Simon Says Be Happy...

...Tis that time again... time for the Simon Says Stamp & Show challenge which this week is... Whatever Makes You Happy. Oh-ho, I could have spent literally all week adding things to my tag that make me happy but then you wouldn't have actually been able to see anything because they would have all be squished together... so instead, I settled for my fave Distress Ink combo's, my favest Tim Holtz stamps, my favest Tim Holtz Alterations die and my favest Idea-ology.




Actually, I think it would have been easier if I had just said... all things Tim Holtz make me happy - except for those freaky clowns which drive me nuts because I have the stamp set but only got it for the Freddie Mercury look-a-likey stamp. Anyways... I got inky and messy with Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany and Walnut Stain DI's - blending them all together onto a tag (oooh, which also make me happy... loooove tags!!!) I added some stamping using Aged Mahogany and Walnut Stain and then got cutting with some old book pages, running them thru the Bug with the Tattered Florals die (think I have used this one more than anything else) and then inked up the flowers in the same DI colours to make them pretty... layered together with a metal button and then edged with more Walnut Stain.



So... I don't think it has photo'd well but... there is a little bit of velvet ribbon on this tag - which was originally cream in colour and is now Spiced Marmalade... which happens to be a happy accident... basically, being as I am such a lazy slut and haven't tidied away for weeks, nay and thrice.. months! I had re-inked my Spiced Marm pad and popped the Re-Inker onto the shelf in front of my desk, which just so happened to have the velvet ribbon on it too. The bottle fell over (I was oblivious to this) and leaked (also oblivious to this) and it leaked into the ribbon... phew, can you imagine the mess if the ribbon hadn't been there soaking up the ink? I shudder to think! But.. it looks nice and it matched, so I used it :O))



I still haven't tidied up the Room of Trash, if anything it is worse now than this morning and I am in need of help! I think I will have to bite the bullet on Friday and clean it up... it is getting silly, I have more stash on the floor than I do in the cupboards and drawers... in fact, I have forgotten what colour the carpet is ... well, I haven't really but it sounded dramatic ROFL Right, time for bed for me... I am going to see Jennie tomorrow and have an early train to catch... thanks for looking... have a goodly Thursday! TTFN

Hels x