Funkie Junkie Focus – Favorite Products of 2022

Happy New Years Funkie Junkie fans! It may be 2023 now, but our Focus theme this time was "Favorite Products of 2022". I had lots of favorites so it was hard to choose but here is a project that features some of them.

I created a little winter scene using Eileen Hull's Shadow Box Frames #2 Die Set to make the frame. It is a handy die set to have in your tool box! Another 2022 favorite is the Holiday seasonal release, Gray Two-tone Woodgrain Cardstock. Love it! It has a great look even without any inking and it was really easy to die cut to make the frame.

The background is the new Tim Holtz 3-D Texture Fade folder Tree Rings (which I LOVE). So much texture! The houses, trees, sky and sentiment are all cut using the Tim Holtz Christmas Cutouts Die Set. It is definitely not limited to Christmas projects. I really like the primitive look of the designs.

Let's take a look at some of the how-to:

Step 1 – First I inked up some Heavystock with Distress Spray Stains to use in the Tree Rings embossing folder.

Step 2 – One of my favorite techniques to use with the 3-D Texture Fade folders is to ink the folder itself with Archival Ink and then emboss. The ink gets transferred to the paper in all the de-bossed areas and really makes the texture pop. I tried three different ink colors to see which I liked best.

Step 3 – Cutting out the Shadow Box frame parts:

Step 4 – The frames aren't too hard to assemble, especially if you build it atop a gridded surface of some sort so you can make sure it glues up squared.

Step 5 – To create the houses and other elements, I applied foil tape over heavy cardstock and then painted over the metal with Distress Paint. (Tip: clean the foil with rubbing alcohol first and the paint will adhere better.) When the paint was dry, I die cut my pieces and then lightly sanded them to reveal some of the metal underneath.

Happy New Years! I hope you are carving in some time to get crafting in! Keep an eye on the Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog, Inspiration Ave. because you are now getting regular doses of expanded (and inspiring) content each week. Don't miss it…

Supplies used:

Tim Holtz Die Set - Christmas Cutouts

Eileen Hull Shadow Box Frames #2 Die Set

Tim Holtz 3D Texture Fade embossing folder - Tree Rings

Distress Collage Medium Matte

Distress Mixed Media Heavystock

Distress Gray Two-tone Woodgrain Cardstock

Distress Woodgrain Cardstock

Ranger Foil Tape Sheets

Distress Archival Ink 4-Pack Basics

Distress Paint - Lumberjack Plaid, Salvaged Patina, Fossilized Amber, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint

Distress Spray Stains - Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke, Brushed Corduroy

Distress Rock Candy Dry Glitter