Steampunk House

Here is my newest which will be available at Treasured Memories in Edmonton, Alberta in February.  The kit includes a 3 Dimension chipboard house with a pull out album.  These was a super fun project and i hope you love it as much as i do.

I used Marion Smith Designs Nirvana Paperline and Prima Marketing Cartographer paper line on the outside to cover the steampunk house.  I created the house using chipboard it looks complicated but i broke it down into sections, porch, main house, balcony, and second floor then made each section and attached together.  The house can be viewed from front, and sides but the back is flat to go against a wall.

I created piping with large bendy straws and rolled cardstock covered with metal foil from Ranger.  Additional items are pulleys, corked domes, metal gears, wind up and door pulls.

Here is the view of the balcony with port holes, you can see the sections of the house and dimension.

The album pulls out from the right side, it is tucked into chimmey of the house.  It is a 3"x10" album used the remaining Nirvana, Cartographer for the inside.  But alas not enough paper so i also used 7 Gypsies Global, and Kaisercraft Miss Empire.

The inside has flips and flaps, and envelopes lots of places to add photos and journalling.

Once i have finished the instructions i will also post the instructions on my etsy site, then you too can create with your own paper choices.

Chipboard In Action

Check it out... my chipboard design in action by Marie-Josee Hamel over at Blue Fern Studios

I brought all the pieces Blue Fern has of my chipboard but i haven't yet created with it, this layout has inspired me to create!!!

 Page two for your viewing pleasure.  For this one i started with punching notebook edges and ripping outside edges, next ink and layer onto a background sheet.  Then let the layering begin, tags, paper, journalling cards, stenciling with modeling paste, rub ons, chipboard gears, and metal- always metal.

the close ups

splatters of embossing enamels, and brads.  You can see the modeling paste in the background, i used a water color brush and vintage photo distress ink to paint stencil.

Painted the gear with distress paint, sanded and inked, and of course more layering!

Also Blue Fern studios has also released some new chipboard shapes.

here are the ones created by me:

cogs and gears

latches

moving parts

getting PAID

yes i know i have been bad no post for over a month, but it is all in the past now.  First off i started designing chipboard for Blue Fern Studios.  Super excited now the designs in my head i can scrapbook with and get paid to design them what can be better.  I am pretty sure everything i earn will go towards chipboard but who cares.  The first few i sent in were industrial-ish, this month i sent in winter, they are still in the production phase so more about those later.  Here are a few now available.  I think my FAB is lightbulbs, i can't wait til i can start scrapbooking with them.  If you are looking to buy you an check out Blue Fern website which has a list of where their products are sold at.  On that list you will find my friend Wendy's online store website, a cold lake local.

And now a page, every year i create 4 pages for my friend (and get paid) and she gives them as Christmas gifts.  Here is my FAV from this years patch.

 I started with modelling paste and brick stencil, i had to do in several stages to get as many as i wanted on the page.  Once dry i colored with color blooms, lots of spray and water then hold vertical to get the drips.  I used a black gel pen to doddle around the brick.  Once i attached photos, added random rub ons around photos.  Created clusters of metal goodies, then (the best part) i sprinkled on stampendous embossing enamel (aged taupe) and heat from the bottom.  I love the result!

The close ups

More pages later, need to save something for my next post.

Manny

October challenge for Sandee and Amelie Steampunk challenge blog is "Steampunk Couture" and i have the perfect project- manny.

first i covered the dollar store new years party hat with fabric- in my favorite colors and striped I LOVE STRIPES.  I created the goggles from coffee cup bottoms painted black covered with pattern paper, embossing powder and brads.  The hat embellishment is chipboard gears and skeleton clock.  I both painted with black and used embossing enamel for metal effect, then of course some actual metal

I had a wire mannequin frame and i thought hey lets sew on a dress.  I started with padding the mannequin, then sewed on the dress, again same stripe material, with some black boardcloth, tulle and accent pattern.  I didn't use a pattern, but pinned and sewed as i went- basically i winged it and it worked.  I did take one year of fashion design so had an idea of how to go about it.  Added chipboard corset frame, brads and buckles.

 For the back i created pocket watch wings with chipboard and pattern paper.  Again gears and metals.  This one was super fun to make next time i need us a thimble.

a little SPOOKY

here is my Halloween project, i had not idea where i was going with this project it started with wanting to do some thing with a canvas.  Next my friend Wendy was using this FAB lime green paint, so that needed to be included.  Next while looking through some pics on the internet i saw a weepy tree, and i had wire thus a wire weepy spooky tree.

 Here is the finished canvas, i began by adding bricks along outside of canvas with modelling paste and brick stencil.  I left the inside without bricks to look like like the wall has been knocked out in the center.  I had to add the bricks in stages to allow modelling paste to dry in between.


I painted the whole canvas with black distress paint and set to dry.  Once dry i painted the center with citrus lime paint. I used dry brushing techinique, dip paint brush into paint and wipe clean on paper towel so only a faction of paint remains on brush.  Brush over canvas, remaining paint only really hits high points of canvas.

 The close up- dry brushing prevents any harsh edges between lime and black paint.  I added purple hint of color with gelatos, i believe the steampunk color pack.  The purple was added along the edge of lime.  I spritzed the edge of canvas with Prima color bloom, silver.


I added a chipboard fence that was painted black then added stickles on top.  I love gun metal stickles and buy them any time i can find them- which isn't always an easy task.

 Added a black 31, i like that it is matte and blends into the canvas color, the there but not there effect.

The tree was made of wire, i twisted several pieces together to make the branches, next twist the branches together to make the trunk.  It was very relaxing sitting, twisting and chatting.  the weepy branches were bent to look spooky.  I poked the branches out at different angles so it is 3D.

Now what to do with it.  I love to create but never know what to do with all the projects.

Sketchabilities Challenge

Love this Sketch, but not 100% percentage in love with my final project, not searching for a compliment just stating a fact.  Not sure what i not liking.... just something.

here is the sketch check out the their blog at
http://sketchabilities.blogspot.ca/

 i started with a piece of basecoat paper from Kaiser craft, then i added texture and color with molding paste and distress ink.  Next i sprayed with perfect pearl mist biscotti.  I added another challenge to the sketch so i decided to use a monochromatic color scheme- all browns

Continue building the background with adding texture and bling with sequins and distress ink.  I added glue n seal in patches and scattered on the sequins and distress embossing powder. Of course brown.

next i painted hexagon chipboard outline with walnut distress paint, glued in place.  I mixed together perfect pearl cappucino with water and painted the hexagons.  I used pop dots to adhere so their all at different heights.  more brown.  I did break the brown rule by adding doddling around hexagon outline with white gel pen.

 the final, added chipboard view finders, tags, polaroid frame, and of course my kid looking like a punk.

the close ups- my favorite part the filmstrip attached onto the buckle.

Now a quick rant.  I have purchased a laser engraving so i can cut my own chipboard, i got all the laser lined up but it still won't cut.  Problem i am really not computer techy enough.  Does anyone have ideas???  Its a cheap Chinese import and the software sucks not sure if that's the problem.  HELP.