Wednesday 21 July 2021

Funky and Frilly and fun!

Hi everyone, I was so honoured to be asked by the team at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog Challenge to be Guest designer this week. I really enjoyed making this card with lots of lace and bits and pieces for Teri's 'Funky and Frilly ' theme. Teri's instructions were - 'Add buttons, lace, flowers or anything you like to your projects'  So I did!

I knew which colours I wanted to use so just gathered some bits and pieces on my desk.

I used some very watered down Fade Jeans Distress Ink to paint the edge of my white card


I also added some to the Stamperia papers I wanted to use. They are from a favourite - The Romantic Journal collection


I tried out a few arrangements on my card - I love the brown lace on the right - just not here!
I have had this piece of twisted fibre for ages and really wanted to use it - far too big, but by snipping a piece off and teasing it out it works

I have lots of buttons to choose from and I have some wool that I used to mount the lacy flower
I used a wet wipe with Faded Jeans Distress Ink to add some colour to all of the lace.
I also added some stickles to the bottom of the card and added beads and sparkly bits to my die cut Dragonfly.
I had been following the Tour de France going into Paris on TV when I took this photo and realised that there was something lacking!
Soon fixed with some Tim Holtz ephemera snippets and some thread.

Its a long time since I made a layered card (ssshhh, this is for my DIL) and I really enjoyed getting back to playing with paper and lace!
 
I hope you will go along and play at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog Challenge.

Thanks for looking, Chris







 




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10 comments:

  1. Marjut21 July 2021 at 09:01:00 BST

    Beautiful card.
    Have a nice day!

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  2. Valerie-Jael21 July 2021 at 09:04:00 BST

    Fantastic card, Chris, beautifully layered, and I love all of the vintage additions. Congrats on being asked to be guest DT, that's great! Hugs, Valerie

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  3. My name is Erika.21 July 2021 at 12:22:00 BST

    You really rocked this one Chris. I'm loving the lace and all the other details too. Gorgeous work. Hope you DIL loves her card too. hugs-Erika

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  4. Annie21 July 2021 at 13:45:00 BST

    Chris, this card is gorgeous! You’ve put all the odd pieces together in a wonderfully cohesive way. I love how you’ve tinted everything with the blue ink. Love the five dots of stickles. The dragonfly, the butterfly, oh so many great details on this beauty of a card. It’s so inspiring!

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  5. Rajani Rehana21 July 2021 at 15:54:00 BST

    Mind blowing post

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  6. craftytrog22 July 2021 at 16:54:00 BST

    A stunning card Chris! Congrats on your guest spot.
    Alison xx

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  7. nwilliams623 July 2021 at 01:17:00 BST

    Chris, so many details and so many treasures on it it. A beautiful card that I know she will love! Super fun to see you guest designing on that challenge. Hugz

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  8. Tracey@Hotchpotchcreations23 July 2021 at 23:42:00 BST

    Your DIL will adore this Chris.. Your Guest Design piece is a beautiful addition to TFJB challenge. I find it very hard not to add lace to everything I create, such a beautiful element. So happy I caught this one today.
    Happy creative week Hugs Tracey x

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  9. Jenny Marples24 July 2021 at 16:48:00 BST

    I really enjoyed seeing how your beautiful card came together Chris and love that you revisited it after taking a photo. Thank you so much for being our Guest Designer xx

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  10. Bleubeard and Elizabeth25 July 2021 at 07:23:00 BST

    This was absolutely STUNNING. You rocked as the guest designer. I can see why they chose you for this challenge. Your card is so feminine and very romantic, too. You put a LOT into this layered card. It's beautiful, Chris.

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