Guest Designing at Frilly & Funkie - Case It!

Hey hey hey crafters! I was thrilled to be asked by the Funkie Junkie herself Linda Coughlin, to go back to my old stomping blog grounds and do a guest design spot for Frilly & Funkie! Of course I said yes, and to my delight the fortnightly challenge is "Case It" and is based on Linda's 12 Tags of Christmas, but with a summer twist! How cool is that?!! All you have to do is make something based on any of her tags but use a summer theme. I LOVE it!!! Here is what I came up with, and I based it on Linda's Day 11 Tag.

Instead of Distress Glitter, I opted for Ranger's newer Stickles colors. I stamped Tim's cars in Jet Black Archival, colored them in with Distress Markers, and then went nuts with the Stickles. Pink Taffeta for the lady, and Ice Blue for the gent!

I stamped the couple from Tim's Stamper's Anonymous Purely Random set with Jet Black, and colored them in with Distress Markers, and gave the gent a Stickled tie.

Distress Paint and water made the background for the tag, and I tried to lay the colors out on the craft sheet like I wanted them on the tag...it worked!!! I love the tones in the summer sky.

I stamped the tire marks from the Travel Ways set along the grey area that is now roadway, outlined with a white Stabilo pencil. I wanted it to look like she slammed on the brakes first and he followed to make a little time for romance! ;0)

I loved the trees on Linda's tag, so they went all along the roadway along with some other Christmas foliage, and I stamped them with Distress Markers! I love this technique!

I stamped some words that went with the theme in the summer skyline above the mountain trees using Watermark Ink. It's very subtle but effective!

The sentiment and heart came next and I covered them for Clear Embossing Powder. Then I decided to stitch in the roadway lines! The stitching totally transformed the scene for me! I really love this simple tag!

  

 

I absolutely adore this tag, and really do think you need to pause so that good things can be taken in and enjoyed...especially love! I hope you can take some inspiration from it. Thank you Linda and the team for having me back for a day!!!

Supplies:

Ranger Inkssentials Surfaces Tags - #10 Tags - Manila	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Tumbled Glass	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Tattered Rose	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Mustard Seed	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Weathered Wood
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Peeled Paint	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Mowed Lawn	Ranger Inkssentials Mister Bottle	$23.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Travel Ways	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Holidays 2
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Letter to Santa	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Holidays	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Markers - Full Set	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Love Stuck	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Victorian Velvet
Ranger Embossing Powder - Clear	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Just Thoughts	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Black Soot	Rayon Seam Binding	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper String - Solids

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Make It A Christmas Tag...On Video?!?

Hello All and welcome Newbies!!! The Funky good time is back this fortnight to bring you the Frilly & Funkie challenge, which happens to be our last challenge for 2012. Terry of  Terry's 2 Dogs is hosting. Terry says, "Since this is the busiest time of the year, and my turn to entertain you all for the next challenge at Frilly and Funkie, I thought it would be nice to keep it simple with "Make It A Tag."  Show us your tags in the Holiday Spirit celebrating Christmas or Winter. Maybe you even make your own gift tags or place setting tags. Whatever it is, just tag it!"

Inspiration comes with a leap and a bound from the other Design Team Members. Check out their goods!

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Marjie Kemper - She Who Stamps and Scraps 

Teresa Kline - Paperie Blooms

Terry Horrall -  Terry's Work In Progress 

Sue Carrington - Stamping Sue Style 

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose

This is hard to write, but this is also my last project with F&F, and I'm singing the Funkie Town Blues about it, but I am venturing on to new creative endeavors. My time with Linda (A definite Mentor for me.) and this team has been the best experience ever, and I cherish their friendship and all that they have taught me with their amazing talents. Thank you Linda for helping me to grow with this thing I call Art! Thank you team for being so supportive, kind, and so full of creative knowledge. I will miss you. Alas, my favorite quote, "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." - Seneca.

 

So...sniffle sniffle...I wanted to leave Frilly & Funkie with a teeny tiny bang and it's been long over due, but I thought I would bring you a quick video tutorial showing you the process for using Ranger's Holographic and Tinsel Embossing Powders, as seen on my tag, although I had the most horrible time trying to photograph this to show you the full realm of color on the Wise Men. This do not due this tag justice.
Also, sorry for the video quality and the sound especially. I had the worst time getting it to upload, and had to change file types several times to no avail. So after a computer change, I was able to upload it, but after all the changes the quality flew out of creative window! Live and learn!!!

 

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

The Deer From Snowy Mountain

It's my turn to host the Friday Focus at Frilly & Funkie this week, and I wanted to give you a quick tutorial showing you my very favorite technique using Distress Markers, which happens to be stamping with them onto Specialty Stamping Paper...a match made for the creative good I tell ya!

Have pieces of Ranger's Specialty Stamping Paper cut and ready, as well as stamps ready to go. I'm using images from Tim's Mini Holiday series. Using Distress Markers, color directly onto the leaping deer rubber stamp.

After brushing your teeth (hehehe)...Give your colored in stamp a good huff of breath.

Here comes the cool part. Stamp your image onto the Specialty Stamping Paper. Give your stamp another huff of breath, and stamp the image again onto another piece of the paper. You can even repeat again...that is how color rich these markers are. Even a light mist of water will make even the faintest hint of color on the stamp come alive and make for a wonderful watercolor effect. Cool huh?

Always use a light blast from a heat tool after stamping onto Specialty Stamping Paper to set the color.

Repeat the coloring, huffing, and stamping again using the sprig and acorn image. Keep stamping it around the main sprig until all color is gone.

Repeat again using the mini tree image.

More coloring, huffing, and stamping using the large tree image.

Using Jet Black Archival, stamp the leaping deer onto a piece of Idea-ology Masking Sheet. Dry and cut it out.

Using a scrap sheet of paper, freehand cut a wave pattern to mimic a hill.

Apply the mask onto the stamped leaping deer and then apply the hilly scrap paper on top of the deer.

Color in the mini tree cluster image using the Distress Markers, huff on it, and stamp it onto the scene right where the scrap paper meets the Specialty Stamping Paper. Stamp it several times after huffing along the scene. Remove the paper and mask and dry.

Here is the coolest part. Apply the scrap back onto the scene where it matches up, and begin coloring in the sky portion with Distress Ink right over the Distress Marker images. The Distress Markers resist the Distress Ink. I used Salty Ocean and Tumbled Glass for a graduated look to the sky.

Using the Black Soot Marker, trace around the leaping deer image to make it really pop. Stamp a sentiment onto the top portion of the scene using Jet Black Archival. Ink the edges of the paper using Vintage Photo Distress Ink except the edge with the white portion.

Adhere the paper scene onto a Kraft card. Ink the edges of the card as well with the vintage photo.

Use Stickles to highlight parts of the scene for that special Christmas sparkle.

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!