Dream Big Indigo Pencil Colored Leaves Background Card with Yana

Hello friends! This is Yana and I hope you are having a fabulous week!

I am back to sharing unique diy patterns you can create using your stamps. This time I was inspired by an image that I spotted on Pinterest and decided to try coloring one of the leaves from the Autumn Leaves set in gorgeous blues.

Even though these leaves are meant for Fall, by changing up the colors you can use them to create a dramatic background such as the one I am sharing today.

I started working on my card by stamping one of the leaves repeatedly (in a random fashion) onto a black cardstock panel. I first prepped my panel using an anti static powder tool and stamped images using embossing ink.

I made sure to overlap leaves a bit, but not too much. After covering the entire panel with gold embossing powder I used a small dry brush and removed powder where I had the leaves intersect making it look like some were on top of the others. I learned this easy technique from my friend Svitlana - she has a video tutorial showing how this is done. This eliminates the need to do masking when creating a background like this and makes stamping process go a lot faster.

Next I pulled out my Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils and colored in my leaves using Dark Indigo and Cobalt Turquoise. Coloring took a bit of time - I first added a darker Dark Indigo color at the base of the leaves, colored tips using Cobalt Turquoise and to blend the two together went over ⅔ of the leaves with the Dark Indigo. You can also use Prismacolor Pencils for this technique.

Once my coloring was done I trimmed this panel to 4 x 5 ¼” and foam mounted onto an A2 side folding card base. I added a simple “Dream Big” sentiment on top and embellished this card using clear dots created using Nuvo drops in Morning Dew.

Have fun stamping!

Featured Supplies

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Wplus9 Autumn Leaves Clear Stamps Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Stardust Stamp Set Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Black Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder PW100 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ	Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS
Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils Shop at: SSS	Faber-Castell Polychromos 36 Pencil Studio Set Shop at: AZ	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ	Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ	ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS | AZ
Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA | AZ	Tonic Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Scrapbook Adhesives Black Foam Tape Shop at: SSS | AZ	Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS	White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS | AZ