Hi Susan. A quick tip..if you can't get the leaves to lie flat you can poor a bit of boiling hot water over it an lay it down while it is still warm. Gives super impressions. 😊
Thanks for sharing - I have also had varied results with this method. To enhance leaf veins I tried putting the vein ridged side down and going over the page with a brayer or rolling pin. To mute distress inks I dilute them and then spray on pages - saves money too! You are lucky to have your American sunshine for drying - in the UK here we need to wait a couple of months for summer...
I can't thank you enough for showing the not-quite-what-you-expected results. It's so informative to see the projects as they evolve. And really? I thought they were all quite interesting. Thanks for your generosity!
It helps alot to soak the leaves in water for a few hours. You can even soften crispy leaves this way, just be carful not to crack them before you get them in the water. Stick the foliage on the tea dyed paper then spray with distress ink. Your trying so that's what counts and that's how we learn. Tks for sharing 🌿
@@SusanTaylorBrown Sometimes I don't pay attention to dates but I should especially if I'm going to comment,however I really do appreciate you explaining the various techniques you have used. I must admit I lag behind you girls but am very great full for you all have taught me so much and I am much older than many of you and have been crafting for a long time. I love love love being in nature and like you I love leaves, trees, dirt and all the rest so when I seen this eco dye craze of course I had to try. I did the basic bundle & steam treatment and it worked very well. It was very exciting, I actually went to the forest yesterday to collect some more foliage to try another way. I have been soaking some rusty metal as some ladies use it as you probably know. Any way thank you so much for responding and I look forward to more videos.
Beautifully done. You might enjoy the video/dvd Nature's Palette by Julie Fei Fan Balzer. She uses cheese cloth , Saran wrap etc for added patterns. Your studio is awesome!
I put Saran wrap over everything and place weights on top. (books, a flat board with canned food,etc) it presses the botanicals against the paper. Just takes longer to dry.
Boy o boy are we related! Your comments about what you think will happen is never the same as what is in your head is totally how I operate. Lol! I dive head in first and then am shocked at my results. Lol! The papers look great.
Went for a walk with my grandsons to gather some autumn leaves, l am pressing them overnight to try and flatten them out a little. A thought on your mystery colours....yellow and blue make green, brown is made up of opposite colours r&g, b&or, y&pr. Since distress inks are water reactive they are bound to resort back to their base colours. And any form of diluted red becomes pink. But I love the results you got. I don’t have distress sprays so tomorrow I will see what happens with strong coffee and tea mixes. I tried this once before with Adirondack sprays but they are not water based so the spray just stayed in little dots😩 epic fail!
The blue is probably coming from a chemical reaction to the metal the sheets were dried upon. What a great time! Love the results! Thank you for teaching this! LOL
In my yard that mystery tree would be either walnut or sumac, you smell it to identify it, walnut smell is very distinctive, pungent, smells astringent like. Thanks for the demo. Have you tried any other inks or sprays? Try mixing your colors to get a more muted look.
Thanks for sharing. Susan here is my suggestion--just like baking a cake...if you give 10 people the exact same recipe and put them in a kitchen to make it...each cake will turn out differently because of the hand that made it...just do you! Enjoy the creative process and release the outcome...you will be amazed at the reduction of your stress and frustration level. Peace Beverly
Very pretty. If you want lighter colors...you might try putting a couple of drops from the distress reinkers into a mini mister... Same colors just lighter.
I think Jibid wets the paper first - very wet. Then when you add the ink it immediately starts spreading out and you don't get the intensity. I also buy some of the re-inkers which come in a dropper bottle, then I add them watered down to a small spray bottle. With all the water on the paper the ink spreads and also separates into its different components and I get interesting effects. I also spray after I have put the leaves/flowers on the paper. Some material transfers colour some doesn't. Some I get the outline some I don't. xoxoxo
I also add other inks or whatever to the small spray bottles so you can tone down the colour and I weight the leaves down where necessary (with the bottles of ink and anything else that's around me).
@@SusanTaylorBrown I didn't notice the date on this video - it's the middle of the night here and I am not totally awake! I haven't watched Kory's video but I was going to try stacking because where I am atm I can't spread them out like I do at home. I will go now and watch her video. I am about to do a few for the journals to go into the exhibition in April. Specific colours for themed journals. Indigo for Old Japan, jewel colours for the Boho and Butterfly ones, greens/browns for the nature one, yellows/oranges for the sunflower one, etc. And some random whatever I feel like for whatever journal I come up with. I want to try adding some fabrics in as well.
Those distress sprays and the Dylusion sprays have weird under tones to them. Any amount of diluting will bring out those other colors that are hidden in the spray. I worked with them all last summer. Started out doing Jibid's leaf impressions. Then the purples turned pink, the oranges turn yellow and a lot of the browns turn blue. Very strange inks, or should I say water colors!!! I need a new source of a light weight ink. They are so expensive just to try and see if they stay true to color. Right now I am trying watercolors with coffee instead of water. So far I really like it. It is amazing what coffee can do!!!
Look at the outside edge of the red paper you made with the weed you took apart. When ur color is too bright, lay a blank page on top of it and press down for a few seconds. It will take away some of the color and leave a lighter shade.
this is something l'm longing to try but l live in a rented apt with no balcony so lm a bit concered about staining ect and how to dry ...the oven maybe? cheers from BC,Ca. : )
The tree leaves that came out well look like Mountain Ash leaves. Does the tree get bunches of red berries on it? If so, pretty sure it is Mountaiin Ash. Either way... love the process, great results!
It’s been a few years since I did this video and I don’t know this kind of work anymore. If I recall, I sprayed the leaves with the distress sprays and water and then you have to let them dry because it’s as things dry. They can imprint on the paper.
this was interesting - i wonder if it was something in your water reacting with the botanicals. also, many of your prints look somewhat like skeletons or skele-ish from the distance of the internet. overall, it looked like fun! also, where were you able to leave them to dry outside without the wind blowing them away?? thanks for sharing your experiment!
Oh Susan, so much I want to say!!! LOL Distress sprays and Dylusion Sprays have different colors hidden in them. So for instance, when you used barn door you got pink. The same will happen with their purple sprays, and some of the orange sprays will turn yellow. It only happens when you try to water them down. So this technique only works for some of the sprays if you want to same color. You can tone down the brightness of the colors by putting a few drops of brown into the bottle before you spray. It is all experimenting to get what you like. I think that's the fun part of art!!!
Very interesting papers. Love that you don’t have to wait so many days for it to be dry.
Hi Susan. A quick tip..if you can't get the leaves to lie flat you can poor a bit of boiling hot water over it an lay it down while it is still warm. Gives super impressions. 😊
@@SusanTaylorBrown That will probably work out fine as well...unless all the goodness has been boiled out of the leaves. 😂 good luck with it. 💕
Thanks for sharing - I have also had varied results with this method. To enhance leaf veins I tried putting the vein ridged side down and going over the page with a brayer or rolling pin. To mute distress inks I dilute them and then spray on pages - saves money too! You are lucky to have your American sunshine for drying - in the UK here we need to wait a couple of months for summer...
I can't thank you enough for showing the not-quite-what-you-expected results. It's so informative to see the projects as they evolve. And really? I thought they were all quite interesting. Thanks for your generosity!
I LUV the pink!! I enjoy light bright colors.
The best!
It helps alot to soak the leaves in water for a few hours. You can even soften crispy leaves this way, just be carful not to crack them before you get them in the water. Stick the foliage on the tea dyed paper then spray with distress ink. Your trying so that's what counts and that's how we learn. Tks for sharing 🌿
@@SusanTaylorBrown Sometimes I don't pay attention to dates but I should especially if I'm going to comment,however I really do appreciate you explaining the various techniques you have used. I must admit I lag behind you girls but am very great full for you all have taught me so much and I am much older than many of you and have been crafting for a long time. I love love love being in nature and like you I love leaves, trees, dirt and all the rest so when I seen this eco dye craze of course I had to try. I did the basic bundle & steam treatment and it worked very well. It was very exciting, I actually went to the forest yesterday to collect some more foliage to try another way. I have been soaking some rusty metal as some ladies use it as you probably know. Any way thank you so much for responding and I look forward to more videos.
Jbid Neary my fav! I had great success with her tutorial.
Thank you for sharing from Scotland. Love your videos
Beautiful. Love watching the process and the finished pages are very special.
@@SusanTaylorBrown How beautiful! Very nice to slow down and see the process.
Hi Susan, thx for your show and tell. I like your sounds when you not so like some of the results 🤗 and this when you saw the poppy one. xx Manuela
This has been on my todo list forever, thanks for the tips !
Beautifully done. You might enjoy the video/dvd Nature's Palette by Julie Fei Fan Balzer. She uses cheese cloth , Saran wrap etc for added patterns. Your studio is awesome!
I think they are awesome. Something I will have to try next spring......
I think the papers turned out pretty good and it looks like fun! I'm going to have to try it. I really like the pink but then I am a pink person! TFS!
They looked good to me, Susan! I really liked the fired brick one - reminds me of a nebula, lol
I enjoyed it very much.
again frame-worthy, I love them.
I put Saran wrap over everything and place weights on top. (books, a flat board with canned food,etc) it presses the botanicals against the paper. Just takes longer to dry.
Under plastic wrap and books it takes up to a week!
I love your prints but its just my taste....Im easy excited. Thank you for sharing!
I want to play at your house! Such fun!!
they came out ok I usually lay more paper on top that is tea dyed and the weight helps the impression.
💚this. Great impressions.
Boy o boy are we related! Your comments about what you think will happen is never the same as what is in your head is totally how I operate. Lol! I dive head in first and then am shocked at my results. Lol! The papers look great.
We really are related! Lol
I think they came out great, mind you I haven't done a boil yet. I did do some sun baking on fabric I had a couple turn out okay.
Went for a walk with my grandsons to gather some autumn leaves, l am pressing them overnight to try and flatten them out a little. A thought on your mystery colours....yellow and blue make green, brown is made up of opposite colours r&g, b&or, y&pr. Since distress inks are water reactive they are bound to resort back to their base colours. And any form of diluted red becomes pink. But I love the results you got. I don’t have distress sprays so tomorrow I will see what happens with strong coffee and tea mixes. I tried this once before with Adirondack sprays but they are not water based so the spray just stayed in little dots😩 epic fail!
I find your colors spectacular
The blue is probably coming from a chemical reaction to the metal the sheets were dried upon. What a great time! Love the results! Thank you for teaching this! LOL
@@SusanTaylorBrown BTW, I love how these turned out! Ima going to give it a try! Thank you!
In my yard that mystery tree would be either walnut or sumac, you smell it to identify it, walnut smell is very distinctive, pungent, smells astringent like. Thanks for the demo. Have you tried any other inks or sprays? Try mixing your colors to get a more muted look.
Thanks for sharing. Susan here is my suggestion--just like baking a cake...if you give 10 people the exact same recipe and put them in a kitchen to make it...each cake will turn out differently because of the hand that made it...just do you! Enjoy the creative process and release the outcome...you will be amazed at the reduction of your stress and frustration level. Peace Beverly
Very pretty. If you want lighter colors...you might try putting a couple of drops from the distress reinkers into a mini mister... Same colors just lighter.
I think Jibid wets the paper first - very wet. Then when you add the ink it immediately starts spreading out and you don't get the intensity. I also buy some of the re-inkers which come in a dropper bottle, then I add them watered down to a small spray bottle. With all the water on the paper the ink spreads and also separates into its different components and I get interesting effects. I also spray after I have put the leaves/flowers on the paper. Some material transfers colour some doesn't. Some I get the outline some I don't. xoxoxo
I also add other inks or whatever to the small spray bottles so you can tone down the colour and I weight the leaves down where necessary (with the bottles of ink and anything else that's around me).
The not so good ones make interesting journal pages instead of just plain tea dyed papers.
@@SusanTaylorBrown I didn't notice the date on this video - it's the middle of the night here and I am not totally awake! I haven't watched Kory's video but I was going to try stacking because where I am atm I can't spread them out like I do at home. I will go now and watch her video. I am about to do a few for the journals to go into the exhibition in April. Specific colours for themed journals. Indigo for Old Japan, jewel colours for the Boho and Butterfly ones, greens/browns for the nature one, yellows/oranges for the sunflower one, etc. And some random whatever I feel like for whatever journal I come up with. I want to try adding some fabrics in as well.
I liked watching - hearing your process. I would also like to know how you dry the cosmos.
Thx!
Those distress sprays and the Dylusion sprays have weird under tones to them. Any amount of diluting will bring out those other colors that are hidden in the spray. I worked with them all last summer. Started out doing Jibid's leaf impressions. Then the purples turned pink, the oranges turn yellow and a lot of the browns turn blue. Very strange inks, or should I say water colors!!! I need a new source of a light weight ink. They are so expensive just to try and see if they stay true to color. Right now I am trying watercolors with coffee instead of water. So far I really like it. It is amazing what coffee can do!!!
Look at the outside edge of the red paper you made with the weed you took apart. When ur color is too bright, lay a blank page on top of it and press down for a few seconds. It will take away some of the color and leave a lighter shade.
What can I use if I don’t have distress spray color paints?
Try watercolors any kind of water-based paint or even maybe watered down acrylics although I haven't tried that before.
this is something l'm longing to try but l live in a rented apt with no balcony so lm a bit concered about staining ect and how to dry ...the oven maybe? cheers from BC,Ca. : )
I press plants for a few days first in an old phone book and they lay down flat. You can try laying each
The tree leaves that came out well look like Mountain Ash leaves. Does the tree get bunches of red berries on it? If so, pretty sure it is Mountaiin Ash. Either way... love the process, great results!
Wonderful 🎉
You so pray the leaves with water but you said you should have them dry to get the veins? Did i hear incorrectly?
It’s been a few years since I did this video and I don’t know this kind of work anymore. If I recall, I sprayed the leaves with the distress sprays and water and then you have to let them dry because it’s as things dry. They can imprint on the paper.
What paper are you using? I think the coffee/tea had an influence on the plants and altered the colors.
this was interesting - i wonder if it was something in your water reacting with the botanicals. also, many of your prints look somewhat like skeletons or skele-ish from the distance of the internet. overall, it looked like fun! also, where were you able to leave them to dry outside without the wind blowing them away?? thanks for sharing your experiment!
The veining probably would happen more if you put the leaf underside down. Bx
She soaked her leaves which helped them lay flat
Do you soak your plants and flowers first-that’s what Jibid does? I couldn’t tell-you probably did, though.
Susan Taylor Brown Ok. I figured you did, I just couldn’t tell. I really want to do this when we have leaves and flowers again!
Or as we get older we just forget or can't hear what they say :D
Oh Susan, so much I want to say!!! LOL Distress sprays and Dylusion Sprays have different colors hidden in them. So for instance, when you used barn door you got pink. The same will happen with their purple sprays, and some of the orange sprays will turn yellow. It only happens when you try to water them down. So this technique only works for some of the sprays if you want to same color. You can tone down the brightness of the colors by putting a few drops of brown into the bottle before you spray. It is all experimenting to get what you like. I think that's the fun part of art!!!
@@SusanTaylorBrown It is fun!!!