So it was my mum's 80th birthday and it took a while to find my inspiration but here's what I came up with. The flowers are from aunty Sarah's bloomers, lettering using my cricut machine, the butterfly die was a magazine freebie and the background was from spellbinders elegant labels four, woodware daisy punch and marianne creatables flourishes. Paper and card from my stash......!
Mum loved it as much as I loved making it.
I'm going to leave this answer here too, to hope it gets through...
ReplyDeleteThank you for your visit and comment. It's dipping on the craft mat, and almost always with ink pads. I only occasionally use sprays. I smoosh the ink pad or pads onto the craft mat, spritz on some water to create droplets and then press/dab the tags down onto the mixture repeatedly, drying in between layers every time. I do a sweep with the whole tag to start with, with my starter inks, and then press or tap down just the areas I want to catch droplets with. Then I add some more colours to the mat and go again until I'm happy. Bear in mind that the kind of paper you're using will make a big difference. I use plain manila tags mostly - not the expensive Ranger ones, but they're basically the same, and they have a very smooth surface, so the ink moves in a certain way. I've just moved to another country, and I am still waiting to unpack. Once I have my new craft space set up, I'm aiming to do some little videos, and the process for these splotches will definitely be included early on, as people are always asking... so watch that space! Alison x