The Funkie Junkie Boutique Sponsor Spotlight No.2

Hello everyone, Alison here.  I'm delighted to offer up the second Sponsor Spotlight of October, highlighting our fabulous sponsor this month, The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

There's a $25 gift voucher at the Funkie Junkie Boutique on offer as the prize - so come and play along with our Go Rust-ic! challenge theme.


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I love The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  As well as fantastic prices on products from Ranger and Tim Holtz, and lots of other great companies too, Linda Coughlin (a.k.a. the Funkie Junkie herself) also has a whole range of really funkie (of course) vintage charms and fabrics and other goodies that you don't find everywhere.

I decided to focus on some of the fabulous Metal Embellishments, specifically the set of 

7 Large Metal Keys and the 8 Small Metal Keys:

And here's the tag they inspired…

(Almost all the products I used are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique - just click the links to go shopping!)

I started with a tea-stained tag, and used the Tim Holtz Shatter Stencil, blending through some Wild Honey and Rusty Hinge Distress Inks.

Over that I applied some Wendy Vecchi Translucent Embossing Paste through the Hearts Stencil.

Once that was dry, I repositioned the Hearts and applied some of the Crackled Texture Paste over the top.  

Once dry and crackly, I used Distress Stains in the same colours to create the depth of colour and highlight the crackles.

Having not quite lined up the stencil in exactly the same place, the Distress Stains seeped into the card in some places and met the resist of the translucent paste in others.  And, being liquid, they also occasionally seeped under the crackle.  I really love the imperfections caused - more than happy to embrace the look!

The shatter pattern underneath disappeared slightly, but I decided to mount the whole thing on a jumbo tag using the same stencil.  As well as the Wild Honey and Rusty Hinge, there's also some Vintage Photo and Spiced Marmalade involved in the background tag.

I spent some time arranging the keys to please the eye.  

I love all the different filigree shapes…

Some of them have had a little touch of Florentine Gold Treasure Gold just to warm up the colour tone in order to complement the inks.

…and there's a great variation in sizes - something for every project!

With all that shattered stencilling and the cracked hearts, the sentiment just bubbled up.

I used Distress Stains to dye some Seam Binding for the topping, and secured it with some rustic raffia.

So that's my Funkie Junkie tag for you.  Claudia will be here later in the month with Sponsor Spotlight No.3, and if you missed Laura's amazing Dylusions tutorial, check it out here.

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Don't forget to check out this month's challenge to be in with a chance of winning the $25 gift voucher for The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  

We are Going Rust-ic this month - so get out those rusty shades of ink and paint, or show us your favourite faux-rust technique.  Perhaps you might like to show us some real rust!  No matter how rusty you are, we would love to see your rusty creations.

Happy Crafting!

Alison xx