Saturday, May 7, 2011

2 Sisters Challenge ~ Distressing

This week at 2 Sisters we are being sponsored by Sitchy Bear Stamps and the challenge is DISTRESSING.  Distressing is not one of my favorite things so I don't do it very often. So that's probably why I found this challenge to be a little difficult for me.  But in the end I'm very excited about how my card turned out.  The image that I used for my card is from Floppy Latte Designs and is called Guarding The Egg.  I colored this image using crayola colored pencils.  For the distressing I tore around the image and each piece of cardstock.  I sponged around the edges of each using brown ink and then lightly on the very edges using black ink. The look that I was going for was a burnt look which I feel in the end I was able to achieve.  I added 3 brown pearls to the upper right corner and stamped the sentiment right onto one of the cardstock blocks.
I am entering this card into the following challenges:

The Pixie Cottage: Sketch and One For The Boys

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday: Open Challenge

Stamps R Us: For The Men In Our Lives

Pollycraft Monday: Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes

Ann's Creative Nook: Anything Goes With Animals

Crazy Challenge: Cards For Men

Birthday Sundaes: Anything Goes Birthday Card

Delicious Doodles: Fantasy/Mythical


SUPPLIES USED

IMAGE: Floppy Latte Designs Guarding The Egg Digital Stamp
SENTIMENT: Fiskars All Year Greetings Clear Rubber Stamp Set
PAPER: White Cardstock, DCWV Latte Cardstock Stack ~ Brown, DCWV Latte Cardstock Stack ~ Green, DCWV Latte Cardstock Stack ~ Blue, DCWV Latte Cardstock Stack ~ Beige, My Minds Eye Wild Asperagus Paper Pack ~ Blue and Green Stripes
EMBELLISHMENTS: Brown Pearls
OTHER: Crayola Colored Pencils

8 comments:

Elaine Stark said...

A great card, I love all the torn edges. Thanks for joining Top Tip Tuesday. Elaine

Sadilla said...

Great card I like the dragon.... thanks for joining us at THE PIXIE COTTAGE
hugs
sadia

Maggie's Crafts said...

So so pretty!

Thank you for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday in our OPEN CHALLENGE!

Maggie
x

Teri said...

Lovely Dragon creation hun!
Thank you for playing our Fantasy/Mythical challenge at Delicious Doodles this week, and good luck in the draw!
Hugs,
Teri x

Hristovica said...

It is very interesting and original this card. I like though burned by the dragon ends. Bravo. Thank you for participating in this week's challenge at The Crazy Challenge.

Andrea said...

This is a lovely card :) thanks for joining us at Papertake Weekly

Floppy Latte Designs said...

Mary,

This is gorgeous! I especially love the coloring and the burned edges! It fits the image so nicely! Thank you for choosing my image to use! You did a super job with it!

Jessica
www.floppylattedesigns.com/catalog and http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_102

paige said...

I love all the layers and distressing! Great card! Thanks for joining us at Stamps R Us!