Our NZ swap group challenge this month was set by Maxine...Steampunk. Way outside my comfort zone but did some Pinterest searching, found some Steampunk images - from Dreamy Paper Art on Etsy. And did a bit of searching around my stash and found a metal clock face and some cogs.
They images I purchased were in colour so I used Word on my computer to change the colour to Sepia. I trimmed it onto some lightweight off white card and trimmed it. Add Walnut stain ink around the edges. The background is a 3 D embossing folder from Spellbinders called Creative Cogs. Lots of Walnut Stain ink and gold ink. Found a metal clock face and some cogs in my stash. Had them gifted to me about 10 years ago - glad to finally found a use for them. Used Walnut Stain ink of some of the cogs and gold ink for some. I found the sentiment on the internet and printed it on my computer. Added the ink across it. Used a little grey Prismacolor pencil for added details on the focal image. Was really pleased with the results. In fact I didn't want to sent it to my swap partner as I would have like to have kept it for display at home. Might try more of this look in the future.
Had a great Saturday with my Big Princess... lots of crafting and walked down to the beach where she spend time splashing in the shallows with her Poppa. Boy was I tired by the end of the day!
