I've Been Stampbording...

...sounds like I have been doing some kind of physical activity doesn't it? Don't worry, I haven't ... but I did get myself a rather late night the other night because I got all involved with playing with Stampbord. If you remember, the main piece on the Sunday Stamper is made from Stampbord ... and I reminded myself how much I lurve to play with this stuff... and yes, it is a bit scary stamping right onto such a large piece... so I was ultra careful...



Anyways... my favest three (only three!) Santa stamps from the Duke of Distress are these ones... all the Stampbord pieces were blended with Old Paper DI... and heat dried... and then stamp with Jet Black Archival... and heat dried.... and then coloured with Distress Inks and Cut & Dry Nibs... and then heat dried... you get the picture I am sure... dry each layer before moving on to the next.




So... I kept the first two pieces pretty straight... and then got bold and did a stampy collage on the third piece. The circle measures about 31/2 inches across the middle and the oblongs (oblongs?how old am I? three?) are 5 x 31/2 inches... so big old pieces to goof up if I went wrong (am so brave lol) All of the Santa's have had the scratchy tool treatment to their hair and beards... and I am rather chuffty tuffty with them... now all I need to do is figure out what to do with these pieces!



Anyways... I am being a right old grump today! I went out at stoopid o'clock this morning and spent all morning either standing in queues, looking for parking spaces, listening to children whinging or slobbing their feet along in wellies (isn't that one of the most annoying noises ever!!!) and watching a very irate old man have a fit of apoplexy right in front of me... he was really shouting at the poor man in the shop and the poor man was apologising and all that but the old fella was really going for it... I was just waiting for him to throw himself on the floor and have a paddy! And all of this because... it is Christmas... for... two days! I know, mental behaviour or what! Right, I must away, I have shopping to unpack and presents to wrap... and only a few more days left to get that turkey rofl... Thanks for looking... TTFN!

Hels x