Send warm holiday wishes with a watercolored Petite Leaf Frame card – or make it a birthday card for someone celebrating in December. Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a versatile design that’s great for any occasion. Different colors would have made it a fall card just a few weeks ago.
Diecut the large Petite Leaf Frame from white cardstock and set it aside. Save the center square too.
Pressure-emboss it on watercolor paper. This will be a guide for watercoloring the leaves in a random mix of green. Carefully remove the frame with the leaves intact. Paint the leaves – I used the different shades from the Fresh Greens Kaleidacolor inkpad. Set it aside to dry.
Attach the white diecut frame to a 5-½” square white card. Patiently attach the painted leaves. It took a bit of time, but it was a welcome distraction after spending several hours at the Emergency Vet with Taffy last night.
Stamp the greeting – from the Winter Greenery Clear Stamps and Die Set – on the center square with Golden Glitz Delicata. Emboss it with detail clear powder. I don’t usually clear-emboss metallic inks, but this gave it a very cool shimmer.
Paint a scrap of watercolor paper with the green inks. Cut 3 little leaves and 1 large leaf.
Cut the seed pod from gold glittered cardstock.
Assemble the card.
Square cards require extra postage – but I think this one’s special enough to deserve it. Hope you like it!
Thanks for visiting – see you again on Thursday. Have a great weekend!
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I love the watercolored leaves–so fresh and bright! Hope all is well with Taffy.
Lovely fresh look! The inlaid colourful leaves look great on white!