Water, Water, Everyhwere

Hi!  A little surprise here... We have changed up the challenges a bit and Frilly and Funkie and now you get to see the whole team's art all at once.   The talented Cec is hosting the new challenge which is called Water, Water, Everywhere.  She describes the challenge as:


"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"

I thought about the water in the summer time and I was drawn to the ocean and wanted to see if I could create a vision of the ocean using alcohol inks.

 I had so much fun with this!  I wish I had a huge canvas of Yupo paper and could create this for my family room!

I started with some lovely translucent Yupo paper as my base.

I started with laying down the indvidual colors in each section with drops of the color and the blending solution on the felt.

I smeared the colors across the sections.  I then went back in with a tiny bit of ink to blend between the sky colors. 

In the blue and brown areas I added a few drips of darker colors on the felt and dabbed them on randomly to get the pops of dark color.

To add the waves I put blending solution along the edge of a piece of felt and picked it up and used it to smear some wavy lines in my water. 

I finished off with some blending solution drops to add bubbles along the top of the water line.  I also splatted some white paint over the water as frothy bubbles.

I then stamped the sentiment on the top of the tag and mounted it on white cardstock. 

I found the cutest brass charms to add as an accent but painted them white to coordinate.  I wanted to add more to my tag but didn't want to cover up my scene I had created. :) 

Please check out the design team's fabulous inspiration and play along with us!   The winner will earn the chance of a Guest Designer spot at Frilly and Funkie, 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. And there are Top 3 Badges for three further outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz 

Products: 

Ranger Alcohol Ink - Slate

Ranger Alcohol Ink - Stream

Ranger Alcohol Ink - Sunset Orange

Ranger Alcohol Ink - Sunshine Yellow

Ranger Alcohol Ink - Pitch Black

Ranger Alcohol Ink - Raspberry

Ranger Alcohol Ink - Blending Solution

Alcohol Ink Mini Applicator Tool

Mini Applicator Felts

Dina Wakely White Paint

Rayon Seam Binding

Seaside Charm Set - Antique Bronze

Stampers Anonymous - Stuff to Stay 

Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black 

Yupo Paper - Translucent - 8x10 

Home, Sweet Home

Howdy!  It's Funkie time at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge blog!  The talented Sara Emily is hosting our challenge called "Home, Sweet Home".   She describes the challenge as:

"Whether your house is grand or modest, neat or messy, there's no place like home. Houses get bought and sold, but home stays with you forever. For this challenge, I would like to see how you interpret what home means to you on your vintage or shabby chic project."

I decided to mix it up with different stamps and things for me that represent home into a collage of ideas.

I started with a scheme to represent our physical home with a touch of bricks and colors.   The background is covered with gesso and then with stenciled bricks in crackle paste.

I pulled out the house dies and cut a lot of them. (They will be showing up in future posts for sure!) I had fun using a variety of stamps and colors to make them pop. 

The various elements are just stamped, sponged, and layered.  Each element was selected to represent our family and home.

Hop over to check out the rest of the design teams beautiful inspirations of Home Sweet Home.  Get inspired and join us in the challenge!

The winner will earn the chance of a Guest Designer spot at Frilly and Funkie, 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. And there are Top 3 Badges for three further outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Products:

Stampers Anonymous Merchant
Stampers Anonymous The Professor 
Prima Marketing  Wild and Free
Stampers Anonymous Great Outdoors  (Family stamp)
Stampers Anonymous Mail  Art 
Stampers Anonymous - Entomology
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Christmas
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Shifter 
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Bricked
Ranger Archival Ink - Wendy Vecchi - Watering Can, Orange Blossom, Jet Black 
Ranger Distress Oxide - Iced Spruce, Rusty Hinge, Hickory Smoke
Ranger Distress Oxide Spray - Hickory Smoke
Tim Holzt - Idea-Ology - Ball Chain
Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology - Hinge Clips  
Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology - Story Sticks 
Large Metal Keys
Wendy Vecchi - Embossing Paste - Crackle
Prima Art Basics White Gesso 
Dina Wakely White Acrylic Paint
Black Charcoal Pencil
Hero Arts Memory Definition Stamp
Waterbrush

Embellishments, Trinkets and Trims

Howdy!  I can't believe we are already in June!  I am back today for the Frilly and Funkie Challenge hosted by the wonderfully talented Jenny.  She is challenging us with Embellishments, Trinkets, and Trims. 

She describes the challenge as:

"Linda sells a huge array of beautiful embellishments, trinkets and trims in her store, from metal filigree pieces and charms to buttons, laces and ribbons. They can be the important focal point on a project or the final finishing touches that complete it. However you wish to use them lets see those embellishments, trinkets and trims in action on your vintage or shabby chic entries."

 

I may know a little bit about embellishments, trinkets and trims. :)  I have a few different jars on my crafty shelves full of bits and bobs.    

If you go shopping at the Funkie Junkie Boutique you can see Linda has a fondness for pretty and fun embellishments.   I have quite a few of her beautiful embellishments in my collection and they are what inspired my tag! 

I knew I wanted to showcase the flowery embellishment and had these lovely oblong filigree pieces that coordinated.  I decided to layer them together.

 I first painted the silver filigree with white paint to give it a coat.  I wasn't sure where I was going with the colors but I painted the pieces.

While they were drying I decided to create an architectural background.  I took a piece of mixed media cardstock and cut it to the size of a tag. 

I smeared the surface with embossing paste.  I like to have a heavy coat for the technique I wanted to showcase.  I took a piece of tissue paper larger than the tag and laid it on top of the wet embossing paste.  I then inked up the stamp and pressed it into the embossing pasted and pushed down. 

This gives you a beautiful embossed effect by pushing the imprint into the wet embossing paste.  The beauty of it is your stamp stays clean and the image is imprinted.  I used black ink to add the detail but you could do this with now ink and just use the sprays to pool in the crevices for a softer effect.

After it dried I came back and spritzed the background with blue and antique linen distress sprays.  Once that was dry I was trying to decided what to do with my embellishments when I thought why not add a hint of gold highlights to my background.

That inspired the rest of this because I ended up spraying my painted filigree with amber distress oxide spray. I heat set the color and then I used the gold wax to smear a gold finish.  I painted the ball and chain with gold paint.  And painted a few other metal pieces to coordinate. 

I added splatters of white paint to the background to lighten the effect.  I found the gold sentiments and added them. 

The pink came from the flower I found in my embellishment jar which had a pink crystal in the center.  I decided to use that to add a series of pink crystals over the background of the tag.

The tissue paper inspiration came from the Vintage Journey's June challenge to use Tissue Paper.

Come join us in the fun at Frilly and Funkie! The winner will earn the chance of a Guest Designer spot here at Frilly and Funkie, 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. And there are Top 3 Badges for three further outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Products:

Antique Silver Filigree
Antique Silver Filigree Flowers
Metal Filigree Flowers
Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste 
Ranger Distress Sprays - Antique Linen,  Fossilized Amber, Peacock Feathers 
Ranger Archival Ink - Cobalt, Jet Black
Tissue Paper
Prima Farmhouse Ephemera 2
Prima Vintage Art Pebbles
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ball Chain
Prima Marketing Metallique Wax - Vintage Gold
Prima Marketing Sparks Acrylic Paint Unicorn Hair
Dina Wakely White Paint 
Dina Wakely White Gesso

Mother May I?

Happy Wednesday to you!  I am here to share my creation for the current Frilly and Funkie Challenge which I am hosting called "Mother May I?".

I was inspired by Mother's Day being in May and decided to make the challenge about being inspired by our Mothers or people who have been Mother's to us in all areas of our lives.

Here is how I described the challenge on the Challenge Blog:

"May in the U.S. is when we celebrate Mother's Day and honor our mothers. I am challenging you to create something that is vintage or shabby chic which is inspired by your Mother or any mother figure in your life. It can be a favorite memory, something based on her style, something she said/says to you, or anything that reminds you of your mother figure. Make sure to share with us how your mother inspired your art!"

My projects for this challenge were inspired from something my mother would say to us when we did something that made her happy.  She would tell us "You make me happy in my heart".  I loved that phrase and when I started thinking about my mother those words popped into my head.

I used the idea of happy in my heart to create a visual translation of the phrase and tried to  blend elements she would have loved. 

I continued with the same concept and created a card with the same elements of colors. 
 

 I love the heart shapes and playing with them by outlining them with watercolor pencils. I used heart dies laid over the backgrounds and traced with watercolor pencils.  I then used the waterbrush to soften the edges.

 The flowers were cut out in a previous project and laying on my desk.  I added some distress stain sprays to add a mix of the same colors.

I know if my mom were here she would have loved the idea and what I created for her.  She loved when I would create something and share it with her.

Suzz

Products:
Stampers Anonymous Glorious Bouquet
Stampers Anonymous - Nature Walk
Stampers Anonymous - Something to Say
Prima Marketing Dream Without Fear
Wendy Vecch Make Art Washi Tape 1
Sizzix Wildflower Stems 1
Ranger Distress Oxide Sprays  - Peeled Paint,  Fossilized Amber
Prima Watercolor Pencils
Idea-Ology Story Sticks
Idea-Ology Typed Tokens
Seam Binding 
Ranger Distress Stain Sprays - Walnut Stain
Ranger Layering Stencil - Nordic
Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste 
Idea-Ology Long Fasteners
Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee
Tim Holtz Jute Twine
Ranger - Clear Embossing Powder
Key Charms 

Spring is in Full Bloom

Hi!  Welcome back, just in time for the Funkie Side of the Challenge "Spring is in Full Bloom"!   The talented Maggi is hosting the challenge and here is her description of the challenge:

"This is my favorite time of the year. Here in the south the trees and shrubs are all blooming and showing their splendor. Many are busy planting their vegetable gardens. The migrating birds have returned to build nests and raise a new family. Your challenge is to create a vintage or shabby chic project that illustrates the magic of spring in bloom!"

I have to confess we are sitting in 3 inches of snow right now. A late snowfall for us but it is definitely hiding the spring flowers right now!  :)  I played around with a variety of things but ended up with a vintage inspired spring card.

 

I love looking at magazines. I work all day on a computer and getting back onto the computer to scroll through ideas is usually not on the agenda for me. But give me a stack of magazines I am happy to browse through them and get inspired.  I was inspired by a series of all neutral layered cards and used that as my starting point for this card. 

 I started with making some tissue paper flowers.  My first attempt I used on the card with was more of a round flower without too much layering.  I thought it turned out cute but wanted to see if I could get more layering.  I tore a strip of the collage paper and added a thin strip of double sided tape along the edge. 

I used the strip with the tape to fold over the tissue paper into a circle and I ended up with these fun flowers:

 

The flowers needed a center and I used a button to give them a focal point. I then used a heavy duty needle and stitched twine through the  button. I decided to use a thin wire to make stems for the flowers and I also pulled the wire through the button holes to keep the stem and the flower together. 

I also played with Dina Wakely mixed media tape. I acquired this tape awhile ago and have been wanting to play with the tape and finally got the chance! 

The tape is like tissue tape but with a surface that you can decorate.  I put embossing paste through the stencil onto the tape, I stamped on it, I painted it with gesso and I spritzed it with distress stain spray.  

I was really pleased with the effect. You can see pieces of it on the card in the background. 

I hope you are inspired to share your spring flowers with us at the challenge. 

 The winner will earn the chance of a Guest Designer spot here at Frilly and Funkie, 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. And there are Top 3 Badges for three further outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team, because choosing just one winner is so hard! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz 

Products: 

Tim Holtz Collage Paper - Travel 

Stampers Anonymous - Entomology

Stampers Anonymous - The Professor 

Stampers Anonymous - Fragments 

Sizzix Thinlets Wildflowers Stems #1

Ranger Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Nordic

Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Layering Stencils # 18

Ranger Distress Stain Sprays - Antique Linen,  Picked Raspberry

Idea-Ology - Quote Chips 

Ranger Distress Inks - Forest Moss, Antique Linen

Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee, Jet Black 

Idea-Ology Jute 

White Gesso

Dina Wakely White Acrylic Paint 

Buttons

Re-Purpose, Re-Use, Recycle Challenge

Hi!  It's Funkie time at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog.  The current challenge is hosted by the extremely talented Kathy and she is challenging us to re-purpose, re-use, or re-cycle something.

She describes the challenge as:

"Earth Day is April 22nd, so let's honor the day with a vintage or shabby chic project that includes an item that would normally land in the recycle or trash bin. You can use an old jar, glass bottle, packaging material or other bits and bobs to create your up-cycled masterpiece. Be sure to tell us in your post what your recycled item is and how you used it, as it may not be apparent in the photo."

I was ready for this challenge!  I have a stash of re-cycled items.  I pulled out a variety of things and added to the pile after I started my project. 

 

I have these cute boxes my husband is getting from his shaving supplies and I love how sturdy they are.  I decided to cover it with old ledger paper and cut the pieces to cover the sides of the box.   

The box came together with bits and pieces.  I die cut a bunch of flowers, butterflies and leaves from kraft packaging paper, paper bags and scraps.  After I covered the box with the ledger paper I covered the edges with design tape.  

Next I sponged on distress ink over the layering stencil to add a slight pattern over the ledger paper. 

I used a pair of  pretty kraft paper butterflies as the main focal point on top of my box.  I spread crackle gold embossing paste over the layering stencil to give them a frilly touch.  

I  made sewing pattern paper roses from the tattered pine cones.  The texture of the sewing pattern is like a nice tissue paper in a pretty neutral color.  I finished the flowers with a shower of  tarnished brass spray. 

Some vintage snaps were embossed  with gold embossing powder to add a sparkle and I added the same gold edging to the other embellishments. 

The inside is stamped with a simple quote.

I hope this has inspired you to pull out your re-recyclables and join us in the fun!


The winner will earn the chance of a Guest Designer spot here at Frilly and Funkie, 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. And there are Top 3 Badges for three further outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team, because choosing just one winner is so hard!

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Product List (links to The Funkie Junkie Boutique):

Sizzix Tattered Butterfly Die
Sizzix Tattered Pine cone Die 
Ranger Distress Oxide Spray - Faded Jeans 
Ranger Distress Spray Tarnished Brass
Ranger Princess Gold Embossing Powder
Prima Art Texture Pasted Gold Crackle
Stampers Anonymous Layering Stencil Crossed
Yvonne Blair - Impression Obsession Stamp
Idea-Ology Tim Holtz Elementary Design Tape 
Idea-Ology Tim Holtz Date Dials
Ranger Distress Oxide Walnut Stain Ink
Versamark Watermark Ink 
Idea-Ology Tim Holtz Quote Chips 

March Madness

Hi! Suzz here to share the Frilly and Funkie challenge with you! Don't be afraid because the challenge is called "March Madness", the challenge isn't going to require you to use basketball inspired images.

Instead I asked everyone to be inspired by Alice in Wonderland. I started from this quote of a conversation between the Mad Hatter and Alice: The Mad Hatter asks Alice: "Have I gone Mad?" and Alice replies "I am afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret.  All the best people are."

The challenge is to take any idea or concept from this wonderful tale to inspire your project. There are so many wonderful bits or pieces to be inspired by like the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, the looking glass, tea party or Alice herself. The possibilities are endless. Anything can be your inspiration but make sure you reference what inspired your art from the story!

I was thinking about how she went through multiple doorways and decided to create a shadow box with a door.  I tried to use the different baseboard size dolls to find a little one and a large one for her shrinking and growing but wasn't successful.

I created a faux door with some cardboard, Seth Apter Baked Velvet embossing powders along with the Charred Gold embossing powder and stencil.

I wanted a looking glass effect so I used some metallic cardstock and stamped an image from Artistic Outpost.

This was a fun project with bits and pieces that I have been keeping for awhile. 

You need to go see all the wonderful design team projects celebrating Alice's adventure and hopefully get inspired to share your March Madness!

The winner will earn the chance of a Guest Designer spot here at Frilly and Funkie, 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. And there are Top 3 Badges for three further outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team, because choosing just one winner is so hard!

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Products available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Baseboard Dolls
Prima Marketing Finnabair Mould Elisian Clockworks  
Graphic 45 8 X 8 Bloom Paper
Sizzix Thinlits Dies -  Funkie Foliage
Ranger Distress Oxide - Forest Moss
Ranger Distress Oxide - Wilted Violet
Ranger Distress Oxide - Worn Lipstick 
Ranger Distress Oxide - Fossilized Amber
Ranger Distress Oxide - Walnut Stain
Versamark Watermark Ink 
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencil WoodGrain 
Emerald Creek Allure Embossing Powder Charred Gold
Seth Apter - Baked Velvet Neutrals 
Tiny Clear Glass Vials with Corks
Ranger Mermaid Tails Stickles
Idea-Ology Quote Chips
Bronze Tone Hinges  (not the same ones used by me but would work great)
Antique Bronze Box Corner Feet  (not the same ones used by me but would work great)
Idea-ology Vignette Boxes
Antique Silver White Rabbit Charms
Keys  (All the cool keys in stock at the Funkie Junkie)
Prima Marketing Vintage Gold Wax
Metallic Kraft Stock Paper

Pass the Tissues, Please!

Hello!  Tissue time!  The challenge at the Frilly and Funkie Blog is hosted by the wonderfully talented Sara Emily.  The challenge is called Pass the Tissues, Please and here is how Sara Emily describes it:

" Since we are still in 'cold season', I always make sure I'm stocked up on tissues in my home, in my purse and in the car. For this theme, I would like to see how you incorporate tissue paper into your vintage or shabby chic project. You can use regular tissues, tissue wrapping paper, sewing patterns or even collage paper, rice papers or tissue wrap designed especially for crafting."
 

Tissue paper?  Yes Please... I love playing with tissue paper because of the transparency.  Sara Emily gave a bunch of ideas of different types of tissue paper but I went with the plain left over pieces I had after Christmas.  

 

Sometimes I feel like a squirrel grabbing bits of things and hiding them away to be used later when needed.  I dug out some tissue paper and because I had the lovely new wildflower dies on my desk I decided to cut them out of tissue paper.  

This is what my desk looked like mid project: 

I saw this beautiful card on-line. (I would share it but honestly don't remember where I saw it)  The card was on a kraft background with striking white die cut flowers.  It had me thinking about using my tissue paper flowers on kraft.  

After I realized I had to get the tissue paper flowers onto the paper, I realized I was going to have to get creative to get the impact I wanted. 

 

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Here are the steps: 

 

1. Die cut 3 layers of tissue paper with various flowers. 

2. Spritz flowers while still in layers with various distress oxide sprays. (Love the new sprays!) 

3. Let dry and pull apart layers. 

4. Ink up the flowers with Versamark Watermark Ink. 

5. Dip flowers into clear embossing powder and heat emboss.  (This was very tricky as they were flying everywhere.  I had to use my metal tweezers to hold them down and even then they curled up.) 

6. Cut front of card. 

7. Stamp with background fragment with antique linen ink. 

8. Versamark inked background. Cover in embossing powder. 

9. Lay flowers onto inked background. 

10. Sprinkle more embossing powder over flowers and inked background. 

11.  Heat up the entire sheet of cardstock from underneath.  This will keep the embossing powder in place and fuse the flowers in spots to the inked background.  

I love how this turned out and can't wait to use the rest of my tissue flowers!  Check out all the fabulous work the design team created and come and join us in the challenge.  The winner will earn the chance of a Guest Designer spot at Frilly and Funkie, 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. And there are Top 3 Badges for three further outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz

 

Products: 

Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 5PK - Wildflower Stems #1 by Tim Holtz 

Stampers Anonymous - Fragments 

Idea-Ology -Quotations Metallic 

Ranger Distress Oxide Spray - Peeled Paint 

Ranger Distress Oxide Spray - Walnut Stain

Ranger Distress Spray Stain - Picked Raspberry 

Versmark Watermark Ink 

Ranger Clear Embossing Powder 

 

Vintage Valentine

Hi!  Time for another wonderful challenge at Frilly and Funkie!  The Challenge this time around is hosted by the fabulous Maggi and she has aked us to share a Vintage Valentine.

"It's sweetheart time and what could be more fun than creating Valentine's for our loved ones? For this challenge we want to see vintage valentines in vintage colors like pinks, blues, purples. No bright red please. Show us your vintage side with vintage colors and images. If you need some inspiration, click here to link to a great vintage color palette."

 I started with a vintage heart tin.  I decided to layer in some images over a sweet piece of wallpaper.

I stamped the Elizabeth Barrett Brown poem over the background.  I then added the splattering of paint along with the fun couple  from the paper dolls.

I died the pearls, flowers and seam binding with pinks and brown hues using Ranger Distress Inks and Alcohol Ink (pearls).

I just layered in the image with foam squares and then added the flowers and ribbon.  

I then got inspired to create a farm-house inspired valentine. 

 I started with the fabulous Prima Farm-House Papers and used that to dig out my sentiment from the remnant rub-ons.  I took a little license with the sentiment to make it cow appropriate. :)

I hope you are feeling inspired to join in the fun at the challenge.  The winner will earn the chance of a Guest Designer spot here at Frilly and Funkie, 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. In addition, the Design Team will select three further outstanding entries and those creators will receive a Top Pick badge to display on their blogs!

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Products:
 

Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink Pad - Potting Soil AID38979	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Worn Lipstick TIM21513	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Ground Espresso TIM43270	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Worn Wallpaper	Tim Holtz Ideaology Paper Dolls TH93555
KAISERCRAFT Pearls - Self Adhesive - Champagne	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - On The Farm	Ranger Archival Ink Pad - Jet Black AIP31468	Seam Binding	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Bouquet Findings
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chitchat Stickers	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chitchat Stickers TH92998	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Shell Pink TAL25436	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Spun Sugar TDF53286	Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - White, 1oz Bottle
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rub - Tiny Text	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments, Star Adornments