A Bit of A Wash...

...a Colorwash that is... did I mention that I just went to Ranger U? I think I may have forgotten to tell you lol Anyways... whilst at Ranger U, when I was sitting in the same room as THE Duke of Distress for like three days... aha, sorry, I shalln't go on and on about it... really, I won't... much lol Anyways... whilst on said course, I was taught a heap of things about Colorwash Sprays. Now, I have always shied away from said Sprays as I am not the cleanest and most tidy of crafters and my first encounter with them was a few years ago when I very nearly altered the colours of the walls, carpet and ceiling in the Room of Stash. So, whilst I have used them occasionally, it has always been a bit cringy and scaredy-catty.



So, I was sitting there, intrepidly determined NOT to make a holy show of myself and alter the colour of THE Duke of Distress should he pass behind my chair whilst I was in the spraying stage. Phew all round... I learnt how to use them... properly!!! So... armed with my new found courage, I went off to Ellen's Studio and set about making a tag for our tag swap this month. Now, I have to tell you, everything in Ellen's Studio is spotless... cream carpet, white walls, white storage... so... whilst she wasn't looking, I did a bit of spraying... I held my breath... a very lot I can tell you... and nearly had heart failure as a drip of spray landed on the floor next to me... but even bigger phew's... Ellen had the forethought to get one of those plastic sheet jobbies that you put under a kiddie's high chair. I am guessing she figured I would need one rofl



Anyways... this tag is the result of my first foray into using Colorwash Sprays properly... and I have to say... I am in lurrrrve! The colours I used are... Cranberry... and that is it.. I used this colour in layers so it starts off a bit pink and works its way to red through the tag. I did some stamping with a rather smashing flower head stamp (humph, I neeeeed this one now) and Trad Tan paint... then added a sentiment from the Studio 490 range by the Wonderful Wendy Vecchi... and added a cute ickle flower which is from a jar of them that Ellen bought for me and I can't remember the name... like Prima but not... IYKWIM. I used more Colorwashes on the flower too... see how I am getting braver and braver!!



To make the stamped flower stand out a bit more I used a fine black pen to sketch around the image... oh and I made a little banner at the bottom using Tissue Tape... which I then dyed with more CW spray... simples huh! Right... that is enough waffling from me for one day... I have caught up on sleep... well, almost... I set my phone alarm to wake me up early so I could get up with Grim before he went to work... ahem... I had, however, neglected to change the phone's time to UK time... so when the alarm went off at 09.45 this morning I was rather confoosed... not difficult I know... but all the same, I did wonder why it was so light and why Grim wasn't here! I have now changed the time back and since then I have felt more normal... who knew! Change the time of your phone and remove all traces of jet lag... result!!! Thanks for looking... TTFN!!

Hels x