Curiously Collaged...

...cor blimey! and thrice!!! It is the penultimate week of the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge... hosted and devised by lovely Linda Ledbetter from L3 Studio... if you click on her name you will be whisked off on a the back of a large oval fragment to see her blog... Anyways, tis Week 34 and this week we are challenged to play with Fragments... mmmm, I hate to say this but.. I have a bit of a "thing" about Fragments... I love them you see, to the point that I have a lovely tin full of them and I like to run my fingers through them... and not necessarily use them... however, I steeled myself and used three on my tag... *deep breaths Hels, panic not*




So, another tag to add to my already burgeoning pile of them... but alas, only one more next week and then what will I do??? Maybe we could start the challenge all over again? LOL I also set myself a challenge this week - to use only Tim stamps from my "old" folder... I have three folders and the ones in the old one have been neglected of late so it was nice to use these... the last number in this folder is 039 - so you can tell how old these stamps actually are seeing as the Duke of Distress now has number 110!



The inking was Distress Inks from the first 24 - namely Dried Marigold (nope, still don't like this one), Spiced Marmalade, Shabby Shutters (which got lost in a sea of orange) and Aged Mahogany... oh and Walnut Stain to edge. I did, however, allow myself to use some of the new Idea-ology - well, I have those GORGEOUS light bulbs so I just had to use one of those... oh and more excitement in the Room of Stash this morning but more of that in a minute... Check out the dictionary page under the Fragments... this was taken from THE class where we made THE box... we split them up into five and I came away with this page - not reading it before I used it...erm... excuse my infantile humour but... one of the words is "begird" ooohoooo, I am snorting here... I know, sad isn't it ROFL



So... the excitement in the Room of Stash... well, I have just got my inky mitts on... the new Crowded Attic Paper Stack!!! and... The Stickers to go with!!! Ooooh, have you seen this paper yet?? Now, I LURVE the Lost & Found... but I think I may have just gotten myself a new fave... SO, a maahooosive thank you to Jennie for knowing how ill I have been and knowing the one thing that would make me feel better and sending the paper post-haste to me... bless! Oh and speaking of illness, I spent most of yesterday groaning and snuffling on the sofa... I still can't taste a thing or smell a thing... and I realllllly want a coffee but when I have one, it is like drinking hot water! Oh and I seem to have turned into a bronchial old pensioner over night too!!! Seriously, because I can't breath thru my schnozzle, I am breathing thru my mouth and you can hear crackles and pops coming from my lungs... yikes, I sounds awful!! Anyways, I feel brighter in myself today which is good because I want to go and play with those papers! Right... enough of me waffling... thanks for looking... keep warm! TTFN

Hels x