A steampunk frame for Simon says...a bit of brown

Hey there bloggers,

Well the horrible virus that has stopped craftyplay and blogging fun is hopefully on the run!!!

away from me and fingers crossed the rest of the family!and evryone else!

 So still with a sore throat but shivers gone

here is my offering for Simon says this week:

The theme is a little bit of brown....and you know I love my brown distress inks so..

what else would I add but a little bit of broken china....

I started by covering my frame in tissue tape and colouring with...vintage photo DI

The background piece was cut from the destinations stack

and coloured with DI and then used flick and spritz technique....

got a bit carried away...can you tell?!!

I added lots of on the edge die cut cogs, coloured in broken china,

added clear embossing powder and tapped and smudged a lot off, heated and then coloured again with vintage photo and walnut stain...

a bit like rusted enamel from the master himself Tim,

but I did smudge a lot off....

The weathered clock die was done in the same way and two of the hands.

The other elements are hands coloured with distress and mine

were too..thanks goodness for my craft scrubbie..I them added lots

of yummy idea-ology...ooh

and some old watch parts in the little bottles..

I love the sentiment..and definitely enjoyed

my crafty play with this one!! but then there is nothing like some crafty play

to make me smile!!the inkier the better!

I hope to catch up with all my friends today, if not tomorrow!

I love my little place in blogland and

have missed being here!

Let me know what you think and

 hope you have all been having a good week!

I am entering this for the following competitions:
A little bit of brown @ http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/
one for the boys @ http://pinkleart.blogspot.co.uk/


ps did you see, Simon Says are having a Design Team call, now that is exciting!!someones crafty journey is going to get a lot more amazing!