Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Lisa's Finished Project

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Hello, Lisa Hoel here. It's not quite spring (at least not around here, it's been snowing all day). However, you might be in the mood for some spring cleaning! It has taken a crafty turn for our current TFJB Inspiration Ave focus theme which is "Finish It" – take an uncompleted project and finish it off. I partially completed a junk journal in June of 2022 and then it and all the stuff I had collected for it looked like this until now:

oh my, what a pile LOL


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Lisa Hoel for The Funkie Junkie Boutique  #creativejuicefreshsqueezed  #mymakingstory #tim_holtz #thefunkiejunkieboutique #sizzix #eileenhull
Lisa Hoel for The Funkie Junkie Boutique  #creativejuicefreshsqueezed  #mymakingstory #tim_holtz #thefunkiejunkieboutique #sizzix #eileenhull
Lisa Hoel for The Funkie Junkie Boutique  #creativejuicefreshsqueezed  #mymakingstory #tim_holtz #thefunkiejunkieboutique #sizzix #eileenhull
Lisa Hoel for The Funkie Junkie Boutique  #creativejuicefreshsqueezed  #mymakingstory #tim_holtz #thefunkiejunkieboutique #sizzix #eileenhull
Lisa Hoel for The Funkie Junkie Boutique  #creativejuicefreshsqueezed  #mymakingstory #tim_holtz #thefunkiejunkieboutique #sizzix #eileenhull
Lisa Hoel for The Funkie Junkie Boutique  #creativejuicefreshsqueezed  #mymakingstory #tim_holtz #thefunkiejunkieboutique #sizzix #eileenhull
Lisa Hoel for The Funkie Junkie Boutique  #creativejuicefreshsqueezed  #mymakingstory #tim_holtz #thefunkiejunkieboutique #sizzix #eileenhull
Lisa Hoel for The Funkie Junkie Boutique  #creativejuicefreshsqueezed  #mymakingstory #tim_holtz #thefunkiejunkieboutique #sizzix #eileenhull
Lisa Hoel for The Funkie Junkie Boutique  #creativejuicefreshsqueezed  #mymakingstory #tim_holtz #thefunkiejunkieboutique #sizzix #eileenhull

 It's quite a chaotic crafty scene! Lots of scraps and bits all over the place ha ha.



I decorate all the pages, front and back, before binding them together. It is much easier that way!



Eileen Hull Die - Folio Journal Die 
Eileen Hull Die Set - Faux Postage 
Eileen Hull Die Set - Library Pocket, ATC Card & Tabs
Eileen Hull Die Set - Journaling Cards, Flowers & Leaves 662811 - retired
Eileen Hull 3-D Embossing Folders - SilverwareVintage ButtonsCrochet Mandala
Tim Holtz Die Set - Vault Lovebirds

I still had two signatures worth of pages left to fill to complete the journal. You can find the first post about it here. Here is the outside:

The journal structure was created using Eileen Hull's Folio Journal Die and filled with all sorts of stamping, ephemera and die cuts. Here's a sampling of some of the new inside pages:

I had previously added some Waterfall flips to the inside cover but hadn't decorated them yet.

I did do a tutorial for putting the cover together in my first post. Here are a few in process photos from my journey in finishing up the other pages:

Elastic binding makes it really easy to add the pages. You just slide them under the elastic.

So, mission accomplished! I now have a cleared off tray in my art rack. Hurray! Thanks for stopping by. Keep an eye here on the Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog, Inspiration Ave. because you are getting regular doses of expanded (and inspiring) content each week. Don't miss it…

Supplies used:

Tim Holtz Stamp Sets - Floral TrimsField Notes, Ornate Trims, SpecimenBold BotanicalsEccentric, Papillon, Nature Walk, Ledger Script, Flutter, Bird Feather, Tiny Toadstools

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Backdrops - Vol. 5
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Snapshots Vol. 2
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Layers - Organic
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera - Curator
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera - Number Strips
Sizzix Textured Cardstock Pack
washi tape

Monday, March 11, 2024

Teri's Finished Project

 Teri Wilson - TerisMailbox

Hello friends. It's Teri from TerisMailbox posting for Inspiration Avenue Blog by The Funkie Junkie Boutique. Our new challenge was to finish unfinished projects.

I created new cards using embossed and inked backgrounds I created a while ago.


I started with multiple backgrounds embossed using watercolor cardstock and spritzed with many colors of Distress Spray Stains.


I added depth and dimension using a brayer and applying Archival Inks in Black Soot and Vintage Photo.

I have a video detailing the process here:


I am sharing 10 unique cards all with the same background technique, embellished with various die cuts and sentiments.


I think these may be my favorites. I love the bright colors and the cupcake has an action wobbler for fun!

Embossing folders used: Foilage and Numbered. The card on the left is embellished with a Skeleton Leaves Die using brown cardstock. Cut three leaves and arrange on the Foliage background mounted on a Kraft A2 card base. Tie a small piece of twine and add a drop of Collage Medium to hold in place. Stamp a sentiment from the Noteworthy CMS 446 stamp set on Kraft. Use a ruler and tear the sides. Attach to the card.

The Birthday Card is embellished with a cupcake from a Blueprint stamp and die set from my stash colored with Distress Watercolor Pencils. Attach to the card front using an Action Wobbler.

Select a couple of sentiments from Small Talk and glue onto additional strips of cardstock. Attach to the card front. Use Glossy Accents to highlight the strips. Set aside to dry.


I love rainbow and bright colors for cards! The card on the left uses the Typewrite Embossing Folder.  Use City Scapes #661810 die to cut a few sections from black cardstock. attach a couple of city blocks to the base.  Add thin strips of foam tape top pop up the city block on top.

Die cut a sentiment using the Pondering Words die set. Add thin foam tape to pop up the sentiment.

The center purple card uses the Swirl Texture Fade Embossing folder for the base. The flower is cut using the Wildflower Die #664163. This is an older die. The new Wildflower Set would work as well. Die cut the sentiment using glossy black cardstock with Bold Text #2. Glue the flower on the front and pop up the sentiment using thin foam strips. So easy!

The rainbow card on the right is embossed with the Arched Texture Fade. Cut the window with the Cathedral Window Bigz Die from Black Cardstock. Cut a gentleman with black cardstock. Attach the pieces to the front. Add a sentiment from the Thoughts Label Stickers to finish the card.


Here are two cards that would be perfect for that man in your life!  The one on the left started with the Gears Texture Fade Folder. Use the Gearhead Thinlits to die cut the corner embellishment along with additional gears. Stamp and emboss a sentiment from the Noteworthy CMS 446 stamp set. Use a ruler to tear the edges and ink with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

The forest scene starts with the Acorn 3D Texture Fade Folder. The trees are cut from brown cards stock using an older Holtz Sizzix Die called Birch Tree. Trim a section of the trees so you have trees on the left side. Pop up with this foam tape. Cut the Darling Deers from Kraft Cardstock. Arrange the deer on the front of the card as add a Label Sticker.


The final set uses some warmer colors to create the backgrounds. The card on the left started with the Doily 3D Texture Fade Folder another of my favorites. Die cut the flowers using Flower Field Die from Sizzix. Stamp and emboss a sentiment using the Note Quotes Sentiment Set CMS 463.

The center card started with Kaleidescope Texture Fade Folder. Cut the Perspective Butterfly with brown cardstock and apply to the base using Collage Medium. I find Collage Medium works well when attaching an image to a textured base. Create another sentiment using Note Quotes Sentiment Set CMS 463 and die cut with a circle die.

The final card starts with the Swirl Texture Fade. Die cut the flowers using the Artsy Stems Die. Arrange three blooms on the card front. Select a Small Talk Sentiment, add a couple of cardstock strips and attach to the card front. Coat with Glossy Accents and set aside to dry.


I hope I have inspired you to try this fun technique to create multiple backgrounds at once. The Funkie Junkie Boutique carries the entire selection of Distress Sprays plus texture folders and dies that would work for this technique.

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Lyla's Finished Project

 Welcome back to another new theme here at TFJB Inspiration Ave! Lyla here, once again, to start you out with the first of The Funkie Junkie Boutique's Design Team's "Finish It!" where owner, Linda Coughlin is challenging us to backtrack just a bit and finish a project that's been put on hold. If you're like me; you've got plenty of projects to choose from that have been tucked away with good intentions of getting back to them... at some point. I just happened to bring one project with me that was started and ultimately set aside further and further from my attention. Here it is, one year later, and I'm rising to that challenge to

FINISH IT!


I got out the baggie that had 3 sets of Eileen Hull's (Sizzix) Scoreboards XL Die Vintage Truck which came with my then-new Big Shot Foldaway in December 2022. I'm actually lucky to have waited to finish this project because I've got newer Tim Holtz dies and paperie to use for it than I did last year! I got hooked on Eileen Hull's Scoreboard Dies when I purchased a few of them from The Funkie Junkie Boutique some years back. There are some newer dies in stock at TFJB (I've got my eye on Field Notes!)

Let's get started with that handy List of Links:





I needed 5 trucks, so that meant cutting out 2 more sets of matboard...and 5 sets of front and back sides for all 5 trucks. That meant A LOT of die cutting. Or so I thought that was a lot at the time.


Then I began gluing all the paper covering onto the matboard first. After all the paper was adhered, I could put the trucks themselves together to form the boxes in the middle of the two sides of truck. I did use the front cover of my Scoreboards Die to guide me along.


It was easy, but I simply had more than one truck to do.


The last one was for myself. Since I like old-looking things, I used some Oxides to age the pieces after the paper was glued. I heat-dried each piece to set the Oxides before the final put together.


I made a run to the thrift store for some foam (sticky back) to use for eggs. I also picked up some pom-poms that matched the foam colors. I got out the die I would've used last year to make this project. Tim used part of this on his most recent Vault Die (listed above). It's also the die set I used in 2022 to announce Baby Larimore #4 (CLICK HERE to view that TFJB project.)


I peeled off the entire sheet's protective paper and folded each foam sheet over onto itself, keeping the sticky side to the inside.


And die cut... a WHOLE LOT MORE! Die cutting also the bunny shapes from the brand new Hippity Hop by Tim Holtz, and adding bow ties and hair bows denoting boy/girl.


I used my glue gun to adhere all the bows and fluffy balls matching each color to each bunny. I put 2 eggs together and made each egg "rounded out" by adding alot of glue into the middle of the 2 eggs then pressing all around the edges. This gave them a more "eggy" touch, lol!


I made two sets of the buns so I'd have all four Grandbabies in my truck, and one for each of their own truck.

Here's the FINISHED Project!


Front of Old Truck


FRONTS of BUNNIES


BACKS of BUNNIES


Bunnies bringing a truckload of eggs to each Grandbaby... and Memaw!


I'm so glad you were with me on this trip by truck, and I hope it inspires you to do as we're doing for this next two weeks, get out a project you've set aside, dust it off, and join our Design Team as we each take our turn every couple of days to "FINISH IT!"

Be sure to stop in at The Funkie Junkie Boutique as more new items arrive, so you can update your project the way I've done with mine. Take your time and enjoy the feeling of a FINISHED make to share!

Until next time...

Stay Safe &
HAPPY BLOGGING!!

Friday, March 1, 2024

Suzz's Hats off to Men

Howdy! Suzz here.   I started from a fun Idea-Ology Photomatic image to inspire my masculine card. 

Look at that face!  It is so inspiring and fun.  I created layers of grungy goodness to frame out Mr. Scowl face. 

 

The card base is from a kraft cardstock which was sponged with the lovely new Scorched Timber and sprinkled with the speckled egg distress oxide and water spots. 

The next layer is created with texture paste over a stencil which was spritzed using a mix of the scorched timber and speckled egg distress oxide.  A little water helped blend the two together.

Then a scrap of a backdrop paper sponged with a touch of the scorched timber layered  under the framed photo.

A few touches with the stamped sentiment and the numbers on the photo finished off the effect.  The embellishments of twine, die cut branch and buttons were added to create movement. 

Suzz

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Lisa's Steampunk Card

Hello, Lisa Hoel here. Sometimes it's hard to come up with ideas for masculine cards or gifts but we'll have plenty of inspiration for you with our current Funkie Junkie theme, "Hats Off to Our Men". The challenge was to celebrate the men in our life with a card or gift. I decided to go with a card:

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You can't go wrong with steampunk!

This was a fun card to put together and it gave me a chance to play more with Distress Watercolor Pencils.

First I stamped the background of Mixed Media Heavystock with a grid of stamps from the Creative Blocks set in Hickory Smoke Archival Ink. Leaving the stamped paper in place on my stamping platform, I colored the stamped details with the pencils and then blended them out with a brush.

After the paint was dry, I re-stamped over the top of it all with more Hickory Smoke Archival Ink. This brought back the detail of the stamped images.


I also used the pencils to color the Paper Dolls Portraits ephemera piece. (Distress Crayons work pretty well too.)



Thanks for stopping by. Keep an eye here on the Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog, TFJB Inspiration Ave. for regular doses of expanded (and inspiring) content each week. Don't miss it…

Supplies used:

Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Creative Blocks
Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Grunged
Tim Holtz Die - Gadget Gears - retired
Tim Holtz Die - Gadget Gears #2 - retired
Tim Holtz Die - Industrial - retired

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls - Portraits
Distress Watercolor Pencils
Tim Holtz Kraft Stock - black
Tim Holtz Mixed Media Heavystock
Sizzix Textured Cardstock Pack
Distress Ink - Scorched Timber, Lost Shadow, Vintage Photo, Black Soot
Distress Archival Ink - Hickory Smoke

Monday, February 26, 2024

Teri's Masculine Masterboard

Hello! It's Teri from TerisMailbox posting for The Funkie Junkie Boutique. Today I am sharing how I morphed an 8.5 x 11 inch Masterboard into four masculine cards!


I always need manly cards and this was a great way to create multiple cards!

As always I have a video HERE. I'd love to count you as a subbie friend on my channel.


Start by creating a background using Stormy Skies, Faded Jeans and Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Inks. Apply randomly to an 8.5 x 11 inch piece of Heavyweight Cardstock.


Add a few splatters using Fade Jeans Spray Stain.


I had a lot of fun using multiple Stampers Anonymous stamps for this project.


I found that Oxide Inks worked much better for this technique.


Too much fun going from the inked board to this using multiple sets! I will share deets for each of the four quarters! I did lightly draw a pencil line to identify where the A2 cuts would be made prior to stamping the images. 


I am sure you recognize The Inspector. All of the images were stamped with Archival Inks. Barn Door Archival Ink was perfect for the cent sign and the tickets. 



You'll have to check out the video to see how I improved this one. I originally embossed the sentiment on the card but decided that it didn't stand out enough so I used my Deckle Edge Trimmer to create a Vellum banner and embossed the sentiment to add to the top! Tim's small stapler was perfect to attach the banner.



I always love the Ideology paper dolls with dogs. This was the perfect image for this card front! The sentiment is heat embossed. I also used texture paste and Stencils to add the gears on the left side.


And finally we have the children....


I thought these children looked formal and make a great addition to this card. The Wander label adds just the right touch!



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Products used:

CMS 227 Life Quotes
CMS165 Way With Words
CMS337 Ticket Booth
CMS 449 Bubbles
CMS329 Theories
CMS384 Lumberjack Plaid
CMS 302 Etcetera
CMS406 Inventor
Archival Ink Faded Jeans
Watering Can Embossing Powder