Cuttlebug Be inspired #16

The Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge this week was to add distress to your creation! I think I may have gone a bit overboard when I tried to dry the edges of the Very Vanilla rolled edges off with my heat gun and started melting the ribbon though! After my initial hissy fit I decided it added a quirky touch and decided to distress/melt more of the ribbon! Sometimes our mistakes can work out - LOL. I used the retired Always set to stamp the heart and 3 flowers. I ran the heart through my Tiny Bubbles folder and then used my bone folder to flatten the bubbles off - this made the CS very pliable and a bit leathery. The Real Red layer was given torn edges, went through my Swiss Dots folder and then the dots were sanded back. The Very Vanilla layer was given torn edges before going through my Divine Swirls folder. I then wet these torn edges and rolled them back a bit. The 3 flowers were cut out and covered with Crystal Effects before being popped on with Dimensionals. The sentiment is from Short and Sweet.

I must apologise for not posting over the past few days - the heat wave in Melbourne (we've broken records!!) really sapped my energy and dried up those creative juices. I was also struggling to organise a party for last night in the heat! Here's a little picture from the night - our 25th anniversay - thank goodness the temperature dropped as we were planning on spritzing our guest with tank water at regular intervals if necessary - LOL.