Sunday Stamper - Week 187 - Time Of Your Life

Goodly Morning Stampers and welcome to a brand new year of Sunday Stamper challenges. Many thanks for all the fab entries over the Christmas and New Year festivities. Without further ado, starting this brand new year of challenges is the theme.... TIME. A nice easy one to get us started. To join in with the challenge is simples... make a little something and include the theme and some stamping. Pop back here to leave me a comment along with a link to the place you are showing your entry and then I can hop on over to visit you. If you don't have a blog/flickr/picassa and would still like to enter, you can email me a piccie of your entry... that will count :O)) The challenge will remain open until 21:00 Saturday 14th January 2012.



So... my entry... a tag... for a change lol! I am still a smidge low on Mojo so I have stuck to my fave/basic go to crafting things... namely brown Distress, Traditonal Tan paint and Tim's papers... along with some Kraft Glassine and Idea-ology thrown in for goodly measures. I started out by cutting some Lost & Found paper to cover a Size 8 tag. I made a wash of Trad Tan and water and used some Cut & Dry to smooth this over in patches. I gave it a zap with the heat tool and then added Old Paper and Vintage Photo Distress Stains... and once this was dry, blended the edges with Gathered Twigs DI. I scruffed the edges with a paper distresser and then rubbed Walnut Stain DI directly around the tag to close the design in.


A bit of stamping using Jet Black Archival and Coffee Archival - Tim's Mini Flourish and large number stamps... and a little "dream" sentiment to fit inside an Ornate Frame. I cut a Weathered Clock using Grungepaper, painted it with Gold Dabber, sanded it back and popped some Gathered Twigs DI over the top and smudged it over with my fingers... loooove this technique for ageing stuff. The flower is cut from the largest Tattered Florals using Kraft Glassine... scrunched, assembled and then lightly spritzed with Heirloom Gold PP Mists. I added a little border for the bottom by folding and scrunching a piece of Kraft Glassine and then snipping the ends into a V... and colouring some flower trim with Frayed Burlap Stains. I added some Idea-ology and that cute ickle glass bottle that has a drip of Ginger Alcohol Ink in it... and the paper clip that has been lurking in my stash for 351 years... I cut a mini clock from the Lost & Found papers, glued it on and then Glossy Accented it.


So there you have it.... a nice easy tag to start the Sunday Stamper off with. I have to admit that whilst the Mojo is in residence it is still reluctant to really come out and play and there's a project in my head that is insistent on being tried before I do anything else... so I had better go and try to make it... if I am gone a while you know that I have been pinned to the desk lol Thanks for looking.... Have a FAB week! TTFN

Hels x

On The 3rd Day of Tagmas...

... The Duke of Distress gave to us... THIS coolio design. Oh yes, I have been avidly following the 12 Tags of Christmas and have managed to get Day 3 made. I am rather chuffed that Tim used the stamp and Texture Fade on this one because I have both (ahem!) and hadn't really thought about how to use them... and now I know. I have to say, I have done the whole re-inker on felt thing before and never got it right... so this time I tried really hard and it worked! Fab!!




Anyways... Tim had used a Kraft tag for his... and I haven't got any Kraft tags... an oversight on my part and I shall be rectifying that shortly... however, for the purposes of this tag, I improvised. I cut a tag from my Kraft Resist pad and used that, flipped over and glued to a white card tag. I am not sure if they are the same colour but it looks similar if nowt else. I am loving Heirloom Gold PP Mists on kraft colour... cor, a new fave I reckon.




I wanted to make a bigger statement with the foliage so I used the Holly Branch Alterations and made some pinecones... aren't they totes-amazeballs!! (actually, I should apologise for saying that word, I have watched too much I'm A Celebrity lol) And... actually, they aren't made pinecones, nope, these are real ones that Miriam very kindly gave to me at last weekends class... bless her... I have used them all now already. Anyways... I should stop with the waffle and get on with making Tag #4... I have been busy making samples for Tuesday... you should see the state of my paws! I never ever break nails... ever. They are always decent looking and not stumpy and horrid... but... this past few days I have snapped most of them on my right hand... akkk... I wonder if I will get away with wearing mittens on Tuesday? Hahaaaa... Right... better go... thanks for looking... TTFN!!

Hels x

A Balloon & Bambi...

Ohhhlallaaaaa... I love getting surprises and yesterday when the doorbell rang, there stood a chap with a mahooosive box... which was as light as a feather! Having taken delivery of said light as a feather box, I was in a rush to see what was inside... and nope, I haven't ordered anything (honest, I haven't.... well, apart from one thing but that is a Christmas pressie so it doesn't count lol) Anyways... imagine my surprise when I opened up the box and out popped a big balloon! Isn't it fab! And how kind... it is from Joanne... what a wonderful surprise Joanne, thank you SO much, I love it... it made me smile very lots and... the choccies in the box too... mmm, nomnomnomnom... Here's the balloon, it is a helium filled one and has a little anchor on the end of the string so it doesn't float away. AlfieCat isn't even bothered by it... I would have thought that he would have gone a bit bonkers with the string but nope, he is being as good as gold... I think he is saving his energy for when the Christmas tree goes up!




Anyways... hands up who is having a ball with the fantabulous and wonderous 12 Tags of Christmas from the one and only Duke of Distress himself, Tim Holtz! (click his name to see what I am on about!!) Yesterdays tag... ooooh, I lurve this one... covering Grunge with Claudine's Sticky Back Canvas... brrrrilliant i-deer (ahem.. grrroan) My brads at the bottom went a weensy bit wonky... not sure how I managed that but never mind...and I think I overdid it with the PP Mists too lol Tis all a learning curve though... I mean, I had never thought to colour one patch of the Kraft Resist card with DI's... how lucky are we that Tim does all these techniques on a tag for us to learn... so... THANK YOU Tim!




Right... I had better get a wiggle on. I had to take Ferdy to "hospital" yesterday... he has been making really baaaad noisy, like a screeching metallic noise from the back wheels. Well, Mr Mechanic has said that a piston had stuck in the brake caliper and it needed releasing, Ferdy needed new pads and then he should be ok. Anyways... Ferdy has been restored to good health (hopefully) and Mr Mechanic has some dosh towards Christmas so I had better get over to the garage before they shut! Thanks for looking... oh and don't forget, a new theme for the Sunday Stamper tomorrow! TTFN

Hels x

All The Way To America...

... well, it all came from America... and it all went back again. Nope, I haven't quite lost the plot, although I am really trying hard to lol Today's waffle is all about Ellen's birthday card. Oh yes, my lovely BFF celebrated her 21st birthday yesterday and of course, I wanted to make a something special card for her.


Now, as many of you lovely folks will have noticed, I seem to have a particularly bad aversion to making cards... and, I know I keep banging on about resolutions and halo polishing but the real truth is... I just don't "do" cards that well. However, I endeavoured... and this here card is the one that made the final cut... needless to say, there were several others started and then binned... is it just me... or... when you know you have a special something to make... the old Mojo walks out on you? Mmmm, methinks that these here Mojo's that own us are all a little bit flakey...




However, I persevered... and I used a whole load of Distress Stains and stamps and die cuts and finally the card was complete... oh and it is a biiiig card too... like 7" square or somethink ridiculous... d'ya see that scripty background in the erm... background? Well, that was stamped with the new Aqua Archival ink... ooooh, I am lurving those new Archivals (ahem, I know, I seem to be repeating myself but... credit where it is due... they are lush lush lush!)


Oh... and look at that ickle puffed heart! These are the cutest little charms... I got them from Scrapz... not sure if there are any left though but it is worth a hop across to see... and... it opens up! So, I, being an incredibly giving kind of person, popped a rare pink diamond into the puffed heart... but alas and alack... it became invisible to the naked eye... but it is in there.. somewhere lol
Anyways... we had a lovely Skype sesh... Ellen, bless her, had been uber good and not so much as squeezed her pressies... and it was grand to see her open them too... ah the miracles of the modern world!



Right... I think that that is enough drivel from me for one post... I have still got that "issue" with the ... (there's no easy way to describe it... ) buttock. I have taken to dragging my left leg sideways so I can get about... in all seriousness (just for a moment otherwise it would be ever so tedious and boring) sciatica is like "the" pain from the Devil himself. I spent several hours feeling very sorry for myself yesterday, if there is one thing that my Mojo does not appreciate it is a pain in the arse. So, I like I said... getting about, merely walking normally, is indeed impossible. So, this new adopted gait gives me an ability to move about but Lordy above, I do indeedily look like something from the Quatermass experiment... gone-wrong. With that vision imprinted on your mind, I shall say... thanks for looking... TTFN!

Hels x

WOYWW... Plus a Giveaway...

...aha... tis Wednesday again so that means it is time for the bloggers of the world to unite in the phenomenon that is What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday... devised and hosted by Head Desk Hopper in Chief, Julia Dunnit, this is a fab way to skive off work/get out of doing chores/while away a few hours hopping around Blogland looking at everyone elses messes, I mean desks ;o)


So... this week there is a veritable feast of nothingness on my desk... paying close attention to the fact that I am still polishing my halo and keeping my desk tidy... and yes, the floor around the desk is tidy too... I know, I know, I usually say that and don't provide pictorial proof... and that's the same this week I am afraid... but only cos I want to show you this:



Ooooh, I have been playing with the new Distress Stains - Picket Fence has gone straight in at No 1 being my all time fave, with Aged Mahogany a close second... so... combine them together... ooohlalalaaaaa... lushness indeedily!




So... this tag was on yesterdays post - bare and un-decorated - I slapped a lot of stamping over the top - using Plum Archival for the background script and Black Archival for the focal points. The flower is made from Kraft Resist which has been Aged Mahogany'd... and then had Fresco Metallic Glaze popped over the top... oooooh, the lushness just got better, I don't normally do "bling" but this is an exception!



Anyways... I am giving this tag away... to be in with a chance to rehome it, all you need to do is leave me a comment on this post and I will get Mr Random.org to pick a winner, chosen randomly, next Wednesday - the winner will be announced on next weeks WOYWW post. Right... I have a list of things to do today... and as much as I would love to stay and chat, those dishes won't wash themselves up (no but the dishwasher will rofl) Thanks for looking... TTFN!

Hels x

Grungy Rockin'...

...oooh lala indeedily, it is time for the new Grungy Monday challenge and I have had a lovely few hours faffing and playing with Rock Candy, which is the theme this week. To see all the deets about this fab challenge, do hop on over to see the lovely Linda Ledbetter... who has devised this grand challenge which is all about the techniques and cleverness that is the Duke of Distress... the King of Cracklepaint... Tim Holtz.


My tag is one of those "let's see if this works" things... I have these really coolio stencils that I got from Creative Expressions when I was at Ally Pally in April and I have just *ahem* remembered them... so I popped the diamond stencil over the tag and brushed Rock Candy Cracklepaint over the top...whhooothooottt, it worked!! I used Distress Stains to colour the tag once it had dried, stamped with Distress Ink and wiped off the crackley bits so the image is just on the un-crackley bits.... and then added some more stamping using Archival. The flower... mmm, the flower so didn't turn out how I wanted... basically, as I was in my "let's see if this works" mood, I slapped Rock Candy all over a piece of Kraft Glassine... and once it had dried it all started to flake off (yep, I hadn't factored in the shiny surface!) So... I slapped a load of Colorwash Spray over the top and then die cut the spiky Tattered Florals... and very carefully glued it together... well, it kind of works... just don't look at it too long cos the rest of the crackles will fall off lol

Tag before the stamping :O)

The leaves are Kraft Resist, Stained, Rock Candied and then Stained again... that worked at least lol Oh and the mini branch was Stained, Candied and Stained... and then the birdy was.. you get the picture... lots of Staining and Candying going on. The Foliage dangly was made by finger painting Trad Tan onto the metal and then adding Stains - again with the finger... what a lovely sight my paws are now!



Anyways... as I mentioned yesterday, Grim is on night-shift so I was in a flap about what to do whilst he was asleep in the day... well, I loved some of the suggestions and the one that really stood out was to go shopping... however, although I had thought about this shopping lark, I then decided to catch up on Corrie... I have three omnibus episodes to watch... so I sat myself down with a big bowl of cherries... scoffed the cherries and... woke up two hours later!!!



Then, because I had slept half the afternoon/evening away, I couldn't sleep last night... plus the fact I spooked myself... which is never a good thing... *the usual, in the house by myself and think that someone is hiding in the wardrobe scenario lol* **although, no one could actually get into my wardrobe cos tis full of crud and stuff to sort** so today I look like a sleep deprived old hag with zits... goodness knows why my chin has decided to revolt (believe me, it is) the only thing I can think of is that we are off to a wedding this weekend and of course, I want to look my best... and of course, the zits have appeared, as have the nails broken and my plan to lose 42stone in a week has gone awry (blame that Snickers bar!!) Anyways... best get a move on... I have an appointment with a sofa and more Corrie... zzzzzzzzzz Ta for looking... TTFN


Hels x

A Whole Lot Of Halo-Polishing...

...going on!! Oh yesh indeedily I am feeling rather chuffty tuffty because... I have been making cards again! I know... another three have been added to the Card Basket - yesh, indeedily again... the Card Basket...meaning I have a proper place to keep them too... whootwhooot!!!



Anyways... along with my card making resolution, I also said that I am going to revisit those "old" Tim stamps... and I have done it again... I know! Hence the halo-polishing! Actually, in truth, the "old" stamps are pretty gorgeous and so easy to use... and I think they are still current now, all these years later! This card saw a mixture of old and new... old stamps and new(ish) inks and papers - namely the Kraft Resist that I used to make the flower and leaves.


The base of the card was stamped using Snowcap Dabber and one of my all time fave stamps, the large harlequin... I love this stamp sooo much! So... I dried the paint and set about sploshing some Distress Stains over the top.. I used Wild Honey (I am now offically on bottle #2 now)... I dried all this and then used Fired Brick (cannot wait for the new Aged Mahog to arrive btw) and made some little dapples of red by dragging the Stain over the craft sheet and just wafting the card at it. This just picks up a few droplets and gives a really cool effect. The wings are stamped with Vermillion Archival (lurve this) and the flourish is with Monarch Orange (lurve this) and I did that clever double stamping thingy with black on one of the flourishes... oh and the sentiment... is a corker and I am so chuffed that I found it again... watch out to see it used a gazillion times shortly lol



Anyways... that's all from me for now... I am up late... waiting for Grim to get home from work... and then this week.... I have to make like a mousey cos he is going to be on night-shift. Now, I don't mind the old night-shift malarkey and when I was driving trains myself I used to rather like them (ok, so I did them, I didn't moan (much) and liked the fact that I always lost weight because I never knew when to eat but... ) So, Grim will be a-bed during the day which leaves me with a bit of a conundrum... do I: a) do my crafty stuff in the Room of Stash with the door closed and attempt to be mouse-like and stay away from hammers and such like... (although, knowing exactly how clumsy I am and how accident prone I am, maybe this is so not an option) or do I: b) take a load of stash downstairs and not creep about so much but then have to keep dragging my carcass (quietly) back upstairs every time I remember something else I need that is in the Room of Stash (which, believe me, happens a very lot) or do I: c) do a night-shift myself... and sleep through the day and stay awake all night so I can be as noisy as I like? Or do I: d) go shopping!! ROFL Ah, what's a girl to do huh? Anyways... enough of my ramblings... I have a date with a Melt Pot... oooh ahhh... a few finishing touches to be put on my samples and then... there will be dates and deets for my next lot of classes at The Stamp Attic... watch this space! (please!) Right... time to go.... thanks for looking (if you are still with me cos I am sure you have probably nodded off reading all that twaddle.... ) TTFN!

Hels x

Feeling Hot! Hot! Hot!

...well, not me personally, mind you, with that super sunny weekend we just had, I was a bit melt city.. however, the hot I am waffling on about today is the new challenge over at The Artistic Stamper Creative Team blog. Tis time for a new monthly challenge and the team and I have been getting very inky indeedily. To see more of the hot creations, please CLICK HERE and you will be whizzed off on the back of a giant sombrero to see all the goodies...



So... you know me by now... so you know that I am a proud Mummy when it comes to my little furbaby AlfieCat... well, he was a clever boy yesterday! A very clever boy indeedily! Actually, he could be seen as being a very naughty boy too but... I shall leave that up to you. So... the back garden, otherwise known as the bombsite, has undergone a bit of a transformation in the last few days... basically the old sheds that were out there have been moved. So, these old sheds - and I mean reeeeally old - one of them looks like it was an extra in the Wizard of Oz - well, they both harboured little rodenty secrets... namely little mousey nests... and AlfieCat being a super intelligent and clever little fella has been laying in wait, ever so patiently and today, his patience bore fruits.






Yes, there I was, sitting in the Room of Stash when I heard a great thundering noise on the stairs... so I went out to have a look and there was Alf, resplendant in his hunter-gatherer role, tossing a poor mousey up the stairs, then running after it, catching it and hurtling back down the stairs again. Said mouse was alive (goodness knows how) so out it went into the long grass at the side of the house (where Alf doesn't go) An hour or so passed and again, I hear a thumping about, this time it is downstairs. "Further investigations are needed" I thinks to myself... so off I trot, down to the dining room where Alf is now tossing an even ickler mousey about... this time it is stiff... so yep, it was either deceased when it was caught or... Alfie helped it on its way. Said mousey was dispatched to the great Wheely Bin in the sky. So, back I goes to the Room of Stash. I settled down to a nice afternoon of inkyness and time passed, like it does you know. So, I hear a little tinkle bell on the stairs and AlfieCat appears in the Room of Stash and guess what!!! He has brought a little pressie for his Mummy... awwww, bless him (not!!) And he drops the little pressie at Mummy's feet... and the little pressie runs off under Mummy's desk... and Mummy is NOT pleased at all... However, I haven't got the heart to tell him off... he was bringing me a prize after all. So, the third mousey of the day was rescued and popped outside and the door was then locked and AlfieCat was confined to barracks... much to his disgust as he tells me there is a veritable feast of meeces out there... I told him there is always tomorrow lol Right... best go... enough wafflings for one day!!! Thanks for looking.. have a grand day! TTFN

Hels x

Simon Says....

...get a better internet connection!!! Actually he didn't say that but that is something that is deffo needed here at Chez Sheridan... more of that in a mo because I need to tell you about the Simon Says Stamp & Show challenge this week. The theme is to Show A Word... so, haha, I happen to have a rather lovely stamp that is 297 years old and is a woodie... and it is also one of the original designs by the Duke of Distress and 297 years ago it used to find itself onto everything I made. And then, alas, I stopped using it.. in fact I can safely say it is a yonk and a half since I used it... then Dan comes to stay for the weekend and dusts it off the shelf and that is it, I need to use it... BTW, to see the amazing technique that Dan made up, click here to be whizzed off to his blog.


So... armed with the old Dream woodie, I attacked my Kraft Resist pad and went bonkers with the paper trimmer and made another tag-pouch - which, BTW, Dan suggested is now called a T'Pouch... so that is what it will be called from this day forth! Lots of Trad Tan and Distress Stains and Inks later, a bit of stamping and some chopping about, the T'Pouch was done... apart from the word.



I wasn't happy with the word just stamped onto the pouch... and I wasn't happy with just a plain scrap for it to sit on... so I made a banner... well, it is supposed to be a banner, although I do think my interpretation of a banner is somewhat removed from what an actual banner is.



Cor blimey, that was a whole lot of waffling about T'Pouches and stuff wasn't it??? No need to answer that lol So... yesterday I got myself all set up for a morning of desk hopping... got onto the internet and kapow... it stopped working... not a single whiff of connectivity! So, my lovely and rather handsome (even if I do say so myself) Tech Guy (in fact, that is Grim lol) spent 35 years yesterday sorting it out and by the time it was fixed it was time for The Apprentice so I never got chance to desk hop and today... well, projects are piling up so I won't get much time... I will try though... honest!



I got bitten yesterday... not by a wolf or anything alarming... although I think a wolf bite would be less annoying... no, it was a mozi.. or a gnat (another word I like... gnat) So... it has been very rude and has gone up my shirt and bitten me right in the place that is just out of reach of fingers... in the middle of my back! Grrr.. I have been rubbing myself up against door frames and rolling around on the carpet (blimey, that sounds naughty!) and now have resorted to using a ruler to itch the pesky bite.. I know you aren't s'posed to but... it is driving me nuts!!! Anyways... apart from the bite I am feeling more normal than I have for a fortnight because I went to see my Doc and he said that the new meds aren't working and the side effects are too bad... so I have stopped them. They made me hot, thirsty and a bit grumpy... not to mention the headaches! The thirst got out of hand over the weekend and I think that three pints of water and 12 cans of Diet Coke in a day is excessive... you should have seen his face when I told him that! Anyways, I am off them and already feeling heaps better... pain is still rubbish but hey, the new meds didn't make a jot of difference so... back to the drawing board again. Right... I have waffled on enough for one day... time to get inky again... thanks for looking... TTFN!

Hels x

Grungy...

...Friday! So, I am a day earlier than last week for my entry the fabbylicious challenge that is Grungy Monday. Devised and hosted by the ever so lovely Linda Ledbetter... all the deets for the challenge are HERE on her blog. The theme this week is based on Tim's Ranger Video showing us how to Distress Ink Color Block.



This is a technique I have never tried before... oh when I first started using Distress Inks 834 years ago, the lined effect was something I achieved frequently until I learnt how to use a Blending Tool properly... mwhahahaaa... this technique is grand indeed and I rather like the way it turned out... here is my tag "before" I got all silly and overloaded it with stamping and... stuff...




I won't go into deets on how to get the technique... you can see all about it HERE on the Ranger website... but I will tell you that I challenged myself a weensy bit for this one. Well, you see, I have a very lot of the boootiful stamps from the very one and only Duke of Distress... and yet I always seem to use the same ones... so I challenge meself to use the really old ones that are sitting there, unloved and uninked... and so I used them! And, I have now challenged meself to use them more often... just because they are old, doesn't mean they should be ignored...



So... the other day on the WOYWW thingy I showed you my messy desk and made allusions to the state of my room... well, last night I got all huffy puffy and had a minor hissy fit... I couldn't actually see the surface of my desk, it had got that bad! Nearly all the Distress Inks were out of their storage, Distress Stains were dancing a fandango across the top half of the desk and as for the Glossy Accents... they were minus a lid!!! Akkk!!!! So... during said hissy fit, I kind of had a bit of an aberation and just chucked it all in the direction of Desk 2. So, guess what I am doing later... I mean it, I am waging war on myself and this sillyness has to stop... messyness is no longer welcome in the Room of Stash ... and I am even going to unpack that case... before I do anything else I am going to sort things out... I am... really, I am...


Oh... and... Daisy dog is having her op today so finger's X'd that she will be back on all four paws soon... if you missed my post yesterday, please do CLICK HERE to see all about it... there is a hooooge raffle going on, organised by Kirsty Wiseman... anyways... good luck to Daisy... and to you too if you have got yourself a raffle ticket or two. Thanks for looking... have a very goodly day! TTFN

Hels x

WOYWW... Feeling Krafty...

... has it really been nearly a month since I last showed off my desk??? Well, where did that go huh? Anyways... today is Wednesday, meaning it is the day for showing of workdesks and Rooms of Stash... devised and hosted by the inimitable Mrs Julia Dunnit... click HERE to see all the deets about what I am waffling on about...


So... after my smugness for the best part of this year, I can now report that not only is my desk trashed, so it the Room of Stash. Well, it is all because I hate unpacking... and whilst in America I picked up a few goodies... plus a mahoosive amount of stashly bits from Ranger... and I had to borrow Ellen's case to get said goodies home... and yep, it is still there... rummaged through a bit but... not unpacked. That is a job for (later) Ron or Tom (orrow).... I will do it, eventually lol



That there box is one of the delights I collected at the fab Antique Mall at Chesapeake Bay... it is an ancient Recipe Box... it will soon be an ancient altered Recipe Box... but it is so nice I am not sure what to do with it yet. Check out the ickle bottles... aren't they just perfect!!! They were $1 and had to come home with me... the bigger clear one has some kind of gunky stuff in it... it looks a bit manky but I love it!


And that there box is a Cigar Box... which will be storage for something... am thinking Distress Stains... they would stand perfectly in there. Oh and the old book... was a pressie from Ellen's sister in law... bless her, she also brought me a delightful bunch of orange roses... how kind!


I need to sort out this Room ... it is fast becoming the Doom of Trash again... thing is, I lost my Mojo yesterday, actually I think he naffed off on his holidays and forgot to tell me... and nothing I was doing was making any sense... I faffed with paper, with paint, with wood, with ink... you get the picture... so eventually I gave up and went and watched the telly... something I rarely do of an evening.



Anyways... phew, Mojo came home during the night and woke me up early, getting me at my desk and playing with Kraft Resist Paper... oooh, I love this stuff. It took a bit of getting used to when I first got the pad but I have sussed out that it loves Stains... so I made this canvas... all the deets on how I made it will be over on The Stamp Attic Blog in a few mins... just going to go and waffle on there now lol. Right... best get a wiggle on... thanks for looking... TTFN!

Hels x