A Vintage Summer Garden

Hi friends, so happy to have you coming by to see my latest design.  This is for this week's new Frilly and Funkie challenge.  Terry is our hostess this week and her challenge is to create something that depicts summertime.  I chose to use my gorgeous new Pion Design paper Vintage Garden.  All of the designer paper plus the lovely vintage image used here come from that collection.  I just cut out the vintage image and then used the Tim Holtz Torn Notebook On the Edge die to cut the top.  I also used the Butterflight On the Edge die to cut the piece of designer paper.

My handmade flowers were made using the tattered Florals die plus a few cuts from the Tattered Flowers Decorative Strip die, some card stock cuts and a couple cut out of crinoline.  For the file label sentiment, I used the Tiny Tabs and Tags die to cut it and then added a quick Chit Chat sticker.

Below you will find the products available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique that were used for this card.

Venise Lace Trim - 1/2 inch wide	Pion Design Paper - Vintage Garden 12x12" Scrapbooking Paper	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz On the Edge Die Graveyard	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz On the Edge Torn Notebook Die	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers Die
Sizzix Alterations Die - Mini Tattered Florals Movers and Shapers Die by Tim Holtz	Cotton Crinoline	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Tiny Tabs & Tags BIGz Die	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chitchat Stickers
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tiny Attacher	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tiny Attacher Refills	Venise Lace Trim - 1/2 inch wide	Rayon Seam Binding

My Recipe for Shabby Chic

Hi friends,

I'm back with my recipe for shabby chic with the mid month posting for the all new Our Creative Corner challenge.  Jenny is our host and she has given us a recipe challenge - pick at least one ingredient from each of three columns and use those items on our make.  So I used everything from column A - lace, ribbon & fabric, wood and metal from column B and inks from column C and here is my the result.  I started using the charming For Mother paper from Pion Design, using two sides of the same sheet and ran a narrow strip of burlap to cover the join.  I adhered the burlap with Claudine Helmuth's Multi Medium Matte.

I love this floral filigree metal piece that I sell in the boutique but had ever gotten around to using it.  It made a nice starting point for a charming medallion for this card.  I still had a piece of the Melissa Frances pleated satin ribbon sitting on my desk, which works great for edging something curved.  I topped it off with a pretty floral wooden button, also from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

The sentiment is from the Artistic Outpost Typography plate, stamped with my favorite all purpose stamping ink, Ranger's Jet Black archival.   Almost done, but the top looked a little lacking so I added a sweet white jute ribbon and a little tri-bud hand painted with my mixture of inks that I use to hand paint my Venise lace appliques.

Be sure to stop Our Creative Corner for today's fresh dose of inspiration - you won't be disappointed!  And you still have a couple more weeks to play along.  This challenge closes on June 28th.

Wishing you all a great weekend filled with pleasant summer sunshine (and no storms!).








These products used to make this card are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Pion Design Paper - For Mother 12x12" Scrapbooking Paper	Natural Jute Mesh (Burlap)	Melissa Frances Satin Pleated Ribbon - Cream	2 Piece Antique Style Bronze Flower Embellishment	Floral Decorated Wooden Buttons - 1"
Artistic Outpost Typography Unmounted Rubber Stamps	White & Green Tri-bud Venise Lace Appliques	Cream Woven Jute Ribbon 3/8"	Claudine Hellmuth Multi Medium Matte	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Reinker

Melissa Frances Sale at the Funkie Junkie Boutique!

Happy Friday to you!  Hope you will soon be kicking off a fabulous weekend.  I'm posting over on Frilly and Funkie today for our Friday Focus 15% off.  This week, we are focusing on Melissa Frances products.  I have recently restocked the boutique with all of her wonderful shabby chic embellishments.  And this week, all Melissa Frances products will be an additional 15% off my already discount prices.

Here's a shabby chic birthday card I made featuring Melissa Frances embellishments and also using For Mother designer paper from Pion Design - the paper and the vintage illustration are both from the For Mother pack.  Everything has been sponged with Antique Linen distress ink.

The vellum envelopes/tags are from Melissa Frances as is the zipper ribbon as well as the rhinestone style glass buttons.  The Happy Birthday stamp is from Crafty Secrets Sweet Kids set and is stamped with Jet Black archival ink and topped with a sweet Venise lace tri-bud hand painted with Scattered Straw distress ink.  The seam binding was dyed with Bundled Sage.

Hope you will stop by The Funkie Junkie Boutique to check out all the 15% off Friday Focus items.

The products shown below are all available at The Funie Junkie Boutique, where Ranger, Tim Holtz and Melissa Frances are always at 20% below MSRP.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend.

Pion Design Paper - For Mother 12x12" Scrapbooking Paper	Melissa Frances Vellum Envelopes & Tags - Green	Melissa Frances Zipper Ribbon - Cream	Melissa Frances Tea Party Applique Resin Embellishments	Melissa Frances Reproduction Glass Button Assortment
White & Green Tri-bud Venise Lace Appliques	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Reinker	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Antique Linen	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Bundled Sage
Rayon Seam Binding

Live Your Dream

Hello and thanks for coming back for Post #2 for today.  The 15th of the month will now be the day I post my once-a-month make for the new re-designed Our Creative Corner.  This is what I came up with for my first post on the new design team.  I'm not sure what you would call this style.  I set out for it to be Shabby Chic, using my Pion Design For Mother collection. But I don't think it's lacy enough for SC, humm, I wouldn't call it grunge though either.  Anyway, this is what you got!

I started with a square of the Pion paper and sponged and roughed up the edges with my fingernail, which has recently replaced scissors as my favorite distressing tool, one that I don't have to spend 10 minutes looking for when I want to use it :).  I cut piece of white CS and ran it though the Ornamental die and then ran that through the Rulers texture fade.  The sentiments are Wendy Vecchi stamps and the  small tags were cut with the Tiny Tags and Tabs die, stamped in Faded Jeans with the sentiment and also the floral filigree stamp from Artistic Outpost's Serenity plate.

The tape measure tape was too white and new so I scrunched it and sponged it with Vintage Photo.  The flowers were pre-made, left over from some other project and kicking around my desk as was the small felt heart.  I paired them up, stitched them together and put a tiny rhinestone in the corner, but it didn't sparkle good for the camera.

That's it for the deets on this one - pretty straightforward make this time.  Thanks so much for stopping by!








These supplies used to make this card are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Pion Design Paper - For Mother 12x12" Scrapbooking Paper	Tim Holtz Sixxiz Texture Fades - Bottle Caps and Rulers Set	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Faded Jeans	Mini Hearts Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Movers & Shaperss
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Reinker	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ruler Ribbon	Burlap String - 12 Colors	Carved Coconut Shell Buttons - 5/8"