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Grunge, Ghouls, or Giggles: TFJ Challenge

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 Hello and welcome to a new challenge over at the Funkie Junkie blog. I’m Janna and I will be your host for Grunge Ghouls, or Giggles .  Halloween is just around the corner and this week we are getting our hands dirty. Will your makes be frightful and ghoulish or will they be cute and get giggles? Add a touch of grunge to your makes. Cards, décor, scrapbook pages, journal spreads, we want to see it all. We will be most Distressed if you miss out on the spooky cute Halloween fun! Happy crafting! To join the challenge head over to the  Funkie Junkie Blog  for the challenge rules and ways to enter! This week I am playing to the theme of Grunge Ghouls, or Giggles. I decided to create a frightfully delightful Tim Holtz Halloween Idea-ology Vignette box. For a video detailing the creation of the focal points click here . For the first part of this project I will be focusing on three primary components of this vignette box. We will be looking at constructing a bubbling cauldron, potion bottle

Funkie Junkie Challenge: Fall Gratitude

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Hello friends, This week we here to challenge you to create a Fall Gratitude Project for us! I love the concept of Gratitude and being Thankful. Use fall colors and embellishments to create a tag or project expressing gratitude. To join the challenge head over to the Funkie Junkie Blog for the challenge rules and ways to enter! For the Fall gratitude theme I decided to create a fall themed shaker card. I’d you would like to see the process video click   here . Below are a list of meter oaks that I used to make this card. In addition I also used a scrap piece of packaging plastic to from the shaker card pocket. To start I decided to create an inky background as my foundation. I used multi media heavy white cardstock as the base. For inks I am using distress mustard seed and carved pumpkin. I also used two distress oxides as well; distress oxide crackling campfire and rusty hinge. I then smooshed these colors on to the Kraft mat of the TH glass media mat. Then spritzed them with the di