Challenge: 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Week #7

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Hello and welcome back to the 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style!  It's great to have you back with me for week #7.   A huge welcome to our new players and thanks to everyone who has linked up a project.  I continue to be inspired by your fantastic entries to this challenge.  I'm always tickled to see how a spark of inspiration from my work becomes a fire of creativity for you!

This week I had some fun with embossing paste, stencils and distress sprays.  It all started with an ornament I saw somewhere on Pinterest.  I thought I can do that with my ornament die, stencil and glitter.  I had in mind to do Victorian pinks and burgundy.  I didn't end up with quite those colors, but I am still happy with the result.   I started by cutting the ornament out of white card stock and stenciling on Tim Holtz texture paste with the Gothic stencil.  I immediately sprinkled Antique Linen distress glitter onto the wet embossing paste.  The glitter stuck pretty well but as I handled the ornament a lot, moving it around and trying to get it right, some of the glitter started coming off.  I ended up taking a toothpick with Glossy Accents and carefully painting the Glossy Accents onto the raised areas that were bare of glitter and then sprinkling on more Antique Linen glitter.  In the end, you couldn't really tell where I had to add more glitter.  I edged the ornament with a bit of Vintage Photo.  The bow is seam binding that was spritzed with the new Tarnished Brass distress stain spray, crinkled tightly and dried with m heat tool.  Then I made one of my triple loop bows (tutorial) and glued it onto the ornament.  

Then it was time to work on the tag.  I started with one of my favorite jumbo manila tags (from my shop) and stenciled on Tim Holtz texture paste with the Gothic stencil.  When the paste had dried and hardened, I went looking for Victorian Velvet distress stain spray - guess what - that color wasn't in the original 28 sprays.  But now it is available for pre-order and will be shipping in about 10 days.  So I tried Tattered Rose spray.  It was pretty, but wasn't enough color so I put some of the Victorian Velvet stain into a mini mister and sprayed it on my tag.  It looks great overlaid over the Tattered Rose.  Then I gave the entire tag a few shots of Tarnished Brass spray stain and dried it all with my heat tool.  When it was dry, I sponged over the high points and the edges with Vintage Photo.  That created such a gorgeous background!  I hate it when the photos just cannot convey how lovely the original piece is.

So now I had my ornament and my background but it needed something else.  Out came my old Tim Holtz holly die as well as an old Tim Holtz snowflake texture fade.  I cut the leaves from white CS and embossed them with the snowflake die.  Then I put a few drops of Tarnished Brass stain on my craft sheet and wet my finger with it, rubbing it lightly over the embossed snowflakes and the edges.  The three holly berries were also white CS, painted with Tarnished Brass distress stain and then covered with glossy accents (sorry there is a bubble in one that I didn't notice in time to pop).  I popped each "berry" up with a small pop dot for dimension.

Using one of the new Thinlits labels, I cut a small label, stamped it with an Artistic Outpost stamp and anchored it with one of the pearly acrylic snowflakes from my shop - I colored with an alcohol marker.  The top needed something too, especially since the jumbo tags I use are larger than the Tim Holtz stencils.  I had the piece of doily sitting on my desk already stained, left from an other project.  That worked perfectly, coupled with one of the pretty bronze filigree corners, also from my shop.  I dabbed on a bit of Tarnished Brass stain so it coordinated with the color palette.  I'm here to tell you that I am completely hooked on the Tarnished Brass spray stain!  If you only buy a couple of the stains, I would recommend the metallics - they are wonderful!!

I can't wait to see what you all will make this week.  If you are new to the challenge, there is still plenty of time to join in the fun.  Check out the Week #1 post for all the challenge requirements and then go create!







The products below were used to make the above tag.  They are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where Tim Holtz/Ranger and most other name brand products are always 20% below MSRP.

50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Gothic	Ranger Texture Paste	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Antique Linen
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool - With 4 Blending Foams	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Rayon Seam Binding
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Tarnished Brass	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Tattered Rose	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Victorian Velvet	Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Labels	10 Piece Ivory Acrylic Imitation Pearl Snowflakes
4 Piece Large Antiqued Bronze Triangle Filigree Pieces	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - 24 Color Bundle	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - 28 Color Bundle

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