Hello there! Sorry I haven’t posted in a few days. I’ve been fighting with this new medication for my Fibromyalgia and instead of giving up on it (because of the nasty side-effects) I’ve decided to power through. I’m starting to feel normal-ish again, but more than the almost constant nausea, I’ve been TIRED! Ironic because the Fibromyalgia symptom I would most like to go away is the chronic fatigue, but like I said.. I’m going to power through and give this medication a try..

 

This weekend (long weekend here in Canada because of Thanksgiving) was a good time to catch up on sleep, but also have some no-stress crafting time. Gotta love that. I purchased the new Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia die last week and I thought I would try out some different looks with it.

Turns out I did one look on three different tags, but what can I say? I liked how it turned out. I’ve never purchased the shaped nestabilities before because I didn’t have any spectacular ideas for them.. That’s all changed.

Here’s a close-up of the poinsettia. I cut all of the pieces from kraft cardstock then used Distress inks (Barn Door, Peeled Paint, and Vintage Photo) to colour the pieces. Then I covered them with Rock Candy Crackle Paint and let them dry (overnight). After it was dry I took the vintage photo and went over all of the pieces again to accentuate the cracks.

 

 

I used some new Technique Tuesday stamps that accompanied the grungy and clean tags perfectly: Celebrate the Seasons, and Believe. (Both by Ali Edwards)

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my Canadian readers!! See you soon.