Thursday, October 15, 2009

CHARISMA #41 HOW DISTRESSING.....


Good morning everyone it's Thursday again and another challenge from Charisma.

This week the lovely Karen has set the challenge and she wants us to get DISTRESSED.

Well I certainly did.......lol.....As I've never done this to my paper before, so I got quite stressed rubbing sandpaper over my new Wild Asparagus papers. They have a little distressing on them already but I wanted it to show a bit more so I set about them with a sand block from Hubby's toolkit......eeek!!! and this is the result.

As I don't have any distressing tools, I ran a serrated edge knife round the edges too then inked them with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distressing Ink. The flower is one of the handmade ones I did a few weeks ago and you can find the tutorial here. I've really surprised myself with this card as I didn't think I liked the distressed look but now that I've done it I really quite like it....lol...So it just shows you that you should always try something new even if it's not really your style.
I used the Friday Sketches layout. Thanks Karen for this challenge I really enjoyed it.

So why not get yourself all DISTRESSED and take part in this weeks challenge as always we have a fab prize for the lucky winner. Looking forward to seeing all your wonderful creations.



6 comments:

  1. This is such a pretty card Vee & just love your flower

    Jan x

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  2. Hi Vee,
    This is beautiful. I love the colours and the image is absolutely gorgeous - it is so well done. I love the trimmings. A stunner.
    Hugs,
    Fiona x

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  3. Beautiful card Vee, great LO!
    Clairex

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  4. very pretty card vee, lovely image
    AllisonX

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  5. Great work,it looks good. I find it hard to distress cards, they never look right. Elaine

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  6. fabulous blog! I love this card
    hugs
    fiona x

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Hi! Thanks so much for your lovely comment, I love reading them and appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog xx Vee