Challenge: 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Bonus Tag #2

Hello and welcome back to the final inspiration piece for the 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style.  A huge thank you to everyone who played along in my challenge this year.  I have had so much fun with this challenge, seeing how you all interpreted my samples and visiting your blogs.  I must say, you all have ben a huge inspiration to me and it's exciting to see you try new styles and techniques, pushing the personal boundaries of your art.  I hope you have had as much fun as I have had.  Thank you too to all the visitors.  I know many of you were unable to play along, but have visited and left comments.  I deeply appreciate your support of this challenge and hope that you, too, have found inspiration in my samples.

For my final tag, I have again made a matchbook type folded thank you note.  I really like this style for notes using the jumbo tags from my shop - fun to do and fits in an A2 size envelope!  I used a Prima stencil to create an embossed border along the bottom of the note, embossing it with Wendy Vecchi's white embossing paste.  When dry, I used Tim Holtz's marbled stains technique with Brushed Pewter and Picket Fence DS on both the front and back of the tag, then edged it lightly with Walnut Stain DI.   I applied Frosted Film to Clearly for Art film and die cut it with the One the Edge Snowflake die.  A light coat of Brushed Pewter DS was applied to the Frosted Film and I sort of rubbed it in with my finger to spread it out so it wouldn't be too thick.  I wanted it to be somewhat translucent.  After gluing it down, I hit it with my heat tool to warp it a bit for dimension.

The inside is very simple.  I stamped 2nd and 3rd generation stamping using Jet Black archival ink.  I know it looks grey/silver, but that's the result of stamping over the Brushed Pewter DS.

That's a wrap for this year's tags.  You have until January 8th to link up your tags.  Completing the first 12 qualifies you as completing the challenge.  If you also enter the two bonus tag challenges and comply with all the requirements, you will receive a 15% off coupon good for your entire order at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  What a deal since I already sell at 20% off MSRP, you can add as much as you like to your cart and will be getting EVERYTHING at 35% off MSRP (or 30% off if you only did the 12 tags).  Please take a few minutes are review the challenge requirements found here.  I will check all entries for compliance with the following:

1) you must say in your post what part of my tag inspired you
2) you must provide a link in your post to my challenge post
3) you must say the challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique and provide a link to the boutique (www.thefunkiejunkie.com)

Thanks again for playing along!









These products used to make the tag above can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique were most name-brand products are always 20% below MSRP.

50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Prima Masks - 12" x 2" Stencils	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - White	Tim Holtz Ranger Metallic Distress Stain - Brushed Pewter
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Picket Fence White	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Frosted Film	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz On the Edge Snow Flurries Die	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Art Parts Clearly for Art
Ranger Embossing Powder - Silver	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Simple Sayings	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Holidays	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black