Courage to Continue

Hi there friends, what a great challenge we have this month over at Our Creative Corner!

Julia is our hostess and her challenge is called 'Flaming June' after Flaming June' by Lord Frederic Leighton 1895, is a beautiful picture which evokes memories of hot summers, dozing in the shade and a riot of color.   See it on the challenge blog here.

Some of my teamies had trouble with using the hot orange required, but I absolutely loved it!  I started with Ripe Persimmon on the jumbo tag.  Then I aded some checkered stenciling with Peacock Feathers and the Wendy  Vecchi stencil Checkmate.   Everything else is stamped in Jet Black archival.    The flower was colored with distress ink and a water brush and fussy cut out.  I just love the sentiment and thought it went so well with the ARTIST die cut.  To finish it off, I added one of those cool drawer handles I started selling at The Funkie Junkie Boutique for mixed media work.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  

These products used to make the tag above can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique were most name brand products are always 20% below MSRP.

50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Ripe Persimmon	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3
Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamps - The Beauty of Art	Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamps - Approved Art	Tim Holtz Water Brush, Detailer Brush Nib	Ranger Tim Holtz Seasonal Distress Ink Pad - Ripe Persimmon	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Mowed Lawn
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Peacock Feathers	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stencil - Checkmate	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool - With 4 Blending Foams	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Artful Stacked Words
$6.39 Core′dinations Kraft Core By Tim Holtz - 2.5x12" Strips	$6.39 Core′dinations Kraft Core By Tim Holtz - 4.25x5.5" Paper Pad	Core′dinations - Tim Holtz Ranger- Nostalgic Kraft Core Cardstock 12 x 12	Tim Holtz Ranger Idea-ology Sanding Grip	Tim Holtz idea-ology Refill Pack for Sanding Grip (4 sheets)
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Plaquettes	4 Piece Antiqued Bronze Tone Mini Box Handles

The Word is Art!

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 Hello and welcome!  I hope you are having a great week.  I'm back from a little vacation and busy getting The Funkie Junkie Boutique moved into it's new quarters.  We will be re-opening at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday with a 10% off sale for one week.  The coupon code to get the 10% discount is stockupforsummer and you type it into the coupon code field on the shopping cart page.  Hit apply and you should see 10% of the total price deducted.

I did find a little time to play in my craft room and made this piece for the Funkie week of Sue's Words, Words, Words challenge over at Frilly and Funkie.  I started it a half of a sheet of 8.5x11" Specialty Stamping Paper.  I scribbled a little Dusty Concord distress paint onto my craft sheet and misted it just a bit with water.  Then the paper was blotted onto it.  I did that several times, drying the paint each time with my heat tool.  Then I repeated the process with Antique Linen DP.  

 Next Dusty Concord DP was dabbed onto the flower part of a Wendy Vecchi flower stamp and randomly stamped.

 A piece of canvas was cut to size and the edges frayed a bit.  Dusty Concord paint was used to ink the flower part of the stamp.  I started to use Bundled Sage DP for the stems, but it didn't seem dark enough so I mixed a couple of drops of Mowed Lawn distress stain into it.  The stamp was inked with the distress paints using a paint brush and stamped on the canvas.

An oval mask was cut and laid over the flower and then the script stamp from Wendy's _____ set was stamped in Jet Black archival ink.  The mask was removed and I added a little embossing to the corners with Wendy's white embossing paste and a Prima stencil (no longer available, sorry!).

Once the embossing paste was dry, I sponged Vintage Photo over it and all around the edges of the piece.   The messy ART stamp was stamped with Jet Black archival onto a torn piece of velum, a couple of buttons were added and I made a little dangle charm from beads in my stash.  It's held on with a scrap of crinkle ribbon (rayon seam binding) dyed with Vintage Photo distress ink.

I love the way this came out.  IRL the colors are so pretty and the stamp has such a beautiful delicacy to it.  After being out of my craft room for a week, it felt great to get my hands dirty again!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you will play along with us over at Frilly and Funkie.  There is still another week to create something for this challenge!

On the Runway Wendy Style

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Hi everyone, we are back On the Runway again with the Funkie week of the Frilly and Funkie challenge.  Cec is still our hostess and we are to make a project in vintage or shabby chic style that depicts sewing or fashion.  For the Funkie week of the challenge, our designers stay a bit on the grungy side of vintage.  I opted to use a couple of Wendy Vecchi stamps and stencils to create my tag.  

I started with a jumbo manila tag and blotted up some Weathered Wood ink with it and added more staining with Vintage Photo.  I stamped the fancy stitching edge from The Beauty of Art set in Jet Black Archival and did some second and third generation stamping with the Vintage Mesh stamp.  Then Weathered Wood was sponged on through the Dots and Stripes Border stencil.  

The dress form (A Form of Art set) and the lacy panel (Sentimental Art) behind it were stamped with Weathered Wood and edged with Vintage Photo.  The sentiment was stamped in Vintage Photo.  The strips were sponged randomly with both Weathered Wood and Vintage Photo.   I cut it with pinking shears in keeping with the sewing theme.  And also in keeping with the sewing theme, I unearthed my sewing machine and did some stitching on the tag.  

My frame was cut from chipboard with the Ornate Frame die, sponged with Weathered Wood and edged with Vintage Photo.  Then 2 coats of UTEE were applied to give it the deep glossy shine.  

The old fashioned high top shoe and bag are from the Sweet and Small charm collection I sell in the store.  I took two of the barrel beads I also sell and glued them end to end to hang the charms from and threaded the dyed seam binding through them before tying the bow.  

These products used to make this tag are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where most name brand products are always 20% below MSRP.

50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Weathered Wood	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool - With 4 Blending Foams
Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam	Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamps - The Beauty of Art	Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamps - A Form of Art	Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamps - Sentimental Art	Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Vintage Mesh Background Stamp
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stencil - Dots & Stripes Borders	Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Ornate Frame Bigz Die	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad
Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE)	Sweet & Small - A Set of Antiqued Bronze Charms	5 Piece Antiqued Bronze Tone Barrel Beads	Rayon Seam Binding