April Showers Bring May Flowers Challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog

Time for a new challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge Blog and I'm hosting the challenge this time around. The theme is "April Showers Bring May Flowers."  To meet the challenge you need to design a vintage or shabby chic project that incorporates a wet "something" with flowers.   Here are some examples: Stenciled or doodled raindrops, water distressed or crumpled paper, Tim Holtz's Umbrella Man, you get the idea, just have something that represents wet and then, add some flowers to your project!  Be sure to check out the Funkie Junkie designer projects too, lots of great ideas!


My take on the challenge


I started with a large tag and covered it with papers from Graphic 45's Fruit and Flora 12 x12 collection.  Then I stenciled on raindrops with Ranger Texture Paste. After that dried, I l distressed and layered on the several paper layers from the 8 x 8 pad, popping up some with cardboard.

I used a word chippy, Spring, heat embossed with Ranger  Antiquities embossing powder as a title for my tag.

I heat embossed using the same embossing powder a chipboard flourish and placed it underneath my beautiful Little Birdie flowers.  I love the metal watering can charm that I found in my stash.

Wondering how I got the nice printing on the Graphic 45 ephemera card?  I printed onto transparency paper, trimmed it out and glued with glue that dries clear.

How to Enter the Challenge

Create a vintage or shabby chic project and link it up to The Funkie Junkie Challenge Blog Challenge, April Showers Bring May Flowers. 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.

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.

Products from The Funkie Junkie Boutique
Graphic 45 - Fruit & Flora - 8x8 Pad

Graphic 45 - Fruit & Flora - 12x12 Collection

Graphic 45 - Fruit & Flora Ephemera and Journaling Cards

Ranger Texture Paste Opaque Matte

Ranger Embossing Powder - Weathered White Antiquities

Rayon Seam Binding

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Mowed Lawn

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Tattered Rose

Other Products

Little Birdie Crafts Flowers - Fiona Pearl Pink 28Pc

Large Tags

Spring Love

Flourish Corner 4

Raindrop Stencil