Hello! It's time for the Funkie girls to inspire you with our projects for the current challenge at
Frilly and Funkie chosen by fellow Funkie teammate, Suzz Czosek. Her chosen theme is
August, and here is how she describes it:
"In doing a little online research I learned that the month of August was re-named for Augustus Caesar. He was the first Roman Emperor and was very proud of the influence he had on the architecture of the country. For this challenge I am asking you to be inspired by marble, arches or columns. You will need to create a vintage or shabby chic project using some type of marble effect, arches or columns."
I'll admit, I was thrown by this challenge at first, and instantly went to Pinterest to find out how to marble paper. Some techniques seemed quite complicated, but the shaving cream technique is so easy they showed kids doing it. So I purchased a can of shaving cream...
I ended up opting out of the messy technique when I saw some beautiful pink marbled papers in my
Prima Marketing Love Story and
Cherry Blossom paper pads. I had another change of plans, though, because I realized I could get similar results from my crafty supplies in colors I
really wanted to use. I reserve pink for special occasions, and this is not one of them.
In the end, I decided to 'marble' my own paper using Distress Oxides. This is really simple, but I don't have any step out photos to share. I was just playing, and ended up loving the result. I found the best results using plain heavy weight (140#) card I had on hand. I tried using
Distress Watercolor Cardstock, but didn't get as good of results, probably because the water soaks in too quickly. The cheapo card has a bit of a slick surface, and the inky water puddles momentarily. I bet
Distress Mixed Media Heavystock would work well, too, but I wanted a white background. I applied the oxides -- Iced Spruce and Frayed Burlap to my craft mat, spritzed with lots of water and dipped and dried my paper, repeating until I was happy with the result. I drew the 'veins' in with a very fine watercolor brush, using a dry brush technique and a very light hand.
I used this card for the background and to stamp my columns with Frayed Burlap oxide. I fussy cut the columns and edged them with Frayed Burlap ink.
I applied Wendy Vecchi Crackle paste through a Tim Hotlz mini stencil and allowed to dry. Once dried, I smudged with Distress crayon. I also did some background stamping with the columns of numbers from Tim's old School Desk set.
I stamped part of an image from Tim's Etcetera set on a scrap of inky paper. I taped off part of the image before inking with Watering Can Archival. I removed the tape and made my impression. In the 'empty' spaces, I stamped in a few of Tim's Ornate Trims using both Watering Can and Cobalt Archival inks. Using Tim's Stamp Platform made it easy to line everything up.
I die cut the arch using Stacked Arches and a cat food box panel. I applied Prima Stone Effect paste in Limestone to the die cut and sprinkled with Dirty Sand Baked Texture while the paste was still wet. I allowed it to dry overnight, and then heated to melt the powder. I colored with Black Soot Distress stain and crayons. I added an Ideaology Index Clip colored with Picket Fence Distress paint to break up the darkness. I like to think the arch looks as if it's been roughly cut from granite.
I paired up a smug Paper Doll with a Snarky Small Talk sticker to finish off my card. I love how these Snarky remarks make me not take my crafting too seriously.
But I would seriously love to see your take on our 'August' challenge, so get our your crafty supplies and play along! The Design Team will choose our four favorites from the entries, and one winner will earn the chance of a Guest Designer spot at
Frilly and Funkie. To sweeten the pot, one lucky winner will score a generous $25 shopping spree at
The Funkie Junkie Boutique.
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Thank you for stopping by today and for all your wonderful comments!
Hugs and Blessings!
Sara Emily
