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When I accidentally bumped the stamp and smudged the focal image for this card, my mind said, "Oh crap! No, wait. I think this will work for shabby chic." So I distressed the edges of the focal panel's mat, and added some olive sponging, and I guess I succeeded in the shabby chic look. What do you think?
I tried to get shabby with some flowers created out of old book pages and some distressed edges... does that count? Blue Flower Script
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This is the first time I've played the CAS challenge. CAS is almost my style, but shabby chic is not. This was a perplexing challenge and I tried... so here is my card. TFL!
I don't do shabby well, so this was a real stretch for me. I also took the opportunity to use the Paper Crafts Go-To Sketch Challenge #3 for my CAS67 card.
I admit it. Even though I'm new to these challenges, I am HOOKED. Here is my attempt at Shabby Chic. Not quite what I had envision, but practice makes perfect!
Definitely pushed me outside of my comfort zone, which is the hallmark of a great challenge. I did find out that your paper and ink choices do a lot of the work for you. Here are my first two attempts at shabby chic:
Ugh, finally! Although I must say that as hard as I tried to keep things simple, I just can't pull out a true shabby CAS... anywhoo, here's mine: Sweet Baby
Thanks Jen!
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Yet another sympathy. I really hope I don't need more for a long, long time!
Shabby and soft seemed appropriate for this card. Thanks for the challenge!
Good challenge for me as I don't do "shabby chic" or "distressed" very well. After a couple of attempts, I came up with this card, which also works for WT270 (Ways to Use It challenge to use an edge distressor):
