Spring Leaves Card

 Using this week's Color Throwdown #685 color scheme, I created an A2-sized card. 

I had a piece of leftover Neenah Desert Storm cardstock that I had cut down using Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle Dies. The piece also had a piece of fun foam that was cut to the same size that I used to pop it up.

For the leaf sprig, I stamped and embossed a leaf image from the Simon Says Stamp Be Kind stamp set. I dropped water into each of the leaves using a small paintbrush. I then smooshed Distress Ink in Rustic Wilderness & Crushed Olive onto my craft mat and misted them with water. Using the same small paintbrush I dropped Distress Ink onto the already wet leaves and let the colors move and dry completely. I then went back and added a little darker and lighter colors to the leaves with the Rustic Wilderness and Crushed Olive Inks.  I also used the remaining ink left on my craft mat to splatter onto the leaves and also added splatters of Perfect Pearls in Sunflower Sparkle to the leaves and Desert Storm cardstock. 

After all the pieces were completely dry, I fussy cut the leaf sprig and attached it to the Desert Storm piece. I stretched a piece of orange ribbon from my stash to the center of the card, attaching it to the other side. I mounted the Desert Storm piece onto a matching orange piece of cardstock & attached that piece on top of the card base. I also used the same color orange cardstock to cover the interior side of the card to cover where the pieces of the ribbon were attached. 

The sentiment is from an older Ideology/Tim Holtz sticker set. I popped it up on foam tape and then added sequins & crystals from Lucy's Cards.

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