Distressing at the 4 Crafty Chicks!

Hey everyone!  I'm sorry I've been so quiet lately but between work and the kids and trying to get packed and organized to move, extra crafting time has been at a minimum.  Hopefully things will settle down soon but we're still unsure as to the *exact* move date.  I'm pretty excited!

So, this week's hostess-with-the-mostest over at the 4 Crafty Chicks is my PIC, Lori, and she has given us a technique challenge - distressing.  There are lots of ways to use this technique so have fun with it.  For my card I decided to sponge the edges of the panels to give it a distressed look.  I got to use a few of my new Verve goodies - the sentiment stamp as well as the scallop tag die - I love my Verve!

Stamps: Smallest Things Plain Jane (Verve)  Paper: Hello Luscious DSP (Basic Grey), Early Espresso, Very Vanilla  Ink: Early Espresso  Accessories: Sweet Scallop die (Verve), twine, adhesive pearls, sewing machine, sponge dauber, Apron border die (TCP), Rose Red seam binding, button

The sketch is from the Viva la Verve forum over at Splitcoast - it is April's Week Four sketch by Shannan.  Initially, I was *very* frightened by it but she had such a great tutorial on her blog, I gave it a try and think it turned out pretty nicely.  :)

I hope you will play along with us over at the 4 Crafty Chicks - we love it when you do!  Enjoy your week!