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Did you know you can decoupage with beautiful autumn leaves from your garden? This simple tutorial shows you how. This is the perfect fall craft!
We have a beautiful Virginia Creeper that grows up the side of the house, and at this time of year it’s leaves turn Crimson. Although lovely, it really is the most rampant of plants, and every couple of years Hubby asserts his authority over it. This weekend was the fateful weekend when he pulled it all came off.
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Oh, I love this! The autumn leaves are starting to fall now and the colors are so gorgeous that I was wondering how I could preserve their beauty with a découpage project. I love how this book cover turned out!
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I love this, I did a similar project with Hydrangea flowers in a frame. Decoupage is so much fun.
That sounds so pretty Valerie, I don’t have any hydrangeas in my garden, but a neighbour of mine does …
Did you varnish over the glue , love this idea.
Hi Kathy, no we didn’t we used covered it with a couple of layers of the PVA glue, but you certainly could – would love to hear how you get on if you try it :)
How have the leaves held up so far? I would like to make this and then some. I have to walk a little further to gather my leaves, lol.
They last really well Rose, we made these last year and the notebooks are still perfect – maybe slightly darker in colour, but no deterioration, and the leaves haven’t lifted at all!
Great idea! Your notepad turned out very pretty, I like how the leaves are different shades of reds, and greens. I love the crafty ideas using leaves, or anything of nature.
We love the natural colours and textures too Linda, and it’s lovely to bring nature into the house :)
Such a amazing colours Sarah, I love how it turned out
We love the colours too, it almost has a leather look with the glue on top :)
It came out beautifully and what a great craft idea! We have so many leaves around here right now and I have been wanting to get pictures of my kids playing in them before they are gone. Thank you for sharing with #momsterslink. ⭐️Trista
Thank you, we really enjoyed this project, and are so pleased with the results :)
Such a clever result, I really want to try this now and great to know that ordinary PVA glue will work. The leaves falling on the farm are so pretty at the moment it sounds like a perfect time to give it a go. Thank you for sharing a great idea on #CountryKids and #Trash2Treasure.
We try and use PVA for everything if we can, as we feel it makes the crafts much more accessible to everyone, rather than having to buy lots of products just for a simple make. I actually buy PVA from the builders merchants as it works out so much cheaper from them (and paint brushes!) Thanks for having us on #CountryKids and #Trash2Treasure
This is such a fab idea, I love to decopatch but would never have thought to use leaves! The cover is amazing and has come out really well, will be giving this a go #momsterslink x
We are really pleased with how this worked, think it gives a lovely effect. Thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment :)
I love decoupaging because it’s so versatile! This project turned out looking fantastic! Great tutorial- easy to follow with great photos. :) #momsterslink
Thanks for your kind comments. It is a really easy project to do, the kids had a lot of fun with it :)
LOVE THIS!! Natural art is so pretty! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for visiting us :) We love crafting with nature. We have a dog, so are out every day in all weathers, and are constantly picking up bits and pieces that catch our eye.
What a fantastic idea!I love these types of projects. I am excited that my son is now at the age to start some of these arts and crafts. Thanks for sharing. #momsterslink
It’s so lovely when they get to the age where you can craft with them. It’s such a nice way to spend time with the kids and relax. It always amazes me how imaginative kids are – any project with their hands seems to spark it!
that is such a cool idea! I had seen people press leaves between pages before and put them into picture frames or on a poster board but to put it on the front of a book is fascinating. I love Autumn leaves and this gives me a cool activity to do with my 8 year old. Visiting from #momsterlink
My kids are almost 8 and 10, so all the projects on our blog are perfect for that age range. We are currently working on a few ideas to combine craft and technology which we hope to share with you all soon :)
That is a fantastic craft idea, perfect for the half term holidays. I am going to share this on fb. #momsterlink
Thank you so much Tracey for sharing. It is a lovely craft project for this time of year. Our kids start half term tomorrow so I am busy thinking up ideas to keep them entertained, rather than their preferred default screen setting :)
That is so beautiful! Love the colours. We love leaf crafts in autumn. #CountryKids
It is great to be able to use some of the lovely leaves in crafts at this time of year. Thanks for popping by x
Oh this is beautiful! What a lovely idea… Would be great for a nature journal!
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That’s a lovely idea, we have a nature shelf, but not journals – we should start keeping them :) Thanks for popping by x
Their colors just give life to any item they cling on too even the notebook! Lovely craft work =) #pocolo
Autumn is such a beautiful time of year isn’t it? Lovely to be able to preserve a tiny piece of it :)
Great nature activity with kids! I keep meaning to do some decoupage with my two as I watched and helped my mother as a child with all her decoupage projects.
It’s such a beautiful craft. Lovely to have memories of your mother doing it when you were a child, much of my inspiration now comes from things I saw when I was little :)
This is utterly beautiful – I love the effect. And the leaves on the outside of your house look stunning too. Thank you for linking to #PoCoLo x
Sadly most of the leaves have now gone, but they soon recover. Am really pleased with the effect and will keep trying with other types – think a traditional green Ivy would look lovely too. Thanks for having us on PoCoLo x
What a good idea! Lovely way to actually keep a bit of autumn going (I love autumn). I would totally be trying to figure out what to cover with leaves, if it hadn’t already started snowing here.
Wow the snow word made me peep at your blog, and I see you are Russia. That must be a fascinating place to live. Will look forward to following your adventures :)
Love this, we have so many beautiful leaves at the moment, this is a lovely idea. #countrykids
It’s great to be able to preserve some of the beautiful colours, its such a lovely time of year :)
These look lovely – great idea! #PoCoLo
We’re really pleased with how this project worked, and it was quick and easy to do x
It looks stunning on the side of your house! Like a massive leaf rainbow! I bet its deadly to the brickwork though. Love what you’ve done here! :) Popping over from #PoCoLo x
It does drive Hubby mad – but you are right it is beautiful, it even finds its way through the windows if left unchecked! Thanks for visiting us x
These look gorgeous. We’ve just used our pressed leaves to make candle holders.
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Oh would love to see them! Ff you’ve blogged or pinned them you are welcome to pop the link here :) Thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment x
What a lovely idea and what gorgeous colour leaves X
The colours are lovely, that’s what we were hoping to preserve – we’re really pleased with how this project worked out. Thanks for visiting us :)