* Conjurer of Dreams: Steampunk Puss In Boots

Hello

Today I'm sharing a tag that I made using Conjurer of Dreams images. I hope you'll pop over to the store and take a look at the Digital Art on sale for collage, scrapbooks, journals, cards and more. They are all 50% off until Sept 23rd.

This week in the Facebook Group we are celebrating the first anniversary of Conjurer of Dreams and we are having a week of sales, activities and prizes.

Today's activity is to make an ATC or a Dex Card with the theme 'Steampunk'.

Here is my ATC:

I used one of the Steampunk Puss in Boots images along with a background from Steampunk Backgrounds and Elements. I manipulated the images digitally to get the cat to stand against the background and the frame in front of him. The resulting image was printed and added to black card. I added gold acrylic pen around the outer frame and some gold embossing powder and  I die cut some cogs from gold painted card. I added Glossy Accents to the remaining cogs and to parts of the frame. I used alpha stickers to add the sentiment.

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Please visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store (Half price digi sets until Sept 23rd.

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)

Conjurer of Dreams Blog  

A new Anything Goes, monthly challenge will start on 1st October 2024 - open worldwide to all participants, using any digis, stamping, mixed media etc

Please hop over to the Conjurer of Dreams Blog and become a Blog Follower.

Everybody's Art #563 ATC 24/09

SUYP. Challenge AG Cats 30/09 WINNER

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Gears We Never Use

 

Hello

At Our MidWeek Muse the theme is Steampunk. 

Here is my digital offering:

I used a gorgeous Steampunk Frame and Steampunk Wild Animal from Conjurer of Dreams. I had to remove the backgrounds and then placed them onto background paper. I used border masks, and a couple of gold-ish embellishments from Digital Scrapbook.com. The sentiment was one that I found from a Google search and is by Kirsten Hyde - I simply typed it and popped into a graphic circle background. 

I use PicMonkey to create my collages.

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

* A Little Something Spooky

Hello

One of my blogging friends has recently opened a new Etsy store called Conjurer of Dreams and there she is selling Digital Art.  The images are absolutely stunning., I hope you'll pop over and take a look.

Here I used one of the four images from Steampunk Skeletons to create a digital scrapbook page.

I chose paper, the border mask, a polaroid frame, glittery cobwebs, cooky-looking bats and a sentiment from my stash of digitals and arranged the layers to my liking in PicMonkey, an online photo-editing and design service, adding drop shadows here and there to mimic dimension. The smiling Steampunk Skeleton looks so handsome and cheeky in the frame!

Steampunk Skeletons

Please visit the

Conjurer of Dreams Etsy Store

Conjurer of Dreams Blog (freebies available)

Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Group on Facebook (freebies available)

That's all for now.

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Halloween Crafts All Year Aug/Sept 14/09

* Double Trouble Challenge #147 Oh My Gourd: Fall Colours/Gourd 17/09

* Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge Sept 28/09

* Most Magical Time Of The Year #12 Halloween/Christmas 30/09

* Get Creative Challenges #125 Pumpkin Spice 30.09

Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

Gecko Galz: Steampunk Love

 

Hello

February has arrived and we have a new customer challenge over at the Gecko Galz blog.  

The theme this month is Steampunk Love.

As always, we also have the monthly Image Challenge, the monthly Christmas Image Challenge, the monthly Stamp Challenge, an ATC challenge, a Steampunk challenge and a Gothic Challenge on the blog, as well as 4 Facebook challenges. These can be accessed by the tabs at the top of the main blog page.

And, new for this year, we have a quarterly challenge - the current one being make a Junk Journal - which ends on February 26th.

We hope you can find some time to join in the fun.

The winner of the Customer challenge will get a $25 Gecko Galz Etsy Store voucher and the runner up a $12 voucher. There are plenty of free Gecko Galz images if you don't already own any. Each blog post has a free image to collect and, if you sign up for the monthly newsletter, there is the chance to claim a free collage set each month.  Also if you make any purchase of $2 or more you receive a free image.

I made a set of ATCoins and popped them onto black and gold frames:

The images are from the Steam Dream Tin Toppers and the backgrounds are from the Steampunk ATC Collection. I added some black fabric trim for texture and some watch parts from my stash along with an ideology star. I added the coins to a frame die cut from gold and black card.

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I decided to turn one ATCoin into a small notecard: 

The ATC Coin was placed onto a stencil printed background. This is one of my favourite mixed media techniques where Distress Oxide inks are smeared onto the stencil, spritzed with water and then stamped onto card. The background was matted onto black card and a clipping sticker provides the sentiment.

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I also made a greeting card with the steampunk giraffe. Isn't he handsome.

The steampunk giraffe is from the January Steampunk Fantasies Junk Journal Kit which is part of the 2023 Kit Club. I gave him a black mat and popped him on foam tape on top of paper from the Steampunk ATC Collection which I also matted onto black card. Metal style gems were added along the left side. and a sticker sentiment from the Idea-ology Small Talk collection.

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I also made a notebook cover which you can read about here:

Steam Dream Tin Toppers                                                   2023 Kit Club

Steampunk ATC Collection

That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Steampunk Love challenge where the winner will get a $25 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz shop.

The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product (this can be one of the freebies or, of course, you can buy at the Etsy store!) Also if you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month and get first claim on the monthly $1 deals!

Please pop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see the fabulous designs by the very talented DT.

We also have a friendly Facebook Group where there are 4 monthly challenges, each with a collage sheet prize. 

Do come and join us!

I'll be back on the 1st March with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Steampunk Love"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in the following challenges:

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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Gecko Galz: Steampunk

  

Hello

February has arrived and we have a new customer challenge over at the Gecko Galz blog.  

The theme this month is Steampunk Love.

As always, we also have the monthly Image Challenge, the monthly Christmas Image Challenge, the monthly Stamp Challenge, an ATC challenge, a Steampunk challenge and a Gothic Challenge on the blog, as well as 4 Facebook challenges. These can be accessed by the tabs at the top of the main blog page.

And, new for this year, we have a quarterly challenge - the current one being make a Junk Journal - which ends on February 26th.

We hope you can find some time to join in the fun.

The winner of the Customer challenge will get a $25 Gecko Galz Etsy Store voucher and the runner up a $12 voucher. There are plenty of free Gecko Galz images if you don't already own any. Each blog post has a free image to collect and, if you sign up for the monthly newsletter, there is the chance to claim a free collage set each month.  Also if you make any purchase of $2 or more you receive a free image.

I made a cover for a hardback notebook:

I love this steampunk kitty! He is from the Steampunk Fantasies Junk Journal Kit which is the January offering in the 2023 Subscription Kit Club.

I gave him a kraft card frame, die cut with a stitched rectangle. The background was made by dry embossing with a stencil and spritzed Distress Oxide Inks - I love the way this turned out. I added a wooden clock face behind the image mat and tucked some gold metallic gems beneath the bottom edge. I also added a sticker sentiment to the image and fussy cut the tag sentiment and popped it on foam tape for dimension. 

2023 Kit Club

That's all for now!

I hope you'll join our Steampunk Love challenge where the winner will get a $25 shopping spree at the Gecko Galz shop.

The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product (this can be one of the freebies or, of course, you can buy at the Etsy store!) Also if you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month and get first claim on the monthly $1 deals!

Please pop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see the fabulous designs by the very talented DT.

We also have a friendly Facebook Group where there are 4 monthly challenges, each with a collage sheet prize. 

Do come and join us!

I'll be back on the 20th February with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Steampunk Love"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create Jan AG 03/02

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #198 AG 04/02

Crafty Animals #69 25/02

Critter Crazy #71 25/02

A Perfect Time to Craft Feb AG 28/02

SUYP Feb AG 28/02

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

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* Gecko Galz: Steampunk Autumn

Hello!

Happy September!

A new month brings a new challenge at the Gecko Galz blog and this month the theme is Steampunk Autumn. I love everything Steampunk, but can't say I have made many Steampunk projects myself.

I decided to start by researching what Steampunk is all about and this is what I found out:

What is Steampunk? 

It is a genre of science fiction that has a historical setting. It features technology and 19th century steam powered machinery. Since its origins in literature, it has developed into architecture, culture, fashion and art.

There are 5 elements to Steampunk:

1. Era - The Retro Element. The whole point of steampunk is that the story is set in the nineteenth century steam age. 

2. Power - The Fuel Element.  Things work off steam power. Vehicles are either horse drawn, steam powered or wind-up.

3. Technology - The Contraption Element. Steampunk features fantastical contraptions, inventions and innovations - think of modern day technology, but powered by steam or clockwork (featuring a spring, a winding key and toothed gearwheels).

4. Materials - The Wood and Copper Element. Steampunk uses all natural materials such as wood, copper, brass, leather. These materials are decorated with intricate designs. 

5. Atmosphere - The Romance Element. Very much evident in the fashion elements - bustles, corsets, gowns and petticoats for women and  suits with waistcoats, top hats, tailcoats, spats or military garments for the men. Steampunk accessories include timepieces (fob watches), parasols, flying or driving goggles and ray guns. Goggles are an iconic symbol of Steampunk as aviators and drivers wore them to keep dirt, oil, sparks, wind and steam out of their eyes.

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Now on to my Gecko Galz DT projects.
I made two steampunk projects, both cards.

Steampunk Butterflies

For this I used one of the papers from Time Passages Mini Paper Pack. I inked the edges with Vintage Photo ink. I selected a butterfly from the Tic Tock Cameos collage sheet and resized it creating a large and smaller butterfly - each was printed out twice, so that the middle could be cut out and decoupaged. I love that this butterfly has cogs and gears in its wings and an old fashioned door knob plate for its body. I added gold Posca pen to the cogs and Glossy Accents to the door knob plate. I placed pieces of cheesecloth over the background paper, added some gold thread and attached the butterflies, gluing the centres down so that the wings are free.
The background was matted onto black, then gold textured paper. The sentiment, from the Simple Sentiment Stamp Set, was die cut, inked and popped on foam pads along with a butterfly charm. Finally some gold metallic trim was added to the bottom left of the card.



 Time Passages                     Tic Tock Cameos                       Simple Sentiments
       

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Steampunk Clockwork Lady

I used another paper from the Time Passages Mini Paper Pack and used an AAll & Create cog stencil to add some extra pattern using Vintage Photo ink. The paper was matted onto black then gold textured paper.  I printed the steampunk clockwork lady image from the Industrial Age Stamp Set. I added lots of Gold Posca pen doodling, fussy cut the image and inked the edges and other white areas to match the background. I popped the lady on foam pads and added gold metallic trim to the corners of the card.



    Time Passages                     Industrial Age
        

I hope you'll join our Steampunk Autumn Challenge where the Winner will get a 

$25 shopping spree 
at the Gecko Galz shop.

The only rule is that you must use at least one Gecko Galz product 
(this can be one of the freebies or, of course, you can buy at the Etsy store!) 

Also if you sign up for the Gecko Galz newsletter, you'll be able to claim a free collage sheet each month and get first claim on the weekly $1 deals!

Please pop over to the Gecko Galz blog to see the fabulous designs by the very talented DT.

We also have a Private Facebook Group where there are 4 monthly challenges, each with a collage sheet prize. 
Come and join us!

I'll be back on the 22nd with more Gecko Galz projects.

Here's all the info you need:

Gecko Galz blog

Current Gecko Galz Challenge : "Steampunk Autumn"

Gecko Galz Etsy Shop

Gecko Galz Facebook group

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in the following challenges: 

Steampunk Butterflies Card
* Creative Moments #175 AG 05/09
* Not Just Cards Aug AG 07/09
* Ceative Crafters #19 AG 08/09

* A Bit More Time To Craft #99 AG 14/09

Creatalicious Challenges #170 AG 14/09

* International Art & Soul #66 Layer It Up 14/09

3D butterflies, cheesecloth, patterned paper, black & gold paper

Mix It Up #29 AG/3D 30/09

* 613 Avenue Create #225 AG 31/09 TOP ROCKER

* Sandee and Amelie's Steampunk Challenge Sept 31/09

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments.