Let's do some Distressing! - Pretty Paper Party

I was so very happy when I saw that the 5th prompt for Shimelle's Pretty Paper Party involved distressing. I always love getting messy and tearing up papers! This prompt also allowed me to pull out my paints, mists and fabric. Oh, and my sandpaper as well. 

A lot of times, when I do a distressed page the colors are neutral with more vintage papers and older photos. In this case I decided to do the complete opposite. I wanted bright colors so that the entire layout would pop. I love how it turned out. The colors are some of my favorite color combinations. 

I used acrylic paint on the Kraft card stock to start out the layout. I then added a piece of bright magenta fabric I had purchased at a garage sale. Some awesome wood grain Core'dinations card stock was added to that along with some Basic Grey papers which I used my border punch on. I didn't use scissors or a paper cutter for anything with the exception of the one strip on the right side of the layout. The rest of the pieces were all torn. I used my sandpaper on the Core'dinations paper as well as the edges of the other papers. 

I hand rolled the flowers myself and used corrugated cardboard to make the leaves. Acrylic paint and Chalkboard Glimmer Mist was added to the leaves. 

After I completed the layout, I just wasn't happy with the lack of color, believe it or not! So I took my pink Chalkboard Glimmer Mist and a doily and used it as a mask in a couple of places. I was finally pleased with the result. 

I am excited to get to working on the next prompts. I am finally caught up with posting my completed projects, so I need to get back to the studio and create!! 

I hope you are all having a wonderful day! If you get a chance to create, I'd love to see what you make!!!