Drawing Without An Eraser

Tag From Creative Chemistry 101 Day 2

 Last week marked the start of Frilly & Funkie's first two-week split challenge.  The  normal format will be a challenge that runs two weeks.  Last week, the Frilly Design Team members presented you with their take on the challenge theme.  This week the Funkie Design Team members (one is Me) will show you how we were inspired by the challenge theme. The challenge theme is "I'll Take Your Word For It".  Words can be kind, comforting, encouraging, supporting. They can lift people up when they are down, they can give positive reinforcement or a giggle when we need it most.  I especially love thought provoking quotes.  For this challenge, let your sentiment take center stage and be the focal point of your project. You are sure to see all kinds of wonderful vintage samples that we hope will inspire you to play along by the Design Team. Please visit their blogs.

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 

Tammy Roberts - Paperie Sweetness

Creative Chemistry 101 introduced, as well as reintroduced, me to many techniques. Two techniques that I have always loved, but have let fall by the wayside for a bit, are Blended Spritz and Flick and Wrinkle Free Distress. These two techniques are what first made me fall into Tim love. I made so many things using them, but then picked up some new techniques and forgot about them. I've had a reawakening though, and now I am misting water like crazy.   I decided to use these to create my funkie card for the F&F's Design Team piece. 

Frilly or Funkie, you can play along until next Tuesday.  We will have two winners - one random pick will receive a $15 gift certificate to the Funkie Junkie Boutique.  And one favorite pick of the design team will receive a winner's badge to display on their blog.  We can't wait to see your take on the challenge.

I applied the two shades of blue Distress Ink to my craft mat and spritzed with water, then dredged my kraft card through it several times, drying between layers.

I diecut the Townscape out of manila paper, and colored the roofs and sidewalk with Black Soot Distress Marker. The houses were colored in with various Distress Inks.

I flicked water droplets onto the houses for a bleached effect.

I inked the right top edge of the card with Mustard Yellow Distress Ink and added a quarter circle of manila paper that was also inked with Mustard then flicked with water. The Townscape was adhered and the borders of the card were inked in Vintage Photo. I drew white lines to form a border around the card and added black rays for the sun using a Sharpie. I wanted it to match the stamped image.

I used the tag above as my centerpiece here. I tore the edges and inked them, added white lines to form a border, and then added the filigree corners that were distressed with Snow White Mixative.

Supplies:

Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Tag and Bookplates Die	Inkssentials Manila Cardstock	Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink (FJ)	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Worn Lipstick	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
Ranger Peeled Paint Distress Ink (FJ)	Ranger Broken China Distress Ink (FJ)	Ranger Fired Brick Distress Ink (FJ)	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams	Corner Filigree Metal Pieces

Designing this card made me feel like I was creating  something along the lines of all those ultra cool art journals I'm seeing a lot. Although, I have not gone there yet, this card made me think about joining on in. It sure was fun! 

I am also submitting this card to Simon Says Stamp & Show's challenge of "A Tim Technique", and Unruly Paper Arts Blogazine Reader Art Quest II for "Inky Backgrounds".

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

You Are The Cat's Meow!

There is a happy, wee, little, old man my hubby and I just adore who plays cards with hubby. He has the best head of snow white hair you've ever seen, and so much of it that he is the envy of most men, balding or not. He served in WWII as a pilot among several other things, and he just recently celebrated his 90th birthday. I had to make him a very special card, and I had one I had completed with Artistic Outpost last month that was just perfect with one more added thing....a 90!

Some how my propeller fell off the plane before I shot this picture and I didn't realize until later when the card had already been given.

I sanded the blue cardstock and tore and inked the edges in Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. The propeller images were stamped in Cotton White StazOn on the blue background. All of the images except the propellers, were stamped in Pumice Stone Distress Ink, colored in with watercolor pencils, and heat embossed in clear distress powder. The propellers were stamped in Jet Black Archival onto the light tan cardstock then cut out. The sentiment was stamped in black StazOn onto transparency, and then cut out and placed on the banner. I punched holes in the banner and ran string from it to the plane. Stars and propellers were added throughout.

Here was the finished card before I added the 90.

 I am submitting this card to Hels Sheridan's Sunday Stamper challenge of "numbers". She has blog candy up for grabs, so give her a visit.


Supplies:
From My Stash: propellers, star charms, black string, light tan cardstock

Diesel Punk Stamp Set	Industrial Chic Stamp Set	Archival Ink - Jet Black	Cotton White Stazon	Core′dinations Adirondack Collection Paper Stack	Sanding Grip - Idea-ology
Pumice Stone Distress Ink	House of 3 Daily Junque Metal Flags	Distress Embossing Ink	Embossing Powder - Clear	Jet Black Stazon	Idea-ology Memo Pins
Fall 2011 Limited Edition Distress Ink Trio	Ink blending tool	Idea-ology Numerals

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!