Flowers from ink puddles

Today I was doing a bit of tidying up on my desk following the canvas project I made on yesterdays post.  I love mopping up any extra ink after spritzing with spare card and book pages first so I have interesting backgrounds for future projects, but then also with wet wipes which I then leave to dry and chomp through with my dies to make flowers etc.  Here as you can see I have done just that with my Tattered Florals die.  

This is a simple but effective project that I did last year when the idea was featured in Craft Stamper magazine but on this project I used a couple of old linen napkins cut again with Tattered Florals and left to soak up ink puddles on the craft mat.  Once dried I just grouped them together and sewed a button through the centre of each one.  The mirror from a well known swedish furniture store was painted with blue acrylic paint.  the strips of card was from my stash of Craft resist papers and I wrapped garden twine around the flowers for a bit more rustic texture.  The  little bows were made out of the same twine.  Simple but effective.
Please leave a comment if you like any of my projects, I would love to hear from other crafty people, and I will read and reply to you all.
Crafty Hugs
Mo xx

Hello Blogland!!

Hello to everyone.  Finally after months of  trying to find my way around cyber world i have managed with a lot of patience and help from my big brother Phil and my crafty friend Anne http:\\bollyanne.blogspot.co.uk, to own my own blog and write my very first post.  I cant wait to share some crafty ideas and inspiration with other fellow craftaholics. I am going to be very brave and attempt to post you a picture of a canvas i have been working on today using dylusions inks and a small collection of my favourite stamps.  My photography skills are not as they should be but hope you like it.
Crafty Hugs
Mo xx