Another cold windy weekend and unfortunately my brain disorders
did not like the weather and were still acting up. Yesterday my speech was so
bad it was absolutely hilarious. Joe was having trouble understanding me and he’s
usually pretty good at deciphering what I’m saying….he has had 15 years of
doing so though. I think the best way to describe my speech was a drunken
Southerner with a very bad speech impediment plus the last word in a sentence came
out with about 30 extra syllables….even a 3 word sentence. So weird. I had just
a bit too much pain as well to be able to sew again so I’m glad I have other
quiet hobbies to do on these days.
It’s been so cold it’s
more like fall days instead of spring days (although a little warmer today and
we actually got out for a walk) and I didn’t leave the house over the weekend
except for Saturday when I made a quick trip to The Paper Pickle and the
library…which is a block away from the Pickle. It was a very quick trip but
while I was waiting to get a butterfly die they had ordered in for me, I
started walking around the store…..bad idea, very bad. I knew they had just got
a huge supply of new Penny Black stamps and as I was in a “treat yourself” mood
I happened to pick up 3 new stamps. These are the new solid stamps and I seldom
use them…because I don’t own many…and I decided I was in the mood to experiment
so home with me they came.
I decided to make the ladies from our church that I visit at a
nearby nursing home Easter cards using the new stamps. Here’s the first two.
This is a very large stamp. I did one lighter than the other
just to see which one I like the best…I’m not sure which one wins as I don’t’
mind either one of them….but I think in this case, maybe the dark one by just a
bit. Both were stamped first with Distress Ink but for the darker one I added
extra colour with a Tombow marker. They were misted lightly and then stamped. The
lighter one was very light so I rubbed some Distress Ink Mustard seed in the
inside for a little variation. Both were splattered with both Stampin’ Up Raspberry
Ink and some green ink. These were just stamped on plain white cardstock. I
need to get some new hot press water colour paper. I only have cold press and I
do use it but you can’t get a very sharp transfer with a stamp on it.
That’s all for another
cool Monday
Cheers
Violet
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