Just a Little Distressed...

Hopefully the distressed wood and inked edges (using Parchment Distressed Ink) is distressed enough to play along in this weeks The Pink Elephant Distressed / Paper Tearing Challenge. It was too distressing to distress it anymore LOL!

How gorgeous is the inspiration photo from this fortnights Festive Friday Wreath Challenge?!? Playing along with this rustic card created using Crate Paper distressed wood paper, a collection of old letters from Scenic Route and Lil Davis, My Favorite Things wreath and these cute holly berry brads from Making Memories.  I remembered I had these brads when prompted by this weeks Little Red Wagon Brads or Eyelets Challenge. How many brads and eyelets do you have lurking in your stash LOL! 

A CAS-ual Playdate with ribbon...

I thought I'd browse for some inspiration between waiting for coats of paint to dry, and I stumbled upon this gorgeous card by Mary for CAS-ual Fridays Tie One On Ribbon Challenge.  Inspired I created this bow using some super-wide L'il Davies black & white striped ribbon and some hot pink polka-dot ribbon from my stash - to create that splash of hot pink for The Play Date Cafe.  Created a loop of black and white ribbon and secured using red tape (super strong tape), then created and secured a second loop from the hot pink ribbon tightly around the black & white stripes.  Tempted to dry emboss the cardstock with polka-dots, but decided I preferred it plain.  Pop-dotted the black cardstock for added dimension.  The sentiment stamp is a miscellaneous one from my collection.

Many thanks for stopping by - now it's time to check if that paint is dry :)