Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Sew Sweet

Welcome back to another fun Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge!  This time the challenge is called "Sew Sweet"  and is hosted by the talented Cec.  Here is how she describes the challenge:

"Create a shabby chic or vintage project with a sewing theme incorporating items and/or images related to sewing - think rubber stamps of sewing machines or dress forms e.g., fabric, pattern tissue and even notions such as buttons, zippers, thread, etc."
Stampers Anonymous Faded Type Stampers Anonymous Professor 2 Stampers Anonymous Tiny Text For The Funkie Junkie Boutique
I decided to go a different route and use the professor and layer him  up with some sewing embellishments.

Stampers Anonymous Faded Type Stampers Anonymous Professor 2 Stampers Anonymous Tiny Text For The Funkie Junkie Boutique
I created the background on the card by spritzing some leather cardstock with antique linen spray.

After it dried I sponged on brown dye ink using the stencil.  While it was wet I heat embossed with embossing glaze. 

I wanted to show you how the embossing glaze adds texture and depth of color.  I stamped the same image in brown archival ink and then sprinkled on the embossing glaze.  
Stampers Anonymous Faded Type Stampers Anonymous Professor 2 Stampers Anonymous Tiny Text For The Funkie Junkie Boutique


You can see the paper wasn't dry from my first coat of antique linen spray so the entire image was glazed with the embossing glaze.  It made it much more rich in color. 
Stampers Anonymous Faded Type Stampers Anonymous Professor 2 Stampers Anonymous Tiny Text For The Funkie Junkie Boutique
I ended up creating various pieces and created two cards with my tailor? :) .  The background faded type is stamped on a pattern paper from a robe pattern.

I pulled from the snaps, ribbon spools and safety pins to accent my cards.

I hope you can play along and share your sewing goodies!  The winner will earn a chance to be a Guest Designer at a future date at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog, 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. There are also Top 3 Badges for three additional outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team.


Please keep safe!


Suzz

Products:
Stamper Anonymous - Faded Type
Stamper Anonymous - Professor 2
Stamper Anonymous - Tiny Text
Ranger Archival Ink - Cobalt, Coffee, Jet Black, Light House
Ranger Distress Spray - Antique Linen
Ranger Distress Oxide - Ground Espresso 
Ranger  Mini-Laayerining Stencil #30
Embossing Glaze - Vintage Photo
Tim Holtz Leather Cardstock

3 comments:

  1. Brilliant! I was originally thinking of trying to avoid the automatic pairing of sewing with women, but forgot all about it... so happy to see you took that leap for all our sakes!! I love the burlap scraps and those wonderful cotton reel labels.
    Alison x

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  2. Suzz, we can always count on your to put on your creative thinking cap and make something that totally surprises us! I did my best to try and come up with a masculine theme, and all I got was fried brains! I love how you've used the embossing glazes; aren't they the best! Cool use of your snaps and scissors, too! An amazing pair of cards, my friend!

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  3. Suzz I always know that you'll come at a theme in a completely different way and here it is - the male twist with that dapper chap and his sewing ephemera. I love how you've created those gorgeous collaged backgrounds and must admit that I could just imagine the second gentleman (tailor in my head) at home deciding that lockdown now meant he would need to take his sewing sheers to his luscious locks xx

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