Welcome to Friday and welcome to this week's Phindy's Place Challenge. Last week was the first time we opened up the challenge to all-comers and boy did we get a response - nearly 150 entries! This week the challenge is Distressing. You can use Distress Inks, distress paper edges, tear paper, interpret it your way, I can't wait to see your entries! I used one of my all-time favourite images, Spring Breeze, a useful one for Mother's Day, new baby, all sorts of occasions really.
I've coloured with Copics and edged with Dusty Concord Distress Ink. The DP is Basic Grey Wisteria and I've distressed the edges, then inked them. There is stitching around 2 of the papers. I used my new Martha Stewart punch that DH bought me for Christmas to mat the image. There are tiny Papermania buttons on the corners of the image and eyelets in the plain card, which is also inked. The flowers are made from a Little Claire die and the leaves are punched. I added a nice big bow and decided that there was so much going on that the sentiment can go inside the card! One more thing that you probably can't see is that the card has the fold at the LH side. I noticed that quite a few of the landscape layout commercial Christmas cards that we received had the fold to the left, not at the top, and they stayed upright much better. So I cut this from A3 cardstock.
I'm entering the following challenges with my card:
Polka Doodles - sketch and self coloured image
Delightful Challenges - buttons
Digi Doodle Shop - buttons
Dutch Dare - new beginnings
Moving Along with the Times - old stash, new stash (new MS punch, old DP, eyelets, buttons)
Stamp Insanity - use metal (eyelets)
Stampin B's - something old, something new
Simon Says - new beginnings (new baby, Spring)
Secret Crafter - buttons & bowsCreative Card Crew - new beginnings
Paper Crafting Journal - lets get digital
Crafting Your Passion - anything goes
Corrosive Challenges - purple & yellow
Crafty Ho's - babies
Ellephantastic - new beginnings
One Stop Craft - new beginnings
Do It With Digis - new beginnings
Morning Anne, Beautiful as usual. I love the new punch and those flowers. Hugs x ChrisB
ReplyDeletelovely card! I love the bright colours and the baby is the wash basket is adorable!
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Lisa x
Hey Anne - great card - love those flowers ... may have to pop over to Little Claires to have a look!! thanks for joining us for our first challenge at Do it with Digis xx Lynne and the Digi Divas xx
ReplyDeleteOh this is so fabulous Anne.
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Debby
That is such a great and fun image, really lovely card! Thanks for playing along at Ellephantastic this month and hope you will join in next month. Jill
ReplyDeleteLovely image - it made me smile.The fresh colour combo is just perfect as is your colouring.Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion :D
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Thanks also for joining us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best :D
ReplyDeleteLisa x
Great card!!! Thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best this week!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
Greetings,
Katja (DDSB-DT)
What a great card with the super image. Good for hubby for getting you that wonderful punch for Christmas. Thanks for joining the Stampin B's old/new challenge this week.
ReplyDeleteOMGosh...I LOVE LOVE LOVE this gorgeous card!! The coloring, your colors, your flowers, your stitching. WOW, just everything! I think this has got to be one of my favorite card of yours!! FABULOUS!! Thank you for being such a great friend this last month. It means the world to me sweetie!! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteHi Anne, just love this card, and I love your flowers, wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing at MAWTT this week. Pami x
ReplyDeleteHi there, wow what a gorgeous card I love all the detail you have managed to get into this card with so much to see. A corker of a card .. Thanks for joining us at Ellephantastic this month.
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Tamara Elle DT
Gorgeous card
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us on SCSC :)
Hugs Jane x
SCSC DT
Very Pretty Card
ReplyDeleteWishing you and your family a very Happy and Healthy 2011,
thanks for joining us at Secret Crafter: 115 Buttons & Bows
Good luck,
Hugs Bridget :) x.
SCSC DT
Gorgeous card, love the image and colours. Thanks for joining in this weeks OSCC. Hugs Shelley xx
ReplyDeleteFabulous! That basket-weave punch is really cool, too!! Thank so much for sharing your hardware with us at StampInsanity!
ReplyDeletegreat card! those flowers are so cool!! Thanks for sharing with us at StampInsanity!
ReplyDeleteFun card! Love the image and the colors you picked for it. All the fun sewing adds to the distressed look :)
ReplyDeletewhat a gorgeous card ~ what an amazing image, pretty detail and all so beautifully created!
ReplyDeletevanessa xx
Lovely card. Great image. Thank you for playing along with Ellephantastic this month. Good luck! Hugs Helen & Elle DT x x
ReplyDeleteThat's so cute! love the cute baby in the basket... and your roses are very clever too! hugs Samantha :0)
ReplyDeleteOh I just love it!! That image is gorgeous & I love your choice of colours!
ReplyDeleteThank you for shraing with us at MAWTT & Craft Your passion this week, good luck!
Hugs shell xx
Hi, WOW this is a super card. Thanks for taking part in Ellephantastic this month, and MAWTT this week, Hazelxox
ReplyDeleteGreat card ! What a great image and I love the flowers you have made.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us at Simon Says Challenge this week.
Hugs,
Jo x
This is lovely, great image, reminds me of my childhood, thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle Shops Best and Do It With Digis.
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What a nice card! I love the fresh colours you've used...
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A fabulous card Anne, love those fresh, bright colous, they fit the image perfectly.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing it with us at MAWTT.
luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox
Hi, Great card, I love the image it reminds me of my girls hanging out the washing. Thank you for joining us at Do it with Digi's
ReplyDeleteMichelle x
Beautiful! Thanks for playing along with DDSB!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card :-) The image is adorable and the papers and design are beautiful :-)
ReplyDeletethanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge :-)
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Lols x x x
Anne it's the first time I've seen this one coloured in and I LOVE IT!! :) Great layout and I adore that punched border all around. Really effective.xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, looks very touchy-feely.
ReplyDeleteJo xx
Gorgeous, love the layers, thank you for joining us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best this week
ReplyDeleteRuth x
beautiful card, I love the texture to it. Thanks for joining in the polkadoodle challenge
ReplyDeleteWonderful project! Love the papers and the colors. And that frame looks amazing!
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Fabulous card Anne. I love the rolled flowers.
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Cec
Fantastic card, love this image! and great colours. Thanks for taking part in our challenge this month and look forward to seeing you again next month!
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Michelle
Elle DT
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