My shining star

My shining star

Wednesday 16 July 2014

Distressing at Creative Inspiration

Hello lovelies! How are you today? I hope you are both well and happy. We had a lovely day yesterday with good weather and a end of year play/assembly that was really fabulous. The end of term really is in sight .. the girls finish on Thursday and we are all ready for a break! Roll on!!!

Today I have news of a new challenge for you over at creative inspirations. The challenge this week is all about distressing. Here's what I did.


I made the background using a variety of green distressing inks - including bundled sage, mowed lawn, evergreen bough and pine needles - and a variety of stencils from Mr Holtz.


The main stamp is from Crafty Individuals. I love this little stamp - expect to see that often in the future! 

So why not join us this week? We would love to see all your creations with a distressed look!


This week's prize is from STAMP & CREATE and is a $20 GIFT CERTIFICATE!


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

allsortschallenge: Splish splash splosh
Pan pastelpanpasteluk: Inspired by Tim Holtz
thats craftythatscraftychallenges: Masks, stencils, templates
CVCcountryviewchallenges: Stencil it

Hope to see you soon and thanks for joining me today!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx




24 comments:

  1. Love the wonderful combination of inks and stencils...looks fantastic.

    Shelby

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  2. Hi Rachel, wow this is just so cute, love the combinations used and the distressing and image looks super.xxx
    ♥aNNie

    The Journey is the Start

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  3. Hi Rachel such a cutie, what sweet penguins and those stencils are fab! Susan x

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  4. Great project, love that cute image which is definitely a brilliant focal point
    Have a good day

    Patricia x

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  5. 'Pengies' always bring a smile Rachel and this is just great for our Allsorts theme this week, thanks for joining in.

    B x

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  6. Brilliant card Rachel, brings a smile first thing in the morning

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  7. Great stencils and distressing and fab little penguins
    carol x

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  8. Gorgeous card Rachel, I love all of the stencils used.

    Sue xx

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  9. omg what a wonderful job on this card
    hugs
    céline

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  10. This is fabulous Rachel, great background and I love your little penguins.
    Pauline
    x

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  11. Love all the distressing and the stencils you used for this fun card.

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  12. I love the penguins rachel, and your colours and background are fab, great card, hugs Kate x

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  13. Love penguins and these sure made me smile. fabulous background.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  14. Hi Rachel, what a lovely stamp and sentiment, it's not often you see words like that and there are often times when you need to thank someone for looking out for you. Hope the last day of term goes well tomorrow and happy holidays to you all :)
    Dawn x

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  15. Aww this is so gorgeous Rachel and extremely cute. Thank you so much for joining us at Allsorts for our Splish, Splash, Splosh challenge this week x

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  16. Oh Rachel that Crafty Individual stamp is adorable and I love the wonderful background you created too. Anne xx

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  17. Brilliant Rachel I love the little pingu's & the colours are spectacular!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  18. Adorable penguins! Love your card!!

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  19. A lovely card Rachel. Gorgeous background and love the penguins.
    Mags
    x

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  20. Great card Rachel - love the background and the penguins look lovely on there. Jean x

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  21. Fabulous card.
    Thank you for sharing at Allsorts Challenge, welcome again;-))m

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  22. What a beautiful card Rachel - the background is stunning

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  23. Wow such a fantastic piece, absolutely love what you did here! Thanks so much for adding it to our current Country View Crafts Challenge!

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  24. Congratulations on your Top 3 at PanPastel UK! Totally deserved! This piece is a work of art!
    Have a great day!
    Ingrid xx

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Thankyou so much for leaving a comment - it really does mean a lot to me! Hugs Rachel xx