Steampunk cards

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog. I hope, wherever you are, that you are experiencing some lovely weather. Adelaide has been cold and overcast for weeks but, today, we finally have some sun!! It's still pretty cold though so all I can say is "Bring on the summer"!!!! OK, down to business ... I have another card to share with you. A very masculine and quite 'grungy' card as my title suggests. I distressed all the edges with my Ingvild Bolme Distressy Tool and inked them with 'Gathered…

Birthdays are special times of celebration in our family. I created this masculine steampunk card for our son-in-law. I've been wanting to use the Leaky Shed Studio Hot Air Balloon for some time now and thought it would be fun to go steampunk with it. I've also used the Watch Parts, one of my favorite chipboard sets!! Tips and Techniques Often we think about molding paste being used with a stencil. Here, I've brushed Viva's Graphite Special Effect paste randomly over the chipboard, leaving…

Made by Sannie: Distress it card with video tutorial

Over sized steampunk created for Creative Embellishments using their fabulous chipboard.

Hi Crafty Friends Here is last week's card. I had intended doing a pretty Spring like card, but couldn't find the dies for it, so I had a quick change of plan and did this one. I'd made the sample some time ago so I was pretty much 'winging' (ha ha) it trying to remember all the details (and find the kit) at short notice. Anyhoo - it all worked out ok, and we even finished early! We started by stamping the background paper to get different looks for the panels; a great opportunity to get out…

Hi, servus and welcome to our announcement of the Top 5 and prize winners from our June challenge, dear steampunk and industrial style friends! I hope you are enjoying a wonderful summer! Over here (at Lake Atter, in Austria's beautiful Salzkammergut) it has been raining for the last two days - which actually is quite welcome as our goal was to flee the city heat of Vienna and find a bit of refreshment. ;) As always on the fifteenth t's time to announce our Top 5 from the June challenge and…

Over at the KaiserCraft Blog, they are having a challenge where the theme for the month of August is COGS! Well, of course I could not resist, could I? First I ordered the paper pack, die and stencil... Then I set about looking at the delicious paper and die cuts for two weeks... It would seem I work best under pressure and seeing as the deadline is tomorrow... I thought I better get going! So I found a canvas and got to work! I played with the cog embossing folder in as many ways as I could…

I have been playing with my Stamperia Voyages Fantastique collection again, this time I decided to create a card folio. My inspiration cam...

Hi everyone, thanks for all the lovely comments you've left recently. A quick post from me today. Just thought I'd share a card I'd been asked to make. Sometimes keeping it simple is what's requested ....hence the title. I thought I'd take the opportunity to combine it with the current challenge over at SanDee & amelie's blog which is 'Three's my lucky number' . I hope it scrapes in as an entry...definitely a trio and watch, cogs and grungy background with gilding fit the steampunk…

Hi all! Today, I'm sharing the tutorial for this cool, interactive steampunk card over at the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog. It's another version of the tunnel card I've been making by altering Karen Burniston's Accordion Rectangle die. Go HERE to check it out! I've just started experimenting with ECD's Shimmer Sheetz and let me tell you, this material is amazing! Don't those hinges look like real brass? Nope - Shimmer Sheetz! You can find all the supplies I used at Elizabeth Craft Designs…

this one is for my son. i've had this image for a long time and finally figured out what i wanted to do with it. the heart is a digi and was printed out and coloured using copics. i embossed the background and then sponged wax patina and ink over it for a grungier look. i added embossing powders to the gears which were die cut and popped some of them and the heart up. tfl

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Steampuck Birthday card made with the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Mechanical die set along with Tim Holtz stamp and embossing folder. Pipes are made with Prima Marketing Rusty pipe mould.

~ vintage papers made in Sweden

Building Your World: Masculine Steampunk Invitation Card