I've been experimenting with a shabby chic style today, using Hardwood background stamp trying to get a weathered effect, I'm quite happy with the effect some sponging and Gorgeous Grunge has had on this project today The idea to try a weathered, shabby chic effect came about when I was contemplating how I could use the lovely colours in Pals Paper Arts challenge this week - inspiration comes from the oddest of memories,.... I had a flash back of a weather wooden seat. I've used a base of Very Vanilla, I stamped the ink off of the Gorgeous Grunge and randomly stamped, then I stamped over with Hardwood using Crumb Cake and sponged the edges. Now I had this lovely background, I incorporated the lay out from CAS(E) this sketch I knew I wanted to have a butterfly as a feature - Butterfly Basics bundle is great, 3 framelits to choose from, and keeping with the weathered look I incorporated another of the stamps from this bundle to c