I put slightly too much ....

effort into what turned into my DT entry for PaperPlay this week!!!

Our theme is "Distressing" - hey, I can do that no problem!!  I had plans to make a gorgeously ripped, inked and torn confection .... but I got a bit side-tracked. 

Remember my son's birthday party a few weeks ago?  I had taken photos of all the boys as they climbed, and then I thought that rather than emailing the pics to their parents and simply texting thank yous for the presents (as would be the norm around here!), why not combine the two and make thank you cards that incorporate the pictures?  Genius?  No, a flippin' week's work that pushed everything else aside!!  Here's a few of the finished cards:

Each boy's card has a picture of him on the climbing wall on the inside, with a peep-hole cut to show just a little bit of him through to the front of the card.  Each card has the hole in a different place, depending on where the boy was on the wall in the photo.  You can see it better on this close-up.

I used a new Hero Arts "inside of an envelope" stamp, that I got with a voucher I won a few weeks ago, to make the pattern on the plain white card I used for the front.  And I made the sentiment on the computer, highlighting the T with glossy accents and popping them up over the twine for a little dimension. 

I'm entering them into the following challenges: Crafty Creations and ABC Challenge are both looking for stitching and, a first time entering a clean and simple challenge for me, Less is More ("Masculine").

And that's it - I think they look far too simple for the amount of time they took, but I think the boys (and their Mums) will be happy to receive them, and that's what matters.

I posted them all this morning, so now I can get back to all my lovely papers and do REAL distressing!!

Thanks for looking!