My Mind's Eye ranges go so well mixed together...

Hannah's first day for yr 12

Papers:
Kraft funday Happy Day's Petticoat (reverse side)
Good Day Sunshine Girl Items Daytime Digits
Stella and Rose Gertie Delightful Sweet Stripe (reverse side)
Embellies:
Tags are made up from the MME kit Life Stories Day 258
Everyday Fun Circle Garland
Christmas Magic Button
Lost & Found Union Square Favourites Trim
Lost &Found Portobello Road Buddies Trim
Stella and Rose Hattie Happy Label Stickers
The 'Class Schedule' is a 'Daily Dose' journaling block I've had for ages. MME put out a heap of these a long time ago - they were fab! Unfortunately now not available.

Here's how I did the flower...

Drop ink from a glass dropper, I try to do two drops one immediately after another from a height so it gives a 'splash' effect, then hold the paper vertical so the drip runs down the page (I'm using 7 Gypsies Couleur Wash (which was in the shop at Babinda, but not online) and I just had a thought...*edited in: you could use Tim Holtz distress ink - but water it down a little cos that ink is a bit 'thicker' - the 7 Gypsies ink is a 'wash'... so is a bit more of a water ink...
TIP : With the Tim Holtz Distress ink... if you have only a tiny bit of ink in the dropper and squeeze up some water with it...shake the dropper a little so it mixes - and then that will splash beautifully!




Then draw petals right around the splash



Scalpel out the petals just over halfway to the splash, enough to slip the photo under...



And then do the same with the rest of the petals


So it gives the page a little 3D



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ohh Mandy, that flower is so very cool, what a great idea.. love the layout!! Thank you for sharing

Oooo! I luv this and I luv that flower.

Love the flower idea Mandy - and those MME kits are too cheap not to buy

looks great mandy love the flower.

thanks girls...
I just had a thought...., you could use Tim Holtz distress ink - but water it down cos that ink is a bit 'thicker' - the 7 Gypsies ink is a 'wash'... so is a bit more of a water ink...

Did I just make sense???

I've edited this part into the tutorial

TIP : With the Tim Holtz Distress ink... if you have only a tiny big of ink in the dropper and squeeze up some water with it...shake the dropper a little so it mixes - and then that will splash beautifully!