Challenge: 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Week #11

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Hello friends and welcome to my new followers!  So happy to have you back visiting to see what my Tag No. 11 is like.  Thanks so much to all of you who are being inspired by my tags and linking up your projects.  A warm welcome to the new players too.  If you are new to my blog and this challenge, you can find all the challenge details in my week #1 post.  If you really hustle there is still time to play along and finish the challenge.  You just need to have your projects linked by midnight ET on December 21st. 

This week I have decided to go for silver metallic.  I had been planning to do foil tape covered snowflakes for quite awhile.  Then this week, I visited Stamptramp, Shelly Hickox's blog.  Shelly is doing a 12 Days of Ornaments series and she did one that was a faux galvanized metal surface.  If you don't follow Shelly, you should.  I always say she is the Queen of Faux Finishes.  She has countless tutorials on her blog for faux finishes - all totally amazing.  Anyway, as soon as I saw her fantastic faux galvanized metal, I wanted to try it and since I already had most of the details for this tag worked out, I went for it here.  

Starting with one of the jumbo manila tags I sell at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, I used the Paper Snowflakes thinlits die set to cut light chipboard and affixed the snowflakes to my tag.  Then I carefully adhered the foil sheet and using a stylus with a ball tip, I burnished the snowflakes, getting into all the cracks and crevices to make them stand out.  According to Shelly's directions I lightly sanded the foil tape and dabbed on Brushed Pewter metallic distress paint and when partially dry dabbed on tiny bits of Black Soot distress paint, immediately pouncing it with my finger.  

I'm not sure it really looks like galvanized metal.  Shelly's does, but mine is a little shaky.  But I still think it looks cool.  I didn't do much embellishing because I wanted the snowflakes and faux metal work to be the main focal point.  I used some turquoise gumdrops that I sell at The Funkie Junkie Boutique as well as some turquoise rhinestone embellishments also from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  

I made the sentiment panel the same way and die cut it with one of the new thinlits Labels dies and then using Jet Black Archival ink, stamped the wreath and sentiment from Mini Holidays 5.  

The seam binding and eyelash yarn were dyed with watered down Peacock Feathers distress ink. 

That wraps up Week No. 11.  How are doing on your Christmas cards?  Need some inspiration?  You can find loads by playing along with my 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style.  I hope you will!

These products were used to make the above tag and 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	Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Paper Snowflakes	Ranger Inkssentials Foil Tape Sheets 6x12"	Tim Holtz Ranger Idea-ology Sanding Grip
Tim Holtz idea-ology Refill Pack for Sanding Grip (4 sheets)	PRE-ORDER Tim Holtz Ranger Metallic Distress Paint - Brushed Pewter	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Black Soot	10 Piece Blue Acrylic Embellishments	10 Piece Clear Blue Resin Rhinestone Embellishments
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Peacock Feathers	Rayon Seam Binding	Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Labels	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Holidays 5	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Reinker

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