Artist Trading Coins and Booklet With Distress Oxide Sprays for Frilly and Funkie

Hello and welcome back to my blog. Today the Funkie side of the Frilly and Funkie Design Team shares their inspiration for the current challenge Artist Trading Coins. Here's what our very creative Suzz has to say about her theme:

The challenge this time is to create an Artist Trading Coin. I was inspired by a new way of capturing a little bit of art to share with others. You challenge is to create a trading coin which should be a circle shape 2 1/2 inches in diameter.

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 Frilly and Funkie. 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.

Welcome to my book of  'attitude'! First, I will show you how I created my AT Coins and then share links on how to create the booklet and more photos of how it all turned out. Remember you can click on any photo to zoom in.

I decided to make a masterboard and cut my coins from that. The masterboard  actually started as a sheet of mixed media paper that was a mop up of a recent play I had with my new Distress Oxide Sprays. Pretty ugly and a little muddy, but you'll see it works in the end. You'll see the actual project I was working on this coming Saturday in Frilly and Funkie's Saturday Showcase feature.

I used Tim Holtz Grid Dot mini stencil, Picket Fence Distress paint and a make up applicator to sponge a design. I also flipped the stencil over to get the monoprint. I love the subtle design it leaves. Lastly, I splattered with Black Soot paint.

Now that I had my paper ready to go, I used the packaging from my punch to help me find desirable areas to cut for the requisite 2 1/2 inch circles. It also helps me visualize my end design. I used the tiniest characters from Tim Holtz Christmas and Halloween Paper Dolls, Snippets and Snarky Small Talk stickers for each of my collages. I cut 6 circles each from the masterboard,  cream colored card stock and  waste packaging and adhered them with Distress Collage Medium Matte. 

The packaging gives the coins some heft and stability and the cream card stock serves as a backing. I later decided to give the backs a pattern, and I again used the stencil to print and monoprint, this time with Pumice Stone and Ground Espresso inks.  Because I may want to trade these coins in the future, this simple design gives me the option of writing a message or coin details here. All my bits were adhered with collage medium.  Each coin edge, front and back was blended with Ground Espresso ink, and I went around the skinny edge with Ground Espresso paint.

Here are my six coins completed, and you will get to meet each character up close in the photos following. Gotta love those sarcastic Small Talk stickers! I'm so excited Tim's now got them in the Big Talk version.

That's it for the coins, but you'll see more of my friends on and in my booklet. My booklet is a compilation of these two  tutorials: Teresa Morgan Artist Trading Coin Mini Book, Playful Bookbinding and Paper Works -- Paula Beardell Krieg shares an easy to follow V-Pockets Book Cover step by step. I made these as signatures for my booklet.

 I tried the making the cool pockets with the aperture and even a concertina fold thingy to fit just 6 coin envelopes, like Teresa shows in her video, but didn't like my coins falling down and sliding around out of the window. I know I could have worked around this, but I had already tried making the v-fold pocket, as an option, and preferred the way my coins were kept safe and snug. I used some old carpet thread and a pamphlet stitch to hold my three signatures in. Many videos can be found on You Tube to guide you on this.

Here's the little album cover, spine and back. The panels were all cut from the same masterboard.

I added some stamping using the script stamp from Entomology and some old Ideaology Remnant Rubs on the spine and front cover.

The seam binding ribbon looks beautiful colored with Spiced Marmalade and Fossilized Amber Oxide sprays. The following photos show the inside covers --  front and back as well as the front and back of each signature. The booklet cover is cut from an old Tim Holtz paper stash (Lost and Found) and the signature covers are from his Wallflower collection. I used some very old drawing paper I got at an estate sale for the signature bases/pockets. The pad has a 98 cent price tag on it! I find this is just the right weight of paper for these pockets, allowing for nice, crisp folds without the bulkiness of card stock. Regular cheapo scrapbook paper would work, too.

And now here are my coins all safe and snug in their little pockets.

Thanks for hanging in there with me! I hope you've enjoyed this project. Please stop over to the Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the amazing coins my Frilly and Funkie teammates have made to inspire you. Then it's over to you; I can't wait to see what YOU will create for this fun challenge! Hugs and Blessings! Sara Emily

Challenge shares:
March Mini Album Challenge FINALLY!!!

The Artistic Stamper Colour it Green I used a script stamp on the cover.
Country View Challenges March 2019 - Letters and/or Numbers
Mix It Up MIUCB #23 - Anything Goes + Inked Background
Love 2 Create Mixed Media Challenge #3 Anything Creative Mixed Media Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday Whatever The Weather I was inspired by hopes of sunny days ahead, but you can see hints at damp overcast skies in my backgrounds, and most of my characters are still dressed for cold winter weather.
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes

These products were used and are stocked by The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray - Fossilized Amber
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray - Peeled Paint
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray - Spiced Marmalade
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray - Iced Spruce
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Mini Ink Pad Kit #3

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Mini Layering Stencils - Set 27	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Entomology	Wallflower Paper Stash	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Snippets Ephemera	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls, Christmas
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls Ancestors	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk - Snarky	Rayon Seam Binding	Tim Holtz Distress Splatter Brush	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933
Prima Watercolor Brush-Pen Set	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Black Soot TDF52937	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Picket Fence TDF53170	Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Paint TDF50605	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Ground Espresso TIM43270
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo TIM19527	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Pumice Stone TIM27140	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Antique Linen TIM19497

Springtime Mixed Media Canvas With Tim Holtz Geo Springtime

Hello friends! We are into the second week of the current challenge, 'Let Me Count the Ways' over at Frilly and Funkie. I chose this theme; it's an easy one, but be sure to read the details of this challenge carefully if you plan to play along: 

Since it's just a day away from Valentine's Day, the opening line of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous love poem "Let Me Count the Ways" (Sonnet 43) comes to mind. "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." For this challenge, I would like to see your vintage or shabby chic project that includes three of something. This could be three colors, three words, three stamps (you get the idea); just be sure to tell us what those three elements are.

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 Frilly and Funkie. 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 decided to make a simple springtime canvas. This doesn't take many products, most of which you probably already have.

 I started by applying gesso to my long, narrow canvas. Then I chose some portions of Tim Holtz  Botanical Collage Paper, tore them out and adhered them to the canvas with Distress Collage Medium Matte.  I die cut four butterflies using Tim's Geo Springtime Thinlits dies; three from black card and one from Metallic Kraft Stock. I adhered two of the black butterflies to the canvas with collage medium, giving the entire canvas a coat.When that was dry, I used Opaque Crackle Texture Paste and a Tim Holtz Dot Fade  stencil to create some texture. 

I used three colors on my background: blue, pink and green. I used Distress Oxides in Victorian Velvet, Tumbled Glass, Weathered Wood and Bundled Sage. I know in reality that's four colors, but the Weathered Wood is a blue and acts as a neutral here, deepening the tones and giving the colors depth. Everything was given a protective coat of collage medium. I edged a Quote Chip with Tarnished Brass Distress Crayon and layered it over a scrap of sanded metallic card.  I adhered the metallic butterfly to the third black one just at the body and tips of the top wings, curving the  wings a bit. This butterfly was adhered to the canvas just at the body, so the wings appear to float off the canvas. Finally a splattering of Black Soot paint to tie it all together.

 So there's my trios -- three butterflies, three colors, three groups of stenciled texture, and  three flowers from the collage paper. Here are some close-ups of the finished canvas.

I hope you'll pop over to Frilly and Funkie to see all the amazing inspiration both my Frilly and Funkie teammates created to tempt you with. Then it's your turn to play along ! I can't wait to see how you will include 'threes' in YOUR project! Thank you for stopping by today! Hugs, Sara Emily.

Challenge shares:

Crafts Dreamy February Mood Board Challenge

Art & Soul Studio's February Mood Board Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday No Stamps Allowed
Scrapy Land Challenge #108 Anything Goes  I used a Sizzix die.
Love 2 Create Challenge #2 Anything Creative Mixed Media Goes
Double D Pink and White

Links to products used stocked by The Funkie Junkie Boutique:
***Remember to use coupon code DIEDISCOUNT to receive 20% off MSRP Tim Holtz newly released dies!***
Tim Holtz Geo Springtime Thinlits Dies
Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Dot Fade
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collage Paper Botanical
Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic Kraft Stock
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Chips
Ranger Opaque Crackle Texture Paste
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte 
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Victorian Velvet
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Tumbled Glass
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Weathered Wood
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Bundled Sage
Tim Holtz Distress Crayons Set- Metallics (Antique Bronze/Brushed Pewter/Tarnished Brass)
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Black Soot