Tag #12

Hello and welcome!  So glad you stopped by to see the final installment in my annual 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style.  Thank you so much to everyone who is playing along and a special warm welcome to our new players!  I can't believe that I have been doing this challenge for four years now and that we are at the end of the challenge for this year.  I think I have enjoyed this year's makes more than any of the previous years.  I have had a ball playing with a lot of fantastic techniques, have stretched myself and grown artistically in the process.  I hope everyone who has played along has enjoyed it as much as I have enjoyed it.

If you are new to the challenge, you can find all the details in the Week #1 post here.  And I'd like to take this opportunity to remind each and every player that there are a couple of requirements that must be met in order to be in for the three gift certificates to be drawn at the end as well as receive the 10% discount to The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  Those requirements are 1) you must indicate in your post what you were inspired by from my tag, 2) you must link back to my post, 3) you must say that the challenge is being sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique and link to this URL www.thefunkiejunkie.com and 4) all 12 projects must be linked up by 11:55 p.m. Eastern Time on December 21st.  Please feel free to email me (thefunkiejunkie@gmail.com) with any questions about the challenge.

All righty then, on to Tag #12.  I apologize for the delay in getting the tag posted today but I when I finished the tag late Sunday night, I decided it wasn't really finished.  My tag needed a topper and I wanted to use one of the Pediments die cuts but I didn't own the die.  But I knew were I could get it first thing in the morning - The Funkie Junkie Boutique - about a mile from my house - LOL!  So I ran right over to the shop early Monday morning and pulled one from inventory to have for my very own.  I've wanted that die for a long time and have been resisting it.

For Tag #12, I've made the cutest tag to wish you all a Merry Christmas.  For the longest time, I have been wanting to try Jenny Marples brilliant weathered wood technique.  She did a tutorial for Frilly and Funkie a few months ago demonstrating her technique.  Check it out here.  I used her technique, which came out perfectly, to create the base layer for my tag...the outside wall of a home.  From there, I used Tim's Window and Window Box die to cut heavy chipboard for my window.  I actually cut two layers of chipboard and glued them together for extra strength.  I ran the top layer through Tim's woodgrain texture fade, then painted it white with Picket Fence distress paint.  I wasn't crazy about the white window so I gave it a light coat of Walnut Stain distress paint, leaving a bit of white showing through.   I liked the way that looked.  The window was made with a pice of acrylic packaging and glued to the back of the window frame.

I knew that I wanted to put a wreath on the window.  I love that look.  The front of my home not only has a wreath on the front door, but a wreath with a big red bow on every front window.  But looking past the wreath, I wanted to show the interior of the home.  I stamped Wendy Vecchi's Christmas tree from her Holiday Art set and decorated it with Distress Stickles.  I also created a classic Christmas window candles by cutting toothpicks in graduated sizes.  They were painted with Antique Linen distress paint and glued to the back of the window frame.  They also needed a flame and a wick.  I used my Vintaj patina paints, putting just a drop of yellow and black on my craft sheet, picking up a tiny bit on the very end of a toothpick and drawing the wicks and flames on the acrylic window.  I was so pleased with the look and the way it worked out.

Next came the wreath, easy peasy.  I used the two seal labels, one inside the other,  from the new Thinlits labels dies to create a green ring to mount my greenery on.  Using the Festive Greenery die, I cut a bunch of branches from Kraft Core paper and sanded them a bit before releasing the die cut from the surrounding paper.  They were affixed to the ring using Ranger Multi Medium Matte and then adorned with tiny red rhinestones from my stash.  A tiny red gingham bow tops off my wreath.

Now for the window box which of course must contain poinsettias.  I did't think I would be able to find any die in my stash small enough to cut tiny poinsettias, but my trusty favorite Tattered Flowers decorative strip die came through.  I cut the tiniest flower on the die strip for the red part of the poinsettia and the next smallest one for the green backing.  They were cut from white CS and colored with Barn Door and Mowed Lawn distress stains, then edged with Vintage Photo.  I cut a few sprigs of greenery with the Holiday Greens die set from white CS and colored them with Iced Spruce distress stain for backing.  That finished off my window box.

My sentiment is from the Old Fashioned Christmas stamp set, stamped with Vermillion archival ink and clear embossed onto vellum paper.  I wanted the lovely wood background to show through.  I really wanted to stamp it directly onto the tag surface, but I was afraid with the folds in the tag simulating the edge of wood planks, that it wouldn't stamp evenly.  I didn't want to ruin my beautiful faux wood!

My pediment topper was cut from two pieces heavy chipboard glued together.  The top layer was painted with Picket Fence distress paint, dried with my heat tool and then painted with Clear Rock Candy crackle paint.

That's it folks.  I mean it's really IT for the 2014 run of The 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style.  Thanks again to everyone for their support of my annual project.  It's been a fun run for me.  Hope you have enjoyed it too!








These products were used in making the above tag and area available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, where Ranger/Tim Holtz 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	Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Window and Window Box Bigz Die	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Pediments BIGz Die	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Antique Linen
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Frayed Burlap	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Weathered Wood	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Weathered Wood	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Reinker - Potting Soil	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Reinker - Orange Blossom
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Picket Fence	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Walnut Stain	Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamps - Holiday Art	Ranger Vintaj Patina Kit - Retro Highway
Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Labels	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Festive Greenery Die	$6.39 Core′dinations Kraft Core By Tim Holtz - 4.25x5.5" Paper Pad	$6.39 Core′dinations Kraft Core By Tim Holtz - 2.5x12" Strips	$11.99 Core′dinations Kraft Core By Tim Holtz - Shattered Collection 12 x 12
Core′dinations - Tim Holtz Ranger- Seasonal Impressions - 12 x 12 Embossed Kraft Core Cardstock Pack	Core′dinations - Tim Holtz Ranger- Nostalgic Kraft Core Cardstock 12 x 12	Tim Holtz Ranger Idea-ology Sanding Grip	Tim Holtz idea-ology Refill Pack for Sanding Grip (4 sheets)	Ranger Multi Medium Matte 1 oz.
Ranger Multi Medium Matte 4 oz.	Ranger Multi Medium Matte 1/2 oz.	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers Die	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Barn Door	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Mowed Lawn
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	Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Holiday Greens	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Iced Spruce
Ranger Distress Crackle Paint - Clear Rock Candy	Ranger Distress Crackle Paint - Clear Rock Candy 4 oz size	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Old Fashioned Christmas

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