Stencils & Masks

Hello Frilly and Funkie friends. It's our second week of the Stencils & Masks challenge. This week, our Funkie designers are sharing their spin on it. Please visit their individual blogs to read all about how they have created their projects.

Stencils and masks are readily available whether store-bought or home-made. You probably have more of them on hand than you realize! This challenge is open through Tuesday, May 29, so pull out your stash and make something, link it up to share with us... and put your name in the hat to win a prize. The Design Team's pick will get the Funkie Favorite badge and there will be one random winner receiving a $15 gift certificate to shop in the Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Without further ado, here are the Funkie Design Team's altered projects:

Marjie Kemper - She Who Stamps and Scraps

Terry - Terry's Work In Progress

Anita Houston - The Artful Maven Haven

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Week One Post:

Hello, Frilly and Funkie Fans.  We are thrilled with all the altered art you shared with us for the last challenge and will announce the winners on Monday.  Now for the new challenge:  this week we'd like to see you use stencils and/or masks in your artwork.  

Use a purchased stencil or mask, or create your own. It's easy to do using positive/negative space from die-cuts, stamps, punches or your own hand drawn doodles and drawings. The possibilities of what you use with your stencil or masks are pretty extensive.  Many of us are inky crafters.  Some are fond of paints, ink sprays, gesso, chalk... even plain old water does some pretty amazing things through a stencil.  We can't wait to see your creations!

We'll have two winners ~ one random choice winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to spend at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, and the design team will pick a favorite who'll receive our winner's badge for display on your blog.

Remember, our challenges run for two weeks.  This week the Frilly side of the team has the spotlight, with the Funkie gals to join in next Wednesday.  You can enter in either style at any time, regardless of which side of the design team is being showcased.  Please visit the DT blogs for details on how they've created their pieces.

Without further ado, here are the Frilly team samples:

Sue Carrington  - Stamping Sue Style

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness

Teresa Kline - Paperie Blooms

Whatever your style, Frilly or Funkie, you are welcome to play along with our vintage inspired challenge.  You may upload your project at any time. If using a public forum, please use keyword F&F.  Please be sure to provide a link back to our challenge in your post.  

Please do not submit work that does not contain a stencil or mask, and please please please be sure to turn off your Word Verification so our design team can leave comments on your blogs.

Masterboard StepXStep

Happy Saturday Frillies and Funkies!!! Anita Houston here, to bring you a StepxStep for making an Alcohol Inked Masterboard. Making one helps you complete many projects easily and quickly.

First, I gathered my Alcohol Ink, shook up the Mixatives very well (you should hear the little ball), and decaped all of them. I added new felt to the applicator tool and had a fresh 8.5 x 11 sheet of Glossy Cardstock ready to go. I added 2 drops each of Pitch Black and Espresso Alcohol Inks, pressing in as I squeezed the ink out for about 2 seconds each.

I dabbed quick little marks first, then did X like moves, and then dabbed again until no more ink was showing up on the cardstock.

I liberally applied Alcohol Blending Solution to the cardstock. You can see what happens where I applied it. It bleaches out and removes some of the other ink. It has a blueish tint where the black used to be. It looks ugly now, but just wait.

I applied more Pitch Black and Espresso until I like the looks of it. Then I removed the old felt and added a new one. I applied Silver and Gold Mixatives in dots randomly over the cardstock.  Once I loved the look, I applied a little heat with a heat gun to set things in. I call this my granite look. I just love the look, and you can use any colors to achieve this.

I stamped a flourish image in Sepia Archival Ink. You must use a permanent ink on Glossy Cardstock or it will rub off.

Last, I stamped the butterfly images using Jet Black Archival.

Here is a close up of the Masterboard all ready to go.  The possibilities are endless.

I trimmed the Masterboard into 12 different sized rectangles. There is no waste.

Here are the 12 projects I made using this one 8.5 x 11 Masterboard.  It took me 2.5 hours to complete all of them. I usually spend that on one project, not 12. I wish the pictures did these justice. The cut pieces of Masterboard are so shiny and striking.

7 ATC's (cut 2.25 x 3.25 and then mounted on Kraft) I love the Rusted Metal Bottlecaps and the Jute Ribbon from the Funkie Junkie Boutique! Mounds of charm here!!!

3 Small Tags (cut 3 x 1.75 and mounted) I colored the seam binding and scrunched it up to make the blue (bleached effect) really pop here. I did not add sentiments yet on these or the card below, because I am not sure what they will be used for (most likely thank you's), but they are ready to go!

1 Large Card (cut 4 x 4 and mounted) The Rusted Metal Hearts really bring out the gold and brown colors from the Masterboard. This card is gorgeous!

1 Large Tag (3 pieces cut 1 x 1 and mounted) I mounted the inchies on Glassine and Metal Foil tape to bring out the metallics in the Masterboard. The seam binding was colored and scrunched as well to match the flower. This is a thank you that I am sending a friend!

And there you have it! So simple and fast! Talk about variation on a theme!
You can pick up Alcohol Inks at fabulous prices through the Funkie Junkie Boutique. New Alcohol Inks as well as other products are added everyday. There are now nearly 400 products in the boutique, including over 220 Tim Holtz/Ranger products at really terrific savings!  And right now through the end of April, for orders of $75 or more Linda will split the shipping 50/50 with you, including international shipping. That's a heck of a deal!

Supplies:

Inkssentials Gloss Paper (FJ)	Ranger Adirondack Metallic Mixatives - Gold & Silver	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Espresso	Ranger Alcohol Ink In Pitch Black (FJ)	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink Applicator, Stamp Handle and Felt
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink Applicator, Stamp Handle and Felt	Ranger Sepia Archival Ink (FJ)	Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink (FJ)	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers ATC & Corners Die	Rusted Metal Embellishments
Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Vintage Lace Die	Idea-ology Kraft Glassine (FJ)	Natural Woven Jute Ribbon 3/8"	Rayon Seam Binding	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Rusty Hinge
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Broken China	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap	Inkssentials Water Mister (FJ)

A New Creative Journey

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Hello everyone crafty! I am Anita Houston, of the Artful Maven Haven, and I am deeply honored to have been asked to be a "Funkie" Design Team member here at Frilly and Funkie! I have been creating things ever since I could hold a crayon, and I have pretty much dabbled in everything (not oils yet), but after attending a Tim class back in 2007, I was hooked and taken in by the 'dark side'! I love vintage and antiqued everything! My favorite creative messes are usually some sort of 3D thing with wings, paint, metals, or wood! I love getting my hands dirty with craftiness...it's my favorite kind of work! 

Here is a tag I created last year when I first started blogging. It is probably my very favorite tag, as I put in the hours for this one, and it's the first time I ever dabbled in the SteamPunk genre.

Please don't forget about our random drawing bonus! On the 28th, when we have our first challenge, we will announce a random drawn winner out of all those who visited every single DT blog and left a comment. The winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to the Funkie Junkie boutique.
I am sure I will be making new friends with so many of you out there, and I hope all of you join in on all this inky fun! I look forward to working with and learning from this very talented Design Team, and I am uber excited to be a part of Linda's new creative journey!

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Funkie and Happy!

Hello, I am Terry and part of the Funkie design team for the new "Frilly and Funkie" challenge blog!  I am thrilled to be part of this new and exciting adventure and I am so looking forward to getting to know all of you Frilly and Funkie bloggers!

I am going to keep my introduction short as you will get to know more about me and my art during the F&F challenges, which will be a blast.  Honestly, I don't know my style, so I would have to say that I am eclectic at best!  There is no doubt that I am drawn to the more grungy and funky side and try whenever possible to add a little humorous twist!  In 2007, I was invited to a Stampin Up workshop and it was "OK" and then I went to a stamping convention months later!  Well I saw Mr. Tim Holtz in action and realized there is so much more to this "inking Madness" and the rest is history!  You can visit my blog to have a closer look at who I am!

Remember to visit all of the Frilly and Funkie design team blogs during this reveal and leave a comment for a chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate to Linda's Zibbet shop!

Marjie Kemper

I’m so happy be one of the Funkies here at Frilly and Funkie. I’m a long-time scrapper and stamper, drawn especially to the style of Tim Holtz, 7 Gypsies, and all things grungy.

I love stamping, scrapping, collage, mixed media, and art journaling. Distress inks are a part of nearly everything I do, and I'm a huge fan of stencils, sprays, paints, and mists. I make tags, cards, artist trading cards, scrapbook pages, canvases and home decor pieces.

Please stop by my blog and have a look around. Looking forward to participating in all the fun challenges here at F&F!

Let's Get This Party Started!

Welcome to the Frilly and Funkie challenge blog, a place where vintage is cherished and celebrated in all its many forms.  Whether your favorite style is shabby chic, vintage grunge or retro, you'll find lots to inspire you here every week.  Our first challenge will be Wednesday, March 28 and all our designers we will share their favorite vintage style.  After that, we will have bi-weekly challenges but you will get to see new work from our designers every week.  We have split our team into two styles - the Frillies and the Funkies.  The Frillies will post their interpretation of the challenge theme the first week of the challenge.  The following week, the Funkies will post their interpretation of the challenge.  Whatever your style, you can play along any time during the two weeks the challenge is open.

We are so excited to start the kick off.  For the next seven days we are going to tease you by revealing who is on our new design team, one designer each day.  We hope you will visit each one of them and leave them some love and encouragement.  On March 28th, our official start date, we will do a random drawing of all those who left comments on every designer's blog and that person will win a $25 gift certificate to my Funkie Junkie Boutique.  Once you finish visiting all the blogs, please come back here and sign up for the drawing using the linky system that will be the top post here on March 27th.

And now a little about me.  I'm Linda Coughlin also know as The Funkie Junkie with a blog of the same name.  I am the owner of this blog as well as the Our Creative Corner challenge blog.  I've been on a number of design teams over the past few years including Our Creative Corner, Creative Card Crew, Creative Inspirations Wednesday Challenge, Pile it On, The Prairie Fairy, Isabella's Sketchbook, Sugar Creek Hollow and Simon Says Stamp and Show.  I've been a guest designer for JustRite Stamps, The Shabby Tea Room and am currently doing a five month guest designer spot for Artistic Outpost.  A year ago, I started a small Etsy boutique selling-out-of-the-mainstream craft supplies. I recently  moved my shop over to Zibbet and it is growing but I do not and will not be selling everything the big on-line superstores sell.  My aim is to stay boutique size - a place you can go to find different and somewhat unique types of craft supplies and receive hand-touched packaging and stellar customer service.  That said, I will admit that my love of Ranger products has propelled me into the decision to carry Ranger products also.

My crafting style is on the shabby side of vintage, but I love working with the artsy, grungy stuff too.  So you will see me playing on both the Frilly and the Funkie sides of the team from time to time.  I'm super excited to be starting this challenge blog.  We are going to have lots of things happening every week.  Check out our Weekly Schedule of Events tab up top and sign up as a follower or for our emails so you don't miss a thing.