Love You Rusty Mixed Media Card with Tim Holtz and Spellbinders

Hello friends! Have you gotten all your Valentine's cards made yet? If you haven't, this is a great time to create a few and join in the current challenge at Frilly and Funkie.  Today the Funkie side of the Frilly and Funkie team unveil their inspiration for the two week challenge entitled 'All You Need is Love', chosen by the LOVE-ly and talented Zoe.

Zoe says, "It's time to let cupid draw his paintbrush and create a vintage or shabby chic project with the word "LOVE" somewhere on the project. It can be the focus or just a tiny detail."

 While I don't have trouble making masculine projects, I think it's a challenge to make a Valentine card for my husband. I want it to be romantic but not fluffy, so perhaps some hearts with some deterioration are in order.

The large heart was made with the two piece layered Spellbinder Vines of Passion die. I made the largest heart by tracing around the largest of the dies and cut it free hand. I dipped both the vine-y heart and the solid one behind it in Distress Oxides/water puddles, dipping and drying until I was happy with it. The stenciled heart background panel was also colored in this fashion. I spread crackle paint on the vine-y heart thinly, and thickly through the hearts stencil on the background, allowing it to dry on it's own. When it was dry, I highlighted the cracks with Prima's Color Clay Artisan Powder. Linda sells these powders in her shop in many different colors, and I'm looking forward to trying out more colorful versions.

After brushing off the excess powder, I swiped just the tiniest bit of White Gold Metallic Wax over the crackling. This looks so rich and shimmery in real life, adding just a touch of elegance to an otherwise grungy design. Sadly, some of the crackle from the large vine-y heart chipped off when I added the Color Clay powder, so before adding the wax, I sealed the large heart with a coat of DecoArt Ultra Matte Varnish to prevent further damage. I kind of like the chipped look. I probably could have used Distress Collage medium, but I'm trying to finish off an old bottle of the Ultra Matte.

The three rusted hearts were cut from thin chipboard and painted with gesso, Distress paint and crayons and alcohol ink. Each heart and background panel (given sturdiness with a backing of thin chipboard) was layered using black adhesive foam.

The rusty lace is cut from card stock and painted similarly. 

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I altered the index clips with paint, crayons and alcohol ink and filled them with Remnant Rubs to express my love.

I backed the panel with another card stock layer painted to look rusty. I'm really tickled pink to be using my new Prima Distress Tool gifted to me by my lovely and uber talented BFF and Frilly teamie, Autumn, to get some of that rusty crusty look to my silver elements! Thank you so much, Autumn!

And thank YOU for stopping by! Be sure to stop by Frilly and Funkie for even more LOVE-ly inspiration from both the Frilly and the Funkie girls. Then it's over to you!  We invite to you to play along in the “All You Need is Love” challenge. To do so, simply create a vintage or shabby chic project and link it up at the Frilly and Funkie blog before midnight on Tuesday, February 13th.

The Frilly and Funkie team will choose four favorite projects from the gallery. Our favorite artist will be invited to join us as a Guest Designer  at Frilly and Funkie. The next three winners will receive Top 3 badges to display on their blogs. Everyone who enters and follows the rules will be entered into the draw to have the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.Wow! There's plenty of reason to play along!

I'm also sharing this card with the following challenges:

Country View Challenges February 2018 - Anything But Cute

Creative Artiste Challenge #35 "Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Love 2 Create - Challenge #5 - Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Love Is In The Air

Mixed Media Monthly February Challenge #45 – Photo Inspiration

Thank you for your visit and lovely comments!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

The following products were used and can be found at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Tim Holtz ideaology Metallic Kraft Stock TH93586	PRE-ORDER Tim Holtz Ranger Metallic Distress Paint - Brushed Pewter	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #2 TDBK47919 (February Pre-order)	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #3 TDBK47926 (February Pre-order)	(February Pre-order) Prima Art Alchemy by Finnabair-Metallique Wax- White Gold
Ranger Distress Crackle Paint - Picket Fence White	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Vintage Photo	(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Abandoned Coral	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Walnut Stain	Heartfelt Bigz Die
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Crocheted Lace by Tim Holtz 661499 (February Pre-Order)	Spellbinders® Vines of Passion	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Hearts	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs Words	Tim Holtz Ideaology Adornments Index Clips Fasteners TH93574
Ranger Brayer Medium BRA09887	Ranger ADHESIVE - BLACK FOAM ROLL 1/2" X 1/16"x 2.1 YDS.	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDAK47933 (February Pre-Order)	Ranger Multi Medium Matte 1/2 oz.