The Crafty Corner With Janna

This week at the Funkie Junkie we are crafting to the theme:' De-stress with a little distressing ' -  Are you feeling stressed? How about destressing with a bit of distressing. Show us some yummy grungy distressed goodness. This can be anything from torn and tattered bits, crackling, sanding, water spots and so much more! What's your favorite way to add distressing to your projects? Head over to the  Funkie Junkie Blog to join the new challenge, open from August 25 to September 7th. This week for “de-stressing with distress”  I decided to create two cards using multiple Distress products by Tim Holtz and incorporate some old school paper distressing by roughing up the edges of one of my backgrounds. Click here  for a video tutorial. The products I used for these two cards include: Sizzix medallion Switchlit, 3D impresslit oak leaf, and the leaf imprint 3D embossing folder, Distress ink ground espresso, distress crayon ground espresso, Distress paint tarnished brass,...

This week the Funkie Junkie is creating to the theme of “Triple The Heat”. Head over to the Funkie Junkie Blog  to join the new challenge, open from August 11th to 24th.   "August is always very hot for us in the Midwest. Our temperature can raise into the three digit numbers. I decided to use the number 3 as the inspiration for this challenge. I challenge you to use 3 of a kind.  You could use just three colors (white and black excluded), three of the same type of embellishment, three of the same images...  you decide how to incorporate the three of a kind in your project.  Make sure to mention what your three of a kind is in your post ." Thinking of the summer and heat always makes me think of fair season. So I decided to create a journal page dedicated to country fairs. For the number three I have three cows, three prize ribbons, and three judges. I  this blog post I will be discussing watercoloring with distress.  We will be focusing on one element...