The Warmth of Winter

And so we begin week two of our latest challenge. Rebecca has chosen a wonderful challenge for you;
'The Warmth of Winter' - this time of year we can bring warmth to those who are feeling the chill! Create a card, tag, ATC or any other project that will warm the heart of someone dear to you. And just to clarify, this is not a Valentine's challenge.

Remember, to enter you must create a new project, link it below and make sure you add a link in your post back to this challenge. You can combine our challenge with up to 10 challenges (including this one) to qualify. If you are chosen as our winner you could be invited to be the next Guest Designer here at Frilly and Funkie. There is also the chance to win a $25 shopping spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique for one lucky entrant chosen at random.

Our Funkie designers take their turn to inspire you with their take on this theme;

Jenny - Pushing The Right Buttons

Sue Carrington - Stamping Sue Style 

Trace - inkypinkycraft

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

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WEEK ONE

Welcome back to the next challenge here at Frilly and Funkie. We had some terrific entries to Linda's 'New Year's Resolutions' challenge. Be sure to stop back next Monday to see who our winners are.

This time Rebecca has a wonderful new challenge for you;
'The Warmth of Winter' - this time of year we can bring warmth to those who are feeling the chill! Create a card, tag, ATC or any other project that will warm the heart of someone dear to you. And just to clarify, this is not a Valentine's challenge.

Remember, to enter you must create a new project, link it below and make sure you add a link in your post back to this challenge. You can combine our challenge with up to 10 challenges (including this one) to qualify. If you are chosen as our winner you could be invited to be the next Guest Designer here at Frilly and Funkie. There is also the chance to win a $25 shopping spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique for one lucky entrant chosen at random.

Our Frilly designers have quite a line-up of inspiration to get you started on this challenge;

Cec Wintonyk - CW Card Creations

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose

Nancy Dynes - Tattered Treasures

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Whether you are a Frilly or Funkie crafter we look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge. You may upload your project at any time during the next two weeks. If you are using a public forum please use the keyword F&F. Don't forget to provide a link back to our challenge in your post and please be sure to turn off your Word Verification so our Design Team can leave you a comment.

Challenge Winners - New Year's Resolutions

Welcome to the Frilly and Funkie challenge blog for the start of a new week, and the day has arrived to announce the winners of the 'New Year's Resolutions' challenge. We would like to thank you all of those who took the time to enter. There were some amazing and thought provoking entries for this one and the Design Team had a really hard time picking a winner. In the end the team voted for this wonderful entry by #17 Mo Stokes.

You could tell that Mo had poured her heart and soul into creating this canvas, and if you haven't seen it yet we would urge you to pop over and do so to find out how she created it. Congratulations Mo on being our favourite for the 'New Year's Resolutions' challenge and winning the opportunity to be a Guest Designer here at Frilly and Funkie for a future challenge.

And Random.org has chosen a winner for our $25 gift certificate to The Funkie Junkie Boutique. Our congratulations go to #7 Christi Conley.

A huge thanks from the Frilly and Funkie team to everyone who took part in this challenge and congratulations again to our winners. Please email Linda at thefunkiejunkie@gmail.com for the codes for the winner's badge and to give us your email address for the Guest Designer details (Mo) and for the gift certificate details (Christi).

Our current challenge, 'The Warmth of Winter', runs through Tuesday, January 28th. We hope to see you entering this time around so that you too can be in with a chance to win. And remember, you can now enter up to 10 challenges including ours, and a maximum of 3 entries per person to our challenge. Please remember to link back to our challenge in your entry and mention in your post that you are entering this Frilly and Funkie challenge.

Have a great week!

Saturday Step X Step - My Travel Resolution

It's Cec here and it is my turn to present the Saturday Step X Step.  When I created my New Year's Resolution piece I promised the viewers of my blog that I would share how it was made over here today.

Once I decided that my New Year's resolution was to travel more in 2014 and to get to France, I went looking for vintage images that might suit the theme.  I found the postcard on The Graphics Fairy and the red stamp in the corner inspired me to make a black and white piece with little pops of red.

I started by cutting a piece of mat board 8" x 8".  I picked the mat board up for a song at a local picture framing store because it was an off cut - and because the owners have had my business for ages so I was able to be convincing.

Next I painted the mat board with Gesso.

Once the Gesso was dry, I sponged Black Soot Distress Ink all over the mat board and then sprayed water on it so the ink ran.  Next I sponged some Fired Brick Distress Ink on it randomly.  Then I used some city stamps from a Stampabilities stamp set and stamped them onto the mat board using black Archival ink.

Next I took a filigree corner and sponged Picket Fence Distress Stain all over it.

Once it was dry, I dabbed Embossing ink all over it, covered it with clear embossing powder and took my heat gun to it.

The next step was to emboss a piece of card stock with the Tim Holtz Eiffel Tower Texture Fade and then sponge Black Soot Distress Ink on the highlights and the edges.

I then made the flower using a couple of patterned papers and some black card stock from my scraps.  The layers were all die cut using the largest flower on the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die.  Once I manipulated the petals so the flower had some shape, I added a lovely black and white flower button and a teeny red paper rose to the centre.

I stamped a piece of card stock with a vintage voyage stamp from Inkylicious using Black Archival ink, tore around it and then sponged Black Soot Distress Ink around the edge.

I found the Europe ad online and just printed it from my computer, cut it out and inked it with Black Soot.  Wouldn't it be nice if that was all it cost to see Europe?

The postcard took a bit more work because the background was yellow so I took it into Photoshop and got rid of the background before I printed it and inked it.

Finally I started to put the piece together adding some gorgeous lace, a strip of black crochet lace (actually half of a full piece), a pearl flourish and a sentiment from Tim Holtz Simple Sayings that I stamped and then cut apart before I added some red pearls and popped up the pieces up.

Now all I have to do is keep this in the face of my husband since he will be paying for this trip - if I can be persuasive :)

Here are the products from The Funkie Junkie Boutique that were used to create this project.

Friday Focus - Venise Lace and Appliques

Hello there. Rebecca here and thanks for joining me today for Frilly & Funkie‘s Friday Focus. This week the focus is on the Venise Lace and Appliques sold by Linda at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. And as these products are in the spotlight this week they will be discounted by 15% through to January 23rd, making them even more of a bargain.

I’m going to show you a simple little treasure box made from some commercial packaging that would ordinarily be thrown away. You can adapt and adjust this basic idea to any little mint box, gift box or thrift store find…

It’s a sturdy, but unattractive little metal box! The plain white base allowed me to use it without spray painting. If you don’t like the color of the base, put a few light coats of enamel spray paint onto the uncovered portions…

Cut a piece of thin foam or, in this case, some styrofoam that is a little smaller than the top. Because I didn’t have any spongy foam, I dug around until I found this styrofoam sheet in some packaging! A standard rubber foam would be my first preference. I placed the box on top of the foam and traced the base size onto it before cutting it with some Tim Holtz crafting scissors that can cut anything with ease…

Before adhering the foam to the box lid, trace a line on your fabric about 1/2″ larger than the foam and cut it out. Attach the foam to the lid with double sided tape and then run a strong, liquid adhesive around the edge of the lid. Center the fabric and adhere the edges to the sides of the top. Ease the fabric into a nearly flat surface around the curves. It was necessary for me to hold the edges in place with my hands encircling the box for a few minutes. Let it dry thoroughly…

Trace the bottom of the box onto some scraps of pretty paper. Cut them out and adhere to the inside top and bottom with double sided tape…

I ran some beautiful white lace trim around the lid, overlapping the edges. Linda stocks some of the all-time prettiest trims in The Funkie Junkie Boutique at amazing prices, so have a look! A bow of hand dyed seam binding, an exuberant paper flower, three white flower buds (much whiter IRL) and some tiny rose leaves that my friend Colleen Dietrich sent as part of a luscious crafting gift, were tucked under the buds for contrast! Now I’m searching for some other metal boxes that I can re-purpose!! I’ve got an idea for another project!

Thanks for joining me and I hope you have a wonderful day!
((hugs))

Rebecca

Ranger Inkssentials Wonder Tape - 1/4"	Venise Lace Trim - One Inch (1")	Rayon Seam Binding	Ranger Tim Holtz Wild Honey Distress Ink Reinker	Ranger Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet Distress Ink Reinker
Ranger Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress Ink Reinker	Ranger Tim Holtz Spun Sugar Distress Ink Reinker

Welcome to today's Guest Designer, Heather !

Today we are welcoming Heather of My Artistic Adventures as our Guest Designer. Heather was chosen as the DT winner of the Tags and Thank You challenge back in December. So let's move on and hear from Heather and find out what she's made for the current challenge, The Warmth of Winter.

I'm Heather a.k.a 'My Artistic Adventures.' I live in Michigan, with my Dear Hubby, two teenage sons, and two kittys.  I work full time as a RN with Ventilator Dependent Teens and in my spare time I love to be creative.  I love to find vintage images, alter them digitally and then create my own collage sheets, which I sell online.   I tend to create mostly hybrid projects, usually in the Vintage or Shabby Chic style.  I recently started my own challenge blog.   I also love to paint, particularly roses.   I was so excited when offered the opportunity to Guest Design here at Frilly and Funkie!

What says "Warmth" more than a sweet handmade gift, that reminds you of Spring or Summer? I thought that I would create a small origami box, created in the Vintage Shabby Chic style that I love so much.  

 I created my own digital paper, printed it out and followed a video on how to create the origami box.  I added some of my favorite Ribbons, trims, embellishments  and of course glitter!

I used one of my collage sheets to create a sweet little bracelet.  Feel free to stop by my blog to learn more about my creation.

I'm sure you will agree Heather's project is absolutely stunning and anyone would be over the moon to receive such a beautiful gift.

Remember if you would like to join us as Guest Designer, all you have to do is join in with the current challenge !

Saturday Step by Step: Shabby Pastel Flowers

Hi! I'm Nancy, the newbie here on the Frilly and Funkie team. I hope everyone is having a great beginning of the new year! Today I'm excited (and a bit nervous) to present my first Saturday step by step. I use flowers in almost every project, so today I'm sharing how I create some of my shabby pastel roses. 

These are quite simple and don't take much time , so you get a lot of bang for your buck! To create one flower you begin by either die cutting, punching, or hand cutting five flowers of the same size from Ranger Inkssentials Manilla Card Stock. I used a Spellbinders die because that is what I have on hand.

   
The second step is to add your color. I am absolutely in love with Tim Holtz distress stains. They come in a multitude of colors. I am using Tattered Rose for demonstration purposes, but I've used every color and they are all stunning. Just give the bottle a shake, remove the cap, and spread the gorgeous color over both sides of all of your flowers. Allow the stain to dry, or if you're in a rush you can dry them with a heat gun.

The next step is to begin shaping the petals. My two favorite tools for shaping are the end of my smallest paint brush and a thing I call a 'grabber' which you will see in a photo below. I use the 'grabber' to grasp each petal in the center and fold/squish either side around it. You can also do this with your fingers or a tweezers. I'll get to the use of the paint brush for shaping in just a moment.

The stained petals are a bit bright for my current project, so I created a glaze with glazing medium and acrylic paint, brushing it lightly over both sides of each flower. It lightens them a little and adds some variation to the coloring. Let this dry or dry it with a heat gun and you're ready for the next step.

Now for my favorite step. It's time to add a bit of shimmer with Perfect Pearls Mist! Shimmer is hard to show in a photo, but this product is totally amazing. a few sprays to each flower and you have a fairy tale sheen! Again, allow to dry before you begin the next step.

Since the flowers have flattened out some due to the moisture I do some additional shaping. Here you can see my 'grabber.' I repeat the process of grasping the center of each petal and folding the sides around it. This is what you end up with. It is time to begin forming the bud of your flower. 

Use the end of a tiny paint brush and roll one of the petals around it, making the roll as small as possible. Place some Glossy Accents and hold it in place until set. Begin rolling the remaining petals around the center bud, glue in place with Glossy Accents and use the paint brush to slightly roll back the end of each petal. 

The second layer is much the same process, but here I begin using my glue gun. Glue the bud to the center of the flower (remembering to stagger the layers of petals) gluing the petals up around the bud, but a bit looser this time. Shape the ends back with the tiny paint brush.   

Layers three, four, and five are very straight forward. Just glue the bud to the center of each layer, stagger the petals, leaving the layers open. 

Your flower is almost complete. At this point you just play with your flower, shaping the ends with the paint brush or doing a bit more pinching of the petals until you have the shape you want. Like snowflakes, each flower will have its own unique beauty. 

You can make these from any size flower petal, add more or less layers, in any color of the rainbow. They add a feminine, romantic touch to any card, lay out, or project!

Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your time with us at the Frilly and Funky Blog! I wish you a day filled with joy, love, and a touch of fairy magic!

Hugs,
Nancy

Supply list:

Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Dried Marigold

Ranger Perfect Pearls Mists - Perfect Pearl

Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents

Ranger Inkssentials Manila Card Stock 8.5x11