Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Vintage Pink Inspiration

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Hello, again! It's time for a new challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog. This time Maggi is up as hostess, and she chose the theme, Tickled Pink. Here's how she describes it...

Design a vintage or shabby chic project using the color pink. You may use other colors as accents, but, pink must be predominant. There are many shades of pink ranging from fuschia to soft baby pink so let your pink imagination go wild!

 As always, the winner will earn a chance to be a Guest Designer at a future date at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog, and everyone who enters and follows the rules will go into the draw for the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. There are also Top 3 Badges for three additional outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team. Please see the blog for details.

'Tickled pink' is an expression I often use, but I rarely use pink when I make, so this was a bit of a challenge for me. I can't begin to tell you how many failed attempts at backgrounds I made! I had quite a time trying different techniques using the pink inks and sprays I have, but not a one tickled me pink. I did manage to salvage a mop up panel after adding this and that to it. I'm afraid I have no process shots, but I managed to take a few photos before I added my collage to it.


  Basically I used this card to clean up puddles left after my other trials. The purple looking blotches are left from cleaning off a stencil. After determining it would work as my background, I did some multi colored stamping using one of the Faded Type stamps and Oxide ink pads: Pumice Stone, Tattered Rose and Aged Mahogany.


 I added Opaque crackle paste through the Vintage Wallpaper stencil by Prima. While the paste was still wet, I randomly sprinkled with Antique Linen Embossing Glaze. When the paste had dried, I heated the glaze powder to melt and added two tone vintage shimmer here and there with Ranger Foil Transfer Sheets.


I finished off the card with splatters of Walnut stain ink and Abandoned Coral and Walnut Stain Crayons. I adhered with foam tape and layered this over sanded Classic Kraft Stock, scuffed Metallic Kraft Stock and old Distress card blended with Walnut Stain ink.

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 I love this little butterfly from the Field Notes Ephemera pack. I gave the Found Relative even more age with help of Embossing Glazes and crayon.

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A pair of Field Notes tags were stamped on inky scraps and tucked around a torn scrap of one of my pink technique trials. We don't like to waste a thing in the Closet.

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The flowers from Illustrated Garden were stamped in Archival inks--green and brown on another of the attempts at a pink background. Sometimes these failed attempts are the perfect thing to stamp something else on or perhaps use for die cutting. I colored the flowers and stems with crayons. Scribble them on your mat, and use them like watercolor with a water brush. I tucked a Wildflower Stem die cut from set 2 for contrast.

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 Love you (Tiny Text) is stamped on yet another unsatisfactory attempt to do pink. I stamped it and edged the tag in Ground Espresso Archival ink and layered it over a scrap of dyed Mummy Cloth.

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So that finishes off another card for my Mom--I hope she likes it. Now it's your turn! Let's see those vintage or shabby chic projects that are sure going to tickle us pink! But before you get started, be sure to visit the blog; you will be 'Tickled Pink' by my teammate's diverse pink inspiration! Happy crafting! Sara Emily

Challenge shares:
Simon Says Stamp Monday We’re Going Around In Circles I hope this is ok; I took this from a figurative view as I went around and around in circles, trying out different techniques to make my background.  But I did include a circle tag, too, for the literal view!
Creative Artiste Challenge #60
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Recycle I recycled all my failed attempts to make a pink background and even used my cleanup paper to make the actual bakcground.
Crafty Cardmakers #257 Butterflies
Bleeding Art May Challenge - Anything Goes

These products were used and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Classic Kraft Stock
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Metallic Confections Kraft Stock
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Wildflower Stems #2
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Faded Type
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Tiny Text
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Field Notes
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mummy Cloth
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera, Field Notes
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Found Relatives
Ranger Foil sheets -vintage
Prima Stencil - Vintage Wallpaper
Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Pen 2pk
Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Glaze Weathered Wood, Antique Linen
Distress Ink  -  Walnut Stain, Frayed Burlap
Distress Archival ink - Peeled Paint, Ground Espresso
Distress Oxide ink - Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet, Aged Mahogany,  Pumice Stone, Vintage Photo, Twisted Citron
Distress Crayons - Crushed Olive, Vintage Photo, Black Soot, Spun Sugar, Abandoned Coral, Walnut Stain, Twisted Citron
Distress Oxide Spray - Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet
Distress Opaque Crackle Paste
Distress Collage Matte Medium

Sunday, May 24, 2020

Today Was Going Great...


Hello friends! Happy Memorial Day weekend! It's been a very long time since I have crafted just for the fun of it, and it was a blast. Simon Says Stamp's Monday challenge is We're All A-Buzz, and I couldn't pass it by.

This post will be short and sweet, as I made the background awhile ago when I first got my Distress Glazing Powders and was doing a Saturday Showcase tutorial, and I can't quite recall what I did. I didn't include this sample in the post, since it was way too long.

I covered a trio of the inserts from the Pattern Repeat die with Opaque Crackle paste and sprinkled with Antique Linen Glaze powder. I ended up smearing it with Twisted Citron crayon after I melted the powder to tie it in with the rest.


The bee saw it's first use out of the Geo Insects pack, cut from a scrap of watercolor paper colored with Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio Oxide sprays. The quote is a Snarky sticker colored with more of the Twisted Citron crayon.

I think that's the quickest project I've made and the shortest post I've written in a very long time, too. Happy crafting! Sara Emily

Challenge shares:
Simon Says Stamp Monday We’re All A-Buzz

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Patina Tutorial with Prima's Matte Wax and Sizzix Embossing and Die Cutting


Hello friends! I hope you are doing well during these crazy days that are stretching out into months! I am showcasing Prima Marketing's Art Alchemy Matte Wax over at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog today. 




Please pop over to see how I made these cards as well as these other fine patina'd finishes: aged copper, eroded metal and rust. I hope to see you there! Be well! Sara Emily

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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Slightly Distracted and Corroded

Sara Emily Barker https://sarascloset1.blogspot.com/2020/05/slightly-distracted-and-corroded.html Tim Holtz Masculine Mixed Media Card 1

Hello, friends! It's time for anew challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog, and this time around Jenny is hosting. She calls her challenge theme 'Oh Man!', and this is how she describes it:

"Fathers Day may be a way off yet but there are always other occasions and reasons for making something for the men in our lives. For this challenge create something which you feel has a more masculine look."


 As always, the winner will earn a chance to be a Guest Designer at a future date at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog, and everyone who enters and follows the rules will go into the draw for the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. There are also Top 3 Badges for three additional outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team. Please see the blog for details.

The 3D embossed (Tim Holtz Foundry) corroded/eroded metal background was the jumping off point for my snarky greeting card. But you'll have to wait until this coming Saturday to see how I made it when I'll have a step by step as part of our Saturday Showcase feature at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog.

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 I did some background stamping using the Glitch 1 set and Black Soot archival ink. Of course, I couldn't resist using one of my Paper Dolls as the subject. His jacket and slacks are embossed in Cracked Pistachio and Peeled Paint Embossing Glazes and stamped with the grid from the same Glitch one set, also in archival ink.

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I pulled out my Steampunk Parts Bigz die and some cat food box panels to make some rusty parts. (These come between the layers of canned Fancy Feast in a big box, so untouched by the cat food. Sadly, Roger's still on a diet and has to eat low fat, expensive food that doesn't come in a case, so I'm using up my stash.) I'll be sharing my 'rust' recipe on Saturday, too, although there are some slight changes here. Here, I added a few dribbles of Rust alcohol ink and sprinkled them with Rust Embossing Glaze and allowed it to dry without heating. I did the same thing to the Idea-ology Hardware Heads, too.

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The snarky quote is from Snarky Cats stamp set. While I love the cats, I bought this set for the quotes. The layer under the Foundry layer is white card with Typeset Collage paper adhered with Collage Medium Matte. I colored just the edges with Distress Crayons: Black Soot and Vintage Photo and Prima Patina Green Matte Wax. Thank you to Wendy Baysa (Dabble DoDay) for gifting me with the Typeset Collage Paper, among many other crafty goodies!

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I tucked in a Type Chip and and ephemera from Ideaology Urban Layers colored to coordinate with Antique Linen and Antiqued Bronze crayon and Matte Wax. A portion of another Urban Layer is stamped with another of the Glitch 1 images and altered with Vintage Photo and Black Soot crayons, Rust and Cracked Pistachio Embossing Glazes and Matte Wax.

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I hope you liked my slightly distracted manly card. If you get time, be sure to pop over to The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog this Saturday for our Saturday Showcase feature to see how I made this corroded/eroded metal background and rusty metal as well as a few other things. In the meantime, please drop the blog to see to see what my talented teammates have put together to inspire you for our  Oh Man! challenge. Then it's over to you; I can't wait to see what you will create for this challenge! Take care of yourselves. Big hugs! 

Happy crafting!
Sara Emily
These products were used and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Glitch 1
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Snarky Cat
Sizzix Chapter 2 Tim Holtz Steampunk Parts Bigz Die
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Urban Layers
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Type Chips
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collage Paper, Typeset
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - Black Soot, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo Antique Linen Antiqued Bronze
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray -  Rusty Hinge
Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Dabber
Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Pen 2pk
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Antiqued Bronze
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Mini Ink Pad - Black Soot
Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Glaze - Rusty Hinge, Cracked Pistachio, Peeled Paint
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Grit Paste
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte
Prima Finnabair Art Alchemy Wax Paste - Patina Green
Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Rust
Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Gesso - black