Veg i inked today!!!

Hello everyone :)
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Welcome to another episode of "Veg i inked today!". Yes it's Thursday evening.....a bit late i must admit but i have good excuses.

I almost had to skip this weeks veg inking, you see i haven't been feeling that great and have had dentists and hospital trips.....so i have felt far from crafty this week. However i know Thursdays would not be the same without my waffle and a play with vegetables, so i thought I'd take my head out of the sand to ink something. :)

So after a few attempts on different veg, i managed a result on the.....POTATO!!!

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If there is one thing i have found so far with veg inking, it is that the outside of a vegetable does not like to be inked! It goes dull, it dries very quick, and is just generally non-co-operative.

So peeling them first is a good way of at least getting some colour to stand out.

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You have no idea how much of a mess i got into with this potato! I got through about half a pack of babywpipes, three pairs of latex gloves.....and a lot of Isopropyl alcohol for cleaning up afterwards!

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The potato is not quite as bright as I'd have liked, but it does remind me of a precious stone or rock you would find in a mine.
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Veginkability rating? I'm going to give this a middle of the road 5!

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Not a bad score, but it wasn't a great veg to ink. I'm finding that veggies just don't have the shininess to their skins as fruit does. Not to fear, i will persevere and find that elusive pineapple of the veg world!

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Thank you for viewing my veggies....oh and on a side note, my effort at growing veg at home is going well. My salad plants are doing well and my peas are sprouting nicely. :)

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Rotty is also doing well after his Comic Relief dance last week with Calvin Mouse, yet something seems to be on his mind since he got back. He's been scurrying around the craft room all week, mumbling about all kind of nonsense. I think everything went well up at Calvin Mouse's house?

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Maybe i'll ask him in a few days?

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Take care everyone, and once again, i apologize for the lack of craftyness this week....I've been a poorly man and you know what we are like when that happens!!! :)

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On the plus side, the nice nurse who took loads of bottles of blood from me today, well she was a fellow papercrafter, so we have something to chat about whilst she drained me!!!

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Nite all.....till next week. :)