Simon Says Stamp & Show... Your Distress Inks!

It's MONDAY!!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend...
and are ready for a new challenge over

Simon Says Stamp and Show which is...

Show your Distress Inks!!!

Well... I most definitely use distress inks in every project!!! It is the base colour under the crackle effect on my little dimensional bird cage box. Yes a box,

originally thought I would make a frame by cutting layers of the bird cage from grey board then decided a lid would work fabulously for the other embellishments!

It is with a touch of Vintage Photo distress ink that enhance the edges of the die cut bird, cut using the gorgeous new curio BasicGrey papers, yum!

My handmade flowers were cut with the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die again with curio papers, then sprayed with some distress ink glimmer mist.

Now, the handmade gem in the centre of the flower was created using my melting pot and UTEE powders. I wanted to try some Leandra beads, which were sooo much fun and then it extended from there and I made some heart and pebble shapes...

 The branch is cut from Tim Holtz Branch die and the cage is secured at the top with a idea-ology swivel clasp. Had to add some of Tim Holtz baubles secured with jump rings.

Hope it inspires and why not pop round the rest of the team to see how they include distress inks!!!

THE director ~ Linda Elbourne 

Dan ~ Katie Davis

Kim Costello <~ You're already here ~ Linda Coughlin 

Lori Hassler ~ Lynne Forsythe ~ Nancy Crissinger 

Nancy Wethington ~ Terry Wietsma-Girbes

Thanks for stopping by have a wonderfully creative day

BiG HuGs Kim :)