Artists Trading Coins Challenge at The Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog

The Challenge

Time for a new challenge at the Frilly and Funkie Blog and Suzz is hosting this time around.  The challenge is to create an Artist Trading Coin.  They are a fun and new way of capturing a little bit of art to share with others. Your challenge is to create a trading coin which should be a circle shape 2 1/2 inches in diameter.

My Artist Trading Coins

Bold and Bright

This was a great challenge that I had lots of fun with.  I went in several different directions making my coins.  To make this one, I cut a 2.5" circle  from white card stock, mounted it on a lightweight piece of chipboard,  and added a piece of washi tape down the middle.  Then I stenciled on the "Travel" work and the rosettes with black texture paste.  I tape over the parts of the stencil that I didn't want to use so that I would not stencil over the washi tape or right side of the coin.  I used another piece of washi tape underneath the "Travel" word and trimmed it to fit the coin.   Easy, peasy, so fun!

Study in Metallic

I have a fascination with metallic finishes so this was really fun to make.  First I used a 3-D Texture Fades embossing folder to emboss my coin which I cut from light weight chipboard.  Then I misted it with black ink.   After that dried, I brushed my finger over the surface of Prima's Old Silver wax and lightly brushed my finger over the coin's surface.  I just love how the details of the embossing popped out as I rubbed on the silver wax.  Then I just added the embellishments to finish it off.

My First Coin

I was just warming up when I made this coin and really had no idea what I was doing or what direction I wanted to go in.   I started out with a lightweight chipboard embossed coin and misted it with Lindy's.   Then I applied Prima's was in several colors.  That still didn't produce what I wanted so I got out the embossing powders.  I used Emerald Creeks Bronze Age and Ancient Amber.  To keep from applying embossing powder all over the coin, I painted on embossing ink just where I wanted heat embossing.  Welll...that look didn't please me either so I went bold with Rocky Road embossing powder on the left gear.  Ugh, that was a disaster.  Time to get the waxes out!  I rubbed Bronze Age deep into the Rocky Road embossed area and that was an improvement!  I topped it with two silver flowers that I also heat embossed with Bronze Age.   Not my favorite, but we all have to start somewhere, right?

Let's Sew

These two coins are a nod to my Mom who was an excellent seamstress.  She made my wedding dress, tailored suits for me, she was amazing!  Too bad, I did not inherit the love for sewing from her, in fact I hate to sew.  Now I can sew and did a lot in my younger years when I could not afford to buy my wardrobe, plus I am tall and finding clothes that fit correctly within my budget was difficult.  I even made my own jeans with flat felled seams.  But still, sewing is a frustrating experience for me and making these coins sure reminded me of that.  You see, on the coin on the right, I was going to stitch around the coin.  Took 15 minutes to get that working, the thread was not coming off the bobbin correctly so the machine kept hanging up.  Finally I managed to stitch around the edge.  Oh my, that looked awful so I decided to cover up the stitching holes with the lace!

I gave up on using the sewing machine at that point and just added some bits and bobs to these two coins!

How to enter the challenge

Create a vintage or shabby chic Artist's Trading Coin and link it to the Frilly and Funkie Challenge any time between now and 11:55 Eastern Time on Tuesday,
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.


Supplies from The Funkie Junkie Boutique

Bold and Bright:

Dylusions Washi Tape #1

Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - Black

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Rosette

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Traveler

Study in Metallic:

Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Mechanics

Dyan Reaveley's Dylusions Ink Spray - Black Marble

Prima Art Alchemy by Finnabair - Metallique Wax - Old Silver

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Pen Nibs

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Typed Token

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls, Ancestors

My First Coin:

Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Mechanics

Prima Art Alchemy by Finnabair- Antique Brilliance - Red Amber

Prima Art Alchemy by Finnabair-Metallique Wax- Bronze Age

Seth Apter Baked Texture Embossing Powder - Rocky Road

Seth Apter Baked Texture - Ancient Amber

Let's Sew

Stamperia - Precious Gift 12x12 Paper Pack

Venise Lace Trim - 1/2 inch wide

5 Piece Bronze Scissor Charms

Carved Coconut Shell Buttons - 5/8"

Sewing Themed Embellishments

Burlap String - 12 Colors