Tracy! I've saved a couple of leaves to possibly stick in my November PL pages. :)

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  9. Now that is brilliant! I would never have thought you could run them through a Cuttlebug! Fabulous.

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  10. Oh my gosh, so creative!! Leaves out of leaves!! I love it!! They look amazing!! Have a great day :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  11. Oh my goodness! I would never have thought of this!

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