Another painty background! Heavens, its not like me at all, but I do try to challenge myself to try new things and so on .... Look I've used masks and things here too, and I struggle to love them if I'm honest. That border down the side is a stamp I bought which is intended for shaping clay ... quite inexpensive and I love it! The reason I keep trying new stuff (or techniques I'm not sure about) is because one thing worries me (and you must tell me if you think its true) and that is a tendency for all my pages to look the same? I don't want that to happen, so I keep pushing the boundaries.
Anyway, I did rather like how slightly chaotic this background turned out, which reflected exactly how I was feeling after my darling grand-daughters came to stay for a week (for the first time ever)! When they'd gone I didn't know whether to burst into tears, celebrate, or lie down for a week, so I settled for making a page about it.
It turned out pretty much as disorganised and chaotic as the week had been - which was probably the reason why my brain wouldn't work sufficiently well to do a visually well-balanced and thoroughly organised page. It just sort of happened really as I poured out my feelings of total exhaustion and wondrous amazement at how lovely, wonderful and clever they are (take after their granny of course)!!
Just confirmed that they're coming again at half term - but fortunately bringing their mother with them too. This means that granny's pathetic attempts at discipline (go on then you can read a bit longer, have another sweetie, etc etc .... ) will not be required, and I can just get on with loving them to bits. I may however need two weeks in a rest home once they've gone!!
