2017 Challenge: 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Week #6

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Greetings friends and visitors,

We are now officially 50% through with the 2017 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style.  Where on earth does the time go?  Are you hearing the steady drum beat towards Christmas?  It's only about seven weeks away!

I will start my post this week with an apology to all of you who are not a fan of the color red.  Who knew there were so many of you?  LOL!  This week I wanted to use some of the new Tim Holtz Idea-ology products on this project and many of them are red.  So here we are again with red - SORRY!  I'm happy and you're not but please remember this is not a challenge that you need to CASE.  I see posts apologing that you don't have the same products that I have.  That is not a requirement.  Please find one thing about my project that inspires you and go with it.  You can say you loved the die cuts or the silver tones or even the snowflakes and head off in that direction.  Okey dokey??

So yes, I do have another red tag and I hope you will be inspired in some small way.  I started with my usual manila tag, this time die cutting it with a Spellbinders die for the curvy lacy look.  Then I gave it two coats of gesso, allowing each coat to dry.  Once it was thoroughly dry, the new Tim Holtz Starry Stencil and some Prima Clear Crackle Paste were used to create a dimensional pattern on the white panel.  Once that dried throughly (overnight), I used Silver Alcohol Ink Mixative to give each "star" a little silvery sheen.  I did this by shaking the Silver Mixative well and dropping a drip on my craft sheet.  Using a tiny fine stiff brush I sort of dry brushed on the alcohol mixative.  I did that by picking up a very small amount of the silver mixative and then brushing a bit off on paper before brushing each star.  Then I carefully went over each raised star with the brush, adding a tiny bit more mixative each time to build up a nice shiny starry pattern.  

Next I grabbed a second jumbo manila tag and carefully measured and cut pieces of Christmas Deco Sheets and Christmas Kraft Paper Stash needed to cover the tag to provide a backing for my focal panel.  Once I had it all pieced out and affixed to the base tag, I layered my white starry panel over the base.  Going with the silver accents, I added a silvery ric rack along the top.  The Deco Film snowflakes were topped off with a fluted star.  They were too industrial shiny so I toned them down with a light application of Silver Mixative.  

A tag was cut from a scrap of the tag, given two coats of gesso and then stamped in Jet Black archival with one of the Holiday Postmark stamps.  I wanted to use a Christmas Quote Chip but I did't like the dark sides so I gave each edge a double coat of white gesso and when dry, foiled the top edges with silver foil.  I do that by rubbing a glue stick around the edges, pressing the foil over the glued area and then peeling it off leaving a distressed looking bit of foil.  Next I took an Idea-ology Screw Eye and srewed it into the bottom of the Quote Chip.  That allowed me to hang the tag onto it with a bit of red burlap string.  

In the upper right corner, I placed one of the cut out snowflakes, which also had the double coat of white gesso treatment, topped with a silvertone mitten charm and a snippet of red ric rack.  

There you have it.  Week #6 is history.  I'm loving this one...it may end up being my favorite from this year.

Thank so much for stopping by.  A huge thanks to all of you who have shared your artwork with this challenge.  Can't wait to see how you have been inspired this week!

These products were used on the tag above and are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where most products are sold at 20% below list.

50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - White Gessol, 1oz Bottle	Dina Wakley Media Mediums - White Gesso - 2 oz. Tube MDM41672	Dina Wakley Media Mediums - White Gesso
Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Starry	Prima Art Extravagance: Texture Paste Clear Crackle	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Silver Mixative	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Deco Sheets Christmas	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Fluted Stars
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Chips	Prima Marketing Rub-On Foil Sheets - Shine On 585600	Ranger Shiny Foil Transfer Sheets - Brights	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Collage Glue Stick	Tim Holtz Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK - Tag Collection
Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Holiday Postmarks	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Reinker	Charm Pendant - Set of 5 Silver Tone Mittens	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 14PK - Paper Snowflakes, Mini by Tim Holtz

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