Brickwork

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Hello!  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I have a Funkie project for Frilly and Funkie's Spring Die Cuts challenge hosted by our lovely Nicole.  I was strongly influenced by a play I saw over the weekend at our local community theater - Little Shop of Horrors, not that I think any of these lovely flowers is apt to eat anyone - LOL.  But the play was set in New York City's Bowery district and the stage set was largely brick walls.   So when I started thinking about a funkie backdrop for my spring die cuts, all I could think of was those brick walls.

I started with a 5x7" sheet of chipboard for my canvas and sponged it well with Jet Black archival ink.  I was planning to use Ranger embossing paste over it so I didn't want to use anything that was water soluble that the color would be absorbed into the embossing paste.  Once the chipboard was nice and back, I used Wendy Vecchi's brick stencil to apply the embossing paste.  I had to do it in sections and let each section dry before stenciling again so as not to smear the previously laid down paste.  I let it dry overnight and then sprayed it with Dylusions Post Box Red spray ink and hit it with a couple of mists of Lindy's Stamp Gang's Van Dyke Sepia to knock back the red a bit.  In the end, the black mortar was not dark enough so I used a black Stabilo pencil to blacken between each brick...going for a more grungy look.

I just got my hands on the new Tiny Tattered Florals die that arrived in the shop on Tuesday and thought it was a great approach to the spring die cut theme, plus I was dying to try it out :)  I cut out white card stock and used Worn Lipstick, Shaded Lilac and Squeezed Lemonade stains to colorize m flowers.  I dried them with my heat tool and the sponged all edges with Vintage Photo.  I had these very cool little bronze leaves that came in recently and rather than cutting leaves with the dies from the set, I decided to use my new tiny bronze leaves.

I added a little graffiti to my brick wall using Remnant Rubs and Tim's awesome new Remnant Rub tool. The ART stamp is from Wendy Vecchi and I stamped int in Jet Black archival in a ripped piece of Melange Tissue Wrap.  My vine flourish is green paper cord from May Arts that also just came into the shop.  I have it in three colors - very fun embellie (and cheap too).  We have the great DREAM keys in stock too.   So there is my spring die cut project, straight out of the inner city!

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you will also swing by Frilly and Funkie and leave some love for the other designers on the team.  They have some terrific projects that are sure to inspire you!











The following products are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, where Wendy Vecchi, Tim Holtz and most other name brand products are always 20% below MSRP.

Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stencil - Basically Bricks	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Reinker	Ranger Texture Paste
Dyan Reaveley′s Dylusions Ink Spray - Postbox Red	Copper Metal DREAM Keys for Scrapbooking and Mixed Media	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs Botanical	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rub Tool	Sizzix® Thinlits™ Die Set 15PK - Tiny Tattered Florals by Tim Holtz®
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Squeezed Lemonade	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Worn Lipstick	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Shaded Lilac	10 Piece Tiny Bronze Leaf Embellishments	May Arts Paper Cord Ribbon - Parrot Green - 10 Yards
4 Piece Copper Crown and Flying Bird Charm Set