SKETCH AND DISTRESS

Here's a quick card I put together using a sketch by 'Especially Made' which I distressed by embossing, sanding, distress inking and edge distressing for this week's challenge at 'Paper Play Challenges'.  This was the sketch I used:

and here is my destruction of it:

COLORFUL CREATIONS SPRING FLING BLOG HOP!!!

Welcome to the Colorful Creations Spring Fling Blog Hop!

Thanks for playing along in our “Spring Fling”.  My project is called Pick 3.  You will need to pick at least 3 items from the list below with at least one of them coming from Column A. You will be playing for a RAK from me.  If you are able to use more than 3 items you will get 2 extra entries for additional Column A choices and 1 additional entry for Column B choices. I will give an extra entry for being or becoming a follower on my blog.  Please be sure to list your items and following status in your comments.


Column A
Texture Medium (molding paste, gel medium, coarse pumice gel)
wet or dry embossing
hand or machine stitching
stemcils, templates or masks
quilling


Column B
Chalking
inking, painting or misting
fussy cutting
punches or diecuts
monochromatic
distressing or sanding
velum, mulberry, transparency or corrugate
ribbon, lace, buttons


After you completed your project, post it in the Colorful Creations gallery and tag it DT PAULA Spring Fling.  Your layout, card or project must be newly created as of March 30^th, and cannot be combined with any other CC challenges. You have until Saturday April 8^th midnight MST to complete challenges!


Be sure to post your project in the Colorful Creations Gallery and to link it back to this post.



Here is my sample:

I had two from Column A which were wet or dry embossing (dry), stencils, templates, masks (Crafters Workshop template.).  I had 3 from Column B which were inking, painting, misting (inking), distressing, sanding (distressing) and monochromatic.



Can't wait to see your beautiful creations! 


Now It’s time to do a bit of Spring Cleaning of your stash! Each DT member will give you a product from your stash to be combined into a layout for our “Spring  Fling” challenge" page. Make sure to use 7 of the 10 products in your page then post a link in the Spring Fling Challenge Event! 


For your "Spring Fling Challenge" my product is to raid your stash and use LACE on your layout or project!



Leave a comment so we can leave you some love on your blog when you post your projects and be entered into RAK's offered for the DT blog challenges!


Here is the hop line-up:

Brenshevia 

Tocarra  YOU CAME FROM HERE!

Paula  YOU ARE HERE!

Tabitha GO HERE NEXT!

Suzanne

Andrew

Karen

Kristie

Anne
Fi

Colorful Creations

Hopping along with some Pumpkin Spice!

I found a great blog hop today with the theme "boy crazy" focusing on all creative endeavors involving anything male.  First I hopped through and saw some wonderful cards and projects and then when you complete the hop you are invited to submit a project.  I have been working on some photos from the 'Battle of the Bulge' re-enactment Thomas and I went to back in January 2010 and decided that this would be a great time to knock out another page.  The only criteria for the project is that it be male oriented and contain at least one circle, at least one button and use twine.

For my circles I chose some great paper from the Tim Holtz Retro Grunge stack.  I distressed my photos and all paper elements with my distressing tool and then inked with distress ink.  I added my twine and stacked two buttons.  Hope you (and everyone from Pumpkin Spice) enjoy viewing it!