Hello, friends! It's Kathy here, and I am so excited to announce that The Funkie Junkie Boutique Friday Focus is on Graphic 45! This is my absolute favorite paper line. The vintage images, rich patterns, vibrant colors, and fabulous "extras" like chipboard, stickers, stamps, metals, tags and pockets make my crafty little fingers dance for joy!
All Graphic 45 will be on sale for an extra 15% off the regularly discounted prices (total of 35% off list) through March 30th. You can find all these bargains under our Friday Focus tab at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.
It's my honor and privilege to design for Graphic 45 and any day that I get to play with my G45 goodies is a happy day for me. It brings me great joy to showcase projects made with the four latest G45 collections in this post. So grab a cuppa and a snack and I'll share some of my favorite ways to use Graphic 45.
Olde Curiosity Shoppe Get Well Card
Olde Curiosity Shoppe is Graphic 45's latest Deluxe Collector's Edition. Graphic 45 has started releasing popular collections from the past in this DCE format. The patterns and images are all the same, but the collection comes with the matching chipboard and stickers. So now you can collect (and USE) your favorite collections from the past. Olde Curiosity Shoppe is a wonderful mix of vintage and steampunk with a very playful feel. If you love rust, teal, green, yellow, cream and black you will adore Olde Curiosity Shoppe.
Everyone needs a good "Get Well" card from time to time. This vintage lady looks a little "run down" so I think she's the perfect focal for this 5" x 7" side fold card. All the G45 patterns play harmoniously together, which is one of the things I love about this line. I also love that each collection is filled with focal images, border strips, and fun tags or postcards like the one I've used on this card front. I added Tim's Idea-ology monocle to the tag for extra fun.
Here you will find more pretty patterned papers and a pocket full of good wishes. I created a little "card within a card" because let's face it, you can really use a smile when you don't feel quite up to snuff.
This little folio measures about 4" x 6". I fussy cut the apothecary cabinet from the signature page of the collection, then added a sticker border strip and a chipboard element to finish the front of the card.
I used the stickers from the collection to spell out my well wishes, and then tucked in an instant soup mix, an herbal tea bag and a honey stick. These playful papers spark my imagination, and I have such fun creating unexpected elements in my G45 cards!
Portrait of a Lady Tent Fold Card with Pockets
Portrait of a Lady is quite possibly the most beautiful paper collection I've ever worked with. Elegance, style and shabby chic goodness fill every square inch. I created this 5x7" tent fold card using the 12x12 paper collection.
Not only are the images in Portrait of a Lady breathtaking, but the patterned papers are divine. And, if you love to fussy cut as I do, this is a fussy cutter's dream come true.
I had as much fun designing the inside of this card as I did the outside.
Little pockets make me happy, especially when you can add a hidden message inside!
I dug into my vintage button stash and created a button card to add to the larger pocket on the bottom of the card. I also tucked in an ephemera card and a tasty chocolate treat.
Vintage Hollywood Cutaway Card
The Vintage Hollywood collection captures all the glam and class of days gone by, and the color palette is just divine. I used the focal image from the signature page to create this shaped edge cutaway card.
I altered Prima Vintage Trinket flowers with Distress Paints then added it to the front of a tag and pocket from the collection. The vintage button on the gold taffeta ribbon bow is from my Grandmother's button box.
You can write your own personal greeting on the lovely tag that fits inside the pocket.
The inside of the card is filled with lovely images from the signature page layered over patterned papers from the collection.
Midnight Masquerade Tag Folio
The vibrant colors and whimsical images in Midnight Masquerade have taken the scrapbooking community by storm. These papers are ready to party! If you saw the Vintage Hollywood four fold folio that I made for our current "Know When to Fold "em" Challenge, then you can easily make this tag folio, as it is the same basic design.
The folio opens book style and is loaded with gorgeous images and fussy cuts from the collection.
Just like the Vintage Hollywood folio, the size of the album increases as you turn the pages. The final page is a full 5" x 7". It's a very fun design! I've prepared a YouTube video tour of the album for you so you can see how all the components work together.
You'll find a complete supply list for these projects below.
Thank you so much for joining me! I hope you'll fall in love with Graphic 45 papers as I have! I find them to be a never-ending source of inspiration.
Don't forget to take advantage of the additional 15%
discount on all Graphic 45 at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. It's the perfect time to stock up!
Please say hello and give a warm welcome to our Guest Designer for the You've Got to Know When to Fold 'Em challenge. Annie Rosenstiel from Annie Rose Makes Things was the winner of the Be My Valentine challenge.
Hello, my name is Annie Rosenstiel and I blog over at Annie Rose Makes Things where I share all of the crafty things I make. I like to play with all sorts of mediums: painting, embroidery, mixed-media, etc, but I'm definitely a papercrafter by heart. I enjoy all different styles from clean and simple to busy layers upon layers of frilly goodness, which is what I have to share with you today!
I created a large folded paper rosette wall-hanging, perfect for St. Patrick's Day. To make the rosette, I cut three strips of patterned paper into 3inch x 12inch strips and scored them at every half-inch mark. I also punched around the edges with a border punch. I then fan-folded each strip along the score lines and glued the ends together to create a circle, which I then hot glued together to keep its shape. I used some blank grungeboard letters to spell out LUCKY ME and I heat embossed them with green and gold embossing powders.
I then layered on some vintage newspaper print, lace, lots of green buttons, a lucky BINGO card (also heat embossed in gold), a bunch of pretty paper flowers, and a large sparkly green bow to finish it off. I had such a fun time creating this for the challenge and I can't wait to see what everyone else makes with their folded paper creations!
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What a fun and festive wall hanging Annie has made for St. Patrick's Day! If you want more details on her project, pop over to her blog and then come on back and show us what you have created for our You've Got to Know When to Fold 'Em challenge. It runs until 11:55 pm EST on March 28th and you can find it here.
Hello, dear friends! I hope you're having a wonderful week. It's Nancy today; I have the honor of hosting the current Frilly and Funkie Challenge.
Our theme this time around is 'Welcome, Spring!' It's fresh, soft breezes and fragrant blossoms have finally arrived. Create any vintage or shabby chic project that welcomes the advent of this glorious season. Think budding trees, birds and nests, butterflies, and beautiful blooms!
At the end of the challenge the team will choose their top four picks. Our first place winner will be invited to join us in a Guest DT spot here at Frilly and Funkie. Three additional talented participants will receive badges to display on their blogs. Everyone who enters and adheres to the challenge guidelines will be entered into a drawing to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique!
The guidelines for entering are simple; create a new vintage or shabby chic project following the challenge theme, link it below to your post (not just your blog) and include a link back to this challenge in your post. You can combine our challenge with up to 10 challenges (including this one) to be in with a chance of winning. Make sure you follow the guidelines, as unfortunately we have had to eliminate entrants from the prize draws in the past when they have entered too many other challenges. If you are entering through a public forum (such as Instagram) you'll need to include the words Frilly and Funkie Challenge. Also, please be sure to turn off your Word Verification so our design team can leave comments on your blogs.
The Funkie Team joins us today with some seasonal inspiration;
Now it's time to turn the challenge over to our most inspiring designers... YOU!! We can't wait to see what you have in store for us. Don't forget to check back tomorrow to see what our latest Guest Designer has created for this challenge, and in one week for the big reveal of the Funkie Team's Spring themed projects.
Thank you so much for joining us at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog! I send wishes for a day of peace, joy, and many crafty endeavors!
Welcome to the beginning of a new week. Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to enter our 'Out of the Cold' challenge. The Design Team were totally spoiled for choice with all the warm and wonderful projects you created; it was a tough choice and yet again incredibly close!
This time we've chosen Maggi as our overall winner. Maggi took one of Tim Holtz new Etcetera tags and 'did something just for her'. The fabulous results speak for themselves and totally fit the challenge brief. Congratulations Maggi on being our favourite for the 'Out of the Cold' challenge and winning the opportunity to be a Guest Designer here at Frilly and Funkie for a future challenge.
And now for the three winners of our Frilly and Funkie Top 3 Badges for this challenge; the choices, in numerical order, are... #15 Inkysplatters, #16 Shilpa, and #20 Autumn!!! Please email Linda at thefunkiejunkie@gmail.com for the codes for the Top 3 badges so that you can display them proudly on your blog.
And finally Random.org has chosen a lucky winner for the $25 gift certificate to The Funkie Junkie Boutique. Our congratulations this time go to #21 Wanda!
A big thanks from the Frilly and Funkie team to everyone who took part in this challenge and congratulations again to our winners. Once again, 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 (Maggi), for the Top 3 badges (Inkysplatters, Shilpa and Autumn) and for the gift certificate details (Wanda).
Our current challenge, 'Welcome, Spring!' runs through Tuesday, March 14th. We hope to see you entering this time around so that you too can be in with a chance to win.
Hello! Welcome to the Friday Focus at the Frilly and Funkie Blog. It's Nancy, and I have the privilege of sharing my love of Maja Design Papers with you. Today it is all about the paper. In honor of the Friday Focus Linda is offering an additional 15% discount on all Maja Design Productsat The Funkie Junkie Boutiquefor the next two weeks!
My intention is to show you as many of their beautiful patterns and collections as possible in one project. A series of ATC's came to mind, but I with the beauty of spring all around, my thoughts drifted to Easter eggs. I have something new for you: ATE's, aka Artist Trading Eggs! Each one is a bit similar, but also a bit different. Each one gives you a glimpse of a different paper or collection from Maja Design. These little ATE's will make the perfect addition to any Easter basket or spring decor.
Of course, it is impossible to include every collection and every pattern. For that I would need to do post every day for the next couple of years (or more!). What it comes down to is that you can't go wrong with Maja Design products. They manufacture the most high quality, unique, and versatile papers I've ever worked with. The colors are rich and brilliant. The collections are designed to work together, so you can mix and match to your heart's content. Each gorgeous sheet is double sided and durable. I sew on them, distress them, apply moisture, and bake them regularly and they can stand up to every thing I throw at them.
You'll find a complete supply list for this project at the bottom of the post. The flower tutorial for this project (Wildflowers in Winter) can be found here on the Frilly and Funkie Blog. Once you have assembled your flowers you are ready to assemble your eggs.
If you don't have an egg die, the free online pattern for the egg can be foundherewith many thanks to whataboutmimi.com! You can resize the pattern in your photo editing software as needed. Cut one egg from chipboard and another from a piece of Maja Design patterned paper. Adhere the patterned paper egg to the chipboard egg.
Now for the really fun step. Embellish as desired! Adhere your chosen sentiment, flower, leaves, or whatever flourish dies you have on hand. Personalize each egg in any way you wish. You can even place names on them and use them as place cards at a spring dinner table. Below are several additional photos of completed eggs.
Thank you so much for joining me! I hope you'll enjoy Maja Design Papers as much as I do. Don't forget to take advantage of the additional 15% discount on all Maja Design Products at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. It's the perfect time to stock up!
Say hello and give a warm welcome to our Guest Designer for this challenge, Lisa Hoel of Creative Juice. Lisa was the Design Team's top choice from the Winter Hues challenge.
Hello, my name is Lisa Hoel and I’m a lifelong craft lover. I’ve been ‘arting’ ever since I first picked up a crayon! Paper crafts have been my main focus for the past fifteen years or so and I love to make detailed, layered, textured, mixed-media type projects. I am not usually a clean and simple type artist. ;-) My background is in graphic design and I'm blessed to be married to the greatest guy in the world and have two dynamic boys.
I have created a home decor piece that shouts "Welcome Spring!" Spring hasn't quite reached us here in Idaho yet, but I am keeping my eyes peeled for signs of it outside. In the meantime I'm decorating inside with flowers, butterflies and bright colors. For this project, I cut my own arch shapes out of foam core board and applied a 'mega crackle' technique to them for texture. The panels inside were made with stencils and Distress Spray Stains as well as stamping.
I got the new Distress Ink Oxide pads for my birthday and I knew they were going to play a big role in this project! They are so beautiful and I'm looking forward to experimenting more with them. The flowers are comprised of layers of embossed and painted metal and Oxide distress. Fabulous! You can find a tutorial over on my blog.
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The bright flowers on this gorgeous project definitely make us think of spring and are so cheerful. As Lisa mentioned, she has a tutorial on her blog so check it out and then come on back and show us your creation to Welcome Spring. The challenge can be found here and is open until March 14th at 11:55 pm EST.
