Tag Friday A Vintage Journey

Hello! It's the last Thursday of the month here in the USA, and that means it's Tag Friday over at A Vintage Journey! Be sure to visit to see all the amazing tags the rest of the Creative Guides have created.  

One of my favorite newer crafty goodies is Tim Holtz Botanical 3D Texture Fade. I've combined it with Tim's Skeleton Leaves, some older leaf die cuts and flowers from my stash for this super quick tag.  Below are some close ups of that beautiful texture created with the embossing folder.

 Some greens are embossed in gold, although it's hard to tell on this gloomy day. Halloween Collage Paper adds some late fall interest to the background.

 And how about that delicious crackle? A fun way to end  the Autumn crafting. Now I can move onto Christmas! 

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Scrapy Land Challenge #102 Anything Goes  I used three Sizzix dies.
Crafty Cardmakers #223 Anything But a Card
Cropstop November Link Party - # 45
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes
Mixed Media Place November challenge

Assemblage Clock -- 'Tis the Season For Gift Giving For Frilly and Funkie

Hello and welcome! Our current theme at Frilly and Funkie is Tis the Season For Gift Giving chosen by our super talented and creative teammate, Maggi. Today the Funkie side of the team is presenting their inspiration for this theme, and my share is a Tim Holtz Assemblage Clock I made for my family. When the clocks were readily available in our local craft stores, I bought three, knowing I would decorate them for my family over the next years. Three is enough to be considered a collection. 

Here is what Maggi says about her challenge theme: Because it's that time of the year when we're all thinking about the perfect gift for our friends and families, let's combine our crafting passion with our "to do" list by creating a vintage or shabby chic gift for a special someone in your life. Your gift could be as simple as a handmade card or tag, or an elaborate piece of home decor. Maybe you like to place your gifts in handmade boxes? Your imagination is the only limit on this challenge! 

Please stop by Frilly and Funkie to see the gifts my talented Frilly and Funkie teammates have created for that special someone. Hopefully you'll be tempted to create a gift and 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.

Let's start with some of elements and how these were made:

The Salvaged Snowman is colored with Distress Markers and Crayons and coated with Distress Collage Medium Matte. While still wet, I spooned on Distress Clear Rock Candy Dry Glitter. The clock was disassembled and all of the pieces were covered with 2 coats of gesso. I applied Forest Collage Paper to the clock itself with Vintage Collage Medium and colored with Distress Crayons.

The inside of the back of the clock is colored with Distress oxides and ink in blues and stamped with Watering Can Archival ink using the pine from Tim Holtz Great Outdoors set.

The wonky pines from Merry Moose and Home For the Holidays Thinlits are colored with oxides, smeared with Distress Grit Paste and sprinkled with glitter. The snowdrifts are also from Home For the Holidays, smeared with Grit paste and glittered.

 I couldn't resist giving a little texture to the trunks with Distress Crazing.

I cut a circle free hand from the snowy acetate sheet from Tim's Christmas Paper Stash, and layered my drifts and tree on it, using adhesive foam to add dimension. The wonky trees were adhered to the backing, all using collage medium. This stuff makes anything stick!

  I extended the tree line on the sides of the clock's interior by using the same colors in Distress paint and stamping additional tree images. I was just tickled pink that 'Christ' appeared so prominently when I applied the collage paper, totally unintentionally by me. It should remind us that Jesus Christ was born on this holy day and to be sure to put Christ in Christmas. It prompted me to tear out the words 'family' and 'beautiful' from the paper and adhere them to the rim of the clock, too.

Next comes the tricky part of assembling everything within the clock. First all the parts must be put back on.  After determining where my snowman would sit, I smeared some light texture paste at the base near the front of the clock and sprinkled it with Distress glitter. The snowy acetate panel came next, held in place with blocks of foam. You can see where I added some chunky glitter to cover some of the foam in the photo directly above. The glitter was a generous gift from my good friend, Autumn last Christmas. Thank you, Autumn! I replaced the back panel of the clock and settled my snowman. Notice I did not replace the glass panel. It creates too much of a reflection and makes it difficult to view the scene. As it is, the acetate panel makes it challenging to photograph the snowy panel in the back, but in real life does not hinder viewing.

And lastly, the fun part of embellishing the exterior. I used Holiday Greens Mini, Festive Greens, and Funky Festive Thinlits to cut from Distress Mixed Media Heavystock, Metallic Kraft Stock and water color paper. I actually combined poinsettias from both the Festive Greens and Funky Festive sets to make mine, and I embossed them with the Textured Poinsettia Texture Fade. Everything was colored with Distress inks and oxide inks.

I stamped Plain Collage Paper with the sheet music stamp from Music and Advert to adhere to the bells, and added color with various Distress Crayons. All of the accessories like the feet, the knobs, the clapper and handle were colored with Picket Fence Distress paint and Mushroom alcohol ink before assembling.

I hope my family is going to enjoy another clock to add to the collection. You can see my other two clocks HERE and HERE. In the past, I've used little vintage figures to put into my scenes, so I was excited to make the Salvaged Santa look vintage for this year's make. Happy crafting!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Gift It

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Baby It’s Cold Outside

Scrapy Land Challenge #102 Anything Goes See links below for dies used.

Crafty Cardmakers #223 Anything But a Card

Cropstop November Link Party - # 45

That's Crafty Winter Wonderland

Let's Craft and Create Challenge #143 - ANYTHING GOES

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

Tim Holtz Idea-olog Paper Stash, Christmas	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic Kraft Stock	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collage Paper Plain	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collage Paper, Forest	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Mixed Media Heavystock 8.5x11 inches - TDA53842
Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Great Outdoors	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Music & Advert	Sizzix Thinlits Festive Greens by Tim Holtz	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 18pk - Funky Festive by Tim Holtz 663101	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 11PK - Holiday Greens, Mini by Tim Holtz
Home for the Holidays Thinlits die set	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 12pk - Merry Moose by Tim Holtz 663103	Sizzix Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Tattered Poinsettia by Tim Holtz 662198	Distress Grit Paste	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Vintage TDA47940
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Crazing TDA47957	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #3 TDBK47926	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #2 TDBK47919	Tim Holtz Distress Crayons Set- Metallics (Antique Bronze/Brushed Pewter/Tarnished Brass)
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #1 TDBK47902	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Marker - Stormy Sky TDM32687	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Marker - Spiced Marmalade	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Marker - Crushed Olive	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Marker - Barn Door
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Tumbled Glass TDF53330	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Broken China TDF52944	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Chipped Sapphire TDF52982	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Picket Fence TDF53170	Tim Holtz Distress Stickles Dry Glitter Clear Rock Candy 3oz TDR35879
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Chipped Sapphire TIM27119	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Pine Needles TIM21476	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Forest Moss TIM27133	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Frayed Burlap	(LATE OCTOBER PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Pine Needles
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Peeled Paint	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Bundled Sage	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Forest Moss	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Gathered Twigs	(LATE OCTOBER PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Weathered Wood
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Stormy Sky	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink Pad - Watering Can AID39006	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Salvaged Snowmen