Wednesday, December 12, 2018

In the Kitchen

Hi!  It is my turn to host the fun Frilly and Funkie Challenge!  I chose the theme of In the Kitchen for the challenge this time around.

Here is why I chose the challenge of "In the Kitchen":

This time of the year we find ourselves in the kitchen either preparing food for family and friends or just gathering around the kitchen table with family. Your challenge is to incorporate the kitchen somehow in your project. You can use an object from the kitchen in creating your project or you can use a sentiment or image that reflects the kitchen. You decide how to represent being in your kitchen in your art.

Ranger Distress Stain Sprays Sizzix Tim Holtz Tattered Pine Cone For the Funkie Junkie Boutique
I love using or re-using items from the kitchen and this had me thinking of salt, recipes, old cookbooks, foil, wax paper, spoons, forks, etc.


I decided to use some beautiful backgrounds I created awhile ago using salt.  I love this technique!

I started with some heavy duty mixed media cardstock.  I laid it out on my desk and then I pulled out a variety of the Ranger Distress Stain Sprays.


Ranger Distress Stain Sprays For the Funkie Junkie Boutique

I sprayed on a mix of blues, browns and greens.  Create pools of color randomly on the surface.  Next take your salt and liberally cover areas of the paper.

The salt will absorb the ink and create punches of color all over the paper.  Now you have to be very patient and wait for it to dry.  You can use your heat gun to expedite but be careful as you can scorch your paper. (Don't ask this impatient person how we found that out!)

Best to walk away and let this dry overnight.   The next day you can use a plastic ruler to scrape off all the dried on salt from the paper.

Ranger Distress Stain Sprays For the Funkie Junkie Boutique
After I scrapped off the excess I thought look at all that beautiful color in the salt..... So of course I took that salt and randomly scattered it over the surface of a new sheet of mixed media paper and re-activated the inks with spritzing it with water.  That turned out like this:

Ranger Distress Stain Sprays Versamark For the Funkie Junkie Boutique
(Clear Embossed)

After the pieces dried completely they will soften in color and intensity.  I wanted to bring back that color so I covered the surface with versamark and heate embossed with clear embossing powder.

On another piece I covered it with clear rock candy glaze to see what it would look like:


Ranger Distress Stain Sprays  For the Funkie Junkie Boutique
Glaze (Rock Candy)


I think the clear embossing powder makes it look like a glorious marble tile:
Ranger Distress Stain Sprays  For the Funkie Junkie Boutique
(Clear Embossed)
And my final piece I cut out and embossed:
Ranger Distress Stain Sprays  For the Funkie Junkie Boutique
(Clear Embossed)

I created a tag with the background created from the salt infused with color:
Ranger Distress Stain Sprays Sizzix Winter Wonderland Tim Holtz Clippings  For the Funkie Junkie Boutique

and to finish off my marbleized background I decided to create some roses using wax paper and aluminum baking cups. 
Sizzix Tim Holtz Tattered Pine Cone Wax Paper For the Funkie Junkie Boutique

Sizzix Tim Holtz Tattered Pine Cone Wax Paper For the Funkie Junkie Boutique

After I created them I frosted them by dipping them face down into liquid glue and then dipping them into glitter.

I repeated the process with the medallions cut from wax paper and the quote chips.  I clear embossed the quote chips to give it a glaze over the shimmer.  

Sizzix Tim Holtz Tattered Pine Cone Wax Paper Medallion Quote Chips For the Funkie Junkie Boutique
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I hope this inspires you to join in the challenge!  The winner will earn the chance of a Guest Designer spot here at Frilly and Funkie, 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. And there are Top 3 Badges for three further outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team!

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

5 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous tag! That background is so amazing.
    Kate

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  2. I love that salted background more than words can say. And you are right...it does look like vintage marble. I had thought about doing a salt background for this challenge, but you really took this to the next level. You always inspire me. Merry Christmas my friend!

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  3. Wow, Suzz, these are two amazing projects using that salt technique. I am delighted you recycled your colored salt to make that simply STUNNING tag background. You are the Queen of Creative, my friend! Thank you for choosing this fun theme! Merry Christmas!

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  4. You always teach me something new with your tutorials Suzz! LOVE those salt backgrounds and then you take the two pieces and turn them into such special finished pieces with just the right choice of toppers. Now, time to go in search of some salt....

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