Frilly and Funkie - Winter Blooms

Hello Everyone!

It's time for another fun challenge over at Frilly and Funkie! Thank you so much to everyone who played along with me for the Valen-Twine challenge! I was just drooling over all of the romantic, shabby and vintage projects that you made! You made it really difficult to pick a favourite!

This time Sue is our lovely hostess and she has chosen the theme WINTER BLOOMS. Even though it's the middle of winter, she would like you to take this opportunity to create our own flowers! So, whether you make roses or paper daisies, let's see lots of handmade flowers on your project! Here is my make.

Since it is still winter time where I am, I thought I would do something a little different with my flowers. Something a little darker in colour and deeper in dimension. All three flowers are made using the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die. I used the script stamp from the Tim Holtz Papillon stamp set to add a design to the petals. I used Ranger Archival Potting Soil and Cobalt for the neutral petals and Ranger Adirondack Snow Cap for the blue petals.

The leaf flourishes were cut using Tim Holtz Garden Greens. I dabbed all of the leaves with some Picket Fence distress paint so I would have some areas to stamp on. The beautiful doily die is from Prima. The button and blue pins are from my stash.

For the background, I stamped a Hessian design from Kaisercraft onto kraft paper and then used some White Gesso to cover some of the areas. I tinted some home-made texture paste using Wendy Vecchi inks, a mix of Forget-me-Not and Sky Blue re-inkers and then applied it through the Tim Holtz Gothic stencil.

The beautiful flower corner piece is from Linda's shop, The Funkie Junkie. It's bronze, so I used a little Adirondack Alcohol ink Snow Cap to shabby it up a bit and make it look antique.

In keeping with my New Years resolution, I pulled out a never-before-used Spellbinders die from the Noble Rectangles set to make the base for my butterflies. I stamped the script stamp with Brushed Corduroy, then edged it with Gathered Twigs. I flicked a bit of water and a bit of Picket Fence with the end of my brush.

I stamped the butterflies once directly on the base using Cobalt and then again on scrap paper and fussy cut them out. I did a bit of highlighting with a white pen and then attached with my Tiny Attacher from Tim Holtz.

This gorgeous lace is also from Linda's shop! Isn't it just absolutely luscious!! Did everyone notice my beautiful new watermark?? Designed by Linda herself, I just love it!!

I am entering my Winter Blooms card into the following wonderful challenges:

- Perfectly Rustic - Challenge #41 - Wings
- Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge Blog - #66 Anything Goes with a Twist - Something with Wings

- Sister Act Card Challenge - #92 - Anything Goes

- Through The Craft Room Door - Feb 10-Feb16 - Anything Goes

- Through The Purple Haze - #77 - Use Some Flowers
- Open Minded Crafting - Challenge #29 - NO Pink and NO Red
- That Craft Place Ltd - Anything Goes
- Stamping Sensations - February Challenge - Anything Goes

- Crafty Calender - February Challenge - Anything Goes

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All of the following products that I used can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique



COMMENTING UPDATE:

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