Saturday Showcase Shenanigans

 Hello friends! Tim Holtz has produced so many great sentiment stamps and dies recently. I decided to get inky and create a bunch of cards using different techniques for The Funkie Junkie Boutiques Saturday Showcase!

Check out the variety of techniques used for these!

I do have a video here: 

Here is the link to the video: https://youtu.be/3nhTk1HWuOU

I created eight unique cards using different processes.

We'll start with the Stamping technique.

This one started by stamping the sentiments from Bold Saying CMS #433 in Salvaged Patina Ink. I then selected the Mini Stencil # 159 to stamp over the top by running the Peacock Feathers Distress Ink pad over the stencil. Be sure to wipe off the edges so you only print the stencil pattern. You need to choose a geometric repeating pattern in order to stamp a wider area.

You may need to stamp more than once by lining he inked stencil up. You may notice small dots in the center of the circles. Once I had added a few with my fingers, I decided to make the pattern consistent.

I inked the stencil again on an A2card base being careful to leave a border around. The center piece was trimmed and mounted on another piece of white cardstock.

This is a Clean and Simple one layer card! Using the same Bold Tidings stamp in Shaded Lilac on an A2 card base started this one off. A stamp over using the Architecture Stamp CMS #369 in Wilted Violet is all you really need!

How easy would this be to create a gift set of cards?

Next up is another easy set of cards - positive and negative dies on an alcohol ink panel!

I'll be honest, this one was supposed to be a shaker card but after adding the foam tape, I dropped the sequins in and realized I forgot to add the acetate! Silly me. I used two birthday related sentiments from Bold Text #2 to die cut the alcohol inked piece from my infamous background stash. The piece was trimmed to 5 x 3.75.

After popping out all the letters, and adding a strip of foam tape, the panel was attached to a white A2 card base.

Check out the cool shadow that is created by popping up the front panel.

So, you end up with a pile of alcohol inked letters. We as card makers cannot waste those, so I die cut another panel with the same sentiments, added double stick tape to the back of the panel.  The openings have the right amount of stick to simply pop all the random letters in place to make the second card.

The main panel was trimmed to allow a frame of Curious Metallic Cardstock to set off the inked letters!

Next up is the Bold Tidings Mini #440 with multiple sentiments stacked on the stamp positioner to cover the panel. I used a piece of printed paper from the PaperStash Noel to create this piece. The stamping was done with Faded Jeans Distress Ink.

The A2 sized panel was attached to an A2 card base. It is difficult to see the sparkle. I die cut the Snowy Stars die onto white cardstock and used it as a stencil to apply Translucent Paste coated with Rock Candy Glitter using my Glitter Duster. 

The last step was adding a couple of die cut trees using the Woodlands Die and splattering with white Gesso.

How about another take on the multi sentiment background? Another single layer card for the win!

Many of Tim's stamps can just be temporarily taped into a stamp positioner and stamped as a single stamp. I used Noteworthy CMS #446 my new favorite addition as I love sentiment stamps! I stamped the entire stamp with Vintage Phote Distress Ink. The best section was selected and trimmed to 5.25 x 4 inches.

We needed some additional interest, so I selected a few leaf stamps from Pressed Foilage CMS # 376 to add that.  I used Crushed Olive, Dusty Concorn and Peeled Paint Distress inks, inking the stamps up randomly.

Next up is a card for my friend!

This panel started by inking Doily Stencil THS3018 on a white cardstock panel using Shaded Lilac Distress Ink. One of the Floral Outline #430 was stamped in Wilted Violet. The panel was trimmed to 5.5 x 4.0 and mounted on a dark purple panel attached to an A2 base.

Check out the cool raised letters. Alphanumeric Upper Care dies were used to cut the letters. I attached them on a Sticky Strip so the letters could be stenciled with the Doily Stencil and Wilted Violet Ink.  The letters were ink blended with Shaded Lilac and coated with Nuvo Glaze. Once dry, the letters were attached to additional letter die cuts in dark purple, offset slightly. Last step was to attach to the base.

It was hard to choose, but I believe this is my favorite. I stamped another Thank You using the Bold Sayings Stamp CMS #433 and Faded Jeans Distress Ink. Because I used my stamp positioner, it was so easy to stamp additional layers and one layer of embossing ink on top coated with Clear Embossing Powder and heat set. One more step was to add snow using Grit paste on the individual letters.

I took the time to die cut the letters as I wanted to pop them up and add snow using Grit Paste.

The base was created by stamping the Gnome Stamp from Cozy Christmas CMS #444 with Faded Jeans. The stamped panel was trimmed to 5.25 x 4 and mounted on a navy A2 size cardstock before attaching to the card base.

After the grit paste was dry, I used skinny strips of foam tape to pop up the individual letters.

Products used:

• Bold Saying CMS #433 
• Salvaged Patina Ink
• Peacock Feathers Distress Ink
• Mini Stencil from set #52
• Shaded Lilac 
• Architecture CMS#369
• Bold Text #2
• Alcohol Inks
• Bold Tidings Mini #440
• Snowy Stars Sizzix die
• Faded Jeans Distress Ink
• Translucent Paste 
• Rock Candy Glitter 
• Glitter Duster. 
• White Gesso
• Noteworthy CMS #446
• Vintage Phote Distress Ink
• Pressed Foilage CMS # 376 
• Crushed Olive Distress Ink
• Dusty Concord Distress Ink 
• Peeled Paint Distress Ink
• Doily Stencil THS 018
• Floral Outline CMS #430
• Cozy Christmas CMS #444
• Grit Paste

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Saturday Showcase - Leaf Fragments Dies

Hi Funkie Junkie Friends! Its Teri With TerisMailbox posting for the Saturday Showcase from The Funkie Junkie Boutique. As soon as I saw the Leaf Fragments Dies by Tim Holtz, I knew I had to have them. Today I present seven different cards using these versatile dies.

Once I started making, I could not stop! Each card led to a new idea.

My YouTube video walks you through the entire process from creating the variety of backgrounds to card assembly.

I started with a slimline card created on a Kraft Base. The leaves are cut from a distress inked background from my stash. I added Ledger Script (CMS 241) stamped with Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink.  I added a few dark green strips cut with the Deckle Edge Trimmer to the front, followed by a piece of Ideology Ephemera. The viewfinders are cut from a patterned paper in my stash and added.

I added a small quote from Ideology to complete the card.

I was able to create a two-fer by using the stamped distress inked background.

Check out how I mounted the background piece and added the cutouts to the base. The sentiment is from an older Stampers Anonymous Stamp.

This card uses the Limited Edition Seasonal Mica Distress Sprays #1 in Flickering Candle, Jack-O-Lantern along with Brushed Corduroy Distress Sprays on a cotton paper. The leaves are done in alcohol inks on Yupo Paper.

The sentiment is cut from an older Sizzix Die #661801. The card was easy to assemble once the circle was cut. Add a bit of twine and you are ready to go.

This is my favorite of all the cards created! It started with a Kraft Slimline base. The birch background is created by stamping the Birch Background from the Birch and Pine stamp CMS280 on a thin piece of Cougar Natural cardstock trimmed with the Deckle Edge Trimmer.

The Leaf Fragments are cut from yet another piece of distressed ink background from my stash. I often will just take a day and make many backgrounds using inks and sprays. Do you do that? After mounting the birch piece on dark green from my stash, I cut another set of Leaves to back the inked pieces. The sentiment if from one of my all time favorite stamps Nature's Wonder CMS 343. Backed with another piece of green cardstock, the strip offers a great place to cover the overlap between the two background stamps.

The next card features leaves cut using alcohol ink on glitter paper.

The background is another stash piece cut with the Deckle Edge Trimmer. I told you I make many while I am at it. The sentiment is from CMS 343 Nature's Wonder, a great leaf stamp with many useful sentiments.

Assembly was quite easy. Attach the background, add the leaves with a twine bow and top off with the sentiment!

Another simple card using a distress inked background from the stash. The base of this design is orange cardstock. I did cut one leaf from the center before mounting (a trick I use often to conserve paper). The brown leaf has 2 layers and is inked on the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

You will probably recognize the leaf from the next card! The sentiment from Nature's Wonder set, embossed in Copper and a twine bow finish this card.

This one started with a piece of acetate with alcohol ink in fall colors applied. Recognize the plaid from a leaf on the previous card? The plaid from Lumberjack CMS 384 was inked with Brushed Corduroy and Rusty Hinge Distress Inks randomly and stamped on Natural Cougar Cardstock. 

After lining up the plaid in the center of the Natural Cougar card base, I lined up the Leaf Fragment Die and cut through the plaid and the front of the card base leaving a window for the inked acetate piece. The acetate is sandwiched between the plaid and the base. 

I lined up an additional orange leaf on the inside to add texture to the leaf.

And yet another sentiment from Nature's Wonder CMS 343 mounted on a strip or orange cardstock highlights the orange leaf.  A few coordinating enamel dots finish this one up.

I encourage you to stop by The Funkie Junkie Boutique to check out all things Tim.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope I have inspired you to be creative with a single focal die set. I'd love to have you follow/subscribe on my social media sites, all named TerisMailbox.

Funkie and Frilly Challenge

Greetings Friends! Teri here and this is my first  post for The Funkie Junkie Challenge blog! The challenge is to create something Frilly and Funkie. Add buttons, lace, flowers or anything you like to your projects.

The overall winner will be offered the chance to be a guest designer at a future date here at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog, and everyone who enters and follows the rules will be entered into the drawing 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.

The guidelines for entering are simple; create a new vintage or shabby chic piece following the challenge theme, link it to your post (not just your blog) and also include a link back to this challenge in your post. You can combine our challenge with up to 10 challenges (including this one) to be in with a chance of winning. If you are entering through a public forum (such as Instagram) you'll need to include the words 'Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge'. Also please be sure to turn off your Word Verification so our Design Team can leave comments on your blogs. Make sure you follow these rules as unfortunately, we have had to eliminate entrants from the prize drawings in the past.

Now on to colorful inspiration from the Design Team:

Teri Wilson - Teris Mailbox

Janna Ketchum - dunhamtreasuresofthesea_jannak

 Suzanne Czosek - Suzz's Stamping Spot

Tera Callihan - The Crafty Sugar Addict

Laura Gilhuly - AngelScraps

Jenny Marples - Pushing The Right Buttons

We hope you will join in the challenge! Have a great week!

Saturday StepXStep - A Sweet Vintage Shabby Chic Metallic Frame Tutorial

We are delighted to share a post with you by the fabulously talented Candy Colwell who is sharing a wonderful StepXStep with us...

Good morning Funkie Junkie Boutique Addicts!  Let me introduce myself.  I am Candy Colwell of "Creativity Is Contagious".  I was thrilled when Linda asked me if I would be a Guest Designer for Frilly and Funkie.

I have to say that I am in love with Linda's appropriately named on-line store, The Funkie Junkie Boutique. It's funkie and it's fun!  Her boutique carries so many unusual and hard to find embellishments that I dearly love. From her Venise Laces to her Filigree Metal Pieces and everything in between, she's got what I'm looking for to create some special pieces.

I love everything vintage and I love shabby chic. So I combined the two to create this sweet little piece that could be used as a pendant or an embellishment for a book, card or in an album.
 

Typically when I create, I have no idea what I am doing before I start. I start pulling out items and see where they take me. In this case, I pulled out a 2"x2" metal Memory Frame and a glass insert. That would be my beginning. I also went into my "stash" of metal pieces, including several from The Funkie Junkie Boutique, a piece of Venise lace and some beautiful old text from a booklet I bought while in Germany last week.

I measured a piece of thin cardboard into a 2"x2" square and rounded the corners.You can gently pull the Memory Frame apart so that you can add your completed insert and then close the metal frame. Here you see the frame, the glass and the cardboard insert. (You can also sandwich your insert between two pieces of glass if it is flat enough instead of using the cardboard backing.)

I covered both sides of my cardboard with the book text.  I found this sweet little girl on-line and sized her to fit my background. I used a Chestnut Roan Cats Eye Ink Pad to gently darken the cut edges around her. You don't want to see white paper cut edges when doing vintage work! I cut a small piece of my beautiful Sheer 1/2" Embroidered Lace from the boutique for the top and a piece of German scrap I have had forever for the side. I also inked around the edges of the flowers after I cut them out. 

For a bit of color and sheen, I added some Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and a spritz of Mint Perfect Pearls Mist to both sides of the text covered cardboard.

Next I temporarily put the little girl on the background and using that one small little piece of German scrap, I cut it into pieces to create the floral setting around the little girl. I glued them into place, leaving the rose bud at the top so that I could place my piece of beautiful lace underneath it. I added the lace with a piece of 1/8" Wonder Tape. This is a clear double sided tape that is perfect for adding laces and trims when you do not want the adhesive to show through.

The other items were glued in place using Glossy Accents. This is a wonderful product made by Ranger that can be use as a clear glue or as a clear filler. Later you will see that I decided to add "LOVE" to the lower right corner. These letters are from Tim Holtz' Words Remnant Rubs. I love his Remnant Rubs. There are several to choose from; all with great images and words and I don't seem to have the problem of all of the images not transferring that I sometimes encounter with rub ons. Now that my insert was ready to go, it was time to create a frame to compliment this sweet little girl.

I began with these pieces:  a 2"x2" Memory Frame. This happens to be a copper one but any color of metal on any of these pieces would work. You will see why shortly. Next is one of my favorite pieces from Funkie Junkie Boutique; an Antique Bronze Filigree Metal Piece at the center top. Why do I love this piece so much? It's so versatile. You can add something to the center to dress it up or leave it as delicate lacy piece. It's small enough to work on intricate pieces and the best part... you get FOUR of them for $.89! DEAL!! I also added a Funkie Junkie Boutique Antique Bronze Heart dangling from the bottom on a jump ring. The other metal pieces are ones I had in my stash.

Here is why the colors of your metals make no difference; they will all be covered with paint! I find metal can sometimes be tricky to paint over. So, I first gave all of my pieces a light coat of white Gesso to give them some "tooth" to better accept the ivory colored acrylic paint I would put on them next. Thoroughly let the pieces dry in between layers of the gesso and paint or heat set them and let them cool before picking them up. Metal gets hot when it's heated and you don't want to burn your fingers!

Next I dabbed my Gathered Twigs Distress Paint on my Non Stick Craft Sheet and using my finger tip, I lightly added the brown tones to the cream colored base of each piece, including the frame.

Here are the pieces after their transformation. I have to say that I was not totally pleased with the dangling heart at first. I thought it should have more brown as a contrast so I completely covered the heart with the Gathered Twigs paint and added cream highlights. That is what is shown in the picture here. But, I changed my mind again and covered the heart with the cream paint and added Gathered Twigs highlights. That is what is showing in the final picture. I like it a lot better than the heart being darker. I also had taken the little circular pieces and stacked them using Glossy Accents to join them together. This gave them a little more dimension for each of the corners.

Here is the beginning of the frame being put together. I slipped the glass on top of the collaged piece and slipped it into the frame. Then I joined the frame together.  You can see the little metal tab on the lower left corner. I chose to put the circular bale at the bottom of this piece so that I could add my dangling heart. But, you could just as easily have the circular bale at the top and string a chain through it to create a beautiful pendant. At this point, you could be finished but I think adding all of the intricate little metal pieces adds so much charm.

I first glued all of the circular corners in place. Next I added the lacy filigree piece at the top. I decided to add a small butterfly to the center, complete with little cream colored pearls for the body. Each of the corners also has a tiny cream pearl at the center. All of the gluing of the added metal pieces was done with Glossy Accents. Next I added the three other side pieces.

Finally, I added the dangling heart with a jump ring that was also painted to match the frame. In this case, I think painting each of the pieces individually, highlighting them and THEN gluing them onto the frame is a whole lot easier than trying to paint everything and highlight them after they are glued in place. I could add a bale to the top of this piece and add a chain to create a pendant. I could add a pin to the back and it could also be a piece of jewelry. But as I said in the beginning, this could also be a pretty embellishment on a card, an album, or so many other things.

A huge thank you to Linda for asking me to share my art with all of you at Frilly and Funkie.  I hope that my piece will inspire you to have some fun and experiment with metal pieces in your work. I am quite sure that I will be ordering more of them and also more Venise laces from Linda right away!

Have a great week! 

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A huge thanks to Candy for providing us with this fabulous StepXStep this week.

Craft like Candy!  You can find many of the supplies in Candy's project at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where Ranger/Tim Holtz and most other name brand products are always 20% below MSRP.

Embroidered Sheer Lace - 1/2 Inch Wide	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Peacock Feathers	Ranger Perfect Pearls Mists - Mint	Ranger Inkssentials Wonder Tape - 1/8"	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs Words	4 Piece Antiqued Bronze Filigree Pieces	4 Piece Antiqued Bronze Filigree Heart Set	Bronze Jump Ring Set	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Jump Rings
Dina Wakley Media Mediums - White Gesso	NEW Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Gathered Twigs	Ranger Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet