Fall Fantasy

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It's no secret that I struggle with the whole fall thing- you know I've gone on about it here before.  This year I'm making an effort to appreciate the colors - not just the gorgeous fall leaves, but the grasses, marshes and berries.  I've been taking some pictures as I drive around as part of my fall appreciation program.  I pretend I'm a tourist - it helps me see things I usually overlook and appreciate the little details I like to focus on when in real tourist mode.

I made some fall leaves in my journal, based on a technique by Renee Zarate in the April/May/June issue of Stamper's Sampler.  She made some gorgeous cards using water soluble crayons as stamping medium.

I started by painting a rough Gesso rectangle on my journal pages.   Then I scribbled water - soluble crayons on a craft sheet:

and spritzed the scribbling with water. (Somehow the green looks really blue here).

Stamp into the watery crayon:

I love the water color look from this technique!

I think this technique works best with bold stamp images as any detail quickly gets lost in the watery color mixture.  I'm going to try making a wood-cut style stamp and stamp with that next.

Happy fall!  Happy coloring!