It’s Wednesday and time for the funkie side of the design team to share our projects for the current challenge over at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!
The current challenge is hosted by team member Suzz who has chosen the theme AUGUST …Suzz says, “I am hosting the current challenge and it is inspired by the month of August. In doing a little online research I learned that the month of August was re-named for Augustus Caesar. He was the first Roman Emperor and was very proud of the influence he had on the architecture of the country. For this challenge I am asking you to be inspired by marble, arches or columns. You will need to create a vintage or shabby chic project using some type of marble effect, arches or columns.”
For this challenge I concentrated on the marble effect as I utterly love the distress paint marbling technique.
I embossed a piece of black cardstock using the new Tim Holtz 3D texture fades embossing folders. I rubbed rusty hinge and metallic distress crayons over the top using my finger.
I created my marbled background, (see the technique on Tim Holtz blog). I stamped the hat and suit from my officially favourite stamp set ever, dapper (CMS267), onto the background and fussy cut. I also stamped the inventor 2 stamp set (CMS341), and this time added clear embossing powder over the stamped image and melted with my heat tool.
I stamped the complete inventor stamp but I didn’t want to use the lightbulbs, so I cut them out to save for another project. This was so simple using the Tim Holtz Tonic glass media mat, cutting ruler from the media tool set and craft knife. The glass media mat is a total game changer for me and YES you can cut on it and YES my GMM does have some tiny scratches on it, but it’s a tool, not a crystal decorative plate! 😉
As you can see, the 3D mechanics background covers the cut out perfectly and I get to keep the light bulbs for another project. I added an idea-ology foundry adornment, which I weathered with a little mushroom alcohol ink. I cut a slit in the hat and slipped in an arrow I had leftover from another project which I added remnant rubs to.
I added a quote chip that I sanded and blended a little vintage photo distress in onto. I added some chains to the suit and hat, which I attached with idea-ology mini fasteners. The background mounts are edged with idea-ology design tape.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will find time to join in the challenge and pop over to Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.
Zoe
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Pretty freakin’ cool piece. Great colours and elements. Good choices!!! Love this!
This is so awesome! Love everything about it!
I am in awe at this card Zoe…it incorporates everything I love! The Dapper stamp, the Mechanics 3D folder…that overall effect of aged and rusted look…it is epic! Well done my friend, and thank you for this amazing inspiration! Hugs xxx Simona
Love this! Thanks for sharing Zoe!
Holy wow! This is so fabulous I don’t even know where to start! I love that you turned that Mechanical texture fade into a gear head! So imaginative! And the rusty finish is amazing, too. You never ever fail to wow me!
I love this Zoe. Your creativity shines. Thanks for sharing ♡♡♡
I LOVE your work! That rusty metallic background is amazing! And the marble effect on your other pieces fits in so seamlessly…you are truly an inspiration!
So much grungy fabulousness! The layers of embellishments and stamped images is just wow!
Love the embossed background and your Dapper fellow is so cool the way you have positioned him on that background. Love all the fabulous layers.
seriously…they chain from the hat is my kind of detail! LOVE