Anything Goes- Steampunk Industrial

Another challenge at SanDee's And Amelie's Steampunk Challenges- my favorite challenge site.  If you read my blog you know i love steampunk!!!!  Here is my steampunk phone I created it with chipboard, cardstock, straws, and funky embellishments- what every i could get my hands on.

 I started with box made from chipboard, i did make a cut out from the bottom so it was more dimensional.  I brought craft foam at the dollar store, did you know you could get it 0.25" thick???  and it is super easy to cut.  I used the craft foam to add panels and rotary dial.  I cut gears out of cardstock from my silhouette and layered onto frame.



Straws are my new go to, once painted they look like piping.  My friend has these FAB bendy straws with extra long bendy coils, makes them fun to manipulate.

 Add some wire that I twirled around a pencil.  Next added some metal embellishments

Then the top of the phone, i wanted to create bells like on an old phone so i cut a foam ball in half and glued onto top.  Finished with more twirled wire, glass domes and light bulbs.

Now the magic- i painted the whole piece black.  Next added metallic finish by dry brushing on gold metallic paint.  While the paint is still damp i added more color with Finnabair mica ingredients.  Ahhh i love it when a plan comes together.









Next some close ups.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Yes I am a winner also a fan of Diners, Drive Ins and Dives.

My bold bright tag has one the color challenge over at
Lindy Stamp Gang.  Let the shopping begin.

















Here are some other tags i worked on this weekend.  I was at a crop in Camrose at Bittern Lake Lodge, it was fantastic.  Four days, no cooking, sleeping til 10, laughter and friendship and of course a little scrapbooking.

Pastel beauty- pattern paper tag, with chipboard colored with gesso then gelatos, add texture with modelling paste and stencil also colored with gelatos.  Then layer layer layer.

Background texture and lightbulb is my design chipboard.

This one i colored with dylusions, love how the color stays true.  I added harequinn pattern with a stencil and modelling paste then painted.  It is time consuming to hand paint but sometimes its just what a person needs and quite relaxing.

New chipboard design birdcage collage.

This one i love the color combination ombre effect.  The center piece is one of my chipboard designs.  The piping you ask- bendy straws!!  I glue everything onto the tag and it looks like nothing but junk- then the magic.  I paint the whole piece with gesso then add color with paint - Dana wakley thick acrylic paint.  Highlight with paint- black, white and copper.  It needs something but not sure what.

And the best for last- again add all pieces onto tag and paint with gesso.  This one i painted with copper paint then highlighted with black paint and mica ingredients- Prima / Finnabair.  I love how this one turned out it had a halloween feel so i added the white rubons and doddling.  Has a real metallic patina look.

October Sketch- Prima Marketing

I found a challenge section on Prima Marketing blog while i was looking for inspiration, and i though HELL YAH.  here is the sketch

So this is where i started from...

 and this is where i ended up.  I always find i start with a sketch and good intentions to make it look like the sketch but then the page takes on a life of its own.

 This month i have been all about creating backgrounds, which i love to do but it is like a catch 22.  I spent so much time on the background then half of it end covered up.  But like they say its not about the destination but the journey.

First i sprayed vanilla cardstock with color blooms.  After i spray the color blooms i also spray with water to blend and remove harsh edges.

Allow to dry

 I added texture with clear embossing paste and cell stencil

allow to dry

 ink around embossing paste with vintage distress ink, then doddle around cell texture.  I love doddling!!!!


once background is done i start building my page.

I used some old prima flowers i had, sprayed them with color bloom then painted them with art ingredients mic powder.  It worked perfectly, now i have flowers that match my page color scheme.

 added some metal hardware, these are my all time favorite embellishments from prima marketing.... and they no longer make them.  So everytime i run across a package i snap it up, like all of them in the store.  I believe these were a Finnabair product the ones i really liked with the clock works, super tiny metal embellishments.  I use to use them on every scrapbook project but now i am hoarding.  The question with hoarding is how long to hold onto them.

 then i cluster because i love to cluster

HAPPY CLUSTERing.

a few of my favorite things

here is the mood board for Scrap the Boys

this mood board has so many things i love, robin egg blue, woodgrain, brown, fall leaves, water bubbles.  HOW FUN!

 started with vanilla cardstock and sprayed Prima Color Blooms in the corners- several shades.  Once i have the color on i spray some water to remove all the harsh edges.

 added some clear embossing paste in the corners with stencils

once the embossing paste is dry i inked around with vintage photo distress ink, makes the patterns pop.  I love clear embossing paste, you get a pattern, and preserve the colors underneath.

 i doodled around the pattern, makes it pop pop pop.

 close of embossing paste and doodling

here is the finished project.  All my other favorite came out to play- chipboard, metal, rub ons, plus pistachio distress paint.  Then the best favorite- my kid playing in puddles at our farm in his all time favorite fashion- rubber boots.


The chipboard chicken wire, arrow, and journalling tab are designed by me.  Check out my etsy store

123 Challenge

Over at 123Challenge this month's  you need to include

Color: LIME

Word: TODAY

Technique: DOTS

 i started with white cardstock, glue on the photo and added some color around photo.  I overbrushed on the paint so they are no hard edges.

added some interest by adding cris cross marks by applying paint to the edge of my palette knife then to the paper.  Used the same green and also added antique white.

 added varied sized dots with colored modeling paste and stencils.  Add chipboard around the photo, this is a new design of chipboard available on my etsy store, ragged edge.
Painted chipboard green.

(yes i know the picture is blurry)  i added more color blocks with gelatos- teal.  Love gelatos just add a little onto the page then spread it around.  It smears super easy leaves no harsh edges and is translucent but not too translucent.  Also added purple, and teal onto chipboard.

I added some doddling around the dots, or i tried but the one downfall of gelato it is super hard to use a marker on top of it.

The final page, finished with added words, Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today always smile.  Then of course my usual go to- rub ons.

close up

another close up!

I tend to make little vignettes on my pages and they always turn out to be my favorite parts.

ENJOY 123...

Drop Dead Diva- Lindy's Stamp Gang

Today's challenge is from Lindy's Stamp Gang and it is super bright so that's out of my box.  In fact i had to borrow bright colors from my friend.

 I started with a blank tag added washi tape and texture with modeling paste.

 Next i added fun chunky metal pieces and texture chipboard

 Painted the whole tag with white gesso, double coated to make sure everything is covered and not streaky.

added color with sprays and magicals.  I used
magical time travel teal
magical rusty lantern time
starburst yellow rose of texas
flat fabio urban amethyst
flat fabio poppin pink

i added the blue along the bottom and the pink and purple at the top.  I used water and a paint brush to blend the colors.  I wanted to leave some white so i didn't add color to the middle.

 I colored some the metal embellishments seperately.  I really liked how the color settled in the edges around embellishments and is darker.  I left the number 8 more white with right a hint of color, makes it pop.

 For the light bulb i used the rusty lime magical and painted it on with a brush with just a little water

I kept the little touches to a minimal so i wouldn't cover up the background and also left them plain since the background is bright.  Love that the fairy wings are translucent for the whole there but not there look.  Final touches was added doddling.

until next time Drop Dead Divas!

Top Hats & Moustaches

Just finished Top Hats & Moustaches Challenge over at SanDee`s Amelie`s Steampunk Challenge. 
Now anyone who has every read anything of my blog (I know someone out there is reading right?) I love STEAMPUNK!!! FUN, FUnkY, IndUStRiaL, GrunGY,MECHAnicAL  all my favorites.  Here is my take step by step.

added paint spots with distress paint onto splat mat.

then i dragged a palette knife through and spirtz with water

dragged a size 10 tag through and heat set dry.
Once it was dry i sanded and inked with vintage photo distress ink

I used ray stencil and applied translucent embossing paste.  Once it was dry i inked in between the rays with walnut distress ink and wiped off the excess from translucent rays.

This is one of my chipboard designs (soon to be on my etsy store for sale just got them in and still need to put up on my store site), i painted with black soot distress ink and allowed to dry.  Once completely dry i sanded and ink exposed chipboard with vintage photo distress ink.  I layered paper underneath of a world map.

I stamped my image with statz on black ink, and outlined inside and outside with white gel pen.  Underneath is emphmera underneath with more top hats.

The final project with all the fun embellishments.  All the work for the background tag and most of it is covered but thats what happens sometimes.  HATS OFF!
Enjoy.