Aquamarine Challenge - The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog

The Challenge
Cec is hosting The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog Challenge this time.  Her challenge description:  "Aquamarine, the birthstone of March, has a rich color and has long been a symbol of youth, health and hope. Its mesmerizing color ranges from pale to deep blue and are reminiscent of the sea.The challenge is to create a shabby chic or vintage project using the colour aquamarine in any of its shades along with one other colour (it could be white or brown or whatever you wish). The definition has lots of other prompts you could also use in your creation but the colour requirement is the main focus."  This photo should inspire you!

My Take on the Challenge

This was a hard challenge for me because I didn't have any paper that would work so I turned to my inks and paints.  Well, we all know ink and paint is not my strong suit but here we are with a tag using colors of aquamarines.

I started off with a #8 Etcetera tag and painted it with white gesso.  Then I stenciled on some patterns with paint using two different stencils.  After it all dried, I gave the whole tag a light whitewash to tone all the color down.

The sentiment is so fun to me, it is from Dyan Reaveley's Bigger Back Chat White -set 1.  I cut it up to fit and outlined with a white paint pen.

I stamped the unicorn image with Archival Ink - Cobalt and then used a brush to paint on embossing ink.  I wanted to leave the stamp markings visible and not covered with embossing powder.  I used two colors of embossing enamel, shabby white and shabby blue.  I popped the image up with dimensional foam and added a blingy crown.

To finish it up, I added flowers, a bow and aquamarine gemstones.

Supplies from The Funkie Junkie Boutique

Tim Holtz Etcetera - #8 Tag
Dina Wakley Media Mediums - White Gesso
Dylusions Stamp Set - I Believe in Unicorns
Dyalog Stencil Set - Stencil It Too
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Mini Layering Stencils - Set 36
Dyan Reaveley's Dylusions Paint Pens - white
DYLUSIONS PAINTS, VIBRANT TURQUOISE
DYLUSIONS PAINTS, LONDON BLUE
DYLUSIONS PAINTS, WHITE LINEN
Ranger Dylusions Bigger Back Chat, White Set 2 (Similar to Set 1 that I used)
Ranger Archival Ink Pad - Cobalt

Stampendous Shabby Blue Embossing Enamel
Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Enamel

How to Enter the Challenge

Create a vintage or shabby chic project and link it up to The Funkie Junkie Challenge Blog Challenge, Aquamarine. The Design Team will choose their top four picks, with the winner being invited to be a guest designer in one of our Funkie Junkie 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.

Challenge Guidelines

The guidelines for entering are simple; create a new vintage or shabby chic project following the challenge theme, link to your post (not just your blog) and also include a link back to this challenge in your post. You can combine our challenge with up to 10 challenges (including this one) to be in with a chance of winning. If you are entering through a public forum (such as Instagram) you'll need to include the words 'Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge'. Also, please be sure to turn off your Word Verification so our Design Team can leave comments on your blogs. Make sure you follow these rules as unfortunately, we have had to eliminate entrants from the prize draws in the past.

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 Funkie Junkie Blog.

Thanks for visiting, hope to see your challenge entry on the Blog!