Stamping with leaves

On this technique I take leaves from different flowers that are still soft & pliable. To make my ATC background, I rub the vein side of the leaf on a stamp pad. On a light sheet of card stock, I press the leaf onto the card stock. This is how I created a background for this ATC.

I used two different leaves, a rose leave and another broad, curly leaf from a lovely soft lila flower, but I don't know the name of this flower. Leaves are stamped using SU stampin' pads ~ close to cocoa and really rust. Close to cocoa has a warmer tint and I like the really rust as it brings the background to life. And I also like how the rose leaf in really rust ink partly overlays the broader leaf in close to cocoa ink. Awesome!

To enjoy the background I limited embellishments, etc. We want to enjoy the beauty of the background, don't we:))

I'll take a picture of the lovely soft lila flower later and add the photo to this blog post as a reminder to which leaves I used. I hope I don't forget to do that!

The curly leaf is from this flower.

material used:
card board ~ recycled
die cut Julie Nutting doll
rose leave
another leave
stampin' pad ~ creamy caramel
stampin' pad ~ really rust
stampin' pad ~ close to cocoa
wooden star