Curiously... 33 & ... Three...

... Oh I know, you will be wondering what on Earth I am on about again... I know I have this habit of *trying* to make ooohhhhahahahaaa titles for my posts but actually this title is... well, apt! Mainly because I have been a tidge excited and distracted the past few weeks what with all the anticipation of Ellen coming to stay and then of course, me going to sit in a room with THE Duke of Distress... actually, this is funny because I have been thinking up different titles for the Duke... so far, the Sultan of Stamping and the Viscount of Vintage... and the latest one... (bear with please as I fear for my sanity...) the ... King of... Kraft!!! Well, he has those new Kraft papers doesn't he? I have yet to see them but I know already that I will not be able to kraft (ahem) without them!



Anyways... the title... I am soooo late on my entry for the Compendium of Curiosities challenge... I mean, I have entered every single week and it would be daft not to just pip in before the bugle calls on last weeks challenge... which, btw, is to Alcohol Ink Metal... all the deets are HERE on Linda's blog... oh and if you are new to this blogging lark and haven't met Linda before, do hop on over for a nosey around her blog... oooh, she is a clever lass and her artwork just schmooozes originality...



So... my tag for this week... a total crib from Day 3 of the King of Kraft's Tags of Christmas '10. I set myself a challenge a few weeks ago that I would try and recreate those tags... and here I am, a few weeks later doing my first one. Oooh, and I used... DISTRESS STAINS... sorry I had to shout then but... seriously... when I first heard about them I did the usual "what would I use those for???" and... now... reality strikes and I neeeed them all.. actually, I need ALL the Distress Ink colours... oooh, lushness indeedily! I used only the Stains for the tag - colouring the background all over with Antique Linen, then smooshing a bit onto my craft sheet, spritzing with water and dip-drying-dip-drying. I inked the stamps with the Stains and coloured birdy and the tree (both Alterations dies) oh and stained the trim with them too....


The next part of the title... the Three... is for week #3 of the Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo Group challenge... basically, Lori - she who is our List Mom and uber organised and talented, has devised a challenge using projects from Wendy's books... this week the challenge was to make a hanging, add a heart and a bit of junk jewellry... My hanging is an abudance of Art Parts (oooh I loooove these), Clearly for Art BlackOut (my new fave stuff) and some inks and Grungepaper and some Jenni Bowlin papers... I am still on my black, cream and red kick... well, if it works why change!



My ickle bit of broken jewellry is teensy... it is hanging from the hanging chain and was an old earring... I just re-jigged the pearls onto head pins and jump rings (am hoping this ickle bit is ok for the challenge!) The Grungepaper flowers and the Art Part leaves were coloured with more Distress Stains... I think the Fired Brick just looks that bit brighter and more oooomphy, if you know what I mean.




I have tried to get a close up photo of the Clearly for Art... I stamped the images with Gold StaZon ink and just whizzed the heatgun over the top to dry it enough so when I was cutting it, it didn't smudge the details... then once it was cut out, I heated it up and then shaped it... seriously, it is that easy to use!!! Ooh, and before I forget, all the 490 stash is available from The Stamp Attic...




Anyways... I have waffled on alarmingly today... if you are still with me... thank you for sticking with me and reading this far :O))... have a goodly day! TTFN

Hels x

Sunday Stampers - Week 143 - Parisienne Walkways

Goodly Morning Stampers and a very happy inky Sunday to you all... many thanks for the lovely entries last week... needless to say, I have been a little...erm... distracted this week but I have got around to visit all the entrants so far :O)) The new theme this week is in honour of Gary Moore who passed away two weeks ago... the theme for this weeks challenge is taken from that classic song Parisienne Walkways... so the theme is... PARIS. To join in with the challenge, all you need to do is make something, be it a card, tag, ATC etc and include the theme and some stamping. Leave a comment for me here along with a linky to the place you are showing your entry - or email me over a pic if you prefer... and I will hop on over to see you. The challenge will remain open until 21:00 Saturday 5th March 2011.




This week I have been playing with some new Distress Stains... ohhhh my, I lurve these... loads!! I used the Stains by smooshing them onto my craft sheet, spritzing with water and then dipping my tag into the inkyness. I used Antique Linen, Fired Brick, Weathered Wood and Forest Moss Stains and then edged the tag with Walnut Stain DI. I also used the Stains to colour the ribbons and the trim flowers along the base of the tag... I have a new fave ink to play with... they are... fab!



Oooh, and another thing I did with the Stains... I splatted the Fired Brick straight down onto the tag and where the tip hits the surface it gives a fabby splatter stain... I did this over the postmark on the image and then covered it with Glossy Accents to make a feature. Ooh and I nearly forgot, I also used the Stains to ink up stamps too... it is like a very juicy inkpad... so you get a nice squidgey image :O))




So... what have you got planned for Sunday? I am planning a morning of inkyness (using those Stains again LOL) and then an afternoon of chattering on Skype and then an evening of couch-potato'ing, I am an expert in that BTW! Right... time for bed... thanks for looking... have a inkylicious day... TTFN

Hels x

Ta Dah....

...Finished!!! You know that Configurations box that we were playing with at THE class with the Duke of Distress? Well, I purposefully didn't finish mine at the class because I wanted to take time over it... and add a few of my own goodies to the boxes too... well, I have just spent a happy hour popping it all together... and here it is!




Check out the size of the bottle in the middle box!!! It is chunky and I need some more of these... they are FAB! The little figurine in the centre is one of the new Fractured Dolls Idea-ology sets... you know, I spent hours searching t'internet to find Frozen Charlotte dolls and I found a couple in the USA... which I had shipped here to the Room of Stash... costing me a bomb in the process LOL



I decided to use one of the dollies on the project too.. oh and as well as the ickle tin soldier on a horsey which is busted up but is just perfect for the box.



The big old watch has been lurking in my junk box for yonks - waiting for the perfect project... well, this one seemed apt to add it to :O))




The whole box together just makes me happy... seeing all those bits and bobs together... love it! And it is a happy reminder of the amazing day we had too... anyways, I had better get a wiggle on, I have been so busy looking at the Configurations, I haven't even thought about the Sunday sTamper... so I shall away to get inky and make that now! Thanks for looking... have a brillliant afternoon... TTFN

Hels x

I Don't Need A Pinny...

...were the words uttered by me, with a smidge of smugness, yesterday morning... famous last words and all that... well, I may have mumbled something about going to Artsy Crafts and seeing the Duke of Distress... and actually being in the same room as him and learning stuff... corrrr, it was a fantastic experience... anyways... there we were, sitting doing creative stuff and for some reason, the gap between my ear and my brain got blocked... and I started to put paper onto the base of the project when it should have been on the lid... lo and behold (how embarrassing) Tim was standing behind me and said "lid"... ooopsie-daisies... I, for some unexplainable reason, decided that putting a paintbrush of Multi Medium into my mouth was a good idea... and then I decided that lowering my head in embarrassment was the next step... and then I realised that the combination of these two things would result in my fave top being totally ruined!!! So, I now have a fave top with an altered cleavage area... covered in Multi Medium which is now water resistant and is consigned to the "crafting only" clothes draw. That'll learn me to be clever and not wear a pinny LOL




Anyways... yesterday... was absolutely amaaaazing... I got chance to meet up with some lovely peeps I have "met" blogging and had a right laugh whilst learning new stuff at the same time... the only downside of the whole day was it went sooo fast! Seriously fast, like blink and you miss it fast... I did manage to get a few photo's and I also had a brass neck on so I asked Tim to sign my calico bag which was chock full of goodies to put into the Configurations we were altering.





The little car in my calico bag is a Fiat! How cool... Ferdy is a Fiat so I was well chuffed with that... the new Idea-ology is gorrrrgeous... oooh and those Grunge Blocks... oooh, I need those!!! I haven't completed my box yet... I needed time to make sure I was putting stuff in the right places ... something not to be rushed... I am going to savour every moment of it!!!





I just have to say a huge THANK YOU to Lin and Leandra for organising this very special event... to Karen for doing all those kits (folks, Karen is THE Queen of Kits!), to Linda/Julia/SweetPea for helping me out following the loss of a brad (mmm, I had sausage fingers ROFL) to Lin/Cheryl, Courtney, Jo, Millie for their sterling assisting skills, to Alain for the Ranger goodies... and finally to Mario for being so cool in his shorts... gotta love a guy who wears shorts. In February. In England ROFL




Oooh, nearly forgot... of course... to Tim Holtz... the guy who has the knack of teaching, making us laugh, inspiring us and coming up with so many fab ideas that just make this whole craftyarty thing such fun...



I will sign off now cos I know I have done faaaar too much gushing for one post (but hey, it is all true) Here is a piccie of me and the Duke of Distress - now you know how much I dislike having my photo taken... well, I couldn't pass the chance of this one up could I? lol Thanks for looking... I am off to lay down in a darkened room now... TTFN

Hels x

Blackout...

... have you tried it yet??? You know, that HEAVENLY new Clearly for Art... Blackout version... corrrr, I have a new fave crafty product. I got all creative last weekend making a book using some old book covers that Ellen brought with her... these have a library page stuck in the front which is dated 11/27/22 - which in English is 27th November 1922 - BTW, me and Ellen figured out why we write the date differently... cos over here we say 24th of February and in the USA they say February 24... see, simples explanation... still makes me boggle a bit when I try and understand the exact date but I am getting better at it!





Anyways... before I went waffling on about dates etc, I was extoling the virtues of Blackout... seriously, if you thought that the Clearly For Art clear was good... you are so going to love the Blackout. Now I have a bit of a thing about black and white - like the combo of these two colours... it can be black and cream too... I like those too... and I sometimes like to add in a splash of colour.. but never red.... don't like red that much... think it is a result of being so very aware of red signals when I was a train driver... anyways... the colour scheme for this book just kind of flowed without me thinking... so there is red... but it is a nice red, not a bright scary one LOL






The cover has an Art Part Pocket Watch - OMG, you have to get these... they are seriously coolio! I added on some little Art Part flowers and then got playing with the Blackout - which was stamped with Gold StaZon and then moulded whilst hot... and if you don't like the way it has moulded, reheat it, it goes back to flat and you can start again. If you nip onto You Tube I think there is a CHA video on there with Wendy explaining about Clearly For Art... very clever stuff :O))



The pages are made from mountboard which was then covered with Jenni Bowlin papers... both the 12" and the 4" ones were used... they are lush... I have been covetting them for over a year now and it was time for me to cut into them...




I won't put all the pics on today ... I did 5 pages front and back... plus some ickle files that open up too... so there are looooads of photo's... oooh, what I did mean to say was... the embellies - the chippie bits and some of the flowers etc are all from a huge box of stash that THE Wendy Vecchi was selling on her blog the other week and my stash mule (Ellen) dragged them halfway across the world for me... bless. The other bits are either Art Parts or Maya Road. oh and all the stamping is Studio 490 (except for one sentiment but that is for another day)



I thought I had better write this post tonight while I am still relatively calm... you see, I may have muttered something about this before but... do indulge me... tis... less than 10 hours now til I am doing the Artsy Crafts class with the Duke of Distress himself... nay and thrice, I should give him his full titles... the Sultan of Stamping... the Viscount of Vintage... anyways... I am going to go to bed now...



Actually I was going to bed about 45 mins ago and then got sidetracked faffing in the Room of Stash... and then I decided to blog cos I probably won't get chance in the morning... and now I have got my second wind and I know if I don't at least try to go to sleep now that I will be looking rather worse for wear in the morning... not only has Henry decided to reappear... I also have a gremlin that sneaks into my bedroom of a night, used a pot of extra strength mousse to muss my hair up and then uses a sink plunger to make my face puff up... poor old Grim, he has a lot to put up with already, but me, first thing on a morning... yikes.. poor bloke! Right, I am deffo going now... beauty sleep and all that... if you are going to the class... see you there... if not... have a good day! TTFN

Hels (and Henry Zit) x

WOYWW... Good Intentions...

...mmm, I was full of those last Wednesday... you know, "I will get around to all the desks and all that"... mmm, turns out that I got around to about a third of them and then... you will never believe this... AlfieCat stole my laptop!!! He did!!! So that meant that I couldn't get online and when he did eventually let me have it back he had bamboozled (don't you just love that word!!) it and I couldn't get onto any blogs (...although I could get on here ROFL) Ah well, it was worth a punt at giving excuses but the truth is... I ran out of time!




Anyways... I took a photo of my desk yesterday... eeek, if you are of a nervous dispo-wotsit, look away cos it is not pretty... however, it was fruitful indeedily because I was half way through making a book that I started at the weekend as the main project that Ellen and I were doing... the book covers are ancient... and come from Delaware! The path to the desk was stacked with Studio 490 stamps - those are the stamps I was using in the book... along with Art Parts too... which I have some of the new ones... they are ... perfect! And the Clearly for Art BlackOut...even more perfect!!!



So... it is Wednesday ... time for What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday which is a blogwide phenomenon that means that we can all have a little snoop into each others crafty places... to see all the deets and all the entrants, please click HERE to go and see Julia who is Head Desk Hopper Extraordinaire. Here is the desk now the project is completed and I have been halo polishing and tidying away again!!



Oooh and while I think about it... thank you for all the lovely concerned comments regarding "Henry the Zit"... he is still here, lurking... but... last night I had a little bit of a tiff with him, gave him a squeeze and out shot a load of gunk and he is marginally better...still the size of a small country but not quite so mountainous... I just know you all wanted to know that ROFL Hope I haven't put you off your cornflakes too (ooh, I am making myself laugh now... that is sad!!!) Right, time for me to go and visit some desks!!! Thanks for looking... TTFN!

Hels x

Leaving Nowt To Chance...

...nope, not this time I am not!!! What am I going on about??? Well, each month Ellen and I do a swap - this past few months we have been trading ATC's and I am gutted indeedily because... the box I sent over to the US of A for January's swap has gone AWOL! I know! I am not impressed because in the box, along with the ATC's was also some Cadbury's Fruit & Nut (how dare they loose that!!!) and some Twiglets and some little bits and bobs of arty stuff for Ellen to play with.




Well, I am a bit miffed because I made a "special" ATC in that bunch... grrr.... anyways... I was leaving nothing to chance this month so while Ellen was here, I got her ATC's ready so she could take them home with her... the theme this month was to use a bit of metal and some Paper Artsy stamps... I think I got a bit carried away cos the bit of metal turned into...ermm... a very lot of metal ROFL I have used Lin Brown's flowers ideas for the basis of my flowers... gotta love her style and the way that these Paper Artsy flowers just look perfect on metal :O))



I had a sad face yesterday - it was time for Ellen to head back home so we went to Heathrow airport yesterday morning - Grim came with us as far as St Pancras cos he was on his way into work... and then we got the Tube to the airport. Well, we were sitting there and a family got on, Mum, Dad and two little (and very cute) girls. The elder of the little girls (she must have been about 6) said in a very loud voice to us that her Mummy said that she was smart but she didn't think she was... and then said..." but I am a little bit smarter because my legs are longer now."



So there we have it... I am a dumbo because I have short legs!! It is official and I tell you, I am rather relieved now... it isn't the dizzy blond it is the legs... ROFL Aren't the little pearls of wisdom that kiddies come out with just perfect!!!



Anyways... I had a smashing weekend... it went faaaar too quickly I have to say... in fact, although we tried to cram as much into the time as possible, it just whipped past! On Saturday I introduced Ellen to the wonderfully funny radio show of Alan Carr... ohoohhooo, I listen to Alan every Saturday night when I am making the Sunday Stamper... Anyways, Ellen is now a convert to the hilarity that is Alan Carr... if you haven't listened to him, he is on at 18:00 on Radio 2 - listen to him, it is soooo worth it LOL



On Sunday I made a Sunday Roast... oooh, lashings of grrravy and roast tatties and Yorkshire Puds... And... I have left-over gravy and beef so me and Grim are having that for tea tonight... hey, the diet starts...erm... tomorrow?? Oh and Ellen also brought three bags of Cheesy Chester Cheeto's with her... now, these are my all time favourite crispy snack... I can't find them anywhere in the UK - and last time we went on our holidays to Zante, I brought ten bags back in the case with me!!! Anyways... I have scoffed one bag already - one bag is in the cupboard in the kitchen and the third is here, next to me, being dipped into while I am typing this... well, the best before date is April 5 - so I have to get scoffing straight away so they don't go off ROFL



Anyways... enough of my wafflings... what time is Tim next on QVC? I stayed up last night to watch him and... Grim woke me up at 6am, I was snoozling on the sofa... ooops... well, I am going to be needing my sleep because I am going to see Tim on Thursday... and I need to be alert! Actually, I am as excited about meeting up with friends and blogging buddies as I am about seeing Tim... it is going to be fun! Right... am off to get inky... thanks for looking... have a goodly day! TTFN

Hels x

Sunday Stampers - Week 142 - Route 66

Goodly Morning Stampers and a very happy Sunday to you! Thank you all for the lovely entries last week... I think I have managed to catch up and get around to see all the entries.. if I haven't yet - I am on my way :O)) This week the theme is totally related to a certain visitor I have staying with me at the moment... well, it had to be something American - and Route 66 is very American isn't it? So... the theme is... NUMBERS. To join in with the challenge all you need to do is make a little something - be it an ATC, card, Tag etc, the choice is yours... add in some stamping and the theme and then leave a comment here for me with a link to the place you are showing your entry.. or you can email me with your piccie :O)) The challenge will remain open until 21:00 Saturday February 26th 2011.



Soooo, I may have muttered a few times on here that I have a visitor staying... yesh indeedily, Ellen has travelled all the way from Baltimore, Maryland in the US of A to stay with us again... and this time I actually managed to get organised before she arrived and I made this shadowbox for her.




I have included some personal trinketty things in the design and I made some faux letterpress blocks for her initials... I used Alphabet Soup Grungeboard, some old wooden blocks and a few dabs of ... em...dabber!




Now, upon first inspection it doesn't actually look like there is any stamping on this piece... I can assure you there is... only a smidgin but it is there... the words in the Ornate Plate and underneath Mona it says art... honest, it does LOL




Anyways... that's all for now - I am scheduling this to publish at midnight 'cos I have some clean fingers that need to get all inky again... thanks for looking... TTFN

Hels x

Curiously Inking...

... & Stamping... which is the challenge for the Compendium of Curiosities challenge this week... hosted, devised and co-ordinated by that ever so lovely lady Linda Ledbetter... HERE are all the deets about how to enter. This week we are working from Page 59 of the Compendium of Curiosities book by the Duke of Distress. I love this technique because it really makes the main image pop because it is so layered up with the stamping.




Good old Brolly Man has made another appearance on my Compendium tags... I have 32 of them now... and... awww, there's only another three weeks left to do now... I have loved every minute of making the tags - I planned to pop them all onto a board and put them on the wall in the Room of Stash but there are far too many now so Ellen had a brill idea last night... hang them around the top of the walls... I just need to get around to popping a piece of string up there now... mmm, me, a ladder and a few pins to hold the string in??? dangerous!!! LOL




So... already we are on day three of Ellen's visit... where the time is going is I have no idea... whizzing past so quickly!!! We have had fun so far - yesterday we went to a country pub for lunch... except I was too busy yakking to concentrate on where we were going and I took a wrong turning... so an hour later we finally got there ... should have taken Jane the Sat Nav with us! We popped to Olney to see Lin and Karen @ LB Crafts and had a good old nosey at some of the new stash that has been arriving... I had a bit of an episode though... alas and alak... a sheet of Tim's new stamps fell into my basket and totally unbeknownst to me, they found their way home too. Well it would have been rude not to use them, so they are on this tag - the sentiment and the numbers along the bottom. Love these loads!!!




I had to then force myself to look in all the little boutiquey shops in Olney... and one inparticular had a gorgeous window display - full of bronze cast animals... including.... Myrtle... who is THE most gorgeous hare... now, you might remember... I collect hares... the ones I have are Suzie Marsh bronze ones... so it was inevitable that Myrtle got a new Mummy yesterday... here she is...




Isn't she just adorable? She has a really grumpy looking face but you can see a little bit of mischief in there too... she is now right at home with her new brothers... she was a bargain too... reduced in price... so really it would have been daft to walk away without her.. well, that is my excuse and I am sticking to it LOL Today is perfect crafting weather... dull, damp, raining - ideal for sitting in the Room of Stash and getting inky... we are just about to start our first main project... a mini book... oooh, you should see the book covers that Ellen brought with her.. they are brilliant! I am thinking lots of Grungepaper and Board and inkyness and paintyness and a whole lot of Maya Road... ahhhh, bliss! oooh and thank you for all your ...ermm... support (?) about the Zit... oh dear, it is no better, it has now applied for residency and has developed its own blood supply now... nothing is helping it at all.. even the application of several tonnes of Cheesie Chester Cheeto's isn't helping... I am hoping it has cleared up by Thursday otherwise I may have to buy another ticket for Artsy Crafts for it ROFL Right... time for inkyness... thanks for looking... TTFN

Hels x

All Puffed Up...

... I just love working with metal and when Caroline @ Bubbly Funk sent me some Walnut Hollow metal to play with, I saw straight away how thick the metal is and decided to do some doodling. I have done a mini "how to" on the Bubbly Scrumptious blog... to see all the deets, please CLICK HERE.




So... it is going to be a lightning fast post today because I am all waffled out! Ahahaa, gotcha, nope, I still have lots of waffle left - poor Ellen, her ears will be sore by the end of today LOL We have a nice day of lunching, shopping and crafting planned... and I have a humungous zit to go and try cover up... so I better get a wiggle on!! Thanks for looking... Have a FAB day! TTFN

Hels x

One World One Heart 2011... The Winner!!!

...cor blimey, what is the date!!! I am getting soooo forgetful in my old age and of course, I was incredibly distracted today what with my lovely visitor arriving that it slipped my mind to do the draw for the One World One Heart event... Better late than never... I have used Mr. Random.org to chose a number for me: I had a total of 353 comments left for me... so popping that into the generator... it gave me number 186 which tallies with a comment left for me by........

VOODOO VIXEN

(this is the piece I entered as my giveaway)



Thanks everyone for your lovely comments - it has been grand to join in with this event again. So... I am literally nipping on here quickly to do the draw but I thought that I would just let you know that.... I managed to get to Heathrow early and was standing there at the Arrivals gate when Ellen arrived... hurrah and thrice!!! We got the Tube back to St Pancras, met Grim, who had just finished work, at Starbucks, had a cwoffee (I said that with my best American accent BTW) well, I had a Frappuchino - it would have been plain rude not to LOL




We got back to the Room of Stash, had the sausage roll for lunch (followed by a sneaky Vanilla Slice!!) and then we have barely paused for breath since!!! Ellen has opened "the Bag" and loved all the stuff inside... and I have had some lovely pressies too... a GORGEOUS bird cage - which is going to feature here soon... the camera battery is flat at the moment... oh and of course... the Cheesy Chester Cheeto's which I LOVE and cannot get over here in the UK... and a maaahoooosive box of stashly delights that Wendy Vecchi was selling last week... which Ellen very kindly brought over for me... Ellen is my stash mule ROFL Anyways... time to get inky and messy... more tomorrow!!! TTFN

Hels x

WOYWW... Showing Some Lurve...

...blimey, big fat blimey's... so, go on, was it you? Did you press that fast forward button last Wednesday??? I don't know about you but I just can't seem to keep up with how fast the days are whizzing past... anyways, here I am ... with a big apology for not managing to get to a lot of the desks last week, thing is, I was full of good intentions and then the dog ate my homework, the alarm didn't go off, I missed the bus and then I couldn't find my shoe LOL Sad, pathetic, I know but... really I haven't got an excuse! Anyways... this week I am going to do better... really, I am :O)) If you are new to this blogging lark and you are wondering what on earth I am waffling on about... well, it is Wednesday which means that it is time for What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday... devised and hosted by the inimitable Chief Desk Inspector Extraordinaire, Mrs Julia Dunnit... if you click on her name you will be whizzed off on a magic chair to see the list of peeps who are joining in.



Today there are two pic... Desk 1 which is my desk that I use all the time has a few projects on it that are for my monthly swap with Ellen... oh and speaking of Ellen... did I mention that she is coming over to see me... TOMORROW!!! How exciting!!! So, the next pic is of Desk 2 which is where Ellen will be sitting when we are making a mess, I mean crafting, together this coming weekend.



Oh and on the desk is THE BAG... which is the bag that transported some goodies to me last time Ellen visited... and I have snaffled it away and have popped a few goodies in there for her this time... a couple of made pieces and some other bits and bobs. Ellen is due to land at Heathrow tomorrow morning... and yes, this time I am going to be there... I was toying with the idea of setting off when her plane takes off from Baltimore, there would be no way I would be late arriving then... but... then I thought again and to be honest, I don't fancy a night sleeping in an airport, so I am trusting good old British public transport... and I will be there early....I will!!



Oh and... another piccie... did you know that the Stampotique Designers have a challenge?? Well, all the deets about the current challenge are HERE... and there are some gorgeous pieces of art by the design team... well worth a look... this is my entry... and it is also the card I gave to Grim for Valentines Day... aren't Twinkie and Marci sweet together?? They make such a lovely couple! Right, things to do, places to go... oh and ... yes, blogs to visit... I will do better this week ... promise... thanks for looking... have a goodly day! TTFN

Hels x