Funkie Junkie Focus – "The Flowers Are Coming"

Happy Spring! Our current Funkie Junkie Focus theme is "The Flowers Are Coming" and they are popping out all over, both in the garden and the craft room. I always think it's nice to have some cards on hand for any occasions that come up so I made a set of spring themed flower cards.

Think pink!

The beautiful Floral Trims stamp set from Tim Holtz is perfect for creating a focal image on a card! The Simple Sayings stamp set is also a favorite sentiment set that I use often for my cards.

I started off by creating several pages of pink inky backgrounds using Distress Spray Stains and Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I cut them down into card fronts and stamped with Black Soot Archival ink. I then loosely watercolored over the top to fill in the flowers. Easy!

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Supplies used:

Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Floral Trims
Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Simple Sayings
Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock
Ranger Distress Spray Stains - Kitsch Flamingo, Saltwater Taffy, Picked Raspberries

Ranger Distress Oxide Spray Stains - Tattered Rose

Ranger Archival Inks - Black Soot, Picked Raspberries

watercolor paint

Four Seasons Mini Books – New Eileen Hull March 2024 Sizzix Dies!

Eileen Hull released some great new Sizzix designs at the beginning of March! (Check out the live Release Party here.) All month long the designers have been sharing the tutorials and more in depth looks at all the wonderful projects created for the release. Following is one of my projects; a Storage Box that holds four Mini Books:

Four Mini Books fit perfectly into the Storage Box!

Each little book is themed with a quote and art to match one of the seasons:

Here's a look at how it all came together:

1) all the parts needed to form the outer box:

I used Distress Paint to color the Sizzix Mat Board before cut all the parts out.

2) For the mini book covers, I embossed pieces of gel prints using the 3-D Lace Embossing Folder.

Inside of the covers:

3) Eileen has a Book Binding Die you can use to make folded spines to fit her Folio Journal Die and other larger journal of hers. It won't fit the Mini Book so I figured out my own measurements to cut and score a Mini Book sized version. You can find that template below if you want to try it. It accommodates five pages.

Folded binding template to fit Mini Book - 5 pages

After fixing the spine into the cover, you add the pages:

A piece of trim covers up the spine flap on the back side.

The team has been busy creating lots of samples so please make sure to visit the Blog Hop post on Eileen's blog and be watching social media to see their makes!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to keep an eye on Eileen's blog for more inspiration from the Educator and Inspiration Teams.

Supplies used:

Eileen Hull Die - Mini Book  ( Sizzix, FJ, SB )

Eileen Hull Die - Storage Box  ( Sizzix, FJ, SB )
Eileen Hull Die Set - Wreath & Snowflake ( SB )

Eileen Hull A5 3-D Embossing Folder - Lace ( Sizzix, SB, FJ )
Tim Holtz Die Set - Forest Shadows ( Sizzix, SB, FJ )
Tim Holtz Die Set - Decorative Trims ( Sizzix, SB, FJ )

Tim Holtz Stamp Sets - Shattered, Floral Trims, Reindeer Flight, Sketchy Leaves, Tree Line, Flutter, Grunged, Holiday Sketchbook, Field Notes, Falling Leaves, Spring Sprung
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Autumn

Sizzix Mat Board

Ranger Woodgrain Cardstock - Holiday Grey
Eileen Hull Easy Cut Adhesive Sheets
Gel Press Plate
Distress Paint - Hickory Smoke, Weathered Wood, Lost Shadows

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Funkie Junkie Focus – "Easter Joy"

Our current Funkie Junkie Focus theme is "Easter Joy" and I had fun making an Easter decor piece using lots of Tim Holtz goodies and the new Eileen Hull Storage Box Die.

One of my Eileen Hull Inspiration Team teammates had the idea of flipping the box upside down to make an exploding box card. I thought turning the box over was such a great idea, I wanted to try it. I created an Easter scene inside of mine:

I made some glittered Tiny Eggs and tried the new and improved method of making a chocolate 'Salvaged Rabbit' that Tim Holtz recently shared.

I made sure the back side was interesting too!

I covered the outside of the box with stamped panels (using the new Mr. Rabbit stamp set) and die cuts.

Top view:

Here are a few 'in progress' photos:

1) Glittered eggs. First I colored some Distress Rock Candy Glitter with alcohol inks. (See this Tim Holtz tutorial to see how. It's really easy.)

Tim also shared several different ways to decorate the Tiny Eggs. You can see that here.

2) Here are all the box parts laid out.

There are rectangular strips on the die that you glue inside of the box to help the lid fit on snugly and stay in place. (It seems like a mystery piece at first ha ha.)

Thanks for stopping by. 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:

Eileen Hull Die - Storage Box Die 
-Eileen Hull Die Set - Shadowbox Elements 

-Tim Holtz Die Set - Crochet
Tim Holtz Die Set - Bunny Games
Tim Holtz Die Set - Papercut Chicks, Colorize

Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Mr. Rabbit

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Backdrops

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Salvaged Rabbits

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tiny Eggs

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Bouquet

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Barrel

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chit Chat Stickers - Seasonal
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Salvaged Stickers - Seasonal

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Memo Pins
Sizzix Textured Cardstock Pack

Distress Collage Medium Matte
Distress Rock Candy Glitter
Ranger Alcohol Inks
Ranger Glossy Accents
Distress Spray Stain - various
Distress Paint - Gathered Twigs
Distress Glaze - Walnut Stain
Sizzix Mat Board

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Celebrate 7 With a Topflight Stamps Birthday Hop!

It's Topflight Stamps 7th birthday and to celebrate, I’ve teamed up with some great designers to showcase celebratory projects using the unique products available at Topflight Stamps. Please hop along with us and see all the beautiful talent from this group of amazing designers! There is a master list of Hop stops on the Topflight Stamps blog. We are also Hopping on Instagram! You can start at the Topflight Stamps account @topflightstamps .

Did we mention there will be prizes?

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Of course, it wouldn’t be a birthday celebration without prizes. Topflight Stamps is giving four lucky winners $50 Gift Certificates to the store. Two winners will be chosen from commenters on the blog hop and two will be chosen from commenters on the IG hop. For a chance to win, make sure to visit the stops on the hop and leave a comment by April 1st. Winners will be announced on the Topflight Stamps blog on Monday, April 3rd. U.S.A winners only due to shipping issues. Good Luck!

Let's take a look at the cards I made for our Hop:

Lavinia is a favorite brand of mine and I paired their stamps with the Skycrossed Paradise die set from AALL & Create as well as the new Fern stamp set from Tracy Evans Boutique Designs. I also used PaperArtsy Infusions (Golden Sands & Emerald Isle) to make the backgrounds.

HOP STOPS:

Topflight Stamps

Kathi Rerek

Dina Kowal

Esther Asbury

Annette Allen

Rachel Kleinman

Connie Mercer

Lisa Hoel <-

Jenny Marples

Cornelia Wenokor

Ericka Strange

Melina Dahl

Autumn Clark

Natasha Vacca Colleen Balija

Alanna Moses Sara Naumann Raquel Perez

Lavinia stamps: Everlee, Snailcap Mushrooms, Snailcap Single Mushroom
Sea Flower, Foliage Set

Lavinia stamps: Josie, Fern Heads, Sea Flower, Foliage Set

Don't miss the sale also going on over at Topflight Stamps! There is a wide selection of fab stamps and products sourced from all over the world.

New Eileen Hull March 2024 Sizzix Dies! – Mini Book

Eileen Hull released some great new Sizzix designs at the beginning of March! (Check out the live Release Party here.) All month long the designers have been sharing the tutorials and more in depth looks at all the wonderful projects created for the release. Following is one of my projects; an accordion album housed in a Mini Book:

Eileen's new dies:

I packed a lot of stamping and ephemera into this mini book!

The team has been busy creating lots of samples so please make sure to visit the Blog Hop post on Eileen's blog and be watching social media to see their makes! All month long you can find tutorials for the projects on Eileen's blog.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to keep an eye on Eileen's blog for more inspiration from the Educator and Inspiration Teams.

Supplies used:

Eileen Hull Die - Mini Book  ( Sizzix, FJ, SB )
Eileen Hull Die Set - Faux Postage ( Sizzix, SB, FJ )

Eileen Hull A5 3-D Embossing Folder - Lace ( Sizzix, SB, FJ )
Eileen Hull Die Set - Envelope, Folder & Flowers ( Sizzix, SB, FJ )

Some links in this post are affiliate links which do not affect the price you pay but allow me to earn a small percentage of a sale. Thanks! (My husband also thanks you!)

Funkie Junkie Focus – "Finish It" Undone Projects

It's not quite spring (at least not around here, it's been snowing all day). However, you might be in the mood for some spring cleaning! It has taken a crafty turn for our current Funkie Junkie Focus theme which is "Finish It" – take an uncompleted project and finish it off. I partially completed a junk journal in June of 2022 and then it and all the stuff I had collected for it looked like this until now:

oh my, what a pile LOL

I still had two signatures worth of pages left to fill to complete the journal. You can find the first post about it here. Here is the outside:

The journal structure was created using Eileen Hull's Folio Journal Die and filled with all sorts of stamping, ephemera and die cuts. Here's a sampling of some of the new inside pages:

I had previously added some Waterfall flips to the inside cover but hadn't decorated them yet.

I did do a tutorial for putting the cover together in my first post. Here are a few in process photos from my journey in finishing up the other pages:

 It's quite a chaotic crafty scene! Lots of scraps and bits all over the place ha ha.

I decorate all the pages, front and back, before binding them together. It is much easier that way!

Elastic binding makes it really easy to add the pages. You just slide them under the elastic.

So, mission accomplished! I now have a cleared off tray in my art rack. Hurray! Thanks for stopping by. 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:

Eileen Hull Die - Folio Journal Die 
Eileen Hull Die Set - Faux Postage 
Eileen Hull Die Set - Library Pocket, ATC Card & Tabs
Eileen Hull Die Set - Journaling Cards, Flowers & Leaves 662811 - retired

Eileen Hull 3-D Embossing Folders - Silverware, Vintage Buttons, Crochet Mandala
Tim Holtz Die Set - Vault Lovebirds

Tim Holtz Stamp Sets - Floral Trims, Field Notes, Ornate Trims, Specimen, Bold Botanicals, Eccentric, Papillon, Nature Walk, Ledger Script, Flutter, Bird Feather, Tiny Toadstools

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Backdrops - Vol. 5

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Snapshots Vol. 2

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Layers - Organic

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera - Curator

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera - Number Strips
Sizzix Textured Cardstock Pack

Design Tape

washi tape

Distress Collage Medium Matte

Tonic Deckle Trimmer

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