Sunday, December 16, 2018

Silent Night, Holy Night

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Hello! We are one day closer in our Advent journey! Hallelujah! The Lord is coming! I love the Wise Men die by Tim Holtz--it is my favorite of his ever! I've seen so many beautiful cards made with it, but none more beautiful than those made by Ann Sullivan Barnes (aksbarchitect CREATES), and I just had to case her card. Thank you for the inspiration and wonderful tutorial, Ann!

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Excuse my horrible photos; I was in a rush to get my cards in the mail. I noticed the cat hair laying across this one when I was editing, but I thought the colors were as accurate as they were going to get in this shot. I used the same Distress Oxides that Ann did--Tattered Rose, Seedless Preserves, Aged Mahoghany and Chipped Sapphire, dipping in puddles on ink in that order. But I also blended with Black Soot and Chipped Sapphire inks before splattering with a little water.

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I stamped my stars with Pumice Stone Distress Oxide like I did on this card. I heat embossed 'Silent Night, Holy Night' in Princess Gold powder. This stamp is a gift from my friend, Autumn, and is one of my favorite Christmas stamps. I cut the Star of Bethlehem from the background and inlaid one cut from Metallic Kraft Stock.

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Merry Christmas!
Sara Emily

Friday, December 14, 2018

Contemporary Christmas Card-A Compilation of Old and New Tim Holtz Products

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 Hello! I hope you are enjoying this wonderful Advent season! I have a simple (and I mean SIMPLE) Christmas card to share with you. This one marries some of Tim Holtz older releases as well as the newly released Funky Festive Thinlits dies.

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The 'Christmas' die cut is left over from this card using the Retro Merry Christmas Thinlits die set. All I had to do was cut the included 'Merry' out of Metallic Kraft Stock.

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I  colored a scrap of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock with Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide to cut greens from the Funky Festive set and added a few Holiday greens I had on my worktop. The bow  (Funky Festive) was also cut from metallic card.

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The black card was stamped with the Nordic stamp (Plaid & Nordic) using more Cracked Pistachio oxide ink. I tap the stamp with the ink pad and spritz the stamp lightly with water before making the impression. This was mounted on a panel of Metallic silver and all the die cuts were adhered with Distress Collage Medium Matte.

I'll have a few more cards to share with you, and then I will take a few weeks off from blogging to celebrate Christmas with my family

Merry Christmas!
Sara Emily

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

In the Kitchen Making Cookies and Memories With Frilly and Funkie

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Hello and welcome! Our current theme at Frilly and Funkie is In the Kitchen chosen by our super talented and creative teammate, Suzz. Today the Funkie side of the team is presenting their kitchen themed inspiration and I'm sharing an altered cookbook.

"This time of the year we find ourselves in the kitchen either preparing food for family and friends or just gathering around the kitchen table with family. Your challenge is to incorporate the kitchen somehow in your project. You can use an object from the kitchen in creating your project or you can use a sentiment or image that reflects the kitchen. You decide how to represent being in your kitchen in your art."

Please stop by Frilly and Funkie to see what wonderful inspiration my talented Frilly and Funkie teammates have cooked up for you. Hopefully you'll be tempted to play along!  As always, the Design Team will choose their top four favorites, with the winner being invited to join us in a Guest Designer spot at Frilly and Funkie, and the next three 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.

My entire project was inspired by a recipe for Christmas cookies I made every year with my kids when they were younger. While we still make cookies, we've outgrown the Christmas Mice. I photocopied the recipe and grunged it up with Distress Oxides -- Old Paper and Frayed Burlap. I blended with Frayed Burlap ink and splattered with water then Ground Espresso ink. I dabbed out some Ranger Emboss It Dabber and let it bead on craft mat. I dipped the panel into it, sprinkled and heat set Vintage Beeswax Baked Texture.

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I waffled around with how I would incorporate my recipe into a project for weeks, and even started to alter a box shown in this photo. But I happened to glance down at my grandmother's barrister bookcase one day and spotted this old cookbook and a light bulb went on. If this had been my grandmother's cookbook, I would have left it alone. But I remember picking this up at a neighbor's estate sale, so it was fair game to alter. The book is a little grungy and has a silvery sheen (not seen in my photos), so it seemed to be the perfect backdrop for my grungy and glittery elements. Let's get started on those.

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To frame the recipe, I sanded a Baseboards Frame and smeared it with Vintage Photo paint with my finger. I dripped Mushroom alcohol ink on the wet paint and spritzed it with water to allow it to blend. When it blended to my liking, I heat set. For extra grunge, I smeared on Opaque Crackle Texture paste, let dry and colored those areas with more paint and alcohol ink. Lastly I blended the inner and outer edges with Ground Espresso ink.

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What's a kitchen without LEFTOVERS?! I stamped and inked a panel leftover from my gift card packages using Old Paper Distress Oxide to stamp the music image from the Music & Advert set before blending and dipping the panel with Distress inks. I used this panel in the background because we always have Christmas carols playing in the background while we bake our Christmas cookies.


My pine greens were inspired by Vicki's Grungy Garland here and this candle decor I saw in a shop. I love how Vicki used Plain Collage paper to give the appearance of snowy pines. I happened to have some more leftovers on my worktop-- stamped collage paper from my clock.

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Making the greens is super easy. I cut green Classic Kraft Stock using  a Funky Foliage 3 die and stained the kraft sides with Pine Needles and Peeled Paint stains. I twisted them up while still damp and left them to dry. I smeared on just a hint of Collage Medium Matte with my finger and dusted with Distress Glitter Dust. I think this might have been a lot less messy had I had the new Glitter Duster. I used the same die to cut from the Collage Paper.

Please enjoy some close ups.

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That Bigz Ice Flake is two layers of Metallic Kraft Stock back to back. When I was planning on altering the box, the snowflake would have been seen from both sides. I sanded, then inked with Mushroom alcohol ink and dusted it with more Glitter Dust. The Baubles were colored with Mermaid and Mushroom alcohol inks.

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Don't you just love Tim's Salvaged Snowman? This poor guy has been through the mixed media wringer. He finally got a coat of Distress Grit paste, and I put a tiny wooden spoon in his hand. My beloved nutmeg grater was slated for a Halloween project, but seemed better suited here.

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I loved Stacy's shabby bow here, and I tried to CASE it. :) :)

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 I hope you've enjoyed making cookies and memories with me! Now it's over to YOU! I can't wait to see what comes out of YOUR kitchen! I hope you'll take some time to play along with Frilly and Funkie's current In the Kitchen challenge!

Merry Christmas!
Sara Emily
A list of products I used are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique: