Fun with Distressing

 The challenge at Allsorts this week Anything Goes with an option to use distressing techniques. I haven't done that for a while and I LOVED making this card!  So much fun getting messy with inks, splatter, tearing paper, roughing edges and sponging.  My work table needs a thorough cleaning up :-)

The card base is Nina Desert Sand sponged around the edges with some desert sand ink. I then roughed the edges of a piece of dark gray card stock with scissors and embossed with a wood grain folder. Next I did some ink to paper drags to highlight the raised parts and adhered it to the card base.

Then things got really messy! I cut some patterned paper down with deckled edge scissors and then stamped it with a speckle stamp, stenciled it with the negative of the big leaf die, sponged it around the edges. I tore the other paper and sponged it too. These were adhered together and I tied a black string and put dimensional foam tape on the back.  The leafy bits were adhered and I splattered with black and white before adhering it to the wood grain panel.

I hope you will give distressing a go or make an A/G card and link up to Allsorts HERE.  The design team looks forward to seeing your creations.

Two sponsors for this challenge: a Tattered Lace die and a £15 store voucher for Stamp Addicts.