DCM: Distressed

DCM this week was to distress your card but I think I've only slightly perturbed mine LOL, as it's just a bit of tearing but it still counts right?!

Materials

• 'First Love' Lily & Milo clear stamp from Glitterpot. Matted and layered with my petite scallop oval nestabilities. 'Big Hugs' is a Cuddly Buddly stamp
• Paper: BG 'sugared' left over piece from an earlier card, so ripped it up and used as backing over an embossed pink card base
• Other: self adhesive paper lace border from stash

This stamp is another range designed by Rachelle Anne Miller, Lily & Milo available from Glitterpot. They are clear stamps and I have found that some of them have thicker lines than what you may expect from looking at the illustrations and other stamps i.e loses some of it's sketchy appeal and I thought looked like a kid's colouring in picture IYKWIM. No, it's not my stamping, the actual acrylic lines are thicker but not on all of them. 'First Love', 'Angelface' are fine as I have those but I sent some of the others back (brilliant customer service from Glitterpot) so just a heads up in case you're like me and want them to look exactly like the illustration. If you're not that fussed then it won't matter.

If you love Rachelle's style then there is also another range of her stamps available from Sir Stampalot. Theirs is called Ladybug & Friends and are more expensive but I just couldn't resist as they are more of the animal illustrations that have been on Rachelle's blog and are beautiful (these are rubber EZ mounted and come beautifully packaged with a colour laminated index card - bit like the ones you get with the Rakle stamps)