Anniversary Card for Just My Type Challenge at Frilly and Funkie

Hello friends! It's time for the Funkie girls at Frilly and Funkie to present their inspiration for the current challenge, 'Just My Type' hosted by talented and lovely Jenny.

Here's what Jenny has to say about her chosen theme: As a trained touch typist I love vintage typewriters. I love the way they look and sound and the font they create. For this challenge create a vintage or shabby chic project and include a typewriter, typewriter keys, typeface.

What a great theme that seemed to lend itself to creating an anniversary card for my husband. The typewriter is my favorite of the Inventor series by Tim Holtz, and I used it on my background using Alcohol Lift ink. The original alcohol ink panel I lifted this print from was used on this card.

I also used the lift technique on the mat panel just beneath the Metallic Kraft Stock layer. The typeface image is from Tim's old School Desk set. Both panels were blended with Old Paper and Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide.

I tucked in a scrap die cut with the type die from the Mixed Media #3 set and colored with oxide inks.I tore the edges and blended with Ground Espresso Distress ink.

The happy couple is one of my favorite Paper Dolls. I just distressed them with my Prima paper distress tool my good friend Autumn gifted me with last Christmas and blended them with Vintage Photo ink.

I used Ideaology Type Charms for part of my sentiment. I removed the bail and antiqued them with Caramel alcohol ink and Chunky Rust Baked Texture powder.

I made a sentiment panel reading 'mytype' by adhering letters from the Mixed Media #3 die, which I cut several times. I adhered them with Distress Collage Medium Matte and lots of patience. When dry, I colored with Distress Crayons, smeared the letters with Prima White Gold Metallic Wax and more crayon. Eventually, I ended up sanding the letters to removed most of the color. Originally, this read '#justmytype', but it just didn't look good sprawled across the card, and I figured my husband wouldn't get it anyway. I don't think he got it anyway; he kept wondering what 'afkpu' meant. LOL!

That's it for me today! I do hope you will visit the blog to see what the entire Frilly and Funkie team has created just for you! And then, it's over to you! We'd love to see you play along with our 'Just My Type' challenge! As always, the Design Team will choose their top four favorites, with the winner being invited to join us in a Guest Designer spot at Frilly and Funkie, and the next three will receive Top 3 badges to display on their blogs. Everyone who enters and follows the rules will be entered into the draw to have the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Challenges entered:

Love 2 Create Challenge #13, Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes

Artistic Stamper October's Creative Challenge - Inktober

Dies R Us Challenge #106 - Anything Goes using dies by companies carried at the DRU Store I used a Sizzix Mixed Media 3 die.
Scrapy Land Challenge #99 Anything Goes I used a Sizzix die.

SumMore Fun Mood Board Challenge #38 Inspired by the Mr. and Mrs. since this is my wedding anniversary card to my hubby. And the some of the colors.

Happy crafting!

Sara Emily

These products were used and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Inventor 1	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Mixed Media 3 by Tim Holtz 661186	Tim Holtz ideaology Metallic Kraft Stock TH93586	Tim Holtz Distress Mixed Media Heavystock 4.25 x 5.5, 20PK TDA53835	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls
Tim Holtz Alcohol Lift-Ink Pad	Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Slate	Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Caramel	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Mushroom	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Teakwood TAL40743
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Terra Cotta TIM22213	Prima Art Alchemy by Finnabair-Metallique Wax - White Gold	Seth Apter Baked Texture - Chunky Rust	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #3 TDBK47926
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Old Paper	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Frayed Burlap	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo TIM19527	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Ground Espresso TIM43270	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Type Charms TH92819

He Was Spellbound

Hello friends! I enjoyed some much needed crafty time this weekend, and finally gave Tim Holtz Alcohol Link Ink a try. I've had it for a while, but truth be told, I was just a little afraid of trying something so different. My card features two of Tim's stamps sets: Inventor 1 and School Desk. I inked white yupo paper with alcohol inks and allowed it to dry overnight. I applied the inks by first dipping and dragging the yupo through puddles of alcohol ink diluted with 91% alcohol, and then by dropping individual drops of a contrasting ink on the panel. Using my Stamp Platform, I lifted the color with typewriter and typeface stamps from each of the stamp sets. I blotted the ink off the panel with a paper towel and buffed with a clean cloth. How easy is this?! Why haven't I tried this before? After all, the simple instructions are listed right on the packaging.

I layered my background over two sheets of  sanded Classic Kraft Stock. Then I layered a vintage spelling book page, a scrap of kraft stock, some thread, a pile of gears, a Mixed Media #3 die cut and a Halloween Paper Doll Ancestor with piercing eyes. I cut the gears from kraft stock and black card using Tim's Gear Head Thinlits die, sanded the kraft and layered them up for dimension. I used the large gear collage, cut off what I didn't want and added a few individual gear die cuts.

I further distressed the spelling book page and typeface die cut with Old Paper and Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide inks and Caramel alcohol ink. I scuffed the Paper Doll and Halloween Quote Chip and blended them with Vintage Photo Distress ink.

 I love how clear even the finest of images lift off using the Lift ink. I think I have fallen in love with alcohol inks all over again! I hope you enjoyed my first experiment with Alcohol Lift Ink and inspired to give it a try!

Happy crafting!

Sara Emily

These Tim Holtz products were used and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Inventor 1	Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Yupo Paper, White 10PK TAC49715	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Classic Kraft Stock	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 22PK - Gear Head by Tim Holtz 661184	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Mixed Media 3 by Tim Holtz 661186
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls Ancestors	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Chips, Halloween	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo TIM19527	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Ground Espresso TIM43270	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Frayed Burlap
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Old Paper	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933	Tim Holtz Alcohol Lift-Ink Pad	Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Slate	Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Caramel
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Mushroom	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Teakwood TAL40743	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Terra Cotta TIM22213	Tim Holtz Stamp Platform by Tonic Studios