Grungy Monday...

... a new week means a new challenge and yes, I am a little bit late at joining in with the Grungy Monday challenge but it is worth the wait because I had a whole heap of inky fun playing and making my tag. Devised, invented and hosted by my lovely Ranger Sister, Linda Ledbetter, all the deets for this week's challenge are HERE. And of course, not forgetting that the very clever and uber inspirational Tim Holtz... this week his technique HERE is the one to try out.




So... armed with a tag and a teensy bit of Mojo, I set out to get inky and try out this technique again. It is like a Batik but instead of clear embossing ink and powder you use a pale colour Distress Ink and clear powder... so I chose my fave Pumice Stone (I NEED this in a Stain!) and stamped up Tim's birds and a rather splendid clockyspinery-thingymabobs that I can't remember the name of... stamping, embossing and then using Distress Inks over the top to create a resist.


I didn't bother really chosing the colours, I just grabbed some and went with it... so, on this tag are Rusty Hinge, Stormy Sky, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Aged Mahogany and Walnut Stain. Then ironing the resist off and doing some stampy bits and then decorating with Brolly Man - I stamped part of a clock onto his brolly. The On The Edge Iron Gate was cut from Mountboard, coloured with Walnut Stain and then sprinkled with ickle dusty bits of Queen's Gold Embossing Powder... giving a bit of a rusty effect. I added a little round Fragment with a little clock stamped image under it and finally added some Idea-ology to finish. I wasn't 100% sure about the colours at first but they have grown on me now - not my usual style but it is good to do something different right?



So... last night... did you see the Moon? You know that supposedly blood red Moon that was going to be eclipsed by the Earth? Did I? Did I chuffery because... it was raining! Huff! I got myself all excited that I would see this rarely seen phenomenon only to go outside to see cloud and little else... then by the time the clouds had gone the Moon was back to normal! Why does that happen huh? Anyways... time for me to stop with the waffling and get on with the creating... I have a few ideas buzzing about my bonce and need to get cracking before I forget them all lol Have a grand afternoon... TTFN!

Hels x