Simon Says: Emboss It!

 

 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.

It's been wonderful having the very talented Ann Chiang with us this month! I've enjoyed each of your wonderful makes, Ann, and look forward to seeing you again. 

This week the challenge is: EMBOSS IT!

I focused on dry embossing and embossing glaze on my steampunk style tag this week.

COGS, GEARS, AND DIALS 

keep the factory sunning... 

I started with a little spritz of water on the tag before I ran it through the Big Shot to get this lovely embossing.  

Next, I blended Simon's Pawsitively Saturated Ocean ink over the embossed tag. 

I swiped clear ink over the raised surface and added the new Scorched Timber glaze. I do love the combination of blue and brown here, and the glaze really brings out the gear design.

Next step was layering on cogs gears and a dial. 

A factory tag works with the theme... 

Details showing the beautiful textures... oh, and I added in some microbeads too.

And, of course, a gentleman to complete the tag. Maybe he is the dial factory owner? An investor? There's a story in here

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

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Sizzix Mechanics 3D Embossing Folder

Tim Holtz Paper Dolls

Tim Holtz Factory Tags

Tim Holtz Distress Tags

Tim Holtz Scorched Timber Distress ink

Tim Holtz Scorched Timber Embossing Glaze

Tim Holtz Gauge Dials  

Tim Holtz Industrial Gears

Tim Holtz Sprocket Gears

Prima Marketing Steampunk Gears

Tim Holtz Round Blending Tool

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ocean ink

Simon Says Stamp Clear ink

Simon Says Stamp Everyday Scissors

Simon Says Stamp Twilight Small Blending Brush

Ranger Heat It tool

Ranger Mister Bottle

Big Momma Foam Tape

Beacon's 3 in 1 Glue

Ranger Glossy Accents

Big Shot

Microbeads

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

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Shake It Up With Steampunk!

 

 Hello Monday my friends! And welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the  Light Up the New Year! Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is: SHAKE IT UP!

I created a steampunk style undersea tag with mechanical fish, portholes and cogs and gears. In the steampunk world of opposites, I am combining biological and mechanical with the fish

I began by collaging the tag with Tim Holtz collage paper. 

Once that dried, I added splats of paint, blended, wiped back, added some more, repeated,  until I was happy with the background. 

I stamped and colored several mechanical fish with Scribble Sticks. A tip I learned from Dina Wakley is to dip the stick into water, then color with it - it acts more like watercolor that way.

Once dry, I fussy cut the fish out with Simon Says Stamp's fun new detail scissors.

I figured out the placement for the fish...

Added the gauges and words...

Then, I added gears, cogs and Simon's Seaglass sequins onto the gauges, then glued the shaker pouch onto the tag. 

Lots of details...

My attempt to show how it shakes...

I love how steampunk lets my imagination run wild. I'm thinking of mechanical fish under the ocean, with portholes and gauges to run the undersea craft to see this amazing other world.

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

Supplies:

Creative Expressions Steampunk Fish stamp

Carabelle Studio A Fish's Hope stamp

Katzelkraft Un Autre Monde stamp 

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Typeset Collage Paper

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Gauge Dials

My Favorite Things Round Shaker Pouches

Dina Wakely Media Tag #10

Dina Wakely Scribble Sticks Set 1

Dina Wakely Acrylic Paints - Night, Ocean, Blackberry, Lime, Fir

Simon Says Stamp Seaglass sequin mix

Tim Holtz Sprocket Gears

Simon Says Stamp Black Dye ink

Tim Holtz Distress Ground Espresso ink

Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail Scissors

Canson Watercolor Paper

Tim Holtz Collage Medium Matte

Bearly Precision Art Glue

Dina Wakley Media Acrylic Paint Brushes

Ranger Mister bottle

Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat

Ranger Heat It tool

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

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Grafix: The Mustached Gentlemen ATC Series

 

 

Hello Creative friends! I am over at Grafix today HERE, sharing a step by step to create this ATC series, perfect for Father's Day. 

Grafix Steampunk Journal

 

I had the pleasure of creating this Steampunk Journal for Grafix, using their new Mixed Media Journal. You can get the details and directions HERE. There's a little twist you will find out about too. Have a lovely day! Maura

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!!