Pat Brennan

 

What's on my desk?

Linking up with the 14th Anniversary of Stamping ground https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com With thanks to Julia Dunnit who keeps it going. 

I have been really creative lately, I must confess that the fact that I am taking high doses of steroids at the moment is part of the reason!

I am awake half the night because of the medication and two spells in hospital recently made me resort to watching crafty tutorials on YouTube.

WELL! I discovered eco dying on paper and was instantly hooked. 

I drove my poor husband and my friend Liz mad  trying to find a pot big enough to boil the experiments in. The house stunk of vinegar and the results were drying everywhere 

I used plants that grew in my garden and a public walkway yards from my house.

 

My favourite one would be hard to choose, also the images of the plants appear on both sides of the paper 

because of the layering process.

I have dozens of these experiments. I used watercolour paper mostly but the process works on almost any paper.

I know I have been conspicuously absent from joining in recently I hope I can be forgiven, I look at everything you do and admire it.

Thank you for taking a look at my efforts I am busy trying to use some of it for cards and suchlike.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of 'stuff' I am playing with. Think! .. drying wildflowers the easy way. For adding to eco dyed cards! Starting a journal using the tags I made years ago over at Tag Tuesday Trying to paint something for my Artist Society Exhibition. Buying stuff in the middle of the night from Amazon ( is that even a craft) ha ha!  Two cards finished.