Aren't Visitors Grand?

Hi Blogging Buddies!

I'm so glad you could stop in today cos Ive got some good stuff here. :-)

First of all, don't you just LOOOOOVE Aunt Flo??

I think she's brilliant and perfect for this week's challenge at Mo's DP2 which is 

Distressing

Why is she perfect? 

Well, for one thing she is very old and could be called vintage herself. A little worn around the edges.Second,   that coat she's wearing probably is on the distressed side and smelling like moth balls. Thirdly, look at her and you can see that she's not the picture of sweetness and therefore  her visit would be

distresssssing!!

Oh yeah! This is what I'm talkin about! lol

Oh she's sweet really. My hat goes off to anyone brave enough to sport purple hair!

I have used an image by Mo Manning, papers by DCWV and colors are prismacolors.

I am also using this card as my Catered Crop "follow the recipe" card.

We're using Grace's fabulous lightouse sidestep card as the stew pot for this week's ingredient list. Its an awesome card, you need to go check it out.

For a sponsor this week we have Becky Roberts of Inking Idaho . The winner gets to choose any one of her templates and I've gotta say they're pretty cool. Can't I win???? Hey, this isn't fair! lol

OK so here's the recipe. 

You can use any elements from the recipe . In red you can see the  ingredients I utilized for this card.

* Colors – brown, blue, red
* Stamps and Stickers – nautical, light house, sentiment
* Color Mediums – stamp ink, Copic markers
* Embellishments – twine/hemp rope, charm
* Tools – die cuts, air brush system
* Techniques – make a scene, use a creative fold
* Theme – masculine, Father's Day

The inside:

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 And you can grab the sentiments here. Just Click, right click and save or go to my free sentiments box in the sidebar.

Challenges I'd like to play with:

Amber's Crafts and Stuff -  Dogs & Cats

Paper Shelter Challenge -  Distress

A Spoonful Of Sugar -  Anything Goes 

Clear It Out! -  Projects using Colouring Mediums 

Creative Craft Challenges -  - Distressed/Vintage

Everybody-Art-Challenge -  Tags 

Karen's Doodles Netherlands -   Text on Front, inside decorated 

Happileigh Scrappin - - Stitching 

KB Cute Monday - Anything goes using a digi

Make it Monday - Always anything goes

My Partner in Crafting Crime -  Twine, jute or string

Stamps R Us -Goin Digital - use something digi

Creative Cowgirls -  - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges -  Dig out the old to use with the new (an old laundry list to use with a new image)

Scrappy Frogs - - Anything goes

Challenge Up Your Life - - Travel Related

Stamping Vacation - - Inspired by the Book Title - Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats (but its not true!)

Have a great weekend everyone!!