Secret Crafter - Annie With Wreath

Happy weekend everyone, my mojo has been missing again hence my lack of blogging lately. But, the Christmas adverts have started showing on telly already so I thought I'd better get my booty in gear and start thinking about Christmas Cards.
The other weekend I went to a demo by my friend Erika who works for Personal Impressions. She made some fabulous things and I haven't been able to stop thinking about copics since then. So, as I had sold my small collection of copics and promarkers I just had to go and buy some more which arrived today. Of course, there's always one or two pens you end up forgetting to add to the basket so after a bit of help from Kirsti I discovered that there is absolutely nowhere to buy them from locally :(
So, rather than shop at the two stores I had just bought from and look like a total addict, I searched again and found you could also get them for a great price and service at Secret Crafter. When there I checked out the Challenge blog and this weeks challenge is nice and easy - DISTRESSING.
I distressed the edges of my layers just using the blade for my scissors, a distressing tool is on my list but I keep forgetting to go and get one.
The Annie with Wreath stamp is coloured using Copics, and I think my shading is getting better this time round but still lots of room for improvement...
The papers I used are from Dovecraft Christmas Fancy, I thought these were quite good for the money. I am often put off Dovecraft as it has a tendency to look like wrapping paper but they seem to have improved.
Thank you for looking :)