S is for...

Hi there, ready for a new challenge?

This one is totally awesome and totally up to you!

The theme this week is

"S" IS FOR...

As always you can win a $50 voucher and spend it

at Simon Says Stamp Store!

My "S" means STEAMPUNK mainly but also Stencil. 

I made a very tied up card with my fave element: bulb!

I started with color the background of my main panel with several 

shades of browns and rusty at Distress Oxides and Standard Inks. 

I distressed the edges using the darkest rust effect paste and gave some 

touches of the orange and yellow as well as green and orange waxes. 

I covered some gears and cogs castings with white gesso and then

played with the rusty effect pastes set to give texture and faux rust look.

My base was made with Stamperia stencil and black acrylic paint.

Then I added shades of green using Oxide spray and liquid paint. 

 Made several holes, put the eyelets and passed the cord through them.

Covered the cord with the same rusty effect pastes. 

Products used:

Stamperia CIRCUIT BOARD Stencil	Prima Marketing MECHANICA Mould	Tim Holtz Idea-ology FOUNDRY Adornments	Prima Rust paste	Prima Marketing PATINA EFFECT PASTE	Prima Marketing EMERALD Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic Paint
Dylusions Paint - Black Marble	Studio Gesso White	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray PEELED PAINT Ranger tso64787	simon says stamp clear embossing powder	Prima Marketing LUCKY EMERALD Art Alchemy Brilliance Wax 964344	Prima-Marketing-FIREBIRD-Art-Alchemy-Metallique-Wax
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad BLACK SOOT Ranger TDO55815	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink RUSTY HINGE Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad FRAYED BURLAP Ranger TDO55990	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ground Espresso	Tim-Holtz-Distress-Oxide-Ink-Pad-BRUSHED-CORDUROY-Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger
tim holtz distressed wild honey ink pad	Brushed corduroy - Distress ink	Crop A Dile	We R Memory Keepers WARM METAL Standard Eyelets	hemptique black hemp cord twine	Tim Holtz Sizzix MINI FOAM ADHESIVE

    

Electric Garden

Oh no! Not bulbs again! :)

I'm wondering what Freud would say about it...

Anyway, I'm not going to stop using them, lol. 

This one was made for a Birthday of a very talented designer...

To keep it masculine I created an electric garden with bulb-flowers.

Yeah, it can be weird but I hope he likes it.

1. Embossed the background with a stencil.

2. Used the same stencil and a black paint to make the background.

3. Gave a touch of blue and green here and there.

4. Used the flower as leaves, colored it in green and cut out. 

Used Visible Image products:

Shining Bright stamp set

Creative Chaos stamp set

Just Be Happy stamp set

Count Me In stencil

ATCs

Hello there! It's a very small challenge this week.

We need to see your ATCs

As always you can win a $50 voucher and spend it

at Simon Says Stamp Store!

I have to admit it's not my fave size for crafting. 

I definitely need much more space to spread my creative wings 

but it's fun to make such a small projects from time to time. 

It's a kind of beauty in those mini pieces. 

These are the steps I took to make this twin pieces:

1. Mixed white and black acrylic paints to get a nice grey color 

and applied it on the surface randomly using a brayer. Cut to the ATC size.

2. Played with various colors of alcohol inks and used up 

leftovers from cutting out a frame. 

3. Glued them down on the edges making the ATC looks like twins.

4. Die cut words, highlighted the letters' edges and the outer edge of the ATC 

and the inner one where the leftovers ended. 

5. Stamped the same pattern on both pieces.

6. Put a white embossed cardstock beneath the letters.

Products used:

Tim-Holtz-Sizzix-MIXED-MEDIA-6	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2019 The Professor CMS373	Spellbinders BUBBLE WRAP Embossing Folders	Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink CARDSTOCK	Tim Holtz Distress Paint In Black Soot	Tim Holtz Distress Paint PICKET FENCE Ranger
Tim Holtz Alcohol Pearls Ink SUBLIME Ranger	Tim Holtz Alcohol Pearls Ink TRANQUIL Ranger	Tim-Holtz-Alcohol-Ink-SUNSET-ORANGE	Ranger Alcohol Ink Sunshine Yellow	Tim Holtz Alcohol Pearls Ink INTRIGUE Ranger	Tim Holtz Ranger ALCOHOL BLENDING SOLUTION
simon says stamp craft tacky glue	Sizzix BIG SHOT EXPRESS Gray and White	Distress Crayon Black Soot	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Ranger Inkssentials INKY ROLLER SMALL Ink Brayer	Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform