I did it!

First day of this blogging malarkey and I don't have a clue.
 Honest to a fault me!

First let me tell you my name it's always a good start eh?
I'm Nikki Moldjord but my good friends call me Moldy its not rude or offensive to me in fact I like it because I am odd/weird/strange like that.
 I wanted to set up this blog to share my love of crafting and pass on ideas or tips as I love to share.
I will keep this short and sweet as I don't want to bore you to tears on my first ever post!
So the picture/craft project I would like to show today is one of my recent makes whilst away on a wonderful crafting retreat  in Norfolk with a few of my wonderful crafting buddies from the East Midlands Clarity workshop.A great time was had by all but it was tinged with sadness as one of our lovely friends couldn't make it due to being poorly just days before.
  But I digress.The card I made was for my daughter Katie as she loves anything fairy tale or mystical or unusual.
 Technique is simple just using Tim Holtz distress inks festive berries,seedless preserves and spiced marmalade  on super smooth card grab your inky tool and swirled ink all over the card until I was happy with it.I borrowed some of my friends Lavinia stamps(Thankyou Wendy) and stamped in archival black ink.The 8"x 8" card blank I used Card-io stamps randomly around the out side and then mounted the fairy/owl topper onto black paper then attached to card blank.
    Katie was very pleased with it as am I too but shhhh don't tell any one it's a secret!
                   Many thanks for taking the time to read my first blog hope I didn't bore you too much?! Hope you come back soon...........
                                   from yours truly Nikki aka Moldy xx