Chasing Away the Blues with Stamperia's Blue Land - Frilly & Funkie Challenge

Challenge Theme

Time for a new challenge at the Frilly and Funkie Blog.  Kathy Clement is our host this time around and for her challenge, Winter Blues, she wants you to "take the winter blues in a positive direction and create a monochromatic vintage or shabby chic project done up in shades of blue. You may use a bit of white or grey for contrast, but I would like the blues to be front and center in this project."

My Take on the Challenge

I decided to return to my scrapbooking "roots" with this challenge and create a layout.  I don't do too many layouts anymore.  I'm not sure why, but I think it's because I've scrapped all my scrap-worthy photos.  BUT I did just purge a TON of layouts and so now I can scrap those photos all over again.  😄

So here we go!  I've created a heritage layout of my grandparents when they were quite young.  It could be their wedding photo as my Mom told me that she had a picture from the  day they were married.  This photo came from my brother and Mom never found the wedding photo she spoke of, so I am wondering if this is it.  Unfortunately, Mom is gone now so I can't ask her.

I've used the absolutely divine Stamperia Blue Land collection, Yep it's perfect for this challenge 'cause it's all blues, grays, and subtle whites.  I started out by stenciling a pattern using a layering stencil and white opaque texture paste on the upper right side.  It's framing the layers around the photo.  This design paper is so intricately designed, that it's hard to tell the paper from the stenciling in a photograph!  If you were looking at the actual layout, you would see the dimension from the stenciling.

I added a bit of lace around one of the layers to enhance the vintage charm of this layout.

Most of the time, I mat my photos onto plain card stock, but I decided to break out of that mold and do something different so I've used a die-cut photo mat.

I cut a rectangular piece of card stock that was large enough to fit the die in the corner. I die-cut the bottom corner, and then ran it through a second time, die-cutting the upper corner.  Next, it was just a matter of matting the die-cut onto a slightly darker blue piece of card stock and topping with my photo.

Gotta have flowers!

You know I have to put flowers on everything!  I've used some really pretty blue flowers from Little Birdie Crafts.  Aren't these just gorgeous?  (Little Birdie Flowers are available at AC Moore Arts & Crafts.)

I love the look of chipboard underneath my flowers, I think it anchors the floral cluster.  I've used two corner chipboard pieces from Creative Embellishments under my floral arrangements.  To color the chippies, I covered them with embossing ink and then heat embossed with Emerald Creek Baked Texture - Deep Sea embossing power.  They were really dark so I lightened their effect by dabbing on a little bit of embossing ink here and there on the chippy, and sprinkled on Emerald Creek Allure Powder in Soft Fallen Show being careful not to fully cover any area.  The title chippie is also treated in this same manner.

Supplies from The Funkie Junkie Boutique

Stamperia Blue Land
Sizzix Alterations Mixed Media #5 Die Set by Tim Holtz
Emerald Creek Alure Powders - Soft Fallen Snow
Seth Apter Baked Texture - Deep Sea

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Weathered Wood

Ranger Texture Paste Opaque Matte

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils

Venise Lace Trim - 1/2"

How to Enter the Challenge

Create a vintage or shabby chic Winter Blues project  and link it up to the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Winter Blues.

The Design Team will choose their top four picks, with the winner being invited to be a guest designer in one of our Frillie and Funkie challenges. The other three winners will receive Top 3 badges to display on their blogs. Everyone who enters and follows the rules will be entered into a draw to have the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Be sure to take a look at the creations of my talented teammates, you can see their creations here, at the Frillie and Funkie Blog.