FROZEN - OUCH!

Last Saturday my sons needed to get to Philadelphia to a concert of Reel Big Fish.  As I had a few hours to kill waiting for them I looked for something to do.  I saw a beautiful clock tower and went to investigate.  There I discovered Rothman Rink at City Hall.  I have not been ice skating in many years and I have not fallen on skates in over 40 years.  I am used to skating in figure skates and with heavy socks.  As this was impromptu and required rental skates and I was not wearing heavy socks. I neglected to tie the ankles tight enough.  A few steps out onto the ice I landed HARD on my left butt cheek.  Needless to say, I was determined and I went to the bench, tightened up the laces around my ankles and proceeded to skate for well over an hour.  When the rink closed I sat on the bench to remove my skates and OUCH! For several days it has hurt but I saw no bruise.  Then, an extremely dark purple to black bruise developed from my tail bone all the way down my left leg.  It is a week later and it still hurts to sit!

Last night I created a layout using a few photos from that night.

I started with the sketch from Let's Get Sketchy Team B Week 4.

OOOPS!  Did this post when I had a migraine!  The sketch I actually used was for Let's Get Sketchy's magazine called Let's Get Inspired.  Here is the corrected sketch -

 

The January challenge over at Craft Hoarders Anonymous was called Choose Your Challenge. The challenge was to incorporate at least one item from each column in your creation.

Here is the board -

 

Coloring Medium	Fiber	Technique	Texture	Embellish
Ink	Twine or Cord	Coloring/ Watercolor	Sandpaper or Distressing Tool	Ephemera or Found Items
Markers or Colored Pencils	Fabric or Lace	Stamping	Embossing (heat, dry, paste, etc.)	Buttons
Spray Mist	Ribbon or Seam Binding	Die Cutting or Punching	Chipboard	Flowers
Paint	Burlap or Canvas	Folding and Scoring	Wood or Glass	Brads or Eyelets
Chalk or Pastels	Yarn, Thread, or Floss	Mixed Media	Metal or Wire	Bling**

From this board I chose the following:
Coloring Medium - Ink, Markers
Fiber - Twine, Fabric (snowman is felt)
Technique - Die cutting or punching
Texture - Distressing, Metal
Embellish - Ephemera, Bling

Here is my layout -

 

Here are some close-ups so that you can view the required items better -

 

Punch

 

 Fabric, Bling, Marker

 

 Ephemera, Twine, Metal, Inked edges

 

I am also entering this layout in Stacy's January 2015 Stash challenge at Sketches4all calls for using blue. 

I hope you have enjoyed my story and my creation.  This layout will also appear in Soul Scrappers on February 2.