Beautiful Moments Mixed Media Panel for The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog

Hello and welcome! It's time for a new challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog, and Cec is hosting. She calls the challenge, 'Aquamarine', and here's what she says about it:

 "Aquamarine, the birthstone of March, has a rich color and has long been a symbol of youth, health and hope. Its mesmerizing color ranges from pale to deep blue and are reminiscent of the sea."  The challenge is to create a shabby chic or vintage project using the colour aquamarine in any of its shades along with one other colour (it could be white or brown or whatever you wish).  The definition has lots of other prompts you could also use in your creation but the colour requirement is the main focus.

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.

This was really a fun challenge, and I knew right away I wanted to make an ombre background and to use Tim Holtz Geo Frames die cuts. I don't have much in the way of step out photos, but I can give you some details and show you lots of photos of how I made this tag.

I included the shot below (even though it's a little washed out from the bright daylight), because it shows off  that gorgeous prism.

I started with the Organic die and cut it from water color paper. I adhered the die cut to a water color panel with Collage medium and swiped on some crackle paste around the edges with my finger. Once the cracks started forming, I gave it another coat of collage medium. I allowed that to dry to touch and sprayed with Distress Oxide Sprays, starting with the lightest and working to the darkest. These are the colors I used: Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch. I spritzed with water and and allowed the colors to blend, coaxing some of the color here and there while I dried with my heat tool.

 I adhered the colored panel to a Baseboard with Collage Medium and sanded the edges when dry. I blended Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain crayon around the edges and splattered some watery ink with a limp paintbrush. Inspired by the definition of aquamarine being a symbol of hope, I chose the word from one of the phrases included in Tim's new Tiny Text stamp set. I stamped it in Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso archival inks first and second generation on a scrap.

Inspired by the photo, I colored four tiny 'gems' and a plastic prism from my stash with alcohol inks: Lettuce, Citrus, Sailboat and Mermaid.

For my focal point, I cut the Scribbly Butterly from water color paper colored with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide and heat embossed with Glistening Glass powder. I layered this over a Tattered Butterfly die cut colored with brown Distress inks,  sandwiching a perfectly coordinating bow made from the ribbon Linda's Mom dies and wraps up our little thank you goodie bags with. If you shop at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, you already know that Linda includes a wonderful little gift bag in each of her orders, filled with crafty goodies and her Mom hand dies all those seam binding ribbons!

The butterfly is resting atop  a trio of Geo Frames cut from Metallic Kraft Stock. I transformed silver card into a rusty brown with alcohol inks: Rust and Teakwood.

The quote is another from the Tiny Text set; this time I used all of the quote. I used some blue sequins and some shell sequins from my stash, again taking inspiration from the definition of aquamarine, and including something from the sea.

The Field Notes stamps got their first inking with Vintage Photo Archival on a scrap, and I fussy cut the labels tucked in around the frame.

Well, that finishes up another project! Here's one last look at my take on Aquamarine.

I hope you found some inspiration here, but there's still plenty of inspiration over at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog from my talented teammates. I hope you'll hop on over and have a look at their wonderful Aquamarine projects. Then link up your own vintage or shabby chic project using the colors and theme as your guide. Happy Crafting! Sara Emily

Sharing with:
Simon Says Stamp Monday: Tag It  I used a Baseboard in place of a tag, because I'm out of the thickboards. Also, by definition, labels are the same as tags, and I have three labels. :) I hope this is Ok for the challenge.
Bleeding Art February Challenge - Anything Goes
We Love 2 Create at Polkadoodles Challenge #3 - Anything Goes Mixed Media Creative Challenge
Crafty Card Makers #251 Embossing I embossed the butterfly, and the background, by definition, is embossed.

These products were used on my panel and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:
Sizzix Chapter 1 Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Scribbly Butterflies
Sizzix Chapter 1 Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Geo Frames
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Die - Organic
Tim Holtz Sizzix Bigz Die - Tattered Butterfly
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Tiny Text
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Field Notes
Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic Confections Kraft Stock
Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic Jewels Kraft Stock
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Salvaged Baseboards
Distress Oxide Spray - Mermaid Lagoon, Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean, and Blueprint Sketch
Distress Oxide - Tumbled Glass
Distress Ink -Walnut Stain and Ground Espresso
Distress Archival Ink -Ground Espresso and Vintage Photo
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #3
Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Lettuce, Citrus, Sailboat, Mermaid, Teakwood, and Rust
Emerald Creek Eileen Hull Molten Dimension Embossing Powder - Glistening Glass
VersaMark Watermark Ink Stamp Pad

Valentine's Day Card Set with Tim Holtz Geo Frames and Crochet 2

Hello friends! I had some fun making some heart themed cards using Tim Holtz Geo Frames and Crochet 2 Thinlits die sets. These cards are for several different occasions: Valentine's Day , a Valentine's day birthday and a thank you card. Since I used pretty much the same thing on each card, I made them assembly line fashion.

This one is for my sister in law's birthday. For each of the cards, I colored a watercolor panel with Distress Spray Oxides in Antique Linen and Worn Lipstick. I blended each panel with Vintage Photo ink and splashed with water and dried. The edges are blended with Black Soot ink.

I made this Valentine card for my husband's mom and dad--still happy together after all these years!

I used Tim's old Hearts stencil with Opaque Crackle paste and set them aside to dry. I had several Geo Frames hearts already cut from Metallic Kraft Stock in Gold and Rose Gold and one from Tim's old paper stash (below). I had backed one of the Rose Gold hearts with vellum which I splattered with Picket Fence paint. Each of the metallic hearts was colored with Cracked Pistachio paint and Mushroom and Rust alcohol inks.

This one is for my daughter; it's our special phrase to one another, and I'm so happy to see it on Tim's Metallic Quotations. The bit of basket filler under the heart makes it a little quirky for a young lady in her early 20's.

I cut another heart from water color paper I sprayed with Worn Lipstick DOXS. I stamped the center with  School Days stamp in Hickory Smoke Archival ink and spread it and the paper stash heart with Distress Crazing Medium. When dry, I rubbed with Vintage Photo Distress Crayon to accentuate the cracks.

This is a thank you card for my sister -- a little late, but she expects that from me. :)

Now that the crackle paste had dried on the background, I did some stamping in Hickory Smoke Archival with stamps from School Desk, Documented, Entomology and my very first Tim Holtz clear stamp (can't recall the name) sets. The Crochet 2 is cut from Rose Gold card stock and colored with Cracked Pistachio paint and Mushroom and Rust alcohol inks. The sentiment is a Clippings Sticker.

This is for my best friend --she's been with me through thick and thin for over 20 years. Lucky me!

This is the frame portion of the heart cut from Worn Lipstick sprayed card. I cut a piece of recycled greeting card to mount it on and re-inserted the little pieces. Once I gave it a coat of Distress Collage Medium Matte to keep all those pieces in place, I aged it with Vintage Photo crayon and a tiny bit of water on my finger.

 Here's a Valentine I made from my husband's brother and his wife.

 This heart was cut from thick white card. The pieces stayed in when I removed the die, so I gave it a coat of collage medium on the back to hold the pieces in place. I inked the front with Vintage Photo and Black Soot inks. You can see where some of the collage medium got on the front and resisted the ink (pretend it's a plan). I had some of the rusty Crochet 2 die cut left, so I cut it to fit the heart's center.Another of the Crochet 2 die cuts is colored with Antique Linen DOX spray, mushroom alcohol ink, Vintage Photo crayon and Black Soot ink.

To say I am in love with what the tiniest bit of Mushroom alcohol ink tapped onto the inky card stock Crochet die cut does to age it is a gross understatement! Oh, and the more I use my oxide sprays the more I am in love with them, too!

The crackled hearts started to chip a bit when I smudged them with Vintage Photo crayon, so I tapped each of  them with a bit of collage medium to hold all those great bits in place.

I hope you enjoyed my play day as much as I did! Wishing you all a very Happy Valentine's Day! I might be back if I'm happy with the card I'll squeak in for my husband. Sara Emily

I'd like to share these in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday: Crack It Up

Crafty Card Makers #250 Love Is All You Need

Country View Challenges February 2020 - Splatters, Splashes & Drips

SanDee&amelie's February 2020 Steampunk Challenge

Creative Artiste Challenge #57

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

Dies R Us Challenge #138 - XOXO (Hearts, Love, Valentine's) I used two Sizzix dies.

Dies Cut Divas Hearts or Flowers I chose hearts!
Double D Hearts

Love Is All Around Us With Tim Holtz Geo Frames

Welcome friends! It's time for a new challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog. Super talented Jenny is our hostess, and she calls her challenge Love Is All Around Us. Here's how she describes her theme:

 With Valentines Day approaching it's time to share a little love. Create something vintage or shabby chic featuring hearts. Here's a few ideas to get you started;

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.

 Instantly, I was drawn to the lacy bow on the package and the roses from Jenny's beautiful mood board. To get started on my non-traditional Valentine's Day card, I found this wonderful rose themed paper in Tim Holtz Halloween Worn Wallpaper collection. I think it works equally well for Valentine's Day, don't you? I used my sewing machine to stitch it to white card and then mounted on Classic Kraft Stock which I sanded and blended with Vintage Photo Distress ink. This is glued to a white card blank. Finally, I splattered with Picket Fence paint and set it aside to dry.

I cut a Crochet 2 Thinlit from a scrap of card that mopped up Hickory Smoke Oxide some time ago. These dies have no blades on the ends, so you can cut a continuous die cut from any length of paper you might have. I cut this one a little longer, because initially I was going to run it vertically. I just trimmed the ends with my scissors to make it fit horizontally.

I die cut a variety of flowers and greenery from Funky Florals Large (and #2, #3 sets) from papers I had colored with Distress Oxide Sprays. I used Fired Brick (blended with Vintage Photo ink) for the flower centers, Iced Spruce for the twigs and flowers and Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutters combined with Kraft stock for the greenery.

The white paper hearts and silver toned heart charm came from the sweet thank you baggie of goodies Linda includes with every purchase from her shop. I blended the hearts with Antique Linen ink and painted the charm with Distress paints -- Picket Fence and Antique Bronze.

The little red dots on the background and on the flower center are actually waste from one of the Large Funky Florals, and I couldn't resist using them.

I  cut a Geo Frame heart from Rose Gold Metallic Kraft Stock 2 and patted it with a little Picket Fence paint. I backed it with vellum and splattered it with watery Picket Fence paint. I stamped and embossed a scrap of vellum with the Love stamp from my stash to see how it would look on the heart, but ended up cutting it out and adhering it to the background.  Sometimes I just don't trust myself to emboss directly on my background. LOL

I hope you've picked up some ideas to use on your Love themed makes. There's a whole bunch more hand crafted Love over at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog, prepared by my talented teammates, so hop on over! And then, I hope you'll link up your own vintage or shabby chic project to be in for a chance to win one of the awesome prizes! I can't wait to see what you will create! Happy crafting! Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Anything Goes

Country View Challenges February 2020 - Splatters, Splashes & Drips

Simon Says Stamp Monday: Floral Frenzy

These products were used on my project and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:
Sizzix Chapter 1 Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Geo Frames
Sizzix Chapter 1 Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Crochet #2
Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 6PK - Funky Floral Large
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Metallic 2 Kraft Stock
Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Classic Kraft Stock
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Worn Wallpaper, Halloween
Distress Oxide Spray: Fired Brick, Iced Spruce, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Hickory Smoke
Distress Paint: Picket Fence, Antique Bronze
Distress Ink: Vintage Photo, Antique Linen
Distress Collage Medium Matte
Heart charm
Versamark
White embossing powder