Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge #16 & My Scrapbook Nook Feb Kit Card

Wednesday and every Wednesday, please join us over at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog for our Be Inspired Challenge Series. This week, our DT was asked to create a distressed card or layout. Yep, that's it! That's the challenge! :)

Here's the card I made for this challenge using the February My Scrapbook Nook Kit featuring all this Jenni Bowlin yumminess. This card is inspired by my new attitude in life due to chucking the 'ole "dark and twisty" girl I used to be. Valentine's Day is just 3 weeks away. I'm hopeful, else, I'll be just as perfectly happy to spend the day alone doing what I want to do! So either way, its going to be a happy holiday for me instead of a sappy Hallmark one.

And here is a detailed shot so you can see that I actually did use a Cuttlebug folder, LOL! since that is the POINT of the challenge blog. I used the Birds and Swirls folder to emboss the Kraft Cardstock before I laid down the rest of my elements.

I then distressed all the edges of my various layers of cardstock to satisfy the challenge. I notched the corners of my first two panels with my SU ticket corner punch so that I could adhere some manilla colored mini brads in these corners. I did foam pop dot these two panels onto my larger Cuttlebug dry embossed Kraft Cardstock peice.

I then handcut a small vine from one of the Jenni Bowlin papers and adhered it onto the right side of the card. I then placed the JB calendar and scalloped circle journaling spot in the lower left corner of the card.

For the bottom left corner, I pulled out my trusty Sizzix Flowers #3 Die to cut some flowers out of the JB dictionary paper that came in the kit. I scrunched these up a bit to further distress them, and added a MM Valentine Ticket and Maya Road Felt Flower in red to finish up the card.

Lastly, I did add a touch of sparkle in the center of the cut out flower vine by using Red Stickles and I also tied ribbon at the top of the card using the cream grosgrain that came with the kit.

Everything came from the February My Scrapbook Nook Kit with the exception of the Red Stickles and the Cream Mini Brads. :)

Voila!!

Please join us at that Cuttlebug Challenge Blog to check out the other DT work and play along with us. We're giving away a Basic Grey Paper Pack next Thursday to a winning participant!! And I believe there are still just a few limited February My Scrapbook Nook Kits still available.

Date Night - February 14th (Majority of items are from Feb MyScrapbook Nook Kit)
Paper: Jenni Bowlin Patterned Papers; Bazzill (Black, Kraft & Dark Red) CS
Embellishments: Jenni Bowlin Scalloped Notecards & Calendar Cards; Maya Road Felt Flower; Cream Grosgrain Ribbon; Cream Mini Brads; Red Stickles; MM Valentine Tickets
Accessories: Cuttlebug "Birds and Swirls" Embossing Folders; Sizzix Flower Layers #3 Bigz Die; SU Distressing Tool; SU Corner Ticket Punch; EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors; Scrapbook Adhesive Foam Pop Up Adhesive.
Size: 4.25" x 5.5" rectangle