A Bare Tree and Broccoli Stamping

The other day some sort of a promoted post popped up in my Instagram feed where someone used a piece of broccoli and acrylic paint for an art piece. The only vegetable I probably ever used as a stamping tool had been a potato in Kindergarten (we probably all did that!!) so I really wanted to give Brocccoli stamping a try. Here is what I came up with using stamps by Tracy Evans besides the broccoli. I did use traditional inks, not acrylic paints.

I started out by creating an inky background with a circle in place for a moon. I used Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Chipped Sapphire inks. Some water droplets were splattered on to the background to create some interest. Stamps used are all by Tracy Evans - TE38 Silhouettes (tree), Miniatures released by Aall and Create (bunnies and quote) and TE50 On the Wild Side (foliage stamped in green at the bottom part). Inks used for stamping are Versafine Onyx, Versafine Clair Grass Green, Arctic and a tiny bit of Baby Pink to make it look like the tree is starting to flower.

I used a torn paper mask and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink to make a hill for the bunnies. 

Can you see where I used the broccoli 😀😀 It's the speckled stamping around the trees and a little bit at the bottom too.

I am sharing my card with these blogs:

• 613 Avenue Create - Animal Magic
• Ally's Angels - AG
• A Perfect Time To Craft - AG
• A Place To Start - small critters
• Classic Design Challenge - AG
• Crafting from the Art Challenge - AG
• Crafty Animals - Animals
• Crafty Catz - AG
• Crafty Gals Corner - AG
• Creative Fingers - AG
• Creative Inspirations Challenge - AG
• Critter Crazy Challenges - Critters
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday - AG
• Double D - Signs of Love 
• FarmQuest General Store Challenge - Anything Farm/Country Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - AG
• Make My Monday - for a male
• Paper Rock Scissors - AG with papers and/or Scissors (all paper layers)
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - whatever the weather (dewy spring weather)
• Stamping Sensations - AG
• Talk About it Tuesday - Anything blog post
• The Paper Funday - AG
• Try It On Tuesday - 3, 2, 1 (3 layers, 2 bunnies, 1 moon)
• Unicorn Challenge - Animals
• We Love Stamping - AG
• We Love 2 Create - Anything Creative
• Word Art Wednesday - AG

Have you tried broccoli stamping yet? Or any other fun "non-crafting" items you tried? I would love ot hear from you!