The Colors of Autumn

Hello and welcome back!  I'm posting today along with my fellow Frilly designers from Frilly and Funkie.  This week Sue is our host and her challenge is The Colors of Autumn.  It's my favorite crafting time of the year and I'm loving working with Maja Design's Walking in the Forest 12x12 collection.  That's what I used here for my background papers.  The vintage image is from The Graphics Fairy and the checkered borders are really just the Wendy Vecchi Dots and Stripes stencil work with white card stock and Jet Black archival ink.

I had some fun using the new Tim Holtz Ribbon Flags decorative strip die and kraft core paper, sanded of course with my sanding grip.  The letters are from the Alpha Parts Newprint set, originally black but painted with two colors of Rusted Hardware Vintaj paints.  Using the corrugated cardboard from my boutique, I die cut it with the Distressed Doily On the Edge die.

The leaves, which are a required ingredient for this challenge, were white card stock cut with the Mini M&S Tattered Leaves dies, stamped with the new Wendy Vecchi Potting Soil archival ink using the script stamp from Tim's Apothecary set.  They were then sponged with Frayed Burlap, spritzed with water, scrunched, dried and inked again.  Then I brushed some Claudine Hellmuth Multi Medium Matte on them and sprinkled on Clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter.  I flicked the backs to knock a lot of the glitter off as I wanted just a dusting of it.  The bronze flower, buttons, rayon seam binding and burlap string are all sold in my boutique (as is just about everything else).

Thanks again for stopping by today.  I know I don't get around to many blogs these days to say hi, but I'm very grateful for your visit and any comments you care to leave.  I hope you will stop by Frilly and Funkie too and hope to see you playing along too!









The following products are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where Tim Holtz/Ranger and Wendy Vecchi products are always 20% below MSRP.

Maja Design Scrapbook Paper - Walking in the Forest 12x12	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz On the Edge Die Distressed Doily Die	Sizzix Alterations - Mini Tattered Leaves Movers & Shapers by Tim Holtz	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Ribbon Flags	Core′dinations - Tim Holtz Ranger- Nostalgic Kraft Core Cardstock 12 x 12
Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stencil - Dots & Stripes Borders	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Reinker	Tim Holtz Ranger Idea-ology Sanding Grip	Tim Holtz idea-ology Refill Pack for Sanding Grip (4 sheets)
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Alpha Parts, Newsprint	Corrugated Cardboard (6 sheets)	Corrugated Cardboard (15 sheets)	Ranger Vintaj Patina Kit - Rusted Hardware	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Potting Soil
Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Inks & Reinkers - Set of 6	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Apothecary	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Frayed Burlap	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy	Tim Holtz Distress Stickles Dry Glitter Clear Rock Candy
Claudine Hellmuth Multi Medium Matte	Bronze Metal Daisies for Scrapbooking and Mixed Media	Rayon Seam Binding	Burlap String - 12 Colors	Carved Coconut Shell Buttons - 1/2"