Our May country view crafts challenge

 Hi everyone I am here today with my 1st design team make to hopefully inspire you to join our May challenge. The theme this month is to share your projects which are " aged, weathered, distressed or timeworn." You don't need a blog or an Instagram account, just head over to the group and join in with the fun! The link is Here and if you are not already a member just request to join and we will warmly welcome you. It is also be a place you can be the first to hear about workshops, the latest releases etc etc. We have a happy membership of over 380 crafters and we are growing every day. You can enter the challenges up to 5 times as you like as long as you use products from brands which are stocked on the Country View Website.

I decided to make a timeworn, distressed card. My background is a mix of distress spray stains inks . I used the lovely Visible Image dragon fly set stamp set "live in the moment" together with the embossing folder from the Vault floristry side order set and  die cut wild flowers plus some lace to achieve a timeworn, distressed look. 

This is the card I made.

And this is how it came together. I used one of my spray stain inky backgrounds from my stash and an offcut.

I brayered the folder with scorched timber distress oxide ink and embossed the offcut in my Sidekick. I also die cut a couple of the wildflowers from the offcut of card,

I cut the card background to size and stamped and clear embossed the sentiment from the live in the moment stamp set.

Using these Versafine clair inks  I randomly stamped the rings from the stamp set over the background.

I stamped out the dragonfly and cut it out.  I added gold ink and glossy accents to the wings and let it dry. 

I chose some vintage lace from my stash

and put my design together. I also distressed the edges of the card and embossed panel using my distressing tool. 

Here is my finished card once more.

I have linked to products available on the website in my post. If they are not in stock just email Susan, who should be able to order them in for you. 

Remember that you can find me most days over on Instagram Here @jane.tyrrell where I share many, many more makes then I have the time to blog.

I hope I may have inspired you to give our May challenge a go. There is a  fab prize up for grabs too for one randomly selected and you can enter up to 5 times. I will be back on 16th May with my 2nd make.

Bye for now,

Jane x