When her robe is unfurled…

There’s an awesome new Steampunk release over at Simply B Stamps, Dark Stories and Tales by Abigail Larson, and I’ve got the stunning Tattooed to share today.

 
This image needed a stage worthy of how spectacular she looks so I’ve gone off the page to make a wall plaque featuring an elaborate set of opening doors.  Well, OK, they are the Twiddleybitz Opening Gates but I think they work just as well as a set of screen doors.  I’ve aged up my doors with loads of inks and modelling paste and rusting powder and then gone to town with my flowers and metal embellies.

And here it is with the doors open.

And a close up of the gorgeous image.

The current theme over at PunkyouGirl is sexy/steamy and I think this image is just that, especially partially concealed behind the screen doors.  I imagine she is getting ready for a performance where you get to see just how much of her is tattooed so I am entering my plaque over there.

While this imagine isn’t quite a girl with a dragon tattoo she is tattooed and a girl so there’s somewhat of a link but even if there’s not enough of one this is a Steampunk themed project so I’m also entering it at Left of Center.

This month’s theme over at SanDee & amelie’s Steampunk challenge is to use shades of grey, blue and rust.  I’ve got a love hate relationship with rusting powder, I love the effect but I hate trying to get it to work!  So I’ve just used it on my doors and left my metal embellies as they were, except for my chandelier which I have patinaed and wet embossed and glossy enamelled.  I have spritzed my flowers to be a rusty colour and the base plaque is also a lovely rusty orange.  I mixed these up with some grey roses and for my blue I have coloured up the lovely Tattooed’s dress in blues.  I did do the curtain in red but it really needed that dramatic red background and it makes a nice contrast to the mostly rust colours.  You can’t see much of the stencilling I did with embossing paste but I still like the effect although I could have placed the stencil higher to avoid the horizontal line and to cover the top of the plaque but way too late to fix that now.

The SBS DT have done some amazing projects with these images, go check them out and leave them some love, check out the SBS blog or else see the list of DT  blogs below.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E27

Lips R29

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

Curtains R24, R29, R46, R59, R89

Floor E30, E31, E33, E35, T4, T6, T8, 100

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Ochre

Perfect Pearls ~ Pewter

Twiddleybitz ~ Rusting Powder

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Memory Box Stencil Texture ~ Shine

Embellishments

I Am Roses ~ Mini Mulberry Variegated Black Brown Roses (coloured with Smooch Spritz Ginger Snap) 
Kaisercraft Mini Paper Blooms ~ Coconut (coloured with Various Inks C5)

Petaloo Darjeeling ~Wild Blossoms Paprika (coloured with Smooch Spritz Ginger Snap & Log Cabin)

Petaloo Penny Lane Garden ~ Forget Me Nots Antique Beige (coloured with Smooch Spritz Ginger Snap & Log Cabin)

Prima Flowers ~ Le Mia

Prima Shabby Chic Metal Treasures ~ Chandelier

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Chain Tassel, Game Spinners, Jump Ring, Mini Gears, Sprocket Gears & Timepiece

Twiddleybitz ~ Opening Gate

Inks & Paints etc

Inkssentials Enamel Accents ~ White

Sharpie ~ Silver Metallic

Smooch Spritz ~ Ginger Snap & Log Cabin

Spica ~ Gold & Silver

Prima Ingvild Bolme Chalk Ink ~ Rusty Bucket & Teal Damask

Studio 490 Embossing Paste ~ Black & Silver
Tim Holtz Distress Stain ~ Tarnished Brass

Vintaj Patina ~ Aged Bronze & Verdigris

Papers

BoBunny Ephemera ~ Somewhere In Time Chipboard Plaque

Ribbons & Trims etc

Hug Snug Seam Binding Ribbon ~ Chalk White (dyed with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Iced Spruce)

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Steampunk ~ Tattooed

Challenges

Left of Center #33 ~ ‘At the Movies’

PunkyouGirl #13 ~ Sexy/Steamy

SanDee & amelie’s Steampunk ~ Shades of Grey, Blue and Rust
Hop List

SBS

Corinne 
Celina 
Irene 
Emily (me) 
Rebecca
Tanja
Kay
Louise
Lisa H

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The air itself is filled with monsters

It’s challenge time over at Simply Steampunk Challenges and our theme this month is piecing together (e.g. quilting or stitches) and the whole DT is playing with this gorgeous image, Bride of Frankenstein.

You’ve got to go and check out all the different ways the talented teamies have used this image.

To make up my card I’ve followed the sketch at Sketch N Stash, I did rotate the image element though to fit with the orientation of mine and also swapped the sentiment for some Steampunky metallic goodness and roses.  I’ve had the Prima Pipes in my stash for a long time and have used most of them on this project.  I thought they fitted well with the image, I imagine Frankenstein’s laboratory to have lots of exposed pipes.  I also imagine he’d have strapped his creations down as he brought them to life with an electric shock hence the leather strap and the lovely Idea-ology buckle.

With all the metal elements on this I am also entering it in the current challenge over at SanDee&amelie’s.  I was also going to have a piece of fake metal with a chippie frame I faux metalled up but it ended up way too big and hid all the stitching I did.  I wanted to keep the stitching in view as it ties in with the image again and all the stitches on her.

The Crafter’s Café has Steampunk for their current theme so I am also linking up my card over there.

 

Now hopefully I’ve inspired you to create your own Steampunk project.  No?  Then go take a look at the SSC teamies and their gorgeous creations, they are sure to get your creative juices flowing.  We’d sure love to see you play along with our challenge, just remember you must use either Bride of Frankenstein or Frankenstein’s Bride Portrait.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E50, E51, E53 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes B00

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Dress W00, W1, W3, W5, W7

Background E17, E18, E70, E71, E74, E77

Levers C1, C3, C5

Embellishments

Prima Flowers ~ Jardinere Printery

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Water Pipe Frames

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Buckles & Mini Gears

We R Memory Keepers Eyelets ~ Warm Metal

Inks & Paints etc

Prima Ingvild Bolme ~ Rusty Bucket

Ranger Liquid Pearls ~ Copper Pearl

Smooch Spritz ~ Mossy Mist

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Fired Brick, Tattered Rose & Walnut Stain

Wink of Stella ~ Clear

Papers

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Liquorice

Prima Craftsman ~ Black Box, Draftsman, Engineer, Mechanic & Tools of the Trade

Ribbons & Trims etc

Silver Creek Leather Co Suede Strip ~ Medium Brown

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Steampunk ~ Bride of Frankenstein

Challenges

The Crafter’s Café #61 ~ Steampunk

SanDee&amelie’s ~ Heavy Metal

Sketch N Stash #138

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