Living Things

 Hi! Today starts a new challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique!  The challenge is hosted by me!  I decided to call it Living Things and here is the description: 

"For this challenge the inspiration is animals or any type of living creature that you want to feature on your art!  This will showcase our love for our pets, animals and/or our insect friends!  Include a photo, stamped image, embellishment or pattern paper of a living creature in your art." 

 I have been wanting to play with a new stamp set from Stampers Anonymous that features all kinds of moths.  I decided to use this opportunity to stamp up a series of them on vellum.  

After I stamped them I added color with watercolor pencils and waterbrush.  I then covered them with versamark watermark ink and embossed them with clear embossing powder. 

A set of translucent moths to be used in the future!

The rest of the card was a mix of stamping, die cuts(circles) and sponging and splattering ink.  :)  I hand cut out my set of moths and then had to pick and choose which landed on my card. 

Please come play along with us in the challenge and share your favorite living thing! The overall winner will be offered the 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 drawing for the chance to win a $25.00 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. There are also Top 3 Badges for three additional outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Products: The Funkie Junkie Boutique

• Stampers Anonymous - Moth Study
• Stampers Anonymous - Specimen
• Stampers anonymous - Entomology
• Stampers Anonymous - Faded Type
• Stampers Anonymous - Tiny Text Halloween
• Ranger archival Ink - Jet Black
• Ranger Distress Oxide - Fossilized Amber, Ground Espresso
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Versamark Watermark Ink 
• Idea-Ology Mini Paper Clip
  

De-stress with Distress

 Hi! Time for another fabulous Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge!  This time it is hosted by the talented Tera.  The challenge: De-stress with Distress is described by Tera as:

"Are you feeling stressed? How about destressing with a bit of Distressing. Show us some yummy grungy distressed goodness."

I just received the beautiful Sizzix Leaf Fragments and couldn't wait to ink them up! 

 

 I played around with them with some beautiful orange, red, yellow and brown distress inks and distress mica sprays.

I even created a few ATC's.  They are beautiful sponged with the lovely fall colors.

 

 They even make a beautiful flower!  I hope this has you thinking about playing along with us and sharing your distressed art! 

The overall winner will be offered the chance to be a guest designer at a future date here at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog, and everyone who enters and follows the rules will be entered into the drawing 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.

Thank you for stopping by! 

 

Suzz

Products: 

• Stampers Anonymous Field Notes Notes
• Sizzix Thinlits Leaf Fragments 
• Ranger Distress Oxide Ink - Crackling Campfire, Fossilized Amber, Fired Brick, Vintage Photo
• Ranger - Mica Stain Spray
• Ranger Archival Ink - Mini Inks Kit #3
• Idea-Ology - Mummy 
• Idea-Ology - Hardware Heads
• Stampers Anonymous - Tiny Text 
• Idea-Ology - Hook Clasps
• Idea-Ology - Typed Token
• Glass Beads 
  

Anything Goes

 Time for an Anything Goes challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique!  Here is how Jenny describes the challenge: 

"We are going with an 'Anything Goes' theme for the following two weeks and are looking forward to seeing your vintage/shabby chic projects."

I am rather enamored with my new Eileen Hull Sizzix Mandala die and have been playing with the die cuts and the masked version of the die.

I started with using a cut out Mandala as a mask and sponging a soft distress oxide ink over the surface to leave a faint pattern. 

I then cut the sponged background into a tag shape. I layered the tag onto a cardstock tag base and sponged around the edges with the same ink.

I die cut flowers from white cardstock.  I Stamped script on the flowers and embossed with clear embossing powder. 

The background received a  splattering of shimmery spray ink all over to give it beautiful water spots. 

Please play along and share your art!   The overall winner will  receive a $25 gift certificate to go on a spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. And the winner, along with our top three picks from the remaining entries will receive badges to display on their blogs in recognition of their outstanding contributions.

Thanks for stopping by!

 Suzz

Products: 

• Stampers Anonymous - Faded Type
• Sizzix Eileen Hull Thinlit Mandala
• Sizzix Bigz Large Stems 2 Flowers
• Carved Coconut Buttons
• Burlap String 12 Colors
• Ranger Bubbly Embossing Powder
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Ranger Distress Oxide - Gathered Twigs
• Seth Apter Izink Dye Spray Antique Pearl
• Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Design Tape
  

Mostly Neutral

 Welcome back!  Today we start a new challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique!  The challenge is hosted by the fabulous Sara Emily and she has challenged us with "Mostly Neutral".  Here is how she describes the challenge: 

"For this challenge, I would like you to use mainly neutrals, but I will allow you one accent color or use of metallic accents. Let's see how you use beige, ivory, taupe, brown, black, gray or shades of white or any combination of these to make any vintage/shabby chic project you would like."

 I decided to go old school and do a flowery scene with my favorite butterflies.  

I love shades of grey, black and white and this allowed me to mix a variety of stamps, stencils and embossing glazes with various shades of black.

I loved the effect so much I created a second card.  (Although this one doesn't qualify because I added a hint of color around my embossed flowers)

This had me thinking about the all white cards I used to make and I decided to dig through all my die cut scraps and put together a card.

I forgot how fun it could be to assemble an all white card just using white die cuts.  This took me probably 10 minutes to sort through bits and pieces and assemble.

I love how it turned out and am thinking about how I can pull together a few more cards using my leftover scraps.

Please come show us your neutrals! The overall winner will  receive a $25 gift certificate to go on a spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. And the winner, along with our top three picks from the remaining entries will receive badges to display on their blogs in recognition of their outstanding contributions.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz 

Products: 

• Stampers Anonymous - Tiny Text
• Stampers Anonymous - Entomology
• Stampers Anonymous - Wildflowers
• Sizzix Tim Holtz - Timekeeper  (The Eileen Hull Mandals die here would have worked beautifully)
  
• Sizzix - Layered Winter Flowers
• Sizzix - Tim Holtz Scribbly Butterflies
• Ranger Archival Distress Oxide - Black Soot
• Ranger Archival Distress Oxide - Hickory Smoke
• Ranger Layering Stencil - Iron Work
• Ranger Tim Holtz Embossing Glaze - Hickory Smoke
• Versamark Watermark Ink

Home is where the Heart is

 Happy Wednesday! It is time for a new Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge!  The talented Jenny is hosting and she is challenging us with "Home is Where the Heart Is". Here is how she describes the challenge: 

"What does 'home' mean to you? Maybe it's a place of safety, somewhere you live with family or friends, or a place that holds treasured memories. It may be somewhere you can be yourself or a place from where you can grow and thrive. Whatever 'home' means to you create a project of your choice that represents it."

For me the home is all about the family.  This inspired me to create a mini village with a house for each person who will join us at our holiday table. I made the village so I can slip a name card into the top of each house.

I loved having the variety of doors and windows to create different effects with each house.   I also started with some beautiful shabby chic paper to give it a soft Victorian effect.

I am not going to share the details as I will be sharing on Saturday at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge Blog.  

I love how sweet the little houses looked when completed and can see creating a Christmas Village with these little houses.  

Please come join us in the fun!  The winner will earn a chance to be a Guest Designer at a future date  at The Funkie Junkie Boutique challenge 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.

Thanks for stopping by! 

 Suzz

Products: 

• Stamperia Pink Christmas 8 X 8 Pad
• Sizzix Tim Holtz Chapter 4 Paper Village
• Idea-Ology - Tim Holtz Memo Pins
• Ranger Distress Oxide Ground Espresso 
• Ranger Glitter Gel Moon Dust
  

Staying in the Background

 Welcome back to another Funkie Junkie Challenge!  This time it hosted by the wonderful Cec and she is challenging us to Staying in the Background.   This is how she describes the challenge:

"My challenge to you is to create your own background and use it in a shabby chic or vintage project - no pre-printed patterned paper this time. You can create the background in any number of ways and it can be simple or intricate. Using embossing folders. stencils, dies, stamps, washi tape, paints, inks or a gel press are just a few ideas. Make sure you give a brief description of how you created your background in your post."

Well I love a good background either stamped or mixed media. My problem is I never want to cover it up!  

I wanted to try to do something in shades of green and pulled out the gradient square stencil as I have never used it on anything.

I played around with a mix of stamping tiny text as a whole sheet of rubber of different versions of a sprayed/embossing paste mixes of the diamonds. 

For my card I took a remnant of something I was playing with.  I sprayed through the stencil and it was very messy and the squares became indistinct.  I then used another sheet of cardstock to pick up the excess.  

After it dried I then stamped over a piece and cut off a scrap which became a panel in my background. 

I stamped a mix of brown and green ink for the circle and cut it out.  I stamped over that the watch hand in brown.  I then attached my panel and circle together with a bit of design tape and put them onto a white cardstock background. 

Next I stenciled embossing paste over all the layers and waited for it to dry and sponged brown ink over the embossing. 

I added a double flower with some stamping and twine to finish the card. 

Here is an alternative background using the same tools: 

I stamped the circle over the stenciled background and enhanced with some watercolor pencil around the edges.  I layered more design tape over the image. 

I originally started the challenge with the idea to create my own pattern paper.

I stamped a mix of the roses with text on white cardstock.  I colored with watercolor pencils.  I then took the brick stencil and softly sponged brick around the images.  

I added touches of clear embossing on the flower to help with the glossy effects and also added water drops using glossy medium. 

The butterflies were to add depth and make my background a backround. :)  

Come show us your backgrounds!  The winner will earn a chance to be a Guest Designer at a future date at The Funkie Junkie Boutique challenge 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.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Products: 

• Stampers Anonymous Tiny Text 
• Stampers Anonymous Gradient Square Stencil
• Stampers Anonymous The Professor 2 
• Stampers Anonymous Faded Type
• Stampers Anonymous Flower Ship
  
• Stampers Anonymous Bricked Stencil
• Stampers Anonymous Entomology
• Stampers Anonymous Glitch 1 
• Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Walnut Grain, Peeled Paint
• Ranger Distress Oxide Spray - Peeled Paint
• Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Antique Linen, Ground Espresso 
  
• Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee, Watering Can
• Ranger Clear Embossing Powder
• Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste 
• Glossy Accents
• Watercolor Pencils
• Idea-Ology Ball Chain
• Idea-Ology Tim Holtz Jute
• Idea-Ology Design Tape

With This Ring

Hi!  I am hosting the challenge this time at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  The challenge is "With This Ring".   Here is what inspired the challenge:

"Summer is a traditional time for weddings. This year we have seen many of the celebrations become virtual, rescheduled or limited to few people participating. We as craft makers can still share our art with the happy couples by creating something beautiful to celebrate their special occasion. I challenge you to create something celebrating a wedding, it can be anything including: layout, card, decor, or gift."

I created a series of wedding cards for my daughter to pick from for friends of hers that are getting married in the next few weeks.  I am sharing those cards on Saturday at the Funkie Junkie Boutique for the Saturday Showcase.  I decided to add a few more with a few different styles.

I used some scraps and other bits left out on the table from my previous card making session and created this soft lacy wedding card:

A very traditional card with an embossed background accented with a crochet trim die cut from wax paper.

Layered the flowers with seam binding and added a lovely sentiment along the side. 

Then I decided I wanted something much more mixed media and funky for a different type of wedding. :)

This was made with multiple sprayed backgrounds.  I tore strips of different backgrounds and taped them together onto another sheet of cardstock.  The hearts were die cut from those taped together backgrounds. 

I placed it on a stenciled background with embossing paste and splatters of coordinating spray inks.

I hope this has you inspired to create a wedding based project and you can join us in the fun. 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 gift certificate for a spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. There are also Top 3 Badges for three additional outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Products:
Stampers Anonymous - Tiny Text
Ranger Archival Ink - Vibrant Fuchsia, Pink Peony
Wendy Vecchi White embossing Paste 
Ranger Layering Stencil - Bouquet
Ranger Layering Stencil - Splatters
Prima Marketing Flowers Coastal Surf 
Prima Marketing Pretty Mosaic Susie
Rayon Seam Binding
Ranger Dylusions Shimmer Spray - Peony Blush
Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Spiced Marmalade 
Sizzix Tim Holtz Crochet Die

Christmas in July

How about a cool down?  We are experiencing very warm temperatures right now and the challenge at The Funkie Junkie is just the trick to take us to cooler temperatures.  The talented Cec is leading the challenge this time and she has challenged us to "Christmas in July"!  Here is how she describes the challenge:

"If you are like me, you are anxious for 2020 to be over and done with. To speed things up let's pretend Christmas is around the corner even though it is only July and get a start on creating shabby chic or vintage inspired cards. This challenge is all about cards so please save other Christmas creations for later."

I have to admit that I always order the Christmas stamps, stencils and dies when they come out but end up sometimes not getting to use everything from the release during the holiday season. I was happy to pull out a few things that never got used! 

I was scrolling through pinterest for a few ideas of things that were Christmas related.  I saw a beautiful card that had die cut Christmas greens.  That had me foraging through my pattern papers and dies to see what I could come up with. 

Along the way I thought what about the Christmas design tape?  I hadn't used it and wanted to play with it so I pulled it out.  I decided to take some scrap cardstock and tape it up to cut some pretty flowers and leaves.

Here are the leftover pieces.  Which I haven't discarded as I can either find smaller dies or use the scraps of design tape on other cards.

I also cut out random leaves and flowers from the Holiday Wallpaper.  

Here are the leaves and flowers left over from the cards.  They are very pretty and will be stored for future accents. 

After I had my various bits I then created two backgrounds for my card with the layering stencils and the crackle embossing paste. 

I stamped the vintage Santa and gave him a slight coloring with distress inks.  The rest was just layering up the cards and stamping and attaching a sentiment.

I hope this has you feeling the chilly wintery breezes and inspired to play along! The winner will earn a chance to be a Guest Designer at a future date at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, 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.

Suzz

Products:
Stampers Anonymous Layering Stencil Plaid,
Stampers Anonymous Layering Stencil Festive
Sizzix Tim Holtz Die - Funky Foliage 
Sizzix Tim Holtz Dies - Wildflowers
Sizzix Tim Holtz Dies - Holiday Greens
Ranger Texture Paste Crackle
Ranger Distress Oxide Inks - Aged Mahogany, Black Soot 
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
Ranger Distress Stain Sprays - Aged Mahogany
Ranger Distress Oxide Spray - Hickory Smoke
Idea-Ology Tim Holtz Christmas Design Tape
Stampers Anonymous Rubber Stamps - Yuletide
Stampers Anonymous Rubber Stamps - Watercolor Trees
Idea-Ology Tim Holtz Christmas Worn Wallpaper

Cattywampus

Hi!  Welcome back for another fun challenge from the Funkie Junkie Boutique Team!  The talented Sara Emily is hosting and she gave us a wonky challenge this week called Cattwampus:

"Cattywampus is a funny sounding southern slag term I hear a lot around the house. According to the On Line Slang Dictionary it has several meanings including "appearing off center, diagonal from, crooked or not level, appearing askew, tilted or lopsided". Taking inspiration from any one of these definitions, include something cattywampus in your vintage or shabby chic project. Be sure to tell us what that cattywampus thing is; we might miss it!'"

I knew I wanted to play with diagonal  on a tag and here is what I ended up with:

I started with drawing a line on a diagonal and  using that as my guidance.  I then stenciled the numbers using the crackle paste. I stenciled the left side as you would expect and then flipped the stencil upside down and stenciled the numbers the right side.

After everything dried I spritzed with antique linen and milled lavender.

I repeated the process on the butterflies to put them on the angle in the split colors and stenciling.

I then added a few wildflowers in alternating colors and the sentiment.

Here are two other tags with backgrounds using the diagonal approach:

These used two opposing stencils and stronger colors for more of a contrast.

While making my first tag I was picking up excess ink and happen to get a shadow print from the wildflowers on the card.  I decided to  use that to make a quick card.  I added a hint of the butterflies by sponging over the die cuts. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Come share your Cattywampus inpsired projects with us!  The winner will earn a chance to be a Guest Designer at a future date at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge 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.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Products:
Stampers Anonymous - Tiny Text
Stampers Anonymous Layering Stencil - Digits
Stampers Anonymous Layering Stencil - Dashes
Stampers Anonymous Layering Stencil - stripes
Ranger Distress Oxide Ink - Antique Linen
Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Antique Linen, Milled Lavender, Mowed Lawn, Mustard Seed, Gathered Twigs, Salty Ocean
Ranger Archival Ink - Pebble Beach
Sizzix - Wildflowers Die (I couldn't find the one I used but the new one has a similar shape)
Sizzix - Detailed Butterflies Mini 
Idea-Ology - Antiquated Gems 
Idea-Ology Baubles
Ranger Texture Paste Crackle

Oh Man!

Welcome back to another Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge!  The talented Jenny is the host for the challenge this time and she is challenging to think masculine with a "Oh Man!" challenge.  Here is how she describes the challenge:

"Fathers Day may be a way off yet but there are always other occasions and reasons for making something for the men in our lives. For this challenge create something which you feel has a more masculine look."

I decided to have the professor as my focal point in a fun flip book!

 I have been having so much fun with my new stamps.  There is nothing like inking up and stamping on all different shapes and sizes!  I stuck with a series of more male related colors like blue, green and a deep plum all aged with distress inks.

I started with a few die cuts and then cut random shapes and sized to layer.  I laid them out on the table and tried different combinations until I got the layers I wanted.  Once I had that I started stamping images.

I took all these photos of the flip pages and just realized I didn't flip the little butterfly down to show you the bigger butterfly. :)  So I will show you what the page behind the big butterfly looks like.

I took and created a little tab with a little pocket and some circles stamped and cut out to create my mask for my professor.  :)

 When you flip that down you see the professor and I clipped him to a timekeeper clock with a tiny clip. 

When you flip that you get to another short tab:

A fun circle with a game spinner and the label that folds over to the other side.

 I kept using the same colors and variations of the stamped images to add a different view.

The last tag is stenciled with embossing paste and stamped over with text. 

The reverse flip goes like this:

The back side of the last tag.  I inked up all the tiny text with a few pulled out of the sheet.  I stamped them onto a inky background. 

The english gentlemen (from an old Stampers Anonymous set made it on the tags in two different sizes)  I have him in a cling mount and wood mount set. ;)

Then I had the back of the timekeeper die which I didn't show again.  And then onto the umbrella man.

 Then the short tag with the circles. (I stamped these twice to make sure the circle was full on both sides of the tag.

And back to the butterflies:

To the back of the baby butterfly. 

I put them all together with an accordion fold:

I used a clip to get it to hold the fold to start with:

I hope this having you thinking of masculine inspired projects to share with us in the challenge! 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.  There are always good deals at The Funkie Junkie Boutique and Linda and her team are busy working away and getting orders out to everyone!

Thanks for stopping by and please keep safe!

Suzz

Products:
Stampers Anonymous Tiny Text
Stampers Anonymous Glitch 1
Stampers Anonymous Professor 2
Stampers Anonymous Field Notes
Ranger Mini Layering Stencils #48
Ranger Archival Inks - Thistle, Bluebird, Fern Green,
Ranger Distress Ink - Antique Linen, Ground Espresso
Sizzix Timekeeper
Sizzix Tattered Butterflies
Idea-Ology - Game Spinner
Idea-Ology - Machinery Head
Idea-Ology - Tiny Clips