Sentimental Sundays Challenge: Distressing

Wow.  Sigh.  I can't believe it's been about a week and a half since I've posted on my blog.  Well, at least cute little Henry got some well-deserved attention :)

And yes, can you believe it?  I actually have a sample for the Sentimental Sundays Challenge this week!  The challenge this week is DISTRESSING.  I think I need to do some de-stressing of my own, but that's a whole other story.

For this card, I've used one of the newest additions to the digital sentiments collection at Whimsy Stamps called Fancy Swirly Square.  It's Nestie friendly and best of all, since it's a digi, you can resize it to fit ANY of the sizes for this Nestie shape.  Yep, very convenient, isn't it?  I've practically covered up this card with flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.  Oh, let me tell you really quickly about WOC.  They must be one of the nicest companies out there ever!  I ordered a whole bunch of stuff recently and a few days after, they said that they were lowering their shipping costs.  So I was all bummed out that I didn't wait to order, but guess what?  They refunded me the difference anyway.  How cool is that! 

Anywho, back to the card.

I've used various flowers from WOC and I also have some Prima Mini Roses in there.  The leaves were punched out using a Martha Stewart punch. The Nestie shape that the sentiment is Nestabilities Labels 1 (which remains to be my most-used and my favorite shape) and it's laying on top of a die cut from the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Pendant set.  The edges of this card were distressed using Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and the Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pad. Oh, and all the papers are from the BasicGrey 6x6 Olivia Paper Pad.

Stamp: Whimsy Stamps Fancy Swirly Square
Paper: BasicGrey 6x6 Olivia Paper Pad
Accessories: Prima Mini Roses, flowers from WOC 
Tools: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities Labels 1, Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Pendant, Martha Stewart punch, Making Memories Paper Trimmer, ATG adhesive gun


We have LOTS of new members joining us at the Sentimental Sundays blog so make sure you head over there to see whose beautiful creations you'll be seeing for the next few months.  Also, don't forget to grab the new freebie.  Remember, freebies are only available for one week and after that you'll have to head to the Raindrop Echo Designs Digital Sentiments section at Whimsy Stamps to find some of them.

This card is for a few challenges:

• Crafty Cardmakers - Use A Freebie - The digi was free because I created it, lol.  Does that count?
• Pear Tree - Free for All
• TCP - Pink Embellishment - Pink flowers
• Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes
• Tip Top Tuesday - Anything Goes
• Craftalicious - Anything Goes
• Flourishes - Focus on Sentiment
• City Crafter Challenge - Rome, Vintage
• ABC Challenge - Flowers
• Whiff of Joy - Distressing
• Stampin' Royalty - Ribbons
• Meljen's Designs - Anything Goes
• Stamp Something - Use a Digi
• Frosted Designs - Die Cuts
• Etsy Inspired - Stilettoheights - I used THIS as my inspiration
• One Stop Craft - Photo Inspiration - I used the pinks and greens as inspiration
• Mark's Finest Papers - Die cuts or punch
• Sketch Saturday - Sketch - I moved the embellishments to the bottom!