Anything Goes

Hi friends,
Thanks for stopping back today. Our theme is Anything Goes.  We would love to have you enter.  Please keep in mind that you can only enter 4 other challenges besides ours for a total for 5.  
Our Funkie style designers have really raised the bar.  Take a look below at what they have created and have a little crafty playtime yourself to make an Anything Goes piece.   Don't forget, our challenge runs through next Thursday, September 18th.

Jenny (Buttons) - Pushing The Right Buttons

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Trace- inkypinkycraft

Sue Carrington - Stamping Sue Style

**********Week #1 Challenge Info********** Hi everyone, Thanks so much for stopping by today.   And a huge thank you going out to everyone who played along with our recently closed travel challenge.  Please stop by on Monday to see who our winners are.   And welcome to another 2 week challenge at Frilly and Funkie and this time the challenge is wide open for all those vintage and shabby chic projects as the theme is Anything Goes. Please make sure that you do not enter more than 4 other challenges and each player is only allowed 3 entries. So what are you waiting for?  Get creating and join in the fun.  The Frilly team have some wonderful projects to inspire you: Cec Wintonyk - CW Card Creations

  Terry- Cards & Creativity

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Rebecca ~ PaperPrimrose

Whether you are a Frilly or a Funkie crafter we hope you will join us for this challenge because we would love to see what you create. You may upload your project at any time. If you are using a public forum, please use keyword F&F. Don't forget to provide a link back to our challenge in your post and please, please, please be sure to turn off your Word Verification so our design team can leave comments on your blogs. You are reminded that you can only play in 4 other challenges besides ours.

My Steamer Trunk Challenge WInners

Good Monday morning to you, friends and challenge players of Frilly and Funkie.  I hope you all had a great weekend.  We're back today to announce the winners of the My Steamer Trunk challenge.  It looks like only a few of you were brave enough to try this challenge but what entries we did have were all top rate!  Heartfelt thanks to everyone who shared their talent with us for this challenge.  There were some really creative entries and we have chosen entry #4 Jane from Create and Show with this very clever take on the challenge.

Jane turned her tag into a little trunk.  We all thought that it was a fantastic take on the challenge theme. Congratulations Jane on being our Funkie Favorite for the Steamer Trunk challenge.

And Random.org has chosen a winner for our $25 gift certificate to The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  Congratulations go out to entry #6 Dorothy from Cards by Dorothy.

A huge thanks from the Frilly and Funkie team to everyone who played along with us for this challenge and congratulations again to our winners.  Please email Linda at thefunkiejunkie@gmail.com for the codes for the winner's badge (Jane) and the gift certificate (Dorothy).  

Our current challenge is Anything Goes, running through September 17th so we hope to see each and every one of you entering this time around!  Just a reminder though, our challenge rules state you can only enter 4 other challenges besides ours and a maximum of 3 entries per person to our challenge.  

Have a great week!

Saturday StepXStep

Hello there, It's Rebecca for this week's step x step tutorial for Frilly and Funkie. I want to show you a little party favor in the shape of a cupcake that holds some little prizes or gifts, perhaps a sweet treat...

Let's begin with the top...some would say the most important part because it holds the frosting!...

Using a 3" styrofoam ball, take a serrated knife and cut it down the middle...

Using a spatula and light molding paste, give the dome a luscious coating...

Inserting a pin at the top, makes it easier to 'frost' the entire top. It's amazingly realistic!!!

Cut a strip of 2-3/8" x 12" paper. This paper is from the Pion, 'Vintage Garden' collection...

Score the short dimension every 1/4", all the way across...

and then accordian fold it and connect one end to the other, overlapping a full fold...

To create the base, punch or die cut a 1-3/4" circle and cut a strip that is 1/2" x 6". Score the strip at the 1/4" mark, down the length of the strip and then snip from one edge to the score line, all the way down the 6" length...

Wrapping the length around the base circle, overlap and adhere the ends of the strip. The cut edge will overlap and adjust to accommodate the curve...

Glue the strip to the base circle. When it's dry, glue another punched circle inside this little tray, to cover the clipped ends...

Glue the base to one edge of the folded sleeve. I used a generous amount of quick drying paper glue...

You can see the overlap of the sleeve, just to the right of center. As the piece dries, I inserted the spare half of the styrofoam ball into the top portion, placing the curved side down. This helps to shape the base...

Once the modeling paste dried, I attached a triple bow of hand dyed seam binding with a short, floral straight pin. They are about half an inch long and perfect for pinning into styrofoam. The seam binding was dampened and then dyed with distress ink reinkers...

Velvety leaves were adhered under the bow and opposite each other. A paper rose was colored with a marker and glued on top of the bow. The little banner is from the Vintage Garden paper collection. It's glued to a trinket pin and the little white flower appliqué is colored with markers...

The lid lifts off to reveal whatever surprise you choose. I would prefer a color coordinated treat, but I settled for some candies in the cupboard! You can always color the moulding paste with a few drops of distress or dye ink, spray the dry paste with paints, sparkles..anything you can think of. A coating of adhesive and glitter would be spectacular too! Have fun with this technique and honestly, I think it would be pretty easy to set up a production line to produce a dozen or so...think of decorating each one differently!
Thanks for popping in and I hope you have a terrific day.

(hugs))

Rebecca

Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - White

Pion Design Paper - Vintage Garden 12x12" Scrapbooking Paper

Rayon Seam Binding

Friday Focus - Maja Design

All righty then, here we go with this week's Friday Focus.  Thanks so much for joining us today.  Linda here with a little home dec project made with the absolutely gorgeous Maja Design Walking in the Forest 12x12" collection. This week our Friday Focus is on Maja Design papers which will be 15% off my already low prices.  I have new Maja stock that just came in yesterday and it's a great time to grab some of these wonderful collections, many are available in both the 12x12" and 6x6" paper pads.

This is a photo heavy post with not much technique involved so with a very few comments, I'll let the photos speak for themselves.  I wanted to create a project that really showcased all the beautiful papers in this collection.

It has so many wonderful colors and patterns.  It's probably the most beautiful fall collection of designer papers I have ever seen.  It features 18 double sided sheets.  

I love the way the blue jean blues have been blended in with the traditional warm neutrals of autumn.  

I used the Vintage Cabinet Card die and the mini Movers and Shapers companion to cut my main panels.  

Both of the die cut panels have been mounted on fairly heavy chipboard, also die cut to line up perfectly.  This gives the accordion fold piece a good sturdy base.  

The leaves were die cut with the Tattered Leaves die.  All edges were sponged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  

I used a lot of little embellies from my boutique as accents.  I didn't go crazy with the embellies because I wanted to let the beauty of the paper shine through.  One of the embellishments was a lovely feather from a baby peacock.  When we lived in Miami we had flocks of peacocks roaming the neighborhood. The babies shed their fluffy baby feathers and I used to find them in our yard occasionally.  You can't see it but it shines with peacock blue at the end.  

I couldn't resist adding a rustic touch with a small strip of burlap.  

And there you have it!  Sorry to be late with the posting, but this project took a lot longer than I had planned.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend.  

Mini Cabinet Card Sizzix Alterations Movers & Shapers by Tim Holtz	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers Vintage Cabinet Card Base Die	Maja Design Scrapbook Paper - Walking in the Forest 12x12	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves Die	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Word Play Die
Tim Holtz Sizzix Texture Fades - Damask and Regal Flourishes Set	Ranger Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber - Pitch Black	Natural Jute Mesh (Burlap)	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers Die - Mini Butterflies	Tim Holtz Mini Pumpkin and Acorn Sizzix Alterations Movers and Shapers Dies
Shabby Paper Crafting Embellishments - White Filigree Metals	Pocket Full of Posies - Tri-bud Venise Lace Appliques	Rusted Metal Embellishments - Rusted Hearts Set	Carved Coconut Shell Buttons - 23mm	Burlap String - 12 Colors

Friday Focus - Sneak Peek

Double click photo for close up

We're running a bit behind schedule on our Friday Focus project for this week.  It's in the oven (so to speak) but only half baked :)  But we wanted to let you all know that our Friday Focus this week is Maja Design paper.  They've been in the shop for about 6 weeks now and I have been gradually adding collections. I just got in three new 12x12 collections this week so now I have a great selection of Maja Design scrapbooking paper in the boutique.  And for the next week, it will be discounted 15% off my already low prices!  It's time to stock up!  For my project this week, I decided to do an accordion fold table decoration for Thanksgiving - simply because I have fallen in love with the gorgeous Walking in the Forest 12x12 collection!  So check out the selection and the prices and be sure to stop back later to see the finished product.

Hugs,
Linda