12 Tags of Christmas-Funkie Junkie Style-Week 6

Good morning, crafty friends! Oh, happy day!  I've finished up another card to enter Linda's 12 Tags of Christmas challenge--week 6 this time.   Here is my simple vintage grunge Christmas card.

  Here is Linda's tag where I got my inspiration. I loved her faded layers on her vintage background, and was so inspired by her water stamping technique, I had to give it a try. I was taken by her touch of corrugate board with the muted shades of the cluster on it and of course, her Christmas tree.

 

This is pretty much a CASE project; I just changed a few things around to suit my card. I love the simplicity of her tag and this card. I started with an Art Impressions tree image which I inked with Distress inks in Pine Needles and Evergreen Bough and a spritz of water before stamping the image on card. I dried this and inked up my Tim Holtz Grunge Cirque background stamp with Evergreen Bough.  Like Linda, I stamped my first impression on a scrap,and then spritzed the stamp with water. The second impression was made on my card. I dried thoroughly. I stamped with Tim's Merry Christmas music in Jet Black Archival. Next, I blended over with Vintage Photo and spritz and flicked with water and again dried thoroughly.  I distressed the edges and blended Ground Expresso ink on them.  While the ink was still wet, I sprinkled with Ranger Sticky embossing powder, heated and sprinkled with Rock Candy Distress Glitter on the corners. Sorry about the poor light quality in the second shot; I was trying to get the glitter to photograph.

I masked my tree, and flicked on watered down white acrylic paint with my new Tim Holtz Splatter brush I got in my recent Funkie Junkie order. If you like to splatter like I do, this tool is worth it's weight in gold. I also used my marker spritzer and Black Soot Distress marker for a little more aging. My "ornaments" are tiny flat backed pearls I colored with alcohol inks, Wild Plum and Snowcap Mixative. These were inspired by those holly berries on Linda's tag. An Ideaology Mirrored Star colored with Sunshine Yellow and Mushroom alcohol inks top my tree. "O Holy Night" is by Momenta.

My inky card is backed with corrugate board, inked with Ground Expresso and splattered with the watered down paint.

 A very easy card to make, thanks to Linda's awesome inspiration! Please stop by her blog for tons of Christmas inspiration, and while you're there, join in the fun of her 12 Tags of Christmas challenge.  If you are one of three lucky winners, you will receive a generous gift voucher to her shop the Funkie Junkie Boutique, who is the sponsor of this challenge. Each participant who follows the easy guidelines and participates in each of the 12 challenges receives a 15% discount coupon to her store for their entire order in the month of January! What could be better than that!?

I would like to enter my card into the following inspiring challenges:

The Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas-Funkie Junkie Style- Week 6

Frilly and Funkie 'Tis the Season

A Vintage Journey Vintage Christmas Tim influence: Techniques: spritz and flick,distress. Products: Distress Style: Vintage Grunge

Stamps and Stencils Grungy Christmas

Emerald Creek Dares Bringing Bits of Cheer!

Inspiration Journal/Inspiration Emporium 'Tis theSeason

The Artistic Stamper December's Creative Challenge Christmas

Word Art Wednesday #213 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Holly Jolly Stamping

Country View Challenges Create a Scene

Thank you for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments!

Hugs and Christmas Blessings!

Sara Emily