Let’s Get Distressed!
Hello and Happy Monday!!
We hope you all had an amazing weekend and are ready to get crafty, because this week the Monday challenge group is getting distressed!! There are so many ways to distress your projects and the design team has once again provided some amazing examples and inspiration!
Below are three projects created by the design team. The rest can be found on the Monday Challenge team blog here and if you click on each designers name, you’ll be taken directly to their blog where you’ll get more details about their project! ;)
And don’t forget that when you enter your projects into the challenge, you can win a $50 GC to Simon Says Stamp!
Designed by Barbara YaYa
Barbara had this to say:
In each of my projects these inks never fail! I like very much to distress the edges of my projects, make look older with dark colors and use a sanding grip. For this challenge I made a card for a friend who likes sewing. My Karen Burniston accordion die is great for this. I cut two small rectangles with the sticky back canvas and coloured with distress ink re-inkers. The theme of this card is ” sew” and I stamped an image from the perfect Tim Holtz set!
Designed by Emma Williams
Emma had this to say:
What do I love about distress? What don’t I love! Every product from this vast range gives a totally different look and I just adore this versatility and for my bright. I wanted to bring a touch of spring and a little bit of colour to my house…so for my canvas, I used Distress Paints, Inks and Stains to do just that. I applied Tissue Wrap to the background before covering it with Distress Paints and then adding texture using Wendy Vecchi’s Embossing Paste. I then layered and arranged my die cut and inked Garden Greens, handmade paper flowers die cut using the Tattered Floral die and added a stamped Tim Holtz quote to complete the piece.
Designed by Dan
Dan had this to say:
My friends aren’t too keen on being around me while I’m listening to music. Why? Because I focus in on one song and play it on repeat until I’m “over” it, whether it takes 2 hours or 2 days. It does work well though for those times when I’m feeling inspired by a piece of music – I can just put it on repeat, empty my head and start creating. That’s what I did with these pieces, all inspired by a particular Alanis Morissette song. There are so many products used here it’s hard to pick out just a few but notable items included the Envelope Punch Board (for the hourglass), the Paris Memoir stamp set, Merriment Tissue Tape and a Simon Says Stamp exclusive set – Holiday Borders. Oh, I almost forgot, how did I incorporate “distress”? It’s built right in!
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Great projects!!
Love all of these projects!
Great projects! I love distressing cards too.
Great projects! Thanks for the ideas & inspiration. ;-)
Wow, beautiful projects! Thanks for sharing.
Fabulous projects today!
I love the canvas project because she did such a great job distressing everything.
Interesting and unique projects.
Thanks for sharing your amazing projects.
Crafty hugs,
D~
DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot
Beautiful work! Love all of these projects! Can’t wait to enter the challenge. Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
I love the ideas and the use of distress inks!
WOWZERS! look at all the grungy gorgeousness! My fingers are itching to pick up my inks and start crafting!
All very creative!
FABULOUS projects, loving all the layers and inky awesomeness!!!
THANK YOU for sharing the creative inspiration :)
What beautiful projects! I must admit I don’t do much distressing in my card making so this will be a challenge for me – I hope to play along. I’m grateful for the inspiration!
Beautiful creations. I’m always a bit intimidated by all the materials these crafters are using, but the first two samples actually look almost ‘doable’ to me LOL. TFS.
All these creations are so beautiful, but it´s also pretty easy to create a beautiful look with Distress Ink. I use it all the time myself too and I absolutely LOVE it.
Great projects with lots of inspiration!
All of them are great, as usual. I get so much inspiration here!
I love these projects!
Great ideas for distressing!
Fantastic mixed media projects.
Wonderful inspiration here.
Super projects! Numbers 1 and 2 are my favorites and LOVE the colours of numer 2!!!
xx Irene M
everything is fantastic! distressing is one of my favorite techniques whether blending colors with distress inks or just giving a card a vintage look.
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Great projects – all totally different!
Oh my, they are all gorgeous! I love the flowers in Emma’s card. I follow you!
Such awesome products! Gorgeous muted colors and fun designs. Thanks for sharing!
Love the sewing themed piece. The flowers and veins were so pretty on the second.
Awesomeness!
~God bless~
Great theme for the challenge–always a favorite!
Three very interesting and diverse creations. Thank you for sharing them.
All of these projects are beautiful and such a great variety of styles …! Thank you!
Those projects are so inspirational and unique.
Oh WOW what fantastic projects.
I love all the Distress products! The ink pads are my fave…
Great projects! Love the idea of using the Envelope Punch Board for making that hourglass… very clever!
Fabulous distressing… does that sound right?! ;)
Great projects!!..I think I’m going to go get inky!!
Great ideas and great projects. The card is absolutely gorgeous!
Oh my gosh, these projects are stunning. Thanks for sharing with us.
In a word : WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs from France
Lunéa♥
Fabulous – I love distressing!
Wonderful Projects!
Great projects! TFS :)
Gorgeous work!
Fabulous projects! Love distressing!
Beautiful creations! I just love Emma’s card! Thanks for the great ideas!
Awesome inspirations for this theme!
I love the background work with the embossing paste and the flowers are lovely and very well made. Thanks.
I too like distressing cards and haven’t done this in a while. Off I go to distress (or is it de-stress :).