Friday Focus on Laser Cut Wood and Chipboard

Happy Friday! Suzz here, bringing you the next Friday Focus. The Friday Focus for the next two weeks is laser cut wood and chipboard embellishments from Southern Ridge Trading Company and Kaisercraft.

These items will be an extra 15% off our regularly discounted prices (total of 35% off list) through March 3rd. You can find all these bargains under our Friday Focus tab at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

There were so many wonderful choices in the store that I had a hard time picking and ended up creating two different projects.

My first project was inspired by the Southern Ridge Trading Company laser cut clock.

I saw this lovely clock face and knew it would look beautiful on the mini clipboard. I painted it with gesso and then used the gold paint as my starting point for the color base.

The clipboard  and clock were painted with a coat of white gesso paint. After the paint dried the clock was painted with tarnished brass paint.

The Wendy Vecchi squares stencil was used to apply crackle embossing paste over the background.   While the embossing paste was wet a layer of  tarnished brass and raspberry distress stains were sprayed and mixed with water over the surface.

The dragonfly was die cut from kraft paper and a piece of chipboard. The dragonflies were painted with white gesso. The kraft dragonfly was partially painted leaving sections of the kraft showing which got a smear of gold paint. The chipboard dragonfly was embossed with the embossing folder and pink distress spray was sprayed over the background.

The images and sentiments were stamped on tissue paper using archival ink and then applied to the background after it was dry using collage medium.

The metal on the clipboard received a coat of metallic paint along with stamped images using StazOn ink.

The dragonflies used a bit of seam binding died with the pink spray and a gold painted heart for a focal point.

The second project is a  card using the Kaisercraft wood laser cut flowers.

The flowers were painted with ranger paint. After the paint dried, embossing paste was applied using the  mini layering stencil to create a polka dot effect.

The background has crackle embossing paste using the Wendy Vecchi stencil with a stamped image overlay.  The distress stain was spritzed over the surface after the embossing paste was dry and before the image was stamped.

You can find these Friday Focus products as well as all the other products at The Funkie Junkie Boutique!

Suzz

Southern Ridge Trading Company - Fine Clock Face	KAISERCRAFT Flourishes - Twig & Berries	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Tarnished Brass	Ranger Shaded Lilac Paint	Ranger Brass Paint
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Clipboard	$23.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Correspondence	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stencil - Square Grate	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamp It Stencil It - Leaves & Berries	Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamp Set - Art in a Jar
Wendy Vecchi Crackle Texture Paste	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Mini Layering Stencils - Set 8 THMST008 (March Pre-Order)	Dina Wakley Media Mediums - White Gesso	Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint - White, 1oz Bottle (February Pre-Order)	Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Bigz Die with Texture Fade - Layered Dragonfly
Medium Weight 12x12" Chipboard (15 Sheets)	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Picked Raspberry	Valentine′s Charms	Rayon Seam Binding
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs Special Delivery	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Papillon	Archival Ink - Chartreuse	Ranger Tim Holtz Twisted Citron Distress Spray Stain

Friday Focus - KAISERCRAFT

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Hi there, it is Cec here and I am presenting the Friday Focus today on the line of KAISERCRAFT products that Linda carries in the shop.  There are a variety of wooden laser cuts and some very pretty pearls so I used both of those in my first-ever scrapbook layout.

I am calling this Made With Love for a variety of reasons.  First and foremost, the little girl in the photo is my daughter when she was about 7 or 8 years old and of course she was made with love.  Secondly the smocked dress that she is wearing was made with love by my late Mother and I still have it.  Sadly, my Granddaughter doesn't think it is cool and will not wear it.  She also thinks her Mommy looks like a boy in this photo - LOL.

I started by taking a piece of lightweight chipboard and cutting it down a bit before I coated it in Gesso.

Next I painted it with Fresco Finish Blush using a baby wipe and not worrying too much if some of the Gesso showed through.

I changed my mind after it was painted and decided to add some corrugated cardboard inserts.
One had a length of zipper added to it and then I repainted these inserts.

Next I added some stenciling with a Prima Crackle stencil and some Tree Branch Archival Ink and the Wendy Vecchi Checkmate stencil and some Coffee Archival Ink.

I used a Dylusions stencil called Dotted Flowers to add some texture paste in a couple of corners.  Finally I spritzed some Tim Holtz Milled Lavender Distress Spray on - sorry no photo.  The edges were distressed and the sheet was mounted on a piece of Bazzill card stock for extra stability.

I took one of the KAISERCRAFT flourishes and cut it with an X-Acto knife to create two pieces.

Next I coated the flourish pieces and my text with Gesso and then painted all the pieces with some Deco Art French Mauve acrylic paint.

I made a trio of flowers with some punches and Maja Designs paper from the Coffee in the Arbour and Vintage Spring Basics pads.  They were inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink, shaped and glued together.  The centres are Card Candy that I have had in my stash for years.

I mounted the photo on a piece of Maja paper and also used the Maja papers to make some narrow tags that I added to the back.  A little crochet cotton was added to a couple of the tags.

The next step was to glue everything down.  I added a Prima zipper pull to the zipper, some venise lace, additional flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, some floral buttons, a little stamped heart leftover from a recent project and finally some of the KAISERCRAFT pearls in a colour called Blush.

Making this layout was fun and I plan to go digging through the old photos and see what else I can come up with.  I am hoping I can find a couple of my daughter when she was competing as a synchronized swimmer because my Granddaughter is now doing the same and it sure would be fun to make matching layouts of my two fish.

For the next two weeks, Linda will have some specials in the Friday Focus section of the shop so check them out and start shopping.

Saturday Step By Step - Shabby Chic Art Journal Page

Hi Peeps

Georgie here with a Saturday Step By Step for you!

I've been loving playing in art journals recently so I thought I do a 'how to' on how I do a layout for my pages, and in particular, this shabby chic page:

So, without further ado...

(Please excuse my lighting, for the images below, where I'm set up to get messy has quite poor lighting)

Step 1

Using heavy watercolour paper, washi tape the edges to secure the paper as it will want to warp with all the moisture. Then apply some random stamping, this helps to create depth.

Step 2

Using a stencil apply some texture to the page.

Step 3

Apply splashes and drops of colour, then knock back with a white spray.

Step 4

Cut some strips of paper and some lace, and add to the page. Here I use Glossy Accents, this is the one glue that has never failed me.

Step 5

Punch out some leafy texture, I used the Laurel Leaf by Tim Holtz, then embossed with white embossing powder.

Step 5

Make a bow, then work out it's placement, with a flower but don't glue down just yet.

Step 6

Grab some other embellishments, anything can be used that you can get your hands on. Here I used a wooden element and some metal pieces. Give this a chance to dry a little before going over with a coat of gesso.

Step 7

Whilst waiting for the paint to dry, I created the charm. I gave this a few coats of gesso and fussy cut a Maja Design butterfly to go inside.

Step 8

Spray some colour again, using the same ones as before, then knock back with gesso and white spray again.

Step 9

After all the layer have dried add all the pieces as laid out above, add the leaves and then splatter some of the sprays to tie it all in. Then carefully remove the washi tape. Voila, ready to be stuck into your journal.

Here are some close ups in much nicer natural light:

Although the washi tape is quite garish, as soon as you peel it away it changes the feel of the page.

I added some Stickles to the centre of the flower and then added a button. 

Here you can see the beautiful shadows and texture of the stencil, creating some added interest to the page.

The metal embellishment just tucked underneath.

Here you can see some of that initial stamping, so even though it looks like you're completely covering it up, you'll be surprised at how little bits peek through.

The butterfly charm peering through and giving the eye something else to focus on other than the flower.

Finishing up with another view of the page. A list of products is included below, hope you enjoyed this post today and thank you so much for stopping by.

Big hugs

Georgie

xxx

Dina Wakley Media Mediums - White Gesso	Lindy′s Stamp Gang Starburst Mist 2oz Bottle - Frozen Jack Frost	Graphic 45 - Gilded Lily Cling Stamp 2 IC0339S	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3	Lindy′s Stamp Gang Starburst - Starburst Sweet Treats Set
Lindy′s Stamp Gang Starburst- Starburst Nantucket Pearls Set	Prima Flowers CLARA - VINTAGE CANVAS	Set of 2 Charm Pendants - Antique Bronze Squares With Glass Cabochons Setting	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Graphic 45 - Gilded Lily Ephemera Cards 4501140
2 Piece Antiqued Copper Tone Filigree Pieces	Venise Lace Trim 7/8 inch (1-2)	May Arts Champagne Mesh Ribbon - 1.5"	Scor-Pal Scor-Tape 1/4" x 27 Yards	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Stickles - Clear Rock Candy	RANGER LIQUID PEARLS 1/2 OZ ROSE GOLD	KAISERCRAFT Wooden Flourishes - Keys	Maja Design Paper - Vintage Spring Basics Sheets (Full 30 sheet set)	Sizzix® Paper Punch - Laurel, Large by Tim Holtz®
Ranger Embossing Powder - White	Ivory/White Jute Twine