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This month the Simply Steampunk team is working with the second half of the beautiful Steampunk Zodiac images drawn by Abigail Larson for SBS. Today I bring you Leo. I think the fabulous images are just perfect for birthday cards so that's what I've done here. The Steampunk Digi papers are from Bearly Mine Designs.
I've colored lovely Leo with Copics, fussy cut and popped her with foam. The Zodiac references are quite subtle, which give them versatility. I'd say the tail is sort of a giveaway here, though. LOL
I enjoy adding Steampunk elements such as Tim Holtz tiny gears to the Prima flower centers as well as the die cut gears and a sort of tattered and distressed doily which are also Tim Holtz for Sizzix.
To balance the design I added 3 faux screws that I made from Card Candi by scoring the centers and wiping with Guilder's Paste. Finnally, the edges of the DP were distressed with my Zutter Distrezz It All. All month long the DT showcases the newest featured Steampunk digi set, so please visit Simply Steampunk Challenges often. There's loads of inspiration. Also remember our October Challenge, Monochromatic Colors runs through October 31st. Hope to see you there.
I'm entering this in the Divas by Design 3 or More Layers, Frilly and Funky Colors of Autumn, Rhedd and Rosie's Colors of Autumn, Die Cuttin' Divas Use Brown, Inky Chicks Use 2 Different Die Cuts, TTRCD Anything Goes, Twisted Tuesdays Lots of Layers and Use Metal, Craftin' Desert Divas Anything With a Sentiment, and Craft Your Passion, Heavy Metal.
Happy Friday! I'm all screwed up on my days with Wednesday being a holiday and all. Our brand new Dilly Beans Challenge this week is Fabric and Fibers. I knew I'd purchased some adhesive fabric card stock some years back in dots and stripes. Planned on using both for this card but do you think I could find those stripes? NNNNOOOOOO!!!!! (Big surprise, if you saw my craft room. LOL) Anyway, I did find the dots and cut a strip and pleated it for that trim above my image. That sweet girl is #156 Framed Girly (flipped) with the adorable sentiment from #371 Girly Stuff.
I tried something new with her hair this time. I love paper piecing these images and wondered how it would look if I embossed it after fussy cutting. This is Coredinations Whitewash and I sanded after embossing to bring out the texture, but had a bit of trouble because I sanded some of the outline away. OOPS! Still think it looks kinda cool so I'll be experimenting further. More fabric with the rolled roses cut from Tim Holtz trim and some fiber in the form of Baker's twine.
I added a little more texture by embossing the mat with a Sizzix folder I think is calle Bow Strings (how apropo). Girly and her mat was popped over the pleated trim and I've popped the sentiment a bit lower and added adhesive pearls to balance it out. there are lots of cool ideas for this challenge at The Dilly Beans Challenge Blog so why not pop over there and get some inspiration? We love it when you play along, and Dilly Beans images are not required, but hey, you may win some. And speaking of inspiration, there's a brand new Blog called Dilly Beans Inspirations which will chock full of ideas, samples, tutorials and and even a freebie, so go check it out.
I'm also entering this in Ruby's Rainbow Embossing Challenge, Wishcraft Waste Not Wednesday "use your forgotten stuff" Challenge (the image is an older image from Dilly Beans, and the fabric card stock and Coredinations have been in my stash for years), the Frilly and Funky Texture Challenge (including the twist which is fabric), Shelly's Images "What's the Text" challenge, and Papertake Weekly Anything Goes (and I've highlighted the image by popping it and embossing her hair).
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