Ivy Stencils

This is the time of year when the ivy in our yard and in our container gardens shakes off winter to send out new shoots of a new-growth color that I call "baby green."

Above:  a close-up of English ivy in our backyard. 

Long ago, I pressed some ivy-stem-and-leaf-cuttings till they had dried.  Then I scanned them into my Photoshop program.  From there, they made the trip to becoming stencils...

Above:  Ivy Frame 9 Stencil (9" x 12")

Above:  Ivy Frame 6 (6" x 6")

Above:  Ivy 6 Stencil (6" x 6")

Above:  Ivy 9 Stencil (9" x 12")

Recently I pulled out the ivy series stencils to make prints using them with acrylic paints.  Then the prints went on to be greeting card covers...

... and for two these cards, I created matching envelopes ...

... and finally, one of the full-size prints became an art journal page background --

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