Pink Poinsettia Greetings-12 Tags of Christmas-Funkie Junkie Style-Week 4

Hello from balmy North Carolina (well it was when I started writing this post)! We've been having the craziest weather with temps and humidity that feels like August sandwiched between "jacket weather" days! Recently I had a warm, sunny day off and spent it mainly in the garden, cleaning up our very unproductive veggie garden and devastated perennial garden from our October storm. I rewarded my hard work with a little crafty time and finally came up with my week 4 card for Linda Coughlin's 12 Tags of Christmas-Funkie Junkie Style.

Please stop by The Funkie Junkie to see Linda's inspiring vintage Christmas tag, and check out the details of her challenge here.  It's a super fun challenge and the rewards are many! It is generously sponsored by Linda's shop The Funkie Junkie Boutique, where you will find an amazing inventory of the finest crafting products!  I have been struggling with this tag, because I knew immediately I would be making my version with pink poinsettia's--my favorite! I just didn't know how all the rest would come together, because I wanted to include the bit of plaid and the glitz Linda got with the Deco Sheets and foiling.

I picked up the gold and silver Deco Sheets earlier this year, and they have been sitting unopened at the top of my Tim Holtz Goodie Bin screaming at me to use them. I watched Tim's video to find the best way to color them, and in the end used Picked Raspberry Distress ink, the same color I used on my poinsettia. I used Worn Lipstick ink to lightly color my die cut panel (Tim Holtz Christmas Mixed MediaThinlits) and sentiment tag (Tim Holtz Labels Thinlits) and edged in Frayed Burlap for a vintage look. I colored the little holly leaves from the die cut "waste" with Mowed lawn and added green Stickles for sparkle. Linda mentioned how it was like a jigsaw puzzle putting the little leaves back into their assigned spots, but I found the most difficulty with getting the Stickles on these little pieces of paper! And my Biskit kitty got into them before they were dry!

Like Linda's beautiful fabric poinsettias, my Tattered Poinsettia (Tim Holtz die) was cut from crinoline. I spritzed with Goosebumps spray to act as a resist and when dry stained the layers with Distress stains in Picked Raspberry and Spun Sugar, and Mowed Lawn and Crushed Olive Distress inks.  I highlighted the edges of the green leaves in Picked Raspberry ink. The center is a gem from my stash colored with Stickles in yellow and platinum. The Goosebumps didn't work so well to give good contrast to the stain (it worked well with Dylusions spray on my test piece), so I went back in with watered down white acrylic paint and my splatter brush.

The greeting is from Flonz Craft and is embossed in Ranger Silver Embossing Tinsel. I popped it up on adhesive foam tape over a plaid ribbon from my stash.

 Another card ticked off my list, and this one is going to be hand delivered to one of my local besties who adores pink and green. She lives a block away, and we met right after I had my boy/girl twins over 18 years ago. She saw my 6 ft. tall wooden storks a friend had erected in our yard, and she was expecting boy/girl twins herself. She brought over a tin of cookies and spent mornings with me to see how the "routine" was done. Eventually she baby sat for me while I took time to go to the gym in the early weeks. We've been best friends ever since. Our kids spent every holiday and birthday together and "helped" with our bi-annual yard sales until they hit high school, but now they've all gone in their own directions.

Most of the products I used can be found at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

I'm sharing my card with the following challenges:

The Funkie Junkie-12 Tags of Christmas-Funkie Junkie Style-Week 4

A Vintage Journey-December Challenge-Winter Magic

Scrapy Land Challenge #55-Anything Goes (with a die that Scrapy Land sells) I used 3 Sizzix dies.

Your Next Stamp Sketch and Color Challenge #53 Greeting was stamped.

Time Out Challenge #71- Christmas With an Optional Twist of Glitter/Shimmer

The Artistic Stamper- December's Creative Challenge-Christmas The greeting was stamped.

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 176-Christmas in Tones or Pastels

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #137-Christmas I stamped my sentiment.

Noor! Design December Challenge 25-'Sparkle'

Country View Challenges-December 2016-Christmas

Thank you for your visit today and for your lovely comments! they are appreciated even more during this busy month!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily