Bring on the Bling! at Frilly and Funkie (Part 1)

Hi everyone and welcome! It's my turn to host the latest challenge over at Frilly and Funkie for the next two weeks and I've chosen 'Bring on the Bling!' Be it diamonds, pearls or even glitter we need to see some sparkle on your projects this time, and remember, it needs to be vintage or shabby chic style. The winner will earn the chance of a Guest DT spot over at Frilly and Funkie, and everyone who enters and follows the rules will be entered into the draw to have the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Those of you who follow regularly will know I'm officially part of the 'Funkie' team, but this time you'll see I've become an honorary 'Frilly' too! Don't get used to it mind, we'll be back to strength soon... so how have I done channelling my inner 'Frilly'? I'll let you be the judge of that (and remember, just click on the photos to get a closer look)...

Everything for this card needed to be soft and muted so I started the design by heat embossing using the chrysanthemum from the new Tim Holtz Flower Garden set with opaque white powder (both on the background and on some spare card). Next came more stamping with the one of the splatter stamps from the Limor Webber Ink Splats set using Picket Fence Distress Paint and Rusty Hinge Distress Stain. I also added random splatters using a small paint brush with these two media before adding an all over mist of colour with Tattered Rose Distress Spray Stain.

I wanted a contrast with these colours so opted for my favourite Victorian Velvet - using a paint brush and the Distress Stain form I added colour to the flower heads (on the background and on the separate piece of card) before splattering the background again! You can never have enough splatters in my book - lol! To finish the background and add some texture I applied white paste through the new Flourish stencil.

Now for the bling - Rock Candy Distress Glitter was added to the fussy cut flower heads, and having layered die cut leaf stems over the stencilling I spritzed the whole background with some Biscotti Perfect Pearls Mist (that's the bit that it's darned near impossible to capture on photos, no matter how hard I try!) The little pearl clusters look great scattered amongst the 'greenery' and the brass dragonfly got a complete makeover (Cranberry Alcohol Ink followed by some white gesso dry brushing). Even the lettering got a coat of Glossy Accents - can you tell yet what this will be used for?!!!

So, did I earn my 'Frilly' stripes with this make? Those super talented ladies are a hard act to follow so reaching anywhere near their standard will be good enough for me. Next week I'll be back to the comfort zone with something WAY more bright and bold (but still just as bling). Meanwhile I urge you to head over to the Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see what Cec and Pamellia have created. Then of course it's very much over to you - we can't wait to see what you come up with for this challenge.

For now, take care of yourselves, Jenny xxx