First Attempt at Distressing!

I've never tried distressing the edges of paper before and decided to give it a go on this, and I'm quite pleased with the results! The Christmas Challenge this week asks for:

Blue and White

I've used tiny bits of other colours (couldn't not do as they were already on the paper!) but primarily white / silver and turquoise / blue. The paper is from Dovecraft Let It Snow 4.5 x 6.5 paper stack and its been layered onto a silver card blank. Not sure if you can see, but I've doodled a fine white line around the edge of the card blank with a white gel pen.

I've also added a bit of stitching across the top of the paper for a bit more distressing. The gems are from my stash - the large silver one is from the Poundshop along with the wooden glittered snowflake. The ribbon is from Stampin' Up and I've added extra 'legs' to the bow.

This also fits the following challenges:

Paper Romance: Distressing
Christmas Card Challenges: Snowflakes
Paper Sundaes: Vintage or Shabby Chic

• Paper: Dovecraft Let It Snow
• Large gem and Snowflake: Poundshop
• Ribbon: Stampin' Up
• Everything else: My stash
  

Polkadoodle Challenge 20 - Anything But A Card

Welcome to another Polkadoodle challenge! This week Fliss is our hostess and she has set the challenge of:

Anything But A Card

I had great fun making this milk cartoon gift box - I used the template from Paper Boutique Vol 1 at A4 size (uses two sheets of A4) and printed it onto papers from A Double Sprinkle of Kraft.

Both flowers have been made by using various sized Nesties, wetting the circles, scrunching them up then waiting for them to dry (best to leave overnight if you are impatient like me!) then layering them up with a brad in the centre.

The sentiment is a pre-coloured version from the Double Sprinkles of Kraft cd and I've added one of the border strip ribbons to the bottom and top of the box. A lot of the papers on the cd are kraft based so you get the lovely brown vintage feel throughout!

This is actually really quick and easy to make - all the instrictions for the milk carton are printed on the paper so you can see what you are doing as you go along!

Good luck with the challenge - it is open until Sunday 29 May at 12noon GMT.

My project also qualifies for the following challenges:

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - Making my own blooms
Paper Romance Challenge - Anything but a card
Shelly's Images Challenge - Show us what you've got
Crafts And Me Challenges - Anything goes with the option of Kraft
Crafty Creations - Something with a flower, patterned paper and ribbon (mine is digital!)
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges - Anything but square
Paper Pretties Challenge - Flowers
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Bloom and Grow
Digi House Designs Challenge - Anything but a card
Lexi's Creations - Spots and Stripes

• Papers and Sentiment: A Double Sprinkle of Kraft
• Template: Paper Boutique Vol 1
• Dies: Spellbinder Nestablities
• Everything else: My stash