At The Shore

It is time for a new challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog and this time I am the hostess.  I decided to call it Water, Water, Everywhere!  Here is how I describe it:

Often when people go on vacation there is water involved – fishing, cruising, checking out the aquarium, enjoying water sports or playing in the sand at the beach. For this challenge I want you to create a vintage or shabby chic project that reminds you of one or more of these past times.

My husband and I are not going on a vacation this summer and if we go somewhere in September it may or may not be near water so I just decided to pretend for this challenge and make a tag portraying a visit to the ocean.

I started by giving a jumbo manila tag a coat of White Gesso (Dina Wakley) and then a coat of Melted Chocolate Acrylic Paint (Dylusions).  I followed that with a coat of Crackle Medium (Folk Art).

I had a bright idea that I would use White Gesso as the top coat but it really didn't crackle the way it should have if I had used acrylic paint for the top coat like I usually do.  Not a problem though because it probably should have been blue anyway so I just covered what I had done with some Mermaid Lagoon Distress Paint(Tim Holtz) and later I rubbed some Faded Jeans Distress Oxide (Tim Holtz) over random areas.

To make the lighthouse I printed an image a number of times on heavy card stock and then fussy cut it (not perfectly, I see) - once for the base and 3 times for the roof, stripes and border.  After I glued it together with some Collage Medium (Tim Holtz), I covered it with Grit Paste (Tim Holtz).

I painted the lighthouse with White Gesso and added colour with a Water Brush (Tim Holtz) and Walnut Stain, Fired Brick and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide (Tim Holtz).  I think this ended up looking like a weather worn, salt covered lighthouse.

Next it was time to make the embellishments that washed up on the shore.  I made some molded shells using clay and a mold that I have had for eons but I will link to clay and a perfect mold from Prima that Linda carries in the shop.  Once the shells were dry I used my water brush to colour them with Vintage Photo, Pumice Stone and Hickory Smoke Distress Ink (Tim Holtz).

I tried my hand at making faux sea glass by cutting little pieces of plastic packaging, coating it with Versamark (Tsukineko) and then melting some Aegean Sea Baked Velvet Embossing Powder from the Mediterranean set (Seth Apter) on it.

A few pearl beads were altered with a mixture of Aqua, Sailboat Blue, Denim and Mushroom Alcohol Inks (Tim Holtz) by mixing a few drops of each colour in a little container, adding some Blending Solution and rolling the beads around in the mixture.

Next I made some greenery with the Garden Greens die (Tim Holtz) and some card stock scraps.  I embossed them with Patina Oxide Baked Texture Embossing Powder (Seth Apter).

I also made a warning sign from an image I found online and a little strip of card stock covered with Walnut Stain Distress Oxide.  I cut a Quote Chip (Tim Holtz) apart and inked the word Adventure with Hickory Smoke DI.  All my embellishments were added in a cluster at the bottom of the sign and lighthouse using Collage Medium.

The seagull image was also found online and I printed three in various sizes and direction (use the flip horizontal command) and then fussy cut them.  Finally I topped off the tag with a loopy bow of strings pulled from some burlap and a little anchor charm.

I hope you will join us for the challenge, which runs through 11:55 pm EST on Tuesday, July 16th.  One random winner will be chosen from all the entries and will receive a gift certificate to shop at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  The Design Team will choose their top picks with the overall winner receiving an invitation to be a Guest Designer at a future date.

Supplies Links to The Funkie Junkie Boutique (includes suggested alternatives for items I used from my stash):

Prima Marketing Finnabair Mould - Seashore Treasures - 638849
Ranger QuickCure Clay - 4 oz. (also available in 8 oz. and 16 oz. packages)
Seth Apter Baked Velvet - Mediterranean Kit

50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #10	DYLUSIONS PAINTS, MELTED CHOCOLATE DYP46011	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Mermaid Lagoon TDF50193	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Grit Paste - TDA53422	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Faded Jeans	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Walnut Stain
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Fired Brick	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Pumice Stone TIM27140	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Hickory Smoke TIM43232	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo TIM19527	Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Aqua	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Denim Blue TIM22015
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Mushroom	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 9PK - Garden Greens by Tim Holtz 661206	Seth Apter Baked Texture - Patina Oxide	VersaMark Watermark Ink Stamp Pad	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933	Dina Wakley Media Mediums - White Gesso MDM41689
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Chips	Seaside Charm Set - Antiqued Bronze Charms for Jewelry Making, Scrapbooking and Mixed Media	Jute Mesh (Burlap) Ribbon	White Jute Mesh (Burlap)