Well... It'd Be Rude Not To...

...play with those new Distress Inks! Aha yes, much mirth and merriment in the Room of Stash today because... I feel better!!! I am still not 100% but I am 100% better than I was yesterday (when I spent most of the day on my death-bed, groaning and whinging....) First off... thank you all for your lovely comments yesterday... made me feel a whole lot better ... and the advice you all gave... worked a treat! But before I waffle off alarmingly about my visit to the Pharmacy, I shall tell you about what I have been up to...




Now, a few months ago I had a brainwave... it doesn't happen very often, so when it does, I tend to go all OTT and do lots of the things that I have had a brainwave about... and then they get discarded. Well, the other day I started to "do something" with said discarded piece. Namely a tag that I had used a mask on... and then layered Rock Candy Cracklepaint through the mask... tis a pretty technique... I can't remember if I have seen it anywhere else before... I think not but if I have... here's the credit to you :O)) So... the mask and Rock Candy combo tag was ready to be inked. I covered the whole lot with Milled Lavendar Distress Stains (much maligned in the Distress Pad range I know, but oh ho, the Stain is a must have... tis gorgeous... all lilacy and lush... I digress.....) So... once the base was thoroughly covered I smooshed some of the new Seedless Preserves onto my craft sheet, spritzed with Biscoti Perfect Pearls Mists and dipped the tag into it... drying, repeating... and then blending Gathered Twigs around the edges. I remembered to take a pic of the tag base before I decorated it so you can see how cool it looks...



Then I got all exciteable and made a 3d rose from the largest Tattered Florals flowers... colouring with the same Distress colours... then over stamping the text with Plum Archival (which, BTW, looks like it was MADE for Seedless Preserves... they are perfect together!) Once the flower was assembled I used a diddy paintbrush and slapped some Rock Candy Crackle onto it and let it dry... I don't think that the pic is doing it justice but it does look ever so pretty. The butterfly is a Salvage Sticker from the Crowded Attic set... popped onto cardstock, cut out, coloured with a Cut & Dry nib and more Seedless Preserves and then sploshed with more Biscotti PP Mists...




Anyways... my ailment... I went to see Mr Chemist and he was ever so helpful. He said... it looks like a dirty mozi bite.. or a spider bite... errrrrrrrrm... considering I have a bite on my tummy, I am dismissing that thought right away... I mean come on, I like spiders and all that but I draw the line at having one in my drawers lol Anyways, I now have been medicated and advised and apparently the bite is infected but being as I have a very big intolerance to antibiotics, it is a case of letting my body heal itself. Oh and it has also caused Cellulitis.... oooh, I am so attractive... Actually, there I was, standing in the queue at the Chemists and a little girl behind me said... "Ewww, Mummy, look at that lady's arm" And it would have been very silly and childish to turn around and say "I know, there are maggots in it you know" Ahem... I have a way with children you see......




Right... I have 101 things to do... all this lounging about this week has me behind with my commitments... and I am just wondering how on earth the Room of Stash has turned into a complete tip even though I haven't been in here... Thanks for looking... TTFN!

Hels x