Friday Focus - Sizzix Texture Fades & Dies sets

Hi! Suzz here. It's Friday! Yeah!
Time to celebrate with a new Friday Focus which is all about the Sizzix Texture Fades & Dies sets.

The Sizzix Texture Fades & Dies sets are currently available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique an extra 15% discount through June 22nd!

I had so much fun playing with a mix of dies and embossing folders and have a few photos to share of the different pieces and projects I created along the way.

First off is a lovely Faith Journal:

I started with the lovely dragonfly die and embossing folder. 

I used the dragonfly embossing folder to emboss a piece of cardstock which had a mix of Ranger distress oxide inks smeared over the surface and then a layer of Ranger Distress Stain spray painted over the surface. I added shading with a black watercolor pencil to make the embossed image pop.

I put this piece of scrap onto a painted black journal cover and then added more sprinkle of white paint, silver glitter and a beautiful key.

While playing with the dragonfly I ended up with more variations of the dragonfly:

The first one was just cardstock sprayed with distress stain sprays and black ink smeared over the raised surface.

The second one was a  multi step process to give a thickness to the dragonfly.

The first step was to die cut the dragonfly from cardboard. I then applied a layer of embossing paste onto the cardboard base. While the dragonfly was wet I sprayed a sheet of tissue paper with a mix of greens and blues. I then dried the tissue paper and layered it onto the wet paste. I pressed the embossing folder into the tissue paper and paste to imprint the ridges onto the paste. I then let that dry. You can add more paint, colors to the tissue paper surface.

I used the cardstock dragonfly to create a card:

I love spraying embossing folders and pressing them on cardstock to capture an impression. You can see that in the background on this card as well as on my next card using the bumblebee.

For this background I rubbed the ink pad directly onto the bumblebee embossing folder and pressed it onto the cardstock. It gave a lovely impression of the bee onto the cardstock. I then just stamped over the image and stenciled on the words. 

My final playtime was with the beautiful butterfly.

I cut the butterfly out of cardboard.  I then used another embossing folder to spray and stamp the harlequin effect over the surface of the butterfly. I stamped a few different images and edged it with black paint.

Head over to The Funkie Junkie Boutique and take  a look at all the wonderful Texture Fades & Dies sets in stock and on sale!

Suzz

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Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Peacock Feathers	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Black Soot	Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Black Soot	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - Gold
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Tim Holtz Ideaology Clippings Stickers TH93583	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quotations Metallic Stickers	Steampunk Key - Antiqued Bronze Charm	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Pumice Stone	Prima Planner Glue Pen
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Mini Layering Stencils - Set 8 THMST008	$23.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Correspondence

Friday Focus: Texture Fades

Hello, It's Zoe here with Friday Focus at Frilly and Funkie. Friday Focus is when we highlight a particular product or range from The Funkie Junkie Boutique and for the following two weeks there will be an extra 15% discount off that particular product.

This week we're featuring Texture Fades embossing folders!

 

I'm a big fan of Texture Fades and have quite a collection. I love the new dies that come with Texture Fades folders so you can cut and emboss, like the butterfly duo on these cards.

 

I embossed distress watercolour card stock with the globes texture fades folder and sprayed with antique linen, broken china and walnut stain distress sprays. Once dry I cut numbers and stars from the side and bottom of the card with the Thinlits shape strips dies and mounted metallic card stock underneath.

 

I stamped a sentiment from the perspective stamp set by Tim Holtz onto sticky back canvas with jet black archival ink and coloured with distress markers. I mounted onto metallic cardstock and 3D foam and attached to the card.

 

I added a strip of vintage dictionary paper and lace from Tim Holtz Idea-ology range. Finally I added an adornment arrow to the body of the butterfly and stitched the edges with my sewing machine.

For this card I used the mesh texture fades folder and distress inks instead of the sprays to give a less intense colour.

I used another sentiment from the perspective stamp set onto sticky back canvas. I love stamping onto sticky back canvas  because it has a real vintage look.

 

Texture fades folders are a great way to make an interesting background or bring highlights to the dies with accompanying folders, such as the butterfly duo.

All the products I used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique and don't forget that all texture fades embossing folders will have an extra 15% discount for the next two weeks.

Thanks for stopping by.
Zoe 

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Claudine Hellmuth Studio Sticky-Back Canvas - Natural	Core′dinations - Tim Holtz Ranger- Metallic Kraft Core - 12 x 12 Textured Kraft Core Cardstock Pack	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Trimmings, Lace	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments - Arrows
Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Antique Linen	Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Scattered Straw	Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Frayed Burlap	Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain
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Tim Holtz Ranger Idea-ology Sanding Grip	Tonic Guillotine Comfort Paper Trimmer 8.5" By Tim Holtz 160E	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool - With 4 Blending Foams