2017 Challenge: 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Week #2

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I'm back again for my second challenge of the 2017 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style.  Thank you for the encouraging comments and a huge thanks to Mimi for kicking off the participation in this year's challenge.

I had a fun time getting all shabby and vintage-y with this week's challenge.  As always, I started with a jumbo manila tag.  This time I brushed it with white gesso.  When the gesso was totally dry, I used Prima's White Crackle Paste through the new Tim Holtz Starry Stencil.  I let that dry overnight.  It dried nice and crackly - not huge cracks, but nice fine cracks.  I love the way the gesso goes on sort of spotty and dry-brushed.  When both the gesso and the crackle paste were fully dry, I took a mini ink blending tool and my fave Vintage Photo distress ink and lightly blended ink over it as well as along the edges creating a delightfully worn look.

The next step on the background was to take the Prima Marketing Art Alchemy Metallique Wax - White Gold and using my finger, sort of dry brush it over the the crackled embossing and along the edges of the tag.  If you haven't tried the Prima waxes, you really should.  They are FABULOUS and we have just received a re-supply of all the waxes at The Funkie Junkie Boutique!

The stamping was done with Wendy Vecchi's Potting Soil Archival Ink.  I used the new Tm Holtz Christmas Classic for that awesome vintage Santa image and also the Holidy Postmarks set for stamping on the tags.  Also, the upper left tag was stamped with the Paris script stamp from Tim Holtz's Papillon stamp set.

The snowflakes were cut with Thinlits dies from the Paper Snowflakes Thinlits and some from the Mini Paper Snowflakes Thinlits set.   I used my favorite kraft corrugated paper to cut the snowflakes and then used my finger again to sort of dry brush some white gesso over the corrugated ridges.  They each got topped off with a little pearly embeshment from the ship, that had some of the Prima White Gold wax was rubbed over it.

Up top, I cut two tags, one from an old Sizzix tag die and stamped it with the script stamp from Papillon set, then cut another tag from the new Thinlits Gift Tag set and stamped from the Tim Holtz Holiday Postmarks set.  The three tiny jingle bells are sold (as silver) in our shop.  I turned them a brown-gold color with Mushroom Alcohol ink and then rubbed on White Gold Metallique wax.  The same treatment was used for the snowflake charm in the lower right.  The "North Pole" tag was cut with the new Thinlits Tag set.

Last but surely not least, I made the white resin-style plaque using Prima's Paper Clay and Prima Marketing IOD Vintage Art Decor Mould - Object Labels 1 mould.  The moulds and the paper clay are amazing.  They are so cool and fun to use.  The great thing about the moulds is that you can keep creating a favorite decor piece over and over.  You just need the mold and a pack of the Paper Clay.  I made it a day before and let it dry overnight  It was curled up slightly from drying but I was able to gently straighten it out.  Once flat, I whitened it up a bit with some white  gesso painted on with a paintbrush.  When it all was completely dry, I rubbed more Metallique White Gold  wax on the high points of the moulded paper clay.  The gold "Merry Christmas" is from the Gilded Accents Remnant Rubs.  It adhered perfectly to the paper clay surface.

That's it for Week #2.  Thank you for visiting and a warm welcome to everyone who plays along. Details about this challenge can be found in the Week #1 post here.








These products were used to create the above tag and are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where Tim Holtz/Ranger products are sold at 20% below MSRP.

50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Dina Wakley Media Mediums - White Gesso	Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Starry	Prima Art Extravagance: Texture Paste White Crackle 8.5 fl. oz.
Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	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	(February Pre-order) Prima Art Alchemy by Finnabair-Metallique Wax- White Gold
Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Potting Soil	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Reinker - Potting Soil	Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Christmas Classic	Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Holiday Postmarks	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Papillon
Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Paper Snowflakes	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 14PK - Paper Snowflakes, Mini by Tim Holtz	Corrugated Cardboard (15 sheets)	Thinlits Die Set 12PK Gift Tags by Tim Holtz	Tiny Silver Plated Jingle Bells - Set of 15
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Mushroom	Antiqued Silver Tone Snowflake Charms - Set of 6	Prima Marketing Paper Clay 8.8oz.	Prima Marketing IOD Vintage Art Decor Mould - Object Labels 1	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs - Gilded Accents TH93287

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