"The Journey" Grungy Mixed Media Steampunk Card for Donna Salazar

I have another totally masculine card for you with a steampunk vibe featuring Donna Salazar products. Our son's birthday is later this month, so I've created a card for his special day. He asked in jest, a while back if I was able to create a layout without flowers on it. I have met that challenge and thought I'd follow through and create a totally grungy guy card for him (no flowers at all). While Donna's products are totally "Girlie Grunge", they also create gorgeous grungy guy things!!

"The Journey"

Tips and Techniques

I've cut and embossed black cardstock using Donna's Spellbinders Sprightly Sprockets Dies, then rubbed several colors of metallic paint over them to look like aged patina. Metal gears can get pricey, but these are quick and easy, and you can create bunches of them from a single sheet of paper.

The sentiment is stamped with Donna's Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx. I fussy cut around the sentiment and layered over a torn strip of Donna's Zutter Corrugated board that I colored with Mix'd Media Inx.

Here you can see the layers and dimension.

I've used some of Donna's older paper from the Antiquities collection. I just adore this steampunk winged image. I spread Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint over the wings and allowed to dry. Then I went back and used a paint brush to apply Donna's Clearsnap Smooch Spritz in Wood Stain to highlight the crackle. I finished off the image with one of my "metallic" gears.

A close-up of the sprocket section. The ruler is fussy cut from another page from the Antiquities collection and the Want2Scrap Key was painted, then heated with my heat tool while wet until it bubbled to get this great texture.

More stamping with Mix'd Media Inx. To color the hot air balloon image, I dabbed a paint brush into the Mix'd Media Inx pad then brushed the ink across the image. I've also rubbed Mix'd Media Inx around the edge of the paper.

Donna Salazar Products

GCD Studio ~ Antiquities Collection 12x12" pad

Zutter ~ Corrugated Board

Clearsnap ~ Smooch Spritz ~ Wood Stain

Clearsnap ~ Mix'd Media Inx - Truffle; Schoolhouse; Adobe; Leather; Black; Peridot; Patina

Clearsnap ~ Mix'd Media Inx CHOX - Butternut

Clearsnap ~ Mix'd Media Inx Embossing Powder - Leather

Spellbinders ~ Sprightly Sprockets

Other Products

Want2Scrap ~ Antique Keys w/Hardware - Chipboard, Card Size

Lumiere Paint ~ Pearlescent Blue; Metallic Bronze; Halo Blue Gold

Liquitex ~ Gesso - Clear; White

Ranger ~ Distress Crackle Paint - Clear Rock Candy

Stampers Anonymous ~ Lost and Found

Stampabilities ~ May Your Birthday Be Filled . . . 

Hampton Art ~ Danelle Johnson - Hot Air Balloons

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Darice ~ Heat Tool

Spellbinders Artisan X-plorer

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

"Your Paths" for OUAS featuring Leaky Shed Studio Chipboard

The Once Upon A...Sketch August Challenge is up and live. Our August journaling theme is, "The Men in Our Lives."

When Elizabeth married Andrew, we were so delighted to add another son to our family. In this fun photo, the groomsmen are "kicking off" Andrew into his new life with Elizabeth. I thought this Scripture sentiment tied in perfectly - we pray that our Lord with direct Andrew's paths as he and Elizabeth look forward to a future together. 

"Your Paths"

(Journaling on Back)

Journaling Theme: The Men in Our Lives

You are free to interpret our theme ANY WAY you like. It is for your inspiration and this theme word DOES NOT need to be part of your title or journaling. But please make sure your layout is based on the sketch below and includes journaling (hidden journaling is fine). Acceptable journaling is MORE than just a sentence, or generic writing such as date/place etc. It needs to be present and at least 3 lines long. Remember, hidden journaling (under a photo/tag or behind your page) is perfectly fine but please DO let us know in your post where your journaling is! 

August Sketch

I've flipped and rotated the sketch.

For challenge details, more design team inspiration, and to link your project go HERE.

My journaling is on the back of the page and says, "Andrew, your groomsmen are kicking you off into a new life with Elizabeth. It’s my prayer that our Lord with be the center of your relationship and direct your paths together. I hope you have many happy years together."

Tips and Techniques

Lots of mixed media techniques to share. This Leaky Shed Studio Bird Branch was painted with blue metallic paint and dry brushed with white gesso. 

Normally I grunge up my Leaky Shed Studio Gears and Watch Parts more, but I likd the natural chipboard color with this gorgeous 7 Dots Studio paper, so I just lightly inked the edges before adhering, then they also picked up some of the ink I splattered across the page. The two Watch Parts I layered over the larger gears were painted with black gesso for contrast. 

There's lots of layered dimension. The washer strip was cut from brown cardstock and dry brushed with gesso. The frame around my sentiment is a blast from the past. It's an old filmstrip piece with a wood grain finish. I swirled paint across it to freshen up the look. The chipboard heart is covered with aluminum tape and embossed. There are also a couple strips of punchinella with a grid - torn and painted. To keep with the masculine, grungy theme, I've dry brushed the photo edges with gesso. This was actually two separate photos taken by the wedding photographer.

The blue and orange color on the background is added with paint thinned with water and Neocolor II watercolor crayons. The silver frame behind the photo was a scrap piece that held wooden cut-outs used on another project. Yes, I tend to hold onto those odd and end pieces. lol I've also added stamping around the page edges and around the photo cluster. 

Stop by the OUAS blog to link your project HERE.

Leaky Shed Studio Products

Watch Parts

Gear Set

Bird Branch

Other Products

7 Dots Studio ~ Nature Walk, Songbird

Cardstock ~ Brown

Wood Frame ~ Scrap

Filmstrip Frame ~ Stash

Want2Scrap ~ 1/8 cup of Bling - Blue Pearls

Punchinella - Square Mesh - Stash

Thread, black, gold - stash

Caran D'Ache ~ Neocolor II

Jacquard ~ Lumiere Metallic and Pearlescent Paints

DecoArt ~ Paint

Folk Art ~ Paint

Making Memories ~ Glaze Paint

Liquitex ~ Gesso, white, clear, black

Clearsnap by Donna Salazar ~ Mixed Media Inx CHOX - Midnight

Ranger ~ Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Sizzix by Tim Holtz ~ Sizzlets Decorative Strip Die - Washer Border

Sizzix by Tim Holtz ~ Embossing Fade - Riveted Metal

Heartfelt Creations ~ Large Elegant Words Stamp

7Gypsies ~ Steampunk Clear Stamps

Hampton Art ~ Diffusion Stamp

Tim Holtz ~ Seamless Experience Stamp Set

Inky Antics ~ Guided Path Stamp Set

Helmar ~ Liquid Scrap Dots

Helmar ~ Premium Craft Glue

Helmar ~ Zapdots, black 1/2" round

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Darice ~ Heat Tool

Ranger ~ Craft It 

Sizzix ~ Big Shot

Tim Holtz ~ Grid Blocks

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Always & Forever Wedding Card for Leaky Shed Studio

I've stepped away from mixed media today to share a wedding card created for Leaky Shed Studio. I wanted the card to have an elegant feel. The damask and heart shapes fit perfectly with this design. What is a wedding without bling? I've glittered my Leaky Shed Studio chipboard pieces to add an elegant sparkly touch to this card. 

Always & Forever

Tips and Techniques

Leaky Shed Studio has a large variety of styles in their chipboard. I wanted this card to have an elegant feel, so I selected this Large Damask piece to layer behind my flower. I'm always cutting my chipboard into pieces and this is no exception. I cut the damask into two pieces with the flower hiding the cut edges.

A tutorial for my Crushed Voile Peony can be found HERE.

Here's a close-up where you can see how glittered this is. It is such an easy technique. I painted the Large Damask piece with black gesso, but any coordinating paint will work. Once dry, I spread glue across the piece and sprinkled with fine black glitter. My favorite glue for glitter applications is Art Institute Designer Dries Clear, which really holds the glitter in place.

I also glittered one of the Medium #2 Hearts as an accent. I pulled out the older Enchanted collection from BoBunny to work with. Yes, the wedding colors include purple, which I've accented with. I've done lots of layering, stitching and even some fussy cutting here and inked some of the edges to highlight.

One final view.

Leaky Shed Studio Products

Large Damask

Heart #2 ~ Medium

Other Products
BoBunny ~ Enchanted: Stripe, Romance, Fairytales
BoBunny ~ Grape Dot
Cardstock - White, Black
BoBunny ~ Enchanted Combo Stickers
BoBunny ~ Enchanted Brads
BoBunny ~ Plum Purple Lace
White Thread
Crushed Voile - White
Ranger ~ Distress Ink - Black Soot; Seedless Preserves
Hampton Art ~ A la Mode - Glitter, black
Liquitex ~ Gesso, Black
Spellbinders by Donna Salazar ~ Grand Peony
Helmar ~ Fabric Glue
Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Helmar ~ Premium Craft Glue
Helmar ~ Zapdots - 1/2 inch square, clear
Art Institute ~ Designer Dries Clear Adhesive
Spellbinders ~ Artisan X-plorer
EK Success ~ Honey Bee Scissors
Martha Stewart ~ Mini Scoring Board
Sewing Machine

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~