Keep your chin up

On the BF forum we are having a non-retreaters minicrop for the weekend. Joanne gave us this link to try doing some acrylic distress. Well, I think I must be feeling too woolly with my cold - and a bit too impatient! I gave it a try, but managed to take off the surface of some of the paper while sanding - the effort ended up in the bin. Meanwhile I had stamped a giraffe (rubadubbadoo stamp) to use with the acrylic distress panel.

In the end I resorted to a known method of embossing some yellow card (instead of coating with yellow acrylic, which was my original intention) using a creative expressions embossing folder. I then sanded (being more careful this time) and distressed the area with brushed corduroy DI. I used this too to distress the surrounds of the giraffe panel to take some of the brightness off the yellow - although the whole card is still looking quite bright!

I seem to have lost the 'keep your chin up' stamp that should be with the giraffe, so I printed it instead - had to have a few goes with plain paper before sticking the panel on to get the print in the right place. Everything is mounted on a brown linen card, with the addition of the piece of ribbon,

This is for:

Pollycraft 92: boyz to men - think this is suitable as an encouragement card for a man

Stamps R us: for the men in our lives

Nadia 6: men's card

One crazy stamper: boys and men

Ann's creative nook 134: anything goes with animals

Paper pretties 153: add texture to your card

Dream valley 7: dig out the old to use with the new - the embossing folder is new, but everything else is old

Stampavie 141: ribbons

Frosted designs fabulous Friday challenge: ribbon or twine

Creative craft: distressed

Cute card Thursday 164: it's so distressing

Card cupids: no patterned paper

Really reasonable ribbon 24: anything goes

One stitch at a time 62: anything goes

Flourishes timeless 117: anything goes

Crafty creations 118: anything goes

Penny's 53: anything goes

Scrappy frogs: anything goes

Sew many challenges 53: anything goes

Stamp something: anything goes

Inspire me Fridays 6: anything goes