In a well-ventilated room, mix water and super washing soda in pot and bring to a boil.

Lower the heat to a simmer and add leaves. Allow the mixture to simmer for 2-3 hours.

After the 2-3 hours, the water will look very murky.

Using the tongs, place the leaves in the colander and run under cool water.

(My leaves were pretty tough, so I don’t know if adding all types of leaves to the colander will work or if you’d have to rinse them individually if they’re more fragile.)

Pour out the murky water and rinse out the pot. Fill the pot with just enough water to cover the leaves.

It doesn’t have to be as much used before when simmering them. I added ½ cup bleach.

Place the leaves into the bleach water and allow to soak for 20-30 minutes. This will remove as much color from the leaf as possible.

Now, this is where I did things a little differently.

Instead of using the brush to remove the skin of the leaf, I placed the leaf flat on my hand and ran it under the sprayer on my kitchen sink.

The skin started immediately coming off.

After about a minute under the water, the skin was completely removed.

I’ll admit that some of the leaves tore a little, but I still kept them because it added a little character.

Mix water and in the shallow dish according to the tint you want.

I used a blue and green mixture.

Allow to sit for 10 minutes. Remove from water and place on cooling rack. Allow to completely dry.

After mine dried, I painted a cheap frame and used a piece of scrapbook paper for the background.