Thursday, 24 March 2011

PaperPlay Challenges - Distressing


Good morning ! Very foggy this morning but lets hope it turns into a beautiful day !
The doors open at the NEC today and I'm so excited to be going on Saturday. I just hope the shoppers who are going today and tomorrow leave some stuff for me to buy ! I'm more excited about meeting up with my lovely friends again, some I have met year after year and some I shall be meeting for the first time.

I was thrilled when my fellow teamie on BG Challenges, Sandie, asked me if I would like to join PaperPlay Challenges and the lovely talented ladies on there.

The challenge this week is DISTRESSING !

We are being sponsored by Bunny Zoe Crafts and the lucky winner will win a £10 gift voucher for her store !


I have had this photo frame hanging around forever and always had good intentions to do something with it ! It's a Papermania frame designed for altering.

I covered the edges with Tim Holtz tissue tape (Traveler), inked it over with Vintage Photo distress ink and then added some smudges of gold Adirondack acrylic paint dabber.

The flowers are a mixture from my stash. I also added a couple of strip of Tim Holtz film strip.

On the inside of the frame I stamped a piece of K and Company paper with stamps from a couple of Tim Holtz stamp sets, Urban Tapestry and Good Thoughts. I added some Platinum Stickles to the flowers. I just love the colour of these Stickles, they look so old and are perfect for that aged look. I also inked the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink.

The butterflies were punched from the same paper, inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and I added more of the Platinum Stickles to them

The other DT members have made some stunning examples for your inspiration and we hope you can come along and play with us this week.

Hope you have a great day and have fun in whatever you are doing !

Thank you for your visit and for any comments you may leave.


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10 comments:

  1. Kirsty24 March 2011 at 09:54:00 GMT

    Hi the Sun is shining here such a beautiful morning . I love your frame was looking for inspiration for a gift for my mum for mothers day and this is stunning so I am off to look for a frame :D Thanks
    Kitty x

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  2. Victoria24 March 2011 at 10:02:00 GMT

    this is gorgeous hun x

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  3. sandra24 March 2011 at 10:32:00 GMT

    This is breathtaking!
    Amazing work!
    Hugs!
    Sandra!

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  4. Julie M24 March 2011 at 16:25:00 GMT

    Gorgeous frame, Jo - and SO distressed!! I love all the tape and film strip bits. So happy to have you on the team for PaperPlay!

    Julie x

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  5. Deirdre24 March 2011 at 17:27:00 GMT

    Jo - love what you created. Beautiful. Welcome again to Paperplay - great having you on board. Smiles, Deirdre

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  6. Ren-Yi25 March 2011 at 01:32:00 GMT

    That is just amazing - love the soft vintage flair and the lil wee butterfly.

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  7. Ren-Yi25 March 2011 at 01:50:00 GMT

    Oh - and welcome to the team :) glad to have you along!

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  8. Anonymous25 March 2011 at 11:38:00 GMT

    Stunning project, I absolutely love what you have done with this! Welcome to the team :)

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  9. Kath Stewart28 March 2011 at 10:27:00 BST

    waving at you too jo...it was lovely to finally meet you...sending big hugs kath xxx

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  10. chris28 March 2011 at 19:34:00 BST

    Hi jo, it was great to meet you on Satuday, I wonder if you spent too much like me.
    thanks for becoming a follower and for popping over to my blog .
    Just had another look at your gorgeous cards love the uniqueness of them all,they are all so very very special. will pop back again very soon. hugs chris xx

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Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog and for leaving me a comment. I hope you have liked what you have seen and will visit again.

Thanks !

Jo x

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