Today's Art Lesson

Today some friends came over for munchies and crafts. We revisited leaf printing and added a new twist.

Here we are in the studio hard at work (more like play!) creating our own greeting cards. It pays to be the photographer and avoid being in the photos. Notice my vacant place at the table.
Here's what we did and how we did it:


First, we used watercolors to give some color to thick card stock weight printer paper. We sprinkled some salt on top of some of the wet paint and laid some crinkled up plastic wrap on top of some of the other wet paint. After an hour or so in the hot sun they were dry. We gathered leaves from the yard and printed them onto the papers we had made and also onto some plain papers. The printed sheets also went out into the sun to dry while we munched and visited.

Then we cut the printed sheets into rectangles to fit the top of blank greetings cards. I pulled out my stash of patterned scrap booking papers, stickers, and transfers and we let the creative juices flow! Here Shawn is using a silver paint marker to add those last minute details.

Deborah is placing some colored paper on her card to border her leaf print.

Our wonderful masterpieces! This project was fun and pretty quick except the time waiting for everything to dry, but that time was well spent with good friends! Invite some friends over, have a craft gathering. you'll be surprised what you can create together.