Playing

 Hi everyone. Another week is flying by for me. Perhaps for you also. Yesterday was so cold with the wind I even needed to start the woodstove.  Today is suppose to be warmer and less windy. Hurrah for that.

With so many oak leaves having recently fallen down, there is an abundance in my yard (even though I have raked once).  I decided to collect a bag and see what  I could do with them. 

I was having a fun morning playing, even if what I ended up doing was really basic.

I  started off  with a few  leaves that I painted and then stamped. 

First on watercolor paper. You can see the stamp block I  used to press them flat.

Then I moved onto some black tyvek as well as some thick felty interfacing. I wanted thick interfacing so I could use it for a book page I have in mind.

First in orange and bronze paint, and then some black added to it.

I like the little pop of color but the black really added more details.

And on the Tyvek the details are interesting.

I let my leaves dry with the paint on them. Not sure if they will start to decay painted, but I wouldn't mind using them directly onto some art.

Then I decided to try embossing them with embossing powders also.

If the plastic in the acrylic paint doesn't work to preserve them, perhaps the heat and the plastic in embossing powder might. And if not, well it was a fun playtime.

Of course I have yet to get to the book that is designed  in my head (so many ideas for projects and not enough time to do them all-ha-ha), but hopefully I will.

I still have some more leaves in a bag, so more playtime is ahead. I have a few more tricks I want to try with them since these are level 1 basic leaf play. If you have any other ideas of things to do with leaves, I'd love to read them. 

I am linking up to Art Everyday Month, day 19 already!

Thanks for visiting.