Layout: Happy New Year

I love January!
Christmas is over. The kids are on holidays and we can fill our days as we please.
Gives me more time in my day, therefore time for creating!

I loved the challenge set by Show us your stuff.
It was a mood board and I had the perfect photo for it!

I've been playing with my Dylusions inks of late, so decided to give them a go with
this challenge. I unscrewed the lid and used the sprayer hose...the bit inside the ink
to create this background. I saw Dyan Reaveley's video about using your ink like
a drawing tool.

I used that idea to create a strip,sort of like a firework. Then I flicked it around to make
the splotches! Loved the result! Left it to dry, then ran my sewing machine up and down
with black cotton and a few across bits too. Added my photo, lettering, journalling, a few
bits of paper and washi, so not as to cover too much of my background. I also used some
very old rub ons that you can see near the stitching. Some splotches in black.

My handmade item is the diamond looking page pebble that I made a few years ago but
had never used. On it went, along with the "funny" pebble. Makes me laugh when I
see this pic, as we had such a fun time on New Years!

Lastly, time for sequins. I never use them on layouts, so why not?
Best part was I had them in the colours I needed!

So, here's my layout...

 Thanks for stopping by!


Chat soon,