Guest Designer - Ann Barnes

It is time to introduce our first Guest Designer for 2020.  Please say hello to Ann Barnes of aksbarchitect CREATES.  Ann was the top pick from the Fabulous Fall challenge.

Happy New Year, I am Ann Barnes (a.k.a. aksbarchitect) from aksbarchitect CREATES. I am honored to have earned this opportunity to be guest designer for the Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog's current challenge.

I have always loved creating things. From the time I was young, I loved drawing and using my imagination to envision structures. I admire all the fine details and figuring out how things go together. This passion for creativity set my path to becoming an architect, as well as my love of art. I have a wonderful family who inspire me everyday to be the best that I can be. Most often I can be found in the studio getting inky, enjoying a walk in nature or with my family that I dearly love.

For the tic tac toe challenge, I have created a fancy fold card. The folded card, which incorporates heat embossing as well as ribbon, creates a winning vertical combination of components. Love is in the air with Valentine's day right around the corner, this definitely gives me a head start on my valentines.

You can find more details on my blog aksbarchitect CREATES; I hope you can stop by. Thank you so much to the talented team of FJB designers for this very special opportunity, it means so much to me. ~Ann

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Once you have gone over to Ann's blog to check out the details on her fancy fold card, please come on back and share the creation you have made for our Tic Tac Toe challenge. You can find the challenge HERE and it runs through 11:55 pm on Tuesday, January 21st.

There will be a Saturday Showcase each week so don't forget to come back often for lots of inspiration from our designers.

Challenge - Let's Play Tic Tac Toe

Editor's Note: Welcome back to the first challenge of 2020 here at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. Before getting started we have some news; sadly Ginny Nemchak will not be joining us for the coming term. We want to thank her for being such a wonderful part of the team and will miss her very much. We all wish her every success with her creative adventures in the future.

Hi there, Cec here to host the first challenge of 2020 and I thought it might be fun to play a game.  Here is what it is all about:

Let's play a game of Tic Tac Toe for this first challenge of the year. Choose any vertical, horizontal or diagonal line from the graphic below and create a vintage or shabby chic project using all three items on your chosen line. In addition to using all three items you must include a copy of the graphic in your post and tell us which line you chose.

The winner will earn a 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 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.

The guidelines for entering are simple; create a new vintage or shabby chic project following the challenge theme, link it below 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 draws in the past.

Take a look at  all the fabulous inspiration our designers have created for you.  To get all the details of their projects, just click on their blog name and you will be taken directly to their blog.

Sara Emily - sarascloset

(Layers, Winter, Heat Embossing)

Maggi Harding - Scrap. Travel & Bark!

(Layers, Winter, Heat Embossing. )

Suzanne Czosek - Suzz's Stamping Spot

(Layers, Bling, Die Cuts)

Cec Wintonyk - CW Creations

(Layers, Sentiment, Ribbon)

Jenny Marples - Pushing The Right Buttons

(Layers, Bling, Die Cuts)

Once you have finished come on back and share a project with us - we would love to see what you create.