Guest Designer for The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog!

Hello! I am so happy to have been asked to be the Guest Designer (first time ever) for the current challenge, "Creating Die-na-mite". This is the perfect challenge for me, using dies in a project!

I love the new Sizzix Tim Holtz Chapter 3 dies, "Leaf Fragment" and "Potted 2". The leaves are supposed to look a bit weathered. I wanted my project to look like one of those fall potted arrangements you'd see on a doorstep. 

I took a piece of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock paper and cut it to 8 1/2" x 3 1/2", inked it up in Distress Sprays Stains, light to dark misting with water, drying in between colors, trying to avoid them all mixing together. 

To make the pot, I diecut a piece of kraft cardstock with the
Potted 2 die. Next, I took the Tim Holtz "Lumber Folder" (an oldie), inked the raised side of the folder with Ground Espresso Distress ink. I placed the pot diecut into the folder and ran it through the Big Shot to get the woodgrain texture. I added a few brass brads.

The gold label is made from shiny gold cardstock, stamped the ad from Tim Holtz "Dearly Departed" stamps and gold heat embossed it. 

I always have sheets of paper that I have sprayed and inked on hand so I can just diecut whatever I need. Here I had some paper in some dark shades of red and orange (Crackling Campfire, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany, Spiced Pumpkin) and a spritz or two of Jack o Lantern Distress Mica Stain (get it while you can!) I then took the Tim Holtz "Pressed Foliage" stamps and using Ground Espresso Archival ink, I pressed veins onto the leaves.

The flowers are made from an old set by Sizzix Tim Holtz "Small Tattered Florals" that I gave dimension to using a shaping tool.

Lots of different steps but if you already have some inked up paper, it goes much faster. I always keep any extra diecuts from projects in a box, so I had the branches and the ivy already made. I try not to waste. I had a piece of cardboard from a box and diecut another Potted 2 from it, and used that to pop up my woodgrain pot. No other pop dots or foam were needed to give the project dimension, since I added it with the shaping tool!

I love this card, it has so many interesting details but you can also do a simpler version without the shaping or stamping and it would still be beautiful. Hopefully you can takeaway a few ideas from this card.

Thank you to the design team at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog for asking me to guest design!

Here is a link to their blog and my Guest Designer blog post!   

https://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.com/2021/09/guest-designer-susan-babcock.html

And while you are there, enter the challenge, you could win a $25 gift card to The Funkie Junkie Boutique! 

Thank you for visiting!

I can also be found on Instagram @susanbcards where I often post new cards.