I love distressing!

I've decided I love to distress paper with my Tonic hand held distress tool. I mean, I had crumbs of paper all over my craft table making the below card! This little Elisabeth Bell image is too cute with her little kitty and is one of my favorites. If you have a pet, then you understand how that kitty is her true friend.

I love my new flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and I used WOC pink seam binding with a brad in the middle of the bow. I stamped the sentiment on white paper and then covered it with glue and then a clear acetate tag. I think the Frantage softens the image, too. The butterfly diecut has a light coat of Stickles on it to give it a little sparkle. I applied white paint on my flowers to blend in with the distressed look. I used 3 different design papers on this card, all of them bought at different times in different scrapbook stores!

I colored the image with Copics and I really liked working with the gray and pink. In an attempt to obtain the colors and texture of the wood, I copied the wood grain on my pine dresser. This card is 6x6.


Thanks for looking at my post!
                                                                                      Hugs,
                                                                                      Gail

This card is entered in the following challenges:
Elphine House, Paper Crafting Journey, Divas by Design (distressing, ribbon, flowers), Crazy Challenge, Crafty Ribbons, Lori Boyd, Crafts and Me, Paper Pretties, Papertake Weekly