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12 Tags of Christmas – Funkie Junkie Style – Week 7

Posted in Cards, Funkie Junkie 12 tags of Christmas, Simon Says Stamp & Show on October 31, 2012 by craftytrog

Linda has inspired us with another fabulous Funkie Junkie Style Tag for week 7. There were a few elements on Linda’s tag that inspired me this week…the die-cut deer with embossed resist, the corrugated card, the colours, & the gold embossing. The challenge is sponsored by Linda’s shop, The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

My background was white card, coloured with bundled sage distress stain, then inked with bundled sage, peeled paint & vintage photo distress inks. I spritzed with kiwi perfect pearl mist, then stamped some Artemio trees.

The Martha Stewart snowflakes were coloured with pearl paint dabber, as was the corrugated strip.

I embossed the mountains of the corrugated strip, & the edges of my background with Stampendous aged gold enamel. There are a few little gold embossed flecks on the background too, which are just about visible.

The little Tando frame was inked with barn door DI, then a coat of rock candy crackle was added. The stamped words are from one of the new PaperArtsy JOFY plates.

I’m also entering my card for the Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge, who have asked us to show a pearl. I have used perfect pearls mist & pearl paint dabber.

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CC2C Meets Funkie Junkie…

Posted in Cards, Compendium Of Curiosities Challenge, Funkie Junkie 12 tags of Christmas on October 28, 2012 by craftytrog

…in more ways than one!

Here’s a Christmas card I made for the following challenges…

12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style – Tag 6 – my card was inspired by Linda’s use of red & green, snowflakes, clock, & her fab background. As usual, the challenge is sponsored by Linda’s shop, The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

CC2C 26 – Crumpled Kraft Suede – This fab Tim technique is found on page 40 of his book, & Linda’s challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

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Wedding Card

Posted in Cards on October 26, 2012 by craftytrog

Here’s the wedding card I mentioned yesterday. I wish the weather would cheer up a bit, it’s impossible to take a decent photo at the moment!

I sprayed patina glimmer mist through a Crafter’s Workshop stencil onto white card, then inked the edges with tumbled glass distress ink. The Sizzix flower was die-cut from two different Basic Grey papers, then spritzed with the glimmer mist. I layered it with a blue pearl brad, popped some lace behind, & attached it to my background. I stamped the sentiment with broken china DI, added a scrap of lace & some gems, then mounted on a square white card.

Thanks for looking,

Alison xxx

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Collage Card

Posted in Cards on October 25, 2012 by craftytrog

Whilst putting some watch parts away this morning, I spotted a pack of collage elements I’d purchased many moons ago. After a little play, it turned out they were perfect to make an 80th birthday card for my FIL Geoff, with the addition of some vintage photo distress ink, a few metal brads & a Tim Holtz game piece! 🙂

Now, I just need to make a wedding card for Saturday!

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12 Tags of Christmas – Funkie Junkie Style – Tag 5

Posted in Cards, Funkie Junkie 12 tags of Christmas on October 24, 2012 by craftytrog

I’ve made a card again, with inspiration from Linda’s gorgeous Tag No. 5. I was basically inspired by all the elements on Linda’s tag, the music paper background, her use of snowflakes as a resist, the colours, the distressed doily die, tickets, etc. As usual, this challenge is sponsored by Linda’s shop, The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

I used Tim’s new snowflake die to cut my snowflake from Basic Grey patterned paper, added a die cut net flower between the layers for some extra texture. The letters are grungeboard, covered with Basic Grey paper, then stamped with a Tim script. The distressed doily was coloured using Tim’s scribble stain distress technique, with vintage photo & tumbled glass ink. I spritzed the doily, letters, snowflake & tickets with biscotti perfect pearl mist, for a bit of sparkle, although it doesn’t show up in the photo infortunately. It’s been very dark & miserable here this week, so impossible to take a decent photo 😦

Thanks for looking,

Alison xxx

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Tim’s 12 Tags of 2012 – October

Posted in Tags, Tim's 12 Tags on October 21, 2012 by craftytrog

Tim has another fabulous technique filled tag to inspire us this month. You can see it HERE. Tim’s tag is halloween themed, but as I don’t celebrate that, I made mine a Christmas tag.

I used pool, citrus, & expresso paint dabbers on my base, with mowed lawn & peacock feathers distress inks. I don’t have the dry glitter that Tim used, so my bauble is covered with Stampedous Frantage red crushed glass glitter, & my letters embossed with aged scarlet embossing enamel.