Distressed!

Nope, nothing wrong today...but the challenge over at Paper Sundaes is distressing!  We're sponsored by Simon Says Stamps, so enter your distressed card for a chance to win!

My card uses ink distressing. I used a sponge and picked up some ink from a Pansy Purple CTMH pad and then swiped it over the edges of all my papers (that's 11 papers in total..it took a little time!).  The image was coloured a while back when I was trying to show the Munchkin that you can sometimes think out side the box when you're colouring.  The layout is from Sketch Saturday. 

7 weeks and counting.  That's 7 weeks until the March Break here.  7 weeks until my kids are gone for 10 days with my parents to Florida.  7 weeks until I don't have to drive to skating 4 nights a week  and swimming/diving on Saturdays.  It's a big countdown at our house, can you tell?  LOL!

It's been SUPER cold here this week.  Friday it was -34 Celsius without counting the wind.  I'm ready for a little bit of warm, even if it does mean more snow.  So, send some warm weather vibes my way, will you?

Stamps:  The Greeting Farm, Amy R Stamps Birthday Sentiments
Paper:  Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather, CTMH Seafoam, Pansy Purple
Ink:  Copic Markers, CTMH Pansy Purple, Versamark Black
Accessories:  Spellbinders Eyelet Circles, Large & Small Circles

Adorn Those Corners!

This week at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we would like you to 'Adorn Those Corners' of your images!  You can adorn your corners with stitching, pearls, die cuts, flowers etc.  The possibilities are endless.  Our Sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamps.

I chose to make a gift tag...a large one, but that's okay.  Don't we all have a few "large" gifts to give every year?!?  The image is from Magnolia and I coloured this guy last year just after Christmas and he's been patiently waiting to get onto a project. 

I cut him out with my Spellbinders Mitten die and then distressed the background with some CTMH inks.  The Sketch is #308 from Splitcoast Stampers...I haven't played along with these in a long time, but it was such a great sketch I couldn't resist.  I am also going to enter my card over at All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge - Make a Tag

I made the top of my tag with my Spellbinders Labels 16 and then cut the background by hand.  I added Zva jewles to every corner to make the whole thing sparkle.

Stamps:  Magnolia

Paper:  Bo Bunny Magical Winter
Ink: Copic Markers, CTMH Pansy Purple, Indian Corn Blue, Bamboo
Accessories:  Spellbinders Mitten Die, Labels 16 Die, Zva Jewels