CC2C Challenge #27 Winner

Greetings to all the Compendium of Curiosities 2 challenge players! I'm back to announce the $25 gift certificate winner from Linda Ledbetter's Challenge #27 the Alcohol Ink Palette technique. There were some awesome pieces submitted for the challenge.

I have done the drawing using the Random.org site and our winner this time is Julie Case #15.

Congratulations Julie - you get $25 to shop at The Funkie Junkie Boutique which is having a 10% off sale currently! Please email me at thefunkiejunkie@gmail.com for your gift certificate code. And thanks so much to everyone who played along and mentioned The Funkie Junkie Boutique!

Moving Sale Kicks Off at The Funkie Junkie Boutique

It's official...we have a contract on our Miami home and will be moving November 28th.  So I need to trim down on my inventory at The Funkie Junkie Boutique in preparation for the move.  The 10% discount sale will start Wednesday, November 7th and run through Friday, November 23rd (Black Friday here in the U. S.).  As of November 24th, the shop will be closed until we move and get re-settled, probably mid-December.

Everything in the store is discounted 10%, except the Friday Focus items which are discounted 15%.  I know 10% off doesn't sound like a lot, but keep in mind that my Ranger, Melissa Frances and other name brand products are always sold at 20% below MSRP.  The 10% off does not show on the each individual price listing.  You will see the 10% deducted automatically when you check out.  Shop early as supplies are limited!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Hello again friends!  Today's post is for Frilly and Funkie - it's the Funkie week to play in our Tic Tac Toe challenge.  For this piece, I chose the left to right diagonal Metal, Metallic Stains and a Button.  I based it on a jumbo tag that I had done the Crumpled Kraft Suede technique on.  LOVE this technique which is new to me.  It makes a wonderful background for a project.  I used two different Artistic Outpost sets for this tag.  The background was stamped mostly with the Industrial Backgrounds set and the top layer stamps are mostly from Diesel Punk.  I did use an old, old Hero Arts Happy Birthday stamp, mostly because that was the only one I had small enough to fit on the tickets.

If you double click on the photograph, you can see the metallic stains.  I used Tarnished Brass, which I blotted small spots on my craft sheet and then rubbed the tag over it.  It just stained the high points and made a nice pattern, which of course I covered up.  My metal is the metal grid which was originally silver, but I rubbed embossing ink on it and then heat embossed Black Soot Distress EP on it.  I used two TH ticket dies and the buttons are vintage ones from my stash.

This is a really fun challenge and I hope you will play along with us over at Frilly and Funkie.  Be sure to stop by to see what the Funkie girls have to share!

The following products were used to make this tag and are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Ranger Inkssentials Surfaces Tags - #10 Tags - Kraft	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Wild Honey	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Vintage Photo	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Ticket Die	Mini Tickets Sizzix Alterations Movers & Shapers by Tim Holtz
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Odds & Ends	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Reinker	Natural Jute Twine	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder - Vintage Photo	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder - Black Soot
Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Gadget Gears Die

Challenge: 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Week #8

Welcome back to Week #8 of the 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style.  This week I have found my own inspiration from Tim Holtz's November tag using his layout.  I also broke out two new-to-me Tim Holtz stamp sets - Mini Holidays 4 and Seasons Silhouettes, both of which I have fallen in love with (so you will be seeing more of these!).  On the Silhouettes set, I loved the way Tim masked off all but one word and used the same masking approach on mine.  

I did emboss resist with the red Santa and poinsettias at the top.  I used Vermillion Archival Ink with clear EP for the embossing.  I tried to melt the embossing powder back off like Tim did, but ended up ruining my first tag because my kraft iron just wouldn't get hot enough and the newsprint just stuck to the embossing.  Hence, mine is a simple emboss resist technique.  I blended Bundled Sage and Vintage Photo stains to get my coloration on the background.  

My poinsettia is made from five layers of crinoline cut with the Tattered Florals die and dyed with SU Real Red reinker.  The leaves were also cut from crinoline with the Mini Tattered Leaves die and dyed with Bundled Sage reinker.  

I had a lot of fun with this one and really like the way it came out.  Can't wait to see all of your takes on this tag.  

Thanks so much to everyone who has played along so far!  If you haven't started playing along, better get going.  One of the criteria to be eligible for the prize drawings at the end is to have all 12 tags finished by December 17th.  You can read all about the challenge in the first post here.  

The products below were used to create this tag.  They can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Ranger Inkssentials Surfaces Tags - #10 Tags - Manila	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Holidays 4	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Seasons Silhouettes	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Reinker	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Bundled Sage
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Vintage Photo	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Ranger Archival Ink - Vermillion	Red Jute Mesh (Burlap) Ribbon	Burlap String - 12 Colors	Sizzix Alterations Die - Mini Tattered Florals Movers and Shapers Die by Tim Holtz
Cotton Crinoline	Sizzix Alterations - Mini Tattered Leaves Movers & Shapers by Tim Holtz	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Vintage Lace Die	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Game Pieces

Vintage Snail Mail

Happy weekend everyone!  It's Saturday, therefore it's Our Creative Corner day too!  Marcy Kaminski is our hostess again this week and she wants us to use a silhouette on our project.  She's even kindly provided a link about silhouettes here.  I love this ancient Stampin' Up! set called Vintage Postcard - definitely a classic!  The young lady at the writing desk and the Thank You are from that set.  The flower flourish is Inkadinkado.  The envelope was made with an old SU template, the lace was coffee dyed and the metal is from my stash.  The piercing was done using a Spellbinders die and that's about it for the deets this week.  Pretty short and sweet for me!  Be sure to stop by Our Creative Corner and see all the wonderful silhouette projects the designers have to spark your mojo!


The following products available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique were used to make this card:

Ranger Archival Ink - Cobalt

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo

Venise Lace Trim - 11/16"

Pocket Full of Posies - Tri-bud Venise Lace Appliques

Compendium of Curiousities 2, Challenge #26 Winner

Greetings to all the Compendium of Curiosities 2 challenge players!  I'm back to announce the $25 gift certificate winner from Linda Ledbetter's Challenge #26 the Crumpled Suede technique.  There were some awesome pieces submitted for the challenge.

I have done the drawing using the Random.org site and our winner this time is Hettie #29.

Congratulations Hettie - you get $25 to shop at The Funkie Junkie Boutique!  Please email me at thefunkiejunkie@gmail.com for your gift certificate code.  And thanks so much to everyone who played along and mentioned The Funkie Junkie Boutique!