Saturday Showcase - The Funkie Junkie Boutique

 Hi! Happy Saturday!  I am sharing on The Funkie Junkie Boutique a post today featuring the new Stampers Anonymous Floral Outlines Stamps. 

 

Pop over if you want to see the other cards I made while playing with my new stamps! 

Suzz

Saturday Showcase - Anything Goes

 Hi!  I am back with a special post for The Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge.  The design team is sharing the Saturday Showcase post on the challenge blog.  

I had fun creating a trio of ATC's with a variety of ideas and fun embellishments. 

My first one used a beautiful embossed background with shimmery highlights to host the adorable dancing star.  

She had to be accessorized to glam her up a bit with some tulle and stars! 

My next ATC is a nod to the dairy farm.

I used a few farm inspired stamps to create the background and the main image.  The embellishments were pure fun and I was glad I was able to dig through my stash and find a few things that blended with my theme. 

My final ATC was inspired by a lovely scrap of inky background.  I went with the silvery blue background and created a lovely flowery vignette.

The background was a scrap of spray inks antique pearl and blue.  I added some Faded Text stamped letters.  The flowers were die cut and sprayed with a mix of blue and brown sprays.  I love butterflies and couldn't resist stamping them and cutting them out to add to my scene. 

If you enjoyed seeing my ATC's  you need to hop over to the Challenge Blog and take a look at the design team ATCS!  

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Products: 

• Stampers Anonymous - Tiny Text
• Stampers Anonymous - Faded Text 
• Sizzix - Wildflower Stems #3
• Idea-Ology -  Paper Dolls
  
• Seth Apter Inkz Spray - Antique Pearl,  Coffee, Blue Moon
  
• Ranger Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
• Ranger Archival Ink - Cobalt, Cornflower, Jet Black
• Stampers Anonymous - Farm Life
• Stampers Anonymous  - Field Notes 

Saturday Showcase - Feathered Friends

 Hi!  I have a post over at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog today showcasing a few cards with Feathered Friends and lots of Idea-Ology goodies.

If you want the details and to see the  other cards in the series please pop over here! 

Have a beautiful Saturday!

Suzz

Saturday Showcase - Flowers

 Happy Saturday!  The whole design team at the Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge blog is sharing a special Saturday Showcase!  Everyone is creating a tag with flowers to share with you.  Hop over here to see all the wonderful inspiration.

The challenge was to be inspired by flowers and create a tag.  I love these flower stamps by Dina Wakely as they are outline stamps and you can use different prints, stamps, or coloring to fill the inside of the flowers.

 I knew I wanted to use up some of my index cards from the Positively Pensive challenge. I had created probably 30 index card backgrounds.  :)  I don't usually put all my scraps up on the blog unless they end up in a project or have some type of technique. 

I had spent some time mixing paints (new dylusion paints and distress ink paints) on my craft mat  and then picking up the paint colors on index cards.   I swirled together the colors and then used an acrylic block to ink it up and put it on the cards or I placed the cards directly into the paint on my craft mat.

For this index card, I painted the background with a bright pink.  I let it dry completely and then painted over with a stencil partially using a light orange color.  After that dried I outlined the painted area with a ball point pen on some of it to give it extra texture.

I used all my different painted backgrounds to create my flowers and leaves. I stamped the flowers and petals on different sections of the painted cards and cut them out to layer them. 

Here are the remnants of the petals and leaves stamping and cutting. I was using up almost every piece of about 4 index cards of paint. 

After that it was a matter of just putting the petals on a base flower. I used glue dots to attach the base of each petal to layer them and create a 3D flower.  I then used another inky background as the base for my flowers.  I stamped the flowers onto the background to give me a placement and then built out the flowers.

I finished the tag with the lovely sentiment that comes with the stamp set and stamped it on the same background as the tag and cut it out and layered it in.

Thanks for stopping by to see the flowers!

Suzz

Products:
Dina Wakley - Always Flowers Stamps
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
Dylusions Paints - Bubble Gum Pink, Vanilla Custard,  Balmy Night, Lemon Zest
Ranger Ink Paints - Carved Pumpkin, Wild Honey
Stampers Anonymous Layering Stencil - Bouquet
Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Antique Linen, Milled Lavender
Dina Wakley White Gesso

Saturday Showcase - House of Roses

Hi! Popping in to tell you I am hosting the Saturday Showcase on the Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge featuring the great Stamperia House of Roses papers.

Pop over to check it out!

Suzz

Saturday Showcase - Stamperia Wedding Paper Pack

Happy Saturday!  I am hosting a showcase over on the Funkie Junkie Challenge Blog today with a few projects featuring the lovely Stamperia Wedding Paper Pack. 

 

The papers are so beautiful they design themselves!  :)  Hop over to The Funkie Junkie Blog if you would like to see the other projects!  

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Saturday Showcase - Christmas Tags

Happy Saturday to you!  Christmas is rapidly approaching so the team over at The Funkie Junkie Challenge decided to do a special Saturday Showcase and everyone created a tag!  You need to pop over there to see what wonderful designs they cooked up for this very special showcase!

I was inspired by a cooking challenge that asked the contestants to do a white on white baked display.  It had me thinking about what I could create with layers and dimension all in white!

I decided to start with an stamped and embossed background to give a layer of soft texture before I even layered on the die cut bits and pieces.

The hardest part of this tag was getting a photo. :)  The white on white is hard to capture the beauty of the shimmer, glimmer and softness.

I stamped the background with Versamark and heat embossed the image with clear embossing powder.

I die cut all the various pieces and then covered them with versamark and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.

It gave them a lovely sheen.  I then assembled my poinsettias with pop dots between the centers and when I attached them to the tag.

I took a few of the metallic droplets and painted them white and then sprinkled them with distress crystal glitter.

 I finished the tag with a white bow and painted a charm white to coordinate.

I wish you and all your loved ones a very blessed and happy holiday!

Suzz

Products:
Sizzix Thinlits Tim Holtz Festive Greens 
Sizzix Thinlits Tim Holtz Christmas Ribbon
Stampers Anonymous - Yuletide Greetings 
Idea-Ology Tim Holtz Metallic Droplets
Prima Art Basics - White Gesso
Distress Stickles Dry Glitter Clear Rock Candy
Ranger Clear Embossing Powder 
Rayon Seam Binding 
Idea-Ology Tokens Christmas

Saturday Showcase at The Funkie Junkie Boutiqe Challenge

Howdy!  Hope your Saturday is treating you right!  I am sharing a Saturday Showcase of the Stampers Anonymous Fragments Stamp over on The Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge blog today!

Here is one of the projects I was working on for the showcase:

I had so much fun pulling out scraps and pieces left over in my stash to create a variety of art using the fragments stamps!

Pop over to the blog to see the rest of the projects I created!

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Time

Hi!  I am hosting the Saturday Showcase over on the Frilly and Funkie Blog today! Pop on over to get the details behind all the clocks in this collection:

 

Have a happy Saturday!

Suzz

Saturday Showcase - Floral Frenzy

Hi!  Just dropping in to share one of my projects that is being showcased over on the Frilly and Funkie blog today!

I walk through a variety of different backgrounds highlighting pretty floral dies and stencils! 

Hop over to the blog to check it out!

Suzz