Treasure From the Beach

 

 Hello Monday, my friends! And welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  FOOD AND DRINK Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

 

This week the challenge is: AT THE BEACH

You never know what treasure you may find washed up on the beach. One day a bottle shaped like a lighthouse and encrusted in barnacles, shells and treasures washed up. 

 

My son gave me a wine bottle shaped like a lighthouse to alter. I mixed paint and vollage medium and poured it insiede to give the bottle a turquoise hu like the ocean. This took quite awhile to dry, but once done, I applied molding paste onto the bottle and embedded all the treasures - ubbles, gears, shells, beads, pebbles, etc. Again, I let that dry completely. I went over evrything with white gesso, then added paints and waxes. Final step was adding in some tiny beads glues in place with Glossy Accents. 

I was inspired by the beauttiful works that Finnabair crates.

Video of the bottle showing all sides... 

Photos capturing all angles of the bottle... 

Details... 

Lighthouse Treasure from the deep

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store 

Supplies:

Molding Paste 

glass Bead Gel Medium

Ranger Glossy Accents

Tim Holtz Bubbles

Tim Holtz Gears 

Tim Holtz Industrial Gears

White Gesso

Dina Walkley Acrylic Paint - Turquoise and Cocoa

Tim Holtz Metallic Paints

Finnabair Honey Metallique Wax

Finnabair Bronze Metallique Wax

Tim Holtz Collage Medium

shells, pebbles, beads, lighthouse wine bottle

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting! Maura

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SASPC: Grand Finale

Hello steampunk friends! Welcome back to our challenge at Sandee and Amelie's Steampunk Challenges, where we are all about steampunk and industrial mixed media. Once again, this will be a two month challenge, and you can enter up to five times. 

This is a bittersweet moment, as this will be our final challenge. We have been running these challenges since 2013, and I have been honored to be a part of this as a player, guest designer, and team member. What an amazing journey across the steampunk universe this has been! We invite you to be part of our Grand Finale and celebrate with us in our final act. 

I wanted to create something extra special for our final challenge, and when a friend gave me this bottle to alter, I knew I had my project. 

I think we are often jealous of those who can fly freely...birds, butterflies, angels...and wonder what it would be like to soar across the sky. Do you every imagine yourself flying high above the earth? These were my thoughts as I read the words on the bottle. 

I also imagined this bottle as a treasure discovered in the depths of the ocean and brought to light...covered with crusty barnacles and rusted. Let your imagination soar and come join us!

I began my project by pouring fluid acrylic paint inside the bottle and swirling it around. I repeatedly swirled the paint as it dried (and it took a very long time). I like how the light comes through it.  Then, I started to adhere Boozybear chipboard pieces to the surface with heavy gel. After adding many layers of chipboard, gears, bubbles, etc. I was happy with the way it looked. Once dry, I dribbled some paint down it, then added detail with waxes.

 

Lots and lots of rusty, crusty details...

This was a joy to create, and I am so happy to share it with you as my final project. I wanted something special to inspire you. 

I will be looking forward to seeing the creations you share with us in the challenge, and wish you an amazing creative journey forward! Keep those cogs and gears of creativity turning!

Hugs, Maura

We are so grateful to our sponsors, Glenda at Boozybear chipboard and DecoArt, especially through these past difficult months. Many, many thanks!!

SASPC May/June Challenge - It's Mime

 

Hello Steampunk and Industrial friends, and welcome to our May/June Anything Goes Challenge at Sandee and Amelie's Steampunk Challenges. I'm so glad you stopped by! I am sharing a chipboard book I created in a class with Anna Dabrowska aka Finnabair. It was pretty darn amazing to be in a "live"(online) class with her this spring, and create my book. Many thanks Anna!

I decided to use a chipboard book I've had in my stash for years. This works well on an old book you can alter too. I will be finishing the inside pages at some point. 

IT'S MIME (it's mine)

Don't you often wonder if the characters in stories actually live inside their book? Is this Mime trapped inside...or just peering out and watching the world change over the years? He might be asking, what kind of steam powered vehicles are rolling by...is that an airship overhead...what do all these gears on the book do if I start turning them? I think I love to read so much because it lets my imagination soar free.

Here is the back, with lots of texture, and a bit of nature.

Lovely detail of the gears and metallic patina...

Cluster of objects around the Mime...

Detail of the back cover...

Front

Back

I had a wonderful time creating this in class, and I hope it inspires you to join us for our May/June challenge! We love to see your wonderful steampunk/industrial makes, so please share them with us.

I've already mentioned how much I love to read, so if you have any suggestions of good books in the steampunk genre, please let me know in the comments!

Many blessings and wishes for creative energy this spring, Maura