Tuesday 23 February 2010

Distressed again

I can't believe that I've gone from distressing making me distressed to embracing the technique. I haven't gone as far as distress inks yet, I'm too attached to my Promarkers. The lovely Lili of the Valley images also make it much more pleasurable to make cards for men and boys. I love the shape of this image which looks so good in an oval. The sketch is from Lili of the Valley. Instead of the 3 flowers I added some Sizzix leaves which echo the shape of the leaves in the image. Distressing is the challenge at Paper Sundaes so I inked and filed the edges and even tore the top edge of the K&Co paper, which reminds me of the newspaper in the image. The colour scheme of brown, blue and white is for The Crafty Pad. I don't think I have ever used this colour scheme before but I really like it. Lastly lots of spots (ribbon, swiss dots embossing folder, round buttons and sentiment) is for Totally Papercrafts.

For the second card I used this Cuddly Buddly stamp, which I won at Just Cute Bears last week. Their challenge this week is lilac so how could I resist this challenge. Papers are Papermania Capsule collection. I used my MSBP and added some Primas, charm, brads, spacers, punched fern leaves and gems. Other challenges are:
Paperplay Sketch
Cute Card Thursday Metal mania
Crafty Catz Charming Bear
Incy Wincy Touchy feely

27 comments:

carol said...

fantastic card, so cute, thanks for playing along with crafty catz, x carol

Kat said...

I love that sweet Cuddly Buddly image and you've made a lovely card with it. Thanks for joining us at Just Cute Bears.

Kat x

Sue said...

Hi Marianne
two gorgeous cards, luv that litlle man under the tree. Thank you for joining us at Totally Papercrafts this week, hope to see you next week, sue.x

Lynsey said...

Hi Marianne, two more fantastic cards, I love the distressed effect and the cute bear! You have been so busy since I last checked your blog!
Hugs Lynsey x

mudmaven said...

Both of these are just adorable Marianne! Just wonderful. ~chris

Pat said...

Two super cards Marianne, thanks for joining in at The Crafty Pad this week.

Pat xx

Suzi Mac said...

Both cards are gorgoeus Marianne, love the distressing and that cute image, thank you for joining us at The Crafty Pad this week. Good luck in the draw.
Hugs Suzi x

CraftyC said...

Both cards are just gorgeous Marianne. I do love the LOTV stamps, may be a tad biased. Thanks for taking part in the LOTV Challenge!
Clairex

pinky said...

They are both gorgeous Marianne, if you try the distress inks you will love them! I love your cuddly buddly one, beautiful papers.
pinky

maxine said...

lovely cards thanks for joining us this week at the crafty pad and good luck.

Liz said...

Beautiful Work
Thanks for joining us at Paperplay this week
Liz xx

debby4000 said...

Oh Marianne these are gorgeous.
luv
Debby

Deirdre said...

Love both your cards. Great work with the sketch.

Once you try those distress inks there will be no going back!! LOL!!

Thanks so much for joining us on Paperplay this week. ♥

Lisa said...

Hi Marianne, Gorgeous cards! I love the pretty papers and Cuddly Buddly bear image and the LOTV card is very cute.

Lisa x

cheryl said...

gorjus cards love the images great colours too thanks for joining us at incy this week hugs cheryl xxxxx

Alica said...

so pretty - the image is adorable, your coloring and distressing perfect!
Thanks for playing with us at Paper Sundaes!

Annie said...

love both your cards! thanks for joining in the fun with us at CCT this week with your LOTV little boy, and thanks for joining in with us at Just Cute Bears too with your prize winning stamp!
hugs, annie x

Sonia said...

Super sweet card and image. Thanks for joining us at Just Cute Bears.
Hugs Sonia xx

jenny said...

Beautiful lilac teddy card Marianne, love the metal accents x
Thanks for joining us at Just Cute Bears x

Jenny x

Cathy said...

Such a pretty card. Fab layout and details.
Thank you for joining in the Just Cute Bears this time.
Cathy xx

Tam said...

Hi Cathy,

Gorgeous card.
Thanks for joining us at Incy Wincy Designs.
Tami

Crystal said...

Great cards! Thanks for playing with us at Paper Sundaes :)

Nikki said...

Gorgeous Cards Thanks for Playing Incy Wincy this Week
Hugs Nikki
Don't forget to join our Blog hop this week

Sarah said...

A really sweet card.

Thank you for joining us at Just Cute Bears this week.

xx :0)

Pop's Cards said...

Gorgeous image and i love the papers too, great job with our sketch, thank you for joining us this time at LOTV,. big hugs Pops x

Debbie said...

Hi Marianne what a fabulous card - great image. :) Thanks for joining us at The crafty pad.

xxDebbie The Crafty Pad

Ali Watson said...

Fab cards, love what you have done with your prize. Thanks for playing along with Just Cute Bears this week. Hugs Ali x