Steampunk Friends

Hello and welcome!  It's my second time trying steampunk and I think the colors ended up a bit too bright but maybe next time I'll get it right!  :) 

This Tidlyinks stamp is from a set called "Grow old friends".  I wanted her face to be pale but she is actually colored with copics and isn't quite as pale as she appears.  All of the white cardstock has been brushed lightly with distress ink which doesn't seem to be showing well either.  Last, I used a Wink of Stella brush to add shimmer. The paper embellishments were all made using dies.  I colored the gears with brown and metallic distress stain and then coated them with two layers of Rock Candy crackle paint.  In between coats of crackle, I brushed copper pearl-ex powder on the gears. 

The blue-green cardstock left of the main image was embossed with a Tim Holtz gears embossing folder.  Metallic ink was rubbed over the raised parts before I sponged it with distress ink, dabbed on additional metallic stain and stamped over it  randomly.  On the right I glued sheet music onto tan cardstock, used distress ink and a distress tool to rough up the edges and then painted over it with crackle paint.  Neither of the two main layers is very prominent under all the "stuff" but they're there, really! 

I'd like to thank my husband for having clothing that sheds all sorts of interesting threads in the laundry (as that's where the bottom string came from) as well as mention my 14 month old as he personally distressed the small blue rose in the photo.  "Bay Joe" has provided greatly needed distressing on many of my die cut flowers of late as he attempts (and often succeeds) to taste them all.  Thanks guys!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

Tidly Inks Grow old Friends Stamp

La-La Land Rolled Rose Set
Die-Namics Layered Rose

Marianne Creatables - LR192

Spellbinders Sprightly-Sprockets

Sizzix Fancy Labels

Copic Markers, Memento Ink Tuxedo black, Distress Ink - Tea Dye & Antique Linen

Tim Holtz Rock Candy Crackle Paint, Wink of Stella Clear Brush
String, buttons, brads, pearl, rhinestone (from my stash)

Challenges Entered
Crafty Bloggers Network Die Cuts
Sweet Pea Stampers Distress to the max
Alphabet Challenge D for dies
Time 4 Scrap Earth Hour
Shopping Our Stash Faux Sure
Crafting for all Seasons Dies & punches
CMC Copics Sparkle It
Crazy challenge Bling it Up
Through the Purple Haze Steampunk
4craftychicks Color a Stamped Image