Pastels & Pearls

Welcome to Funkie Wednesday!  Time for the Funkie part of the Frilly and Funkie DT to show off our take on the current challenge: Pastels and Pearls Challenge.    Nancy is hosting the challenge and she has given us the challenge to create any vintage or shabby chic project that features a pastel color palette and includes pearls. Those are the only guidelines. Other than that, the sky is the limit!

At the end of the challenge the team will choose their top four picks. Our first place winner will be invited to join us in a Guest DT spot here at Frilly and Funkie. Three additional talented participants will receive badges to display on their blogs. Everyone who enters and adheres to the challenge guidelines will be entered into a drawing to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique!

I tried to combine the pretty pastels with pearls and still have a few funkie details in the card.

My card started with an inky background mixing up different distress stain sprays and then adding a nice flicking of white paint over the background.

from there I started to play with stencils and white embossing paste.

I created this piece but haven't gotten a chance to finish the rest of it.

I then went on to emboss on another part of the paper but covered it with a stamped doily on tissue paper. I used white embossing powder on the image and then glued it over the stenciled background.

Then I cam back in and added some white highlights on the stenciling and around the edges to make it pop. I die cut a butterfly from a coordinating piece of cardstock.

I stamped the girls in the purple ink and put them under the dome in the brooch. I die cut tons of flowers in the same colors and accented them with tiny pearls.  I then stamped the beautiful sentiment from Impression Obsession - Wings and embossed it in white to make it pop.

Don't forget to check out the  Frilly and Funkie blog to see the rest of the Design Teams awesome creations. 

Have a fabulous day.

Suzz

Round Antique Bronze Brooch With Glass Cabochon Setting	Sizzix® Bigz™ Die w/Texture Fades™ - Butterfly Duo by Tim Holtz®	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Seedless Preserves	Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Seedless Preserves	Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Tattered Rose
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Tattered Rose	Sizzix® Thinlits™ Die Set 15PK - Tiny Tattered Florals by Tim Holtz®	Ranger Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber - Snow Cap White	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Industrial THS051 (February Pre-Order)	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - White
Ranger Embossing Powder - White	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Doily CMS254 (February Pre-Order)	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tissue Wrap - Plain TH93275 (February Pre-Order)	KAISERCRAFT Pearls - Self Adhesive - Snow
Graphic 45 - Time To Flourish Cling Stamp 1 IC0350S

Happy Birthday To someone Special

Took me all day yesterday to to get one card done.... Sometimes the creativity is not there and we had lots going on...

I love this new embossing folder from Cuttlebug. I had inked up the folder with brown pigment ink and embossed some ivory cardstock last week. This embossing with the inked background is so pretty. Sat on my desk all week waiting for me to figure something out.

I decided to use it with a few other colors from the Hero Arts challenge this week. They provided some colors for the challenge this week. I tried to incorporate all the colors green, orange, deep red, ivory, and brown. (Hence the little pop of green on the button)

Products:

• Hero Arts - Antique Flower Background
• Hero Arts - Old French Writing
• Hero Arts - All Occasion
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
• Penny Black -Poppies
• Watercolor Pencils
• Pearls - Michael's
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• Lace - Unknown

Thanks for stopping by....

Suzz

Butterflies...

I was having a discussion with a friend of mine about what type of stamps we might have a tendency to purchase... I think butterflies might be one of mine. :) and trees, elephants, wildflowers...

This is for the Hero Arts Favorites Challenge. I used the Artistic Butterfly set from Hero Arts to create this pattern.

Recipe:

1. Stamp with versamark the Friends background on the white cardstock.
2. Color the background with a deep pink chalk.
3. Stamp the butterflies in alternating pink and brown inks.
4. Versamark the entire surface and clear emboss. Repeat twice to give an even glossiness.
5. Repeat the same process on a 2" circle.

Products:

• Hero Arts - Friends Background
• Hero Arts - Artistic Butterfly
• Pebbles Inc. - Pearlescent Chalks
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Memento - Rose Bud
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• Hero Arts - Pearls

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Lace Challenge on SOF....

Still playing with Stamptoberfest challenges over at Two Peas...

SOF Lace Challenge: http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/userblogpost.asp?id=39658

I knew I would play along with the lace challenge.... Who can resist lace and the images that lace brings to mind.... The only real challenge is they wanted a holiday card with lace and this takes me to the card I already made with lace and holly and berries... So I tried a different path...


















Recipe:

1. Background paper: The background was made with the distress re-inkers. I put 4 or 5 drops of tattered roses in a mini mister full of water. Drenched a piece of paper and added the salt to draw the color in concentrated areas. The next step was to wait for it to dry and rub off all the stuck on salt.
2. Ink the stamp with Versamark Watermark Ink and stamp in a row across the paper until the entire background is covered. Heat Emboss with tan embossing powder.
3. I then used the EK Success corner rounder. It has a guard you can remove which then allows you to create a half circle on the edge of the paper. The first scallop you punch doesn't have to be lined up anyhwere specifically. The second half circle you want to try to line up the end of the paper scallop in the left side of the punch. You want to do this with bottom of the punch facing you. Play with this on scrap paper the first time you try it. (or in my case 3 or 4 times to feel comfortable)
4. Then I decided I wanted to stamp on top of the patterned background. The only issue is that the embossing powder I used was a distressed embossing powder which means it has a texture and doesnt' take the ink very well. So I decided to use acetate. I pulled out my acetate and my StazOn inks and stamped all the images.
5. The sentiment ended up being mounted because I stamped it on the acetate and the lines of the words are to fine and didnt' show up clearly. So I re-stamped on a left over piece of the background. Whenever I make background paper I usually do the full sheet and save the extra pieces.
6. The rest of the card is putting bits and pieces together. The lace hids where I attached the acetate to the background paper.

Products:

• Hero Arts Design H4946 Long Branch
• Hero Arts F4899 Bird in a Cage
• StazOn - Olive Green, Jet Black
• Versafine Onyx Black
• Stampendous TC55 Holiday Quad Cube
• Ranger Distress Embossing Powder - Old Paper
• EK Success Corner Rounder Punch
• Penny Black 3028F - Joy, Hope...
  

I really like how this card turned out. I hope you enjoy it too..

Simple Christmas Card

This card was a by-product of my new Ranger distress inks. This distress ink is Tattered Roses. I also used salt on this background. I learned about this technique from Godelieve. http://stampingmathilda.blogspot.com/ She has some great tutorials on using ecoline. (which I have yet to invest in)

Recipe:

1. Mix 3 to 4 drops of tattered roses distress ink in with 1/4 inch of water in a little mister container. Shake it up. Spritz this on white cardstock. I sprayed multiple times to get a stronger pink.
2. While the ink is wet on the paper sprinkle salt across the paper. Let this dry. If you want to speed up the process you can use the heat gun to dry it out. After the paper is dry you will want to wipe off the salt. It will stick to the paper a little but be persistent and it will wipe off. Cut the paper to the size desired. (Mine was 6 3/4" x 4 3/4")
3. The color came out so pretty like a dusty pink rose. I decided to white emboss to keep the look very old-fashioned. Ink the stamp with versamark and make a string of berries across the paper. Do this in two rows on the cut background.
4. Heat emboss with white opaque embossing powder.
5. Punch the scallops across the bottom. I used the corner rounder punch with the guide removed.
6. Versamark the entire surface. Heat emboss with a clear embossing powder.
7. Add gemstones on the berries.
8. Line the bottom scallops with pearls. I left these all attached together when I pulled them from the plastic, this made it easier to drape them across the scallops.
9. Tie the ribbon across the front.
10. Heat emboss the sentiment on the bottom using light pink embossing powder.

Products:

• Stampendous White Embossing Powder
• Joann Fabrics Clear Embossing Powder
• Penny Black 3244H Winter Berries
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Rangers Distress Ink - Tattered Roses
• Crystal Stickers - Pearls, Pink Gems
• Ribbon - Michael's