{"id":1107,"date":"2014-03-10T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T04:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2014-03-10T00:09:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T04:09:16","slug":"challenge-d-is-for-distress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=1107","title":{"rendered":"Challenge: D is for Distress"},"content":{"rendered":"

From inking edges brown to Tim Holtz distress products, sanding paper to aging with tea stain – how will you distress? This week we challenge you to embrace all things distress – and have fun! Our design team has been busy getting inky and we think you’re going to love their inspiration this week.<\/p>\n

Andrea<\/a> used some handy distressing techniques to give new life to this cheese-grater-turned-memo-holder.<\/p>\n

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I know, I know. Cheese graters are not toys! Be that as it may, I loved the look of this old one and couldn’t resist making it into something else. It was already naturally distressed (too rusty for cheese these days), but I did give it a bit of a distressing boost by using alcohol inks in Sail Boat Blue<\/a>, Citrus<\/a> and Espresso<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

“D is for distress” is Barbara’s<\/a> way of life!<\/p>\n

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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<\/a>. For this challenge I made a card for a friend who likes sewing. My Karen Burniston accordion die<\/a> is great for this. I cut two small rectangles with the sticky back canvas and coloured with distress ink re-inkers<\/a>. The theme of this card is ” sew” and I stamped an image from the perfect Tim Holtz set<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n

Emma<\/a> was in her element working with all her favourite distress products.<\/p>\n

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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<\/a>, Inks<\/a> and Stains<\/a> 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<\/a>. I then layered and arranged my die cut and inked Garden Greens<\/a>, handmade paper flowers die cut using the Tattered Floral die<\/a> and added a stamped Tim Holtz quote to complete the piece.<\/em><\/p>\n

Meihsia<\/a> decorated a jumbo clothpin with distress products to hold her notes.<\/p>\n

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I’ve always wanted a jumbo clothpin to hold my note on the desk. This week, I decided to decorate a 9″ clothpin with some distress products. After applying a thin layer of Gesso <\/a>on this wooden clothpin, I dabbed Tim Holtz Distress Paint<\/a> to distress the edges. Of course I had to attach my favorite embellishments – Prima Flowers<\/a> on this jumbo clothpin. The Tim Holtz Paper Distresser<\/a> was also used to alter the aged look of my note card.<\/em><\/p>\n

Anna-Karin <\/a>rarely makes anything without some distressing.<\/p>\n

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For this week, I challenged myself to use at least four different Tim Holtz Distress products, on the small area of an ATC<\/a>. I made three travel ATCs using Distress Ink<\/a>, Distress Markers<\/a>, Distress Paint <\/a>and Distress Glitter<\/a>. All the Distress products go so well together. The stamping was done with travel related stamps<\/a>, masking the main images when inking and stamping the backgrounds.<\/em><\/p>\n

Using a favorite stamp, Ashli<\/a> put her Distress Inks to use and created a custom background for her layout:<\/p>\n

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It’s no secret that we have had some mind-boggling and life-stopping storms here in Georgia lately… this MUST be scrapped! I had so many pictures that I knew I needed a double pager. To create my custom pattern on my white background, I used my Simon Says Stamp Drawn Heart Background<\/a>. Once I had blended on some of the Broken China<\/a> and Pumice Stone<\/a> Distress Pads, I spritzed the stamp with water and then stamped up my page. I just love the soft feel this gives to my snowy page.<\/em><\/p>\n

I (May<\/a>) made projects using little more than just distress ink.<\/p>\n

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From markers<\/a> to ink pads<\/a>, Tim Holtz distress products are long-time favorites here in my studio! This week I tested out a new stamp set<\/a> and simply added water to make the magic of distress come to life.<\/p>\n

Michelle<\/a> knows that there is nothing distressing about showing a little love.<\/p>\n

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I love using Distress products! Using Rangers Distress Inks <\/a>and Distress Paints<\/a>, I created a set of four, mini love notes with Stampers Anonymous Psychedelic Grunge<\/a> stamps. I used the Simon Exclusive die\/stamp combo Expressions of You<\/a> to let my family know how special they truly are.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dan<\/a> created several pieces inspired by the music he was listening to while he worked.<\/p>\n

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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<\/a> (for the hourglass), the Paris Memoir stamp set<\/a>, Merriment Tissue Tape<\/a> and a Simon Says Stamp exclusive set – Holiday Borders<\/a>. Oh, I almost forgot, how did I incorporate “distress”? It’s built right in!<\/em><\/p>\n

Mona<\/a> created a card using Distress Inks to colorize the background.<\/p>\n

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I stamped and heat embossed the beautiful Butterflies<\/a> image on a piece of Gloss Paper<\/a> then added color using a variety of Distress Inks<\/a>. For added interest, I distressed many of the edges and embellished with a distressed die cut wreath<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

A creative afternoon resulted in a rustic hanging from Tracy<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

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I had an afternoon to myself and decided to just play and see where the creative process took me resulting in a textural rustic hanging combining the use of the Media Mixage Heart Die<\/a> to create a heart niche and lots of layers to create something that is pleasant on the eye and tactile to the touch. A small Media Mixage Heart Bezel<\/a> complements the heart niche and the Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms<\/a> add that important dimension, complemented with a corrugated card backdrop.<\/em><\/p>\n

A bit of distressing is just what Sandra Mouwen<\/a> needed for her album<\/p>\n

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I sure do love the vintage grungy look, but I was in the mood for some bright color distressing for this project. This mini album is made for the time I went to a beautiful castle garden. I had some little scraps of the Zepher Paper<\/a>, perfect for this theme. The cover is made out of corrugated cardboard with a thin coat of Gesso<\/a> on it. In top right corner I layered the SSS Metal Edged tag<\/a> with a Zepher Cardboard Piece.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Suzz will be wrangling a few butterflies to share with your on Wednesday make sure to stop by and see how the distressing makes them shine.\"\"<\/p>\n

For more inspiration click on our design team’s blog links so you can see more photos (and full supply lists) for their projects. Leave them a little comment love while you’re there so they know how they’ve inspired you too, if you’re so inclined.<\/p>\n

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As always, Simon Says Stamp<\/a> is giving away a $50 gift voucher that will go to a random entry chosen by random generator. To qualify all you need to do is create a new project that ties in (in any way!) with our theme and post it, along with a link back to this challenge, and add a link here. This challenge will end at 11:59pm on Sunday March 16th Eastern time.<\/p>\n

We will also be choosing some of our entries to put in the spotlight – a special honor where we talk about why we loved that entry in particular and award a special badge too!<\/p>\n

For the full rules, read the “challenge rules” posted in the side-bar here on our blog.<\/p>\n

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