Together...A Metallic Wedding Card for The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog

Welcome friends! It' s time for a new challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog and our super  talented hostess, Jenny has chosen the theme 'Marvellous Metallics'. Here's what Jenny says about this challenge:

There are so many ways to add metallics to your projects, from embossing powders and pastes, metallic finish cards and foils, metallic inks and paints to metal embellishments. And you can leave them untreated for a touch of glamour or alter them for an aged or more grungy look. Show us how you like to use metals on your vintage or shabby chic projects.


As always, the Design Team will choose their top four picks, and the winner will be invited to join us in a Guest DT spot at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog. 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.

I always learn so much about language when I'm blogging, and today I learned that there are two ways to spell marvel(l)ous--the English way (marvellous) and the American way  (marvelous). So, no, that's not a typo in the theme title; since Jenny is from the UK, it would be natural for her to use the English spelling.

I made this card for my nephew and his lovely bride's wedding, using the colors of their flowers and wedding party and adding bits of metallic shimmer for glamour and elegance. Their bridesmaids dresses were mauve, which was not easy to replicate, but picking up the hot and soft pinks, lavenders and purples in their gorgeous flower arrangements made it all work.

I knew right away when I saw Stacy Hutchinson's stunning card at Tattered Nest Designs that I would use her gorgeous design as inspiration for Leif and Lynnie's card, and when you visit her blog, you'll see I didn't stray far.

Like Stacy, I used the beautiful Elegant 3D Texture Fade embossing folder, and stamped script onto the flat part of the embossing folder before running it through my die cut machine the requisite 3 times with a watercolor paper panel. The script is from Entomology, and I used  Dusty Concord Archival Distress ink to stamp it.

After embossing, I inked the panel in Hickory Smoke Distress ink and Oxide ink and lightly swiped the raised areas with Black Soot paint, following Stacy's tutorial. It was way too dark for a wedding card, so I went back in with  Brushed Iron Metallique Wax by Prima, just very lightly brushing the raised flourishes with my finger tip. To bring in the wedding party's color, I watered down Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide Spray, and patted some on the panel randomly with my finger. this panel was adhered to a white card blank blended with Hickory Smoke ink.

I really loved Stacy's textured card at the bottom of her card. I choose a pure white stripe textured card from my stash and picked up the texture with more Brushed Iron wax.

I dipped a Crochet die cut in the Victorian Velvet puddle left from coloring the embossed background, dried it and blended with Hickory Smoke ink. I lightly touched the edges with more of the Brushed Iron wax.

I don't have any wedding sentiments, but I thought 'together' worked fine. It is an old Handwritten Love Thinlits die, which I cut one each from grey and black card and a scrap of silver Metallic Kraft Stock. I layered and adhered them with Distress Collage Medium.

I made the trim at the top of the white panel with a scrap of silver Metallic Kraft Stock. I inserted and taped it into the Mini Scallop Impresslit, ran it through my die cut machine three times. When I removed it, I had this lovely piece of trim, which I swiped with Black Soot paint. After allowing it to dry slightly, I wiped the surface with a dry cloth, leaving some of the paint to show off the intricate design.

I inked some water color and mixed media papers and scraps with various inks, sprays and oxides (colors listed below) and die cut flowers and greens from them using Wildflower Stems #1 and #2, Funky Festive, Funky Floral #2 and #3, and Garden Greens Thinlits set. I also cut two Bursts using the Impresslit of the same name from the inky papers. The twigs were cut from plain white card and given a coat of shimmery paste from my stash. I also tipped a couple of the Wildflower Stems with the paste. The purple flower at the bottom of the arrangement was left over from another project, and I believe it was colored with Wilted Violet oxide. Everything was adhered with Distress Collage Medium Matte.

That's all for me today, but if you pop over to the blog,  my talented teammates will inspire you with their 'Marvellous Metallics'. Then it's over to you! I can't wait to see what you will make! Hugs and Blessings! Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Bright and Cheerful

Scrapy Land Challenge #118 Anything Goes I used 7 Sizzix dies!

Mix It Up MIUCB #27 - Anything Goes + Foiling

Sparkles Challenge # 118 Wedding

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

Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic Kraft Stock
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Entomology
Sizzix Chapter 2 Tim Holtz Thinlits Crochet
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Wildflower Stems #1
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Wildflower Stems #2
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 18pk - Funky Festive by Tim Holtz
Sizzix Thinlits Set - Funky Floral #2 by Tim Holtz
Sizzix Thinlits Set - Funky Floral #3 by Tim Holtz
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 9PK - Garden Greens by Tim Holtz
Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Elegant
Sizzix 3-D Impresslits Embossing Folder - Burst
Sizzix 3-D Impresslits Embossing Folder - Mini Scallop

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Hickory Smoke
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles, Bundled Sage, Forest Moss, Peeled Paint, Hickory Smoke, Chipped Sapphire
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray - Victorian Velvet, Shaded Lilac, Wilted Violet, Peeled Paint
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Black Soot
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Mini Ink Pad Kit #2
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte 1 oz Bottle
Prima Art Alchemy by Finnabair - Metallique Wax - Brushed Iron

A Spooky Start

Hello and welcome! Today I'm dipping my toes into the Halloween season's pool -- not quite Halloween, but with some of the colors and words you might expect at one of my favorite times of the year.

I altered this tiny panel and easel I found at a house we will eventually knock down and rebuild. I think it had a creepy Holly Hobby design on it. Easily covered with black gesso and crackled with several crackle glazes (I used Tim Holtz Clear Rock Candy Crackle paint and DecoArt crackle glaze.) I'm nearly at the end of my last hoarded bottle of CRC, and this causes me much distress. Is that even available anymore?

The Halloween Paper doll is colored with Distress crayon, and the Bouquet flowers with oxide sprays and Black Soot paint.

To highlight the cracks, I spritzed with Distress Oxide Sprays; Wilted Violet and Faded Jeans. I dried and wiped off the excess.

The die cut tree is from the newly released Ghost Town Thinlits set cut from a scrap. The quote is a Halloween Clippings sticker, the spooky flashcard and warning sign are from one of the old Halloween Ephemera packs. Crackle is compliments of DecoArt, highlighted with crayons and ink.

I even made sure the easel was crackled. There's been so much Halloween inspiration on the blogs, it's hard not to be inspired. But this summer heat is kind of putting a damper on the spooky atmosphere in my neck of the woods. I hope you're staying cool where ever you are in the world! Hugs and Blessings! Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Bleeding Art July Challenge - Anything Goes!

Simon Says Stamp Monday Not A Card

Scrapy Land Challenge #118 Anything Goes  I used 1 Sizzix die.

Challenge #8 - Anything Goes Mixed Media Creative Challenge at We Love 2 Create at Polkadoodles

It's Heating Up at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge Blog

Welcome friends! It' s time for a new challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog and our lovely and talented hostess, Suzz has chosen the theme 'It's Heating Up'. Here's what Suzz says about this challenge:

July is when the weather here in the Midwest really starts to turn warm and muggy. This is the inspiration for our challenge to interpret the heat with using one or more of the following colors: Yellow, Red or Orange. Your challenge is to create a vintage or shabby chic project where the main color is yellow, orange or red. I can't wait to see how you turn up the heat in your art!

As always, the Design Team will choose their top four picks, and the winner will be invited to join us in a Guest DT spot at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog. 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.

While I do use yellow, orange and red quite frequently in my projects, it's not often the main color, so this indeed was a challenge for me.

My background is a panel of Classic Kraft Stock embossed with Tim Holtz Foundry 3-D Texture Fade. I sanded it and added color with Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide ink and Ground Espresso ink. I layered it on two old Tim Holtz papers and finally to a kraft card blank.

I stamped The Professor by Tim Holtz with Ground Espresso and Faded Jeans  Distress Archival inks on a card scrap, fussy cut and colored his frames with Spiced Marmalade marker.

 I stamped the dial from the same set on Distress Heavystock with Rusty Hinge and Ground Espresso inks and a bit of Cracked Pistachio oxide ink. Using my stamp platform allows me to use multiple colors to create depth and interest.

I fussy cut the dial and colored it with Wild Honey and Rusty Hinge oxides. I gave the dial a coat of Distress Crazing and after drying, smudged with Distress crayon-Chipped Sapphire. Both stamped pieces were edged with Ground Espresso ink. With foam adhesive, both pieces were layered over some scraps I had on my worktop.

I finished my card with a Rusty Bottle Cap, Idea-Ology Metal Ruler Measurements (one of the many prizes I won in a challenge on Tim Holtz Addicts Facebook page), Mirrored and Adornments Stars and an Occasions Small Talk sticker. I patted the ruler with Chipped Sapphire Distress paint. Linda sells the bottle caps in the shop already rusted, and I just dabbed it with Chipped Sapphire paint to give contrast to the Mirrored Star. I colored the star with Splendor Alcohol Pearls (front) and Chipped Sapphire paint (back). The copper painted Adornment Star was already painted, leftover from a previous project, and I colored the other two with Chipped Sapphire paint and Carved Pumpkin oxide. Everything was adhered with Distress Collage Medium Matte.

As a final touch, I splashed the card with diluted Faded Jeans oxide.

That's all for me today, but there's plenty more wonderful 'hot' creativity over on the blog, where my Frilly and Funkie teammates will wow you with their projects. Then it's over to you! I can't wait to see what you will make! Hugs and Blessings! Sara Emily

I'll be sharing with these favorite challenges and a few more when I return to civilization:

SanDee&amelie's 2019 Steampunk Summer Special Challenge
Bleeding Art July Challenge - Anything Goes!

Crafty Cardmakers #238 Here Comes Summer It's a stretch, but my kiddo's birthdays are in the summer, and this card is for my son's birthday.
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Make Your Own Background

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

Tim Holtz Cling Stamps - The Professor
Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Foundry
Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Classic Kraft Stock
Tim Holtz Distress Mixed Media Heavystock
Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Mirrored Stars
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments, Star
Rusted Metal Embellishments - Bottle cap
Tim Holtz Stamp Platform
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #2
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paints - Chipped Sapphire, Ground Espresso, Rusty Hinge
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Frayed Burlap, Ground Espresso, Rusty Hinge
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxides - Carved Pumpkin, Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough, Faded Jeans, Rusty Hinge, Wild Honey
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Mini Ink Pad Kit #2
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Mini Ink Pad Kit #3
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Crazing
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte 1 oz Bottle
Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Pearls - Splendor

The Loveliest Things

Hello and welcome! Simon Says Stamp's current challenge is Life On The Ocean Waves, and I couldn't help but play along. The Elegant 3D Texture Fade just screams ocean waves to me, so I used it to embosse an oxide background. 

After inking, embossing and inking again, I swiped the raised portions of the swirls randomly and heat embossed with Seth Apter's White Cloud Baked Velvet. I splashed with watery Faded Jeans oxide. Can you spot the fish tail? I stamped the fish from Tim Holtz Sealife on Plain Collage Paper using a light touch of Faded Jeans and Peeled Paint Distress Archival inks, and colored on the opposite side with Celestial Alcohol Pearls. I tore the edges of the image and adhered it to the background with collage medium. I also did the fish head on the opposite side, but I made a real mess out of it. It's covered with 'kelp' (cheesecloth dyed with Peeled Paint spray oxide and Walnut Stain oxide).

I love this propeller from the Steampunk Parts Bigz die. I gave it an old crusty tarnished and worn brass look with a variety of products. Look out Mr. Seahorse; you might be cruising for a flat top!

The seahorse is from the Sealife stamp set, too, inked with Ground Espresso archival and clear embossed over an old failed alcohol ink lift technique panel (before the miraculous Alcohol Lift ink).

And there's the Seashells Bigz die cut given a crusty look with a variety of products. You can see a tutorial I did with tips on making seashells HERE. Grit paste, art stones and Seth Apter's Deep Sand Baked Texture, a brass starfish from my stash, a Clippings Sticker and some Funky Floral die cuts finish it off.

I hope you're finding time to create among these busy summer days. I find my crafting time is rare, but this came together in no time. Thank you for stopping by! Hugs and Blessings! Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Life On The Ocean Waves

SanDee&amelie's 2019 Steampunk Summer Special Challenge I looked at DaRules again, and I thing this fits with the vintage part of industrial/vintage, with a tiny lean toward the industrial.


Scrapy Land Challenge #117 Anything Goes I used 4 Sizzix dies.
Challenge #7 - Anything Goes Mixed Media Creative Challenge at We Love 2 Create at Polkadoodles
Country View Challenges July 2019 - Blues & Greens

'Sea' the World Etcetera Tag

Hello friends! Today marks the start of a new challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog, formerly Frilly and Funkie. The name and blog design has changed but the bi-weekly challenges continue as usual.  Starting with the current theme, both the Frilly and the Funkie sides of the Design Team are joining forces to present one post for the challenge titled Water, Water, Everywhere. This theme was chosen by the talented Cec, and here is what she says:

Often when people go on vacation there is water involved – fishing, cruising, checking out the aquarium, enjoying water sports or playing in the sand at the beach. For this challenge I want you to create a vintage or shabby chic project that reminds you of one or more of these past times.

As always, the Design Team will choose their top four picks, and the winner will be invited to join us in a Guest DT spot at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog. 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.

The inspiration for my panel came from these three seafaring ladies that were on top of the deck of Tim Holtz Found Relatives pack that was still sitting out on my desk. (Nancy, Betty and Barbara, all BFF's since high school.) "Use me!", they cried out in unison. I colored them with Distress Crayons and layered over Classic and Metallic Kraft Stock panels. I added a tiny price 'sticker' from Tim's Keepsakes Ephemera pack, distressed and inked with Ground Espresso.

Backing the photo is a Destination Thinlit die cut heat embossed with Fractured Ice embossing powder over brown Distress ink. This translucent powder does amazing things over colored inks and makes it so easy to add depth and dimension. I adhered the die cut over an oxide mop up panel from my stash and fussy cut around the edges.

I had another inky panel in my stash that worked perfectly as the background. It was a mop up from a combination of  (I believe) Pumice Stone, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress Oxide Sprays on Bristol board . I adhered the panel to a Mini Etcetera Tag with Distress Collage Medium Matte, trimmed and sanded the edges. I blended with Evergreen Bough Distress ink and added Metallic crayon randomly to the edges. 

I just picked up a couple of vintage checkbooks at a really inexpensive estate sale this past weekend (these were free), and on flipping through the stubs, I came across this one that worked perfectly with my theme. This check was for $65 and it was for "Trip-Cost/Laundry". I used one of the  Ticket Booth Framelits to cut the rough edge where I tore it from the checkbook and aged it a bit more with Distress inks.

I embossed a strip of Classic Kraft Stock with Foundry 3D Texture Fade, sanded and inked with Rusty Hinge oxide and Ground Espresso ink.

I originally had plans to use my new to me Tim Holtz Sea Life  stamp set as the focus of my project, but Nancy, Barbara and Betty were calling to me. Yet I couldn't resist adding this sweet seahorse and seaweed from the set. I can just imagine looking out the port hole in your cruise cabin and seeing this bit of sea life. I used Classic and Metallic Kraft Stock and Steampunk Parts die to make the aged brass porthole.

Another piece of Keepsakes ephemera and a stamped and torn ticket back the Quote Chip. I used Tim Holtz Ticket Booth stamps and Framelits to make the ticket, which is colored with oxides and stamped with a combination of Distress Archival inks ( Faded Jeans and Ground Espresso) which adds depth and age. Using my Stamp Platform makes easy work of stamping using more than one color.

An Ideaology Swivel Clasp holds an altered Typed Token . I used a seahorse charm from my stash, but Linda sells a beautiful seahorse charm in the shop as well as a seaside charm set that comes with the sweetest  detailed seahorse along with 8 other antiqued bronze nautical charms. (They're on sale for just $3.59 for the set!)  I tied off my tag with a couple pieces of that gorgeous ribbon Linda ties up her thank you packages with along with Ideaology Jute String colored with Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide spray.

That's all for me today, but there's plenty more wonderful watery inspiration over on the blog, where my Frilly and Funkie teammates will wow you with their creativity. Then it's over to you! I can't wait to see what you will make! Hugs and Blessings! Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Make Your Own Background

SanDee&amelie's 2019 Steampunk Summer Special Challenge

Crafty Cardmakers #237 Dies or Punches

Challenge #7 - Anything Goes Mixed Media Creative Challenge at We Love 2 Create at Polkadoodles

Scrapy Land Challenge #117 Anything Goes I used 4 Sizzix dies; One you can't see is the Stitched Circles die by Sizzix to cut the port hole backing with.

Country View Challenges July 2019 - Blues & Greens

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

Almost everything in the store is discounted an additional 10% off the already discounted prices through July 7, 2019, excluding 'new arrivals' and 'coming soon'!

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Etcetera Mini Tag Thickboards

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Sea Life

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Ticket Booth

Sizzix Chapter 2 Tim Holtz Steampunk Parts Bigz Die

Sizzix Chapter 2 Tim Holtz Thinlits Destination

Sizzix Framelits Die Set - Ticket Booth by Tim Holtz

Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Foundry

Distress Ink -- Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo, Evergreen Bough, Ground Espresso
Distress Crayons --sets 1, 3 and 5 and Metallic

Distress Oxide Inks-- Wild Honey, Bundled Sage, Fossilized Amber and Rusty Hinge

Distress Oxide Sprays -- Pumice Stone, Vintage Photo, Cracked Pistachio and Walnut Stain

Tim Holtz Ranger Metallic Distress Paint - Tarnished Brass

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Mini Ink Pad Kit #2

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Mini Ink Pad Kit #3

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte

Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Pearls - Kit #4

Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic Kraft Stock

Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Classic Kraft Stock

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Found Relatives

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera Pack, Keepsakes

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Typed Tokens

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Swivel Clasps

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Jute String

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Chips

Emerald Creek Allure Powders - Fractured Ice

Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

VersaMark Watermark Ink Stamp Pad