A Very Vintage Halloween at Frilly and Funkie

Hi everyone and welcome! I'm back today with a card for the latest Frilly and Funkie challenge 'A Very Vintage Halloween' hosted by the fantastic Zoe Hillman. For this one it's time to get your witches hats on and create a project in a vintage style with a Halloween theme!

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 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!

I decided to 'pimp the ride' of a witch, adding enough bling to this broom to get it's owner well and truly noticed!!! With tons of texture in the background it's a bit of a twist on Halloween for those of us who are not so much 'in to' the whole ghouls and ghosts thing...

A quick 'how to' for this one - I added Texture Paste to one of Linda's fab jumbo tags, laying paper on top and peeling it off to create a molten look. That was covered in embossing powder and heated to set the texture in place and get it bubbling along the way. A good coat of Distress Paint and it was on to the stamping (flat areas only) with some ledger script. Finally I mixed some Transparent Gloss Texture Paste with a few drops of Archival Reinker and spread it through the mini Pumpkin stencil to create those fabulous fruits beneath the broom. 

The broom was constructed by layering together lots of die cut Fall Foliage together. The handle was then wrapped with lots of burlap string, jute twine and bits of thin wire before various Halloween charms were attached using jump rings. You'll notice the charms have a dash of colour added - alcohol inks applied with a paint brush is a great way of doing this.

The new Metallic Sticker Labels are so beautifully detailed and the black background really makes that white writing pop. And of course no Halloween night sky would be complete without some twinkling Mirrored Stars.

So that's my contribution to the collection of 'A Very Vintage Halloween' spooky creations from the Frilly and Funkie Design Team and our very special Guest Designers Annette Green and Sara Emily Barker. Make sure you hop on over to see their fabulous makes and find out which authors captured their imaginations, by which time I'm sure you'll be ready to join in the fun and be in with a chance to win!

Thank you for joining me today. Whatever you're up to for the rest of the week have a good one and take care of yourselves, Jenny xxx

Golden Glow Canvas with a Rustic Faux Crackle Background

Hi everyone and welcome! A while back the amazing Wendy Vecchi shared another of her clever tutorials HERE for a gorgeous project with the look of shattered glass. It gave me an idea for creating a vintage faux crackle background using lots of her yummy designs and products.

 This was definitely one of those projects which 'evolved' rather than being 'planned to the end' but it came from the desire to have a translucent crackle base which would allow background stamping to show through clearly (regular crackle paste is opaque so you can't see what's underneath).

Want to know how this canvas came together right? As luck would have it I took photos along the way so here's a handy step by step tutorial for you...

Check out How to Create a Rustic Faux Crackle Background by Jenny Marples on Snapguide.

Here are some photos of the finished canvas so you can see the details and dimension more clearly (just click on each image for a closer look);

I hope you've enjoyed seeing this latest creation today. There's more to come from my craft room on Wednesday when it's the Funkie side of the Frilly and Funkie DT's turn to provide some vintage Halloween inspiration. Make sure you pop back to see how I've pimped a witch's ride!...

Have a great weekend and whatever you're up to take care of yourselves, Jenny xxx

Author, Author for Frilly and Funkie

Hi everyone and welcome! I'm back today with a canvas for the latest Frilly and Funkie challenge 'Author, Author' hosted by the amazing Suzanne Czosek. Here's what she has to say about the theme for this one; "I have a great love for reading and was a permanent fixture at the library growing up. I decided it would be fun to host a challenge inspired by books. There are so many wonderful books that inspire the mind to imagine the worlds created within them. Think fairy tales, mysteries, romances or even science fiction and use that to inspire your art. Your challenge it so create a shabby chic or vintage styled project inspired by a book. Provide an explanation of how the book and author inspired your project."

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 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!

This canvas is based on a smaller card I made for a recent Frilly and Funkie Saturday Step by Step. Increasing the size of the project gave me chance to add more to the design, inspired by the book 'The Secret Garden' by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
A story I remember from my childhood, it tells the tale of an orphaned child who has to learn to adjust to a completely new way of life, helped by those around her. She in turn becomes instrumental in helping her cousin regain his physical strength, as they and their friend spend time in the same walled garden that had been the scene of such tragedy many years before.

As mentioned previously, the tutorial for the majority of this canvas can be found in the Step by Step. You'll notice the watering can has been given a Brushed Pewter finish and there are black glossy wildflowers to represent the tragedies that befell some of the characters in the book. In a nod to the whole theme of hope and rejuvenation I included the word 'believe' and butterflies, all covered in red Deco Sheet (it's not just for Christmas!)

So that's my contribution to the collection of 'Author, Author' literary inspired creations from the Frilly and Funkie Design Team and our very special Guest Designers Autumn Clark and Mary Elizabeth Searcy. Make sure you hop on over to see their fabulous makes and find out which authors captured their imaginations, by which time I'm sure you'll be ready to join in the fun and be in with a chance to win!

Thank you for joining me today. Whatever you're up to for the rest of the week have a good one and take care of yourselves, Jenny xxx

Steampunk Success!

Hi everyone and welcome! I'm back from another fun day on Hochanda at the weekend - thank you to everyone who watched sent messages of support - it is great to know there are people out there on the other side of the camera!!! And whilst absent from blogland I'm thrilled to say my last project has won a bunch of awards! Here's what the finished steampunk canvas looked like;

And here are the awards I'm so excited to report it has received;

SanDee & amelie's September 2017 Steampunk Challenge

Creative Artiste Challenge #18

Simon Says Stamp Monday 'Powder Power' Challenge

The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge September 2017 - Rustic

When you check out the high standard of the entries and my fellow award winners you'll see why it's so gratifying to have been picked out to feature alongside them. Thank you so much to all the hard working design teams behind each of these challenges - you share so much incredible inspiration and give us all something to aim for every month.

I'll be back tomorrow with the latest of my own Design Team projects, this time for the current Frilly and Funkie challenge, so make sure you join me here for that. In the meantime take care of yourselves, Jenny xxx