Tie One On!

 Some Dad's may tie one on this Father's Day...but many will not be wearing a tie that day.  Did you think I meant something else?!  

Hambo Stamps sent me the digi 'Three Ties' as a reward for playing in their challenge at the Hambo Hoedown last week.  They send out a freebie every week!

Its almost too good to be true.

Their challenge this week was to use one of the of ties and the sketch they provided.

 I paper pieced the tie. You'd be hard pressed to find an easier image to cut out and paper piece!

The background paper is plain cardstock with a technique called Acrylic Emboss applied to it.  I got that technique from the Technique Junkies Newsletter.

It basically involves acrylic paint, embossing and distress inks.  I like the rugged look to this piece and thought it would be excellent for a man's card.

I used Distress inks on all of the edges to distress them.  I stamped a wood grain stamp to the circle the sentiment is backed with to give it some 'texture'.

So, at this point I will enter it in a bunch of challenges:
Hambo Hoedown - use digi provided and sketch
Wags n Whiskers - one for the boys
Bearly-Mine - anything goes
Clear it Out - let the paper piecing begin
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Sat . - Father's Day
Mark's Finest Papers - Father's Day
Clearly iStamp  - distressing
Stamp Something - something punched
Paper Play -  Father's Day
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - no backing papers
Crafts and Me - stamp something
Whimsie Doodles - Father's Day
Creative Inspirations - card for Dad
The Stamping Boutique - Men only
The Cheerful Stamp Pad - a special reason
Craft your Passion - anything goes
Paper Sundaes - let's get sentimental

Disclaimer - I make all attempts to adhere to the rules of your challenge.  If I have accidentally broken one of your rules, I apologize, as it was not intentional.

Thanks for popping in!

PeggySue

Distress Challenge

Does this photo inspire you?  It does me.  Today starts the second challenge over at the Do You Stack Up challenge blog and the challenge is an easy one:  No Stress...Distress.

And they have a great sponsor, Whoopsi Daisy Designs who will be giving away 2 awesome sheets of digi images.  Wow!  All their designs are so sweet, I want them all!

Here is my distressed example using one of the many cute little girl designs Whoopsi Daisy has.  I used 2 distress techniques.  One was just inking the edges of the designer paper to age it.  The other was to crumple some cardstock and then age the wrinkles with Ranger Distress inks.  I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils.  The sentiment is by Meljens Designs.  I thought the little girl looked like she was performing the 'I'm a little teapot....' ditty.  Sometimes I wonder about myself! ;)
Now, get on over to the challenge and enter!!
PeggySue