Tuesday, November 7, 2017

2017 Challenge: 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Week #7


Hello and welcome to Week #7 for the 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style!  I hope your week is off to a good start.  This week I'm back with some fresh colors for my Christmas themed tag, getting away from the reds.  Starting with a jumbo manila tag, Pine Needles and Faded Denim distress ink were blended on using the Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Stripes.  Design Tape from last year's Tim Holtz Tidings collection was used across the top.  


The Ornate Frame die was used to cut the center panel from plain white card stock.  It cuts two separate pieces, the frame and then the oval center piece.  Hammered Metal embossing powder from Emerald Creek was used on the outer frame.  The center oval was stamped with a stamp from the Tim Holtz Mini Doodle Greetings set using Jet Black archival ink, Vintage Photo DI was blended over it and it was coated with Prima Clear Crackle Paste.  


An Idea-ology Christmas Quote Chip made a great focal point for the top of the tag.  It has Vintage Photo DI blended on it.  A small poinsettia was created from white card stock using the Tattered Poinsettia die (now comes as a set with a Texture Fade).  The smallest layer was cut with an old Tom Holtz Poinsettia mini Movers and Shapers die.  I always spritz my handmade flowers with water and crumple them, then carefully unfold and dry with a heat tool.  A little Vintage Photo DI was sponged on the edges to give a more vintage look.  It was topped off with a cluster of Beaded Berries for stamens.  The holly was cut from the Holiday Greens, Mini Thinlits die from white CS.  I applied some old old chunky glitter I picked up at Jo-Ann's years and years ago.  


The tag was finished off with hand dyed seam binding.  One piece was dyed with Pine Needles distress stain and the other with Faded Jeans distress stain.  I made two loops of each color and tied them up together for a verigated effect, colors matching the plaid.  


Thank you to everyone who has dropped by to visit.  I always enjoy hearing from my visitors who leave comments.  Thanks especially to all who have played along in my little challenge.   It's so inspiring to see all the ways my tags are interpreted.  If you haven't joined in the challenge, there is still plenty of time.  You just need to complete all the weekly challenges by December 29th.  You can get the full details and challenge requirements on the Week #1 post here.








The products below were used to make this tag.  They are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where most name-brand items are always 20% below MSRP:






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Monday, October 30, 2017

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.





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