Inspirations strikes in the strangest of places.

Yesterday I went in to Lytham with my sister to look for a birthday present for our mum.  We wandered around and I fell in love with some gorgeous wrapping paper, which I bought and gazed at for ages. I thought I might wrap mum's present in it ... but it's looking less and less likely!

The images is upside down, but you  can see the lovely colours and bold design.

I imagined making some cards with similar designs and I couldn't wait to get started . The first job was to dye some fabric using fabric paint.

I also used some procion dye to create this lovely green fabric too.

I was giggling to to myself when I brought the fabric in at midnight.
  I've heard of "In the night garden ... I wonder where Iggle Piggle is?

                                             

                                              That's just my silliness coming out!

Meanwhile, I drew a leaf shape on some thick card board .  I won't be doing this again in a hurry as the cutting process made my hands really ache.

I cut through several layers of organza with a soldering iron to create a leaf shaped skeleton.

Later I cut and stitched various combinations of fabrics such as calico, scrim and organza to make a variety of leaves which I later turned into cards.  

I hope to have them on Sale this weekend at the Solaris craft Fair on Sunday 13th October.

It's on between 10am and 3 pm.