ETCET: Acrylic Paint & Celery

This technique is using the leaves of a stalk of celery & acrylic paint to make a background for our ATC.

On craft mat or wax paper squirt your darker color in the corner to allow plenty of work space for your cardstock. I used a full sheet of cardstock but you can do one ATC at a time with this technique. Now dip the leaves still on the stock in the acrylic paint. I stamped off on the craft mat first & then tapped on my card stock. But if you like the thinker paint, you can skip that part. Do this as often as you want till you receive the desired look.

Now take a lighter color of acrylic paint & repeat the process. I just turned my celery over & used the back side of the leaf. Now let your piece of art dry before you finish the ATC. This is just the background so you will need to add to it.

Add a sturdy backing with your SB info & mail in a protective sleeve.