Hello friends! Thank you for all your wonderful comments on my last post. They really made my day! It's time for the Funkie side of the Frilly and Funkie team to unveil their inspiration for our current challenge
Bloomin' Marvellous chosen by our Funkie and fabulous Zoe.
Here's what Zoe has to say about her challenge: "
As spring pokes it's head through the frozen ground, let's celebrate the season and create a vintage or shabby chic project with flowers as the focus and in vintage muted pastel tones, (no brights)."
The background is made with Tim Holtz Distress Mixed Media Heavystock, Floral stencil, transparent texture paste, Antique Linen and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxides, and Tumbled Glass and Evergreen Bough Distress inks. I mounted it on a panel coated with crackle paste. I inked with Shabby Shutters and smudged with Hickory Smoke and Peeled Paint Distress Crayons to highlight the cracks and to give it some variation in color. I finished both panels with a coat of Vintage Distress Collage Medium. Sorry for the photo quality--I snapped this at my desk.
I die cut two of the Ornate Frames and oval inserts from kraft paper colored with Squeezed Lemonade oxide and my cat food box panels. I adhered the two layers with Distress Collage Medium and gave each of them a random coat of crackle paste. I smudged with Hickory Smoke and Walnut Stain crayons. I swiped Prima White Gold Paste Wax around the edges of the frame and crackled backing panel ever so lightly for some much needed shimmer.
I colored watercolor paper with Tattered Rose and Squeezed Lemonade oxides and stamped several images from Tim's Illustrated Garden with sepia archival ink. I added some more color with a paintbrush, the two aforementioned oxides and Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint, and Spiced Marmalade oxides. All were fussy cut and edged in Ground Espresso ink. I shaped a few to add dimension.
I colored some Ideaology Bouquet Findings with Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, and Tattered Rose oxides, and tucked them in along with a flower from my stash. I was amazed the oxides matched the colors of my stash flower to a tee.
Tip: Color Prima Mini Art Stones with the white gold wax, so they coordinate with your project. Do this by applying some wax to your finger and dip into your jar of stones. The stones will stick to your finger and then you can roll them briefly on your craft mat to transfer the color. Pick up some collage medium with another finger or a paint brush and dip into your colored beads to apply to your artwork. Linda sells so many colors of these beautiful waxes at
The Funkie Junkie Boutique, so you are not limited to just gold for your project.
The fussy cut butterfly is from Prima's Lavender 6 x 6 paper stack. I simply added Tattered Rose oxide and edged with Ground Espresso ink to match my flowers.
Finally, I made a bow with Tim's old Linen Ribbon tied with a snippet of dyed seam binding ribbon. It was from one of those fun bags of goodies, Linda sends along as a thank you gift when you place your order at
The Funkie Junkie Boutique. It was a little brighter pink than I needed, so I just rinsed out some of the color for the perfect shade. I had some of the Prima Wax on my fingers, so it has just a bit of the gold shimmer, too. I purposefully left a sentiment off my card, since I don't know what I will use this card for. I can easily adhere a Chit Chat sticker at a future date.
That's all for me today. I hope you found some little thing to inspire you. The rest of my Funkie teammates have even more to inspire you on
the blog, so be sure to pop over, and then get your craft on and join in our
Bloomin' Marvellous challenge for a chance to win a generous shopping spree at
The Funkie Junkie Boutique or to be chosen as one of our 4 winners! I'm looking forward to seeing what YOU will create!
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Thank you for stopping by my blog today and for your sweet comments!
Hugs and Blessings!
Sara Emily
The following products were used on this card and are available for purchase at
The Funkie Junkie Boutique:
