June 1, 2010

WOW!  It's hard to believe that it's June already.  Summer is certainly here and it sure was a hot one today.

I'm very excited to share with all of you that I have been chosen as a Guest Digi DT member for FireCracker Designs by Pamela. She has some beautiful digi images, so be sure to stop on by and check them out!

The card I am posting today is one that I made for a previous CAS challenge on Splitocast stampers.  The challenge was to create a shabby chic CAS card. 

I had to take a moment to look this one up; I wasn't sure exactly what shabby chic was.  I'm thinking that this isn't quite my style of card making.  I'm not very good at making distress cards, but I wanted to give this challenge a try.

I decided to use my Roses in Winter stamp set.  I created my main image panel using Pretty in Pink for the flowers, and Mellow Moss for the leaves.  On some parts of my images I stamped off first to make them appear lighter in color. 

I randomly stamped my roses and leaves all over my card stock.  Then using the small splatter stamp from the Itty Bitty Backgrounds stamp set, I stamped all over everything using So Saffron ink.  I did this to help create more of a distressed look.  I also distressed the edges of my Pretty in Pink layer using my scissors.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by!  Have a great day and be sure to stop on by tomorrow!

Stamps: Roses in Winter, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Card Stock: White, Mellow Moss, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Mellow Moss, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron
Supplies: Ribbon, MS Lace Border Punch, Scissors
Technique: 2 Step Stampin, Distressing