Back Crafting Again With Frilly and Funkie

Hello,

If you are visiting my blog, I have to say a wholehearted thank you and welcome!  It's been almost six months since I have created anything or shared a post.  I'm so sorry to have let so much time go by.  Things sort of got away from me with the January trip to Anaheim and the Winter CHA.  And then it was crazy for a few a months at my store, The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  And right in the middle of all of that, I had to look for new space for the shop and organize the move...and then get everything settled and running again.  But we are down one team member at Frilly an Funkie for a couple of months so I'm stepping in to fill the gap.  Zoe Hillman has taken a leave of absence to move and will be back with us at the end of the summer.

The current challenge at Frilly and Funkie is Let The Words Do the Talking.  Here is my sample.  I'm not thrilled with how it turned out, but for now and for me, at least it is a start to get me back in my craft room and feeling good about it.

This is for the Funkie side of the team so I wanted something with vintage hues and sort of rough.  I started with  jumbo manila tag and stamped with Wendy Vecchi's background stamp Just Say It in Cornflower Blue archival ink.  Using the Tim Holtz Flourish stencil and Wendy Vecch's Translucent Embossing Paste, I laid down a nice layer of the translucent paste.  Once dry, I spritzed it with Antique Linen Distress Spray and let it dry.  Then I went over the high points on the embossing with  Walnut Stain distress crayon.

The boy and girl are from Found Relatives. The branches are from Southern Ridge Trading Company and the flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. This challenge is all about the sentment and what it means to us.  I have always loved this quote from Washington Irving.  It's an old back-in-the-day Stamping' Up! rubber stamp.  When I make a tag, I always seem to struggle with what to stamp my sentiment on.   For this piece, I decided I wanted to stamp on a heart, but didn't have a heart die large enough or the right shape.  So I layered two together and stamped on them.

To top it off, I used one of the heart wing cabochons we sell at The Funke Junkie Boutique.  The bird was cut from a piece of ephemera from one of Tim Holt's packs but I don't know which pack as they are all mixed together in a drawer in my craft room.  I  used a rub-on to add one more little sentiment.

That's it for now.  Thanks so much for stopping by!








SaveSave The products below were used to create this tag and are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where Tim Holtz and Wendy Vecchi products are always 20% off!

50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Cornflower Blue	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Reinker - Cornflower Blue	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - Translucent
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Flourish	Ranger Palette Knife Set	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Found Relatives	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Antique Linen	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #3 TDBK47926 (February Pre-order)
Southern Ridge Trading Co - Leafy Branches	Miniature Mixed Pink Sweetheart Blossom Flowers SAA-442	Round Antique Bronze Brooch With Glass Cabochon Setting	Heartfelt Bigz Die

Special Day

I guess it is a special day when post something to my blog these days!  But actually the special day was the birthday of a friend that I took time to to make a card for.  Oh my, did it ever feel great to get into my craft room after such a long absence!

I took inspiration from the current theme over on the Frilly and Funkie blog.  Jenny is hosting a challenge called Enjoy Your Embossing.  That got me started with a texture paste embossed background.  I applied it through the Tim Holtz Flourishes stencil onto white card stock.  When that was dry, Whale Watch Blue from Lindy's Stamp Gang Nantucket Pearls spray set was sprayed on.  I also sprayed the Lindy's on another sheet of white CS and then used a pretty Spellbinders die to cut the panel at the bottom of the card.  Then, using Tumbled Glass DI, I stamped with Wendy Vecchi's polka dot stamp and cut my flowers out of that.  The die cut flower shapes were misted with Biscotti Perfect Pearls mist, scrunched and dried with my heat tool.  That made them nice and firm and all to take the Vintage Photo DI that I sponged the edges with.  I layered them together and added a gold center.  

Next I got out my Inka Gold Old Silver and applied it to just about everything. Using a Mini Ink Blending tool, I applied it to all the high spots on the embossing and to all the edges of the flower petals (actually I did that before layering them together).   I even applied it to the curved die cut.  Using the new Wildflowers die from Tim Holtz (coming in next week - I got mine at CHA) I cut the wildflowers from Kraft CS and edged it with Vintage Photo.  

After assembling everything together, I added a stamped sentiment from an ancient stamp set from PaperTreyInk (looks like it is still available here).  I decided it needed a few more flowers in the upper left and just for kicks, I added a metal charm.  The charm started out as bronze but I rubbed on a bit of the Inka Gold Old Silver and added a scrap of seam binding dyed with Tumbled Glass.  The sentiment was cut with a Thinlits die from the Tim Holtz Labels set and the little banner for the Happy Birthday was hand cut.  

Thanks so much for visiting me today.  I'm sorry it's been so long since I posted but January is incredibly busy for store owners with CHA and so much new product coming out.  I ordered so many new products while at CHA.  Some of the new products are brand new on the market such as the MISTI and Mini MISTI, real wood paper and the PenBlade retractable craft knives.  It was like springtime this week when we received a huge shipment of gorgeous flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.  We are getting a huge order in from Prima this week, next week all the new Tim Holtz Idea-ology is coming in and the first release of the Tim's Sizzix Alterations dies too.  Stop by The Funkie Junkie Boutique and click on New Arrivals to see all the new products in the shop.  Check the Pre-orders tab too and you will be able to see all the other new products that will be arriving over the next month or so.

The products below were used to make this card.  They are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, where Tim Holtz/Ranger/Sizzix and most other name brand products are always 20% off list.

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Flourish	Ranger Texture Paste	Ranger Palette Knife Set	Lindy′s Stamp Gang Starburst- Starburst Nantucket Pearls Set	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers Die
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	Viva Decor Inka Gold Old Silver
Spellbinders® Curved Borders Two - 6 Die Set	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Wildflowers CMS253 (February Pre-Order)	Message Charm Pendant - Antique Bronze "live your dream′ - set of 4	Rayon Seam Binding	Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Labels

A Simple Thank You

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I needed a quick card to send to a family who hosted us for Christmas dinner last week.  I wanted something fairly flat that I could send through the mail and also didn't have a lot of time (couldn't squeeze out the 3++ hours it usually take me to "whip something up").  I came up with this simple A2 size two-layer card.

I cut a piece of kraft card stock 11x 4.5 and folded it in the middle.  Using the Tim Holtz Mini Weathered Winter stamp set, I stamped with Ranger Glacier White Pigment Ink and dried the ink with my heat gun.  Then it was spattered with Picket Fence distress stain and I made tiny dots on it with Glossy Accents, shook on Clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter and tapped off the excess.

Using a Spellbinders die I bought back in the day, I cut a panel from kraft CS.  Using my finger, I edged it (somewhat messily) with my finger,  stamped one of the largest snowflakes in the center and again dried or heat set it with my heat gun.  The pigment inks never seem to dry by themselves so I always heat set them.  The sentiment from Stamping' Up stamped with Ranger Jet Black Archival ink.  The tag was cut with Tim's Framelits Tag Collection die set and stamped with a Verve sentiment.

The twine, loop pin, silver jingle bell and snowflake charm are all from my shop The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  I left the inside completely blank to write my thank you note.

I hope you all had a wonderful New Year's celebration.  Wishing you all a never-ending season of love and peace!









These products were used to make the above card and are all available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where Tim Holtz, Wendy Vecchi and most other name brand products are always 20% below MSRP.

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Weathered Winter	Ranger Pigment Ink Pad - Glacier White	Ranger Pigment Ink Reinker - Glacier White	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Reinker
Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy	Natural Jute Twine	Loop Pins	Tiny Silver Plated Jingle Bells - Set of 15
Antiqued Silver Tone Snowflake Charms - Set of 6	Tim Holtz Sizzix Framelits Die Set 8PK - Tag Collection

Winners of the 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style 2015 Challenge

Happy New Year to all!  I hope everyone has enjoyed the Christmas season.  I'm back today to close out my annual 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style.  I have really enjoyed getting back into my craft room and making these tags over the past 12 weeks.  I hope you have all enjoyed visiting and participating in my annual challenge.  

Thank you so much to everyone who has participated.  I apologize for my delay in finishing up visiting all your blogs and getting the winners selected.  I used Random.org and the winners are below.  For numbering the participants I used the numbers on the Tag #12 entries as all 19 of the entrants for that challenge were the players who completed all 12 challenges within the required time period.  

Congratulations go to:

#18 - Experiments in Paper - winner of the $50 gift certificate to The Funkie Junkie Boutique 

#8 Inky Splatters - winner of a $25 gift certificate to The Funkie Junkie Boutique

#17 Sew Paper Paint - winner of a $25 gift certificate to The Funkie Junkie Boutique

I will email the winners on Saturday with their shopping coupon code.  And everyone who completed the challenge by entering all 12 challenges by the closing date of December 27th will receive a discount coupon for The Funkie Junkie Boutique to receive 15% off on an entire order placed during January.  Please email me at linda@thefunkiejunkie.com and I will send you your coupon code.  

Thanks again to all who participated.  I really enjoyed seeing all your wonderful artwork.  Lots of great ideas and fabulous techniques.  You have inspired me to get busy in my craft room!

Wishing you all the best in 2016!