Cindy is amazing! Her site is chalk full of anything and everything you could possibly imagine...from paper and sewing crafts...to amazing and yummy easy recipes....Her site is a one stop shop for anything creative!
One of my favorite tutorials she has...which is fabulous for Fall and the Thanksgiving Holiday is her Leaf Print Tutorial!
The following is Cindy's Tutorial in her words!
We were inspired today by the beautiful colors of fall. Our leaves are amazing so we decided to preserve a bit of fall with some leaf prints.
We used acrylic paint in bottles, lots of wax paper and a brayer (our fingers worked just as well, but my 3 year old had fun with the "special roller") You could also use a cup or bottle with smooth sides as your "roller."
My daugher painted the back of the leaf. My job was to check and make sure she painted to the edges and smooth out any globs of paint. You don't want too much paint, just a nice even coat. The amount of paint varies also by what your are printing on---the fabric took a bit more paint than the paper.
Place leaf paint side down on what you want to print. We printed a canvas bag we had and a kitchen towel (not pictured). Cover leaf with a piece of wax paper. I held the wax paper down over the leaf (to keep the leaf from flying around -remember my craft partner is 3) while she used the brayer to smooth out the leaf. I told her to press hard. We had good luck using our fingers to press the leaf onto the surface also.
Remove your leaf and you have a beautiful print. After a few tries you will get the hang of how much paint to use.
If you are printing on fabric iron after the paint dries (with a press cloth) to set the paint. If my child could write I thought it would be cute for her to write "I am thankful for you" and I would embroider over her letters. It would make a cute gift for a teacher or someone special. Maybe it will have to be in my handwriting this year.
We also printed some gift tags for some November baking we plan to do.
3 comments:
Great How-To - super cute! Thanks for sharing!
Adorable! Too bad we don't have any leaves out here in the desert. Cactus prints just wouldn't be as cute. ;) I will have to keep this in mind next fall when we're back on the East Coast!
What an aweseome "how-to"! Great projects to do with children! Thx for sharing!
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