Blonde Moment...

Never let it be said that I don't own up to my...erm... idiocy. Well, Thursday night I really did "open mouth before brain was engaged" So, Grim is looking for his Passport, he needs it because he is off to see his pal in bonnie Scotland (I said that with my best Glaswegian accent) To set the scene... Grim is in his study, I am next door in the Room of Stash... Here's how it went;

Grim: I am looking for my passport... I might need it....

Me: You will deffo need it cos Gillian needed hers when she came to stay...

Grim: It is in here somewhere (sounds of rummaging heard)

Me: Well, I have got mine here, do you want to borrow it?

**and at least a whole minute before I realised what I had said..... **

Ahem... 'nuff said really.

On with todays piece of Studio 490 stylee art... another sample from the show last Saturday. This is the one that I clumsily broke during show 2... well, it had got a bit bashed on the way there and was looking annoyingly on the wonk. I was trying to shove the stalk bit back into the circle bit... on live TV... oooopsies. Well, I did try to blame Dave for it but you all saw it was me... I know that cos you told me you saw me do it lol!


Right... first of all I will say that this looks a whole lot more complicated to make than it actually is. Like I said before, if it is difficult, I wouldn't be able to do it... I don't do complicated. The base of the piece is an Art Parts Spool and I coloured it with Tumbled Glass Distress Stain - giving it a good coat, drying, another coat and drying again and edging with Chipped Sapphire DI. I cut one of the large leaf Art Parts in two and coloured them with Forest Moss DI and overstamped with Olive Archival and the large alpha background. The top of the Spool has the largest size Floral Art Part coloured with Wild Honey Distress Stain popped onto it.




The decorations are the other half of the large leaf, coloured as before and a Grungepaper flower with a sweet little Memo Pin in the middle. The Ornate Frame has one word from a sentiment stamped on it... stamping first in Vermillion and over with Jet Black Archival, I love this overstamped text look :O)) Finally, the ickle butterflies, stamped onto Grungepaper, coloured with DI's and then stamped onto Clearly For Art Clear and heated and shaped. I glued them together and then stuck them to some offcut strips of Clearly For Art. I love that they look like they are all of a flutter on the "invisible" stalks.



Right.. that's all for today.... it is actually Friday night really but I am scheduling this for Saturday morning... IYKWIM... I have had a lovely day in the Room of Stash with Caz... needless to say we got naff all crafting done... apart from one paper rose! Of course, I was my usual quiet self and Caz did all the talking... *ahem* I shall away now... my AlfieCat is after himself a cuddle (he's missing his Daddy!) Thanks for looking... have a FAB Saturday! TTFN

Hels x

PS... don't forget my little giveaway... deets are HERE.

PPS... and the Sunday Stamper tomorrow... new theme ;o))

**deffo off now!**