Not Quite Cinderella's Magic Pumpkin Carriage!

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Stampendous' new Scary Carriage image is not quite as charming as Cinderella's carriage. They're both pumpkins that have been transformed into carriages, but that's where the similarity ends.

See for yourself!

Stampendous!® Products Used:
Scary Carriage Rubber Stamp
6x6 Cling Crackle Stamp
Mixed Media White Paper
Aged Bronze Frantage Embossing Enamel
Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®
VersaMark™ Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Other Products Used:
Copic® Markers Used:
   Carriage: YR12, YR14, YR16, YR18, E44, E47, E49
   Curtains, Groom's Robes, and Harness: V93, V95, V97
   Sconces and Brasswork: Y000, Y21,  Y23, Y26, Y28
   Wheels, Carriage Seat, Yoke: E23, E25 E27
   Lady Passenger: YG21, FYG2,  YR31, FY1, FYG2, FBG2
   Horse: T1, T2, T4, T5
Chipped Sapphire, Blueprint Sketch, Black Soot, and Pumice Stone Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Removable ID Labels by Avery®

STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Industries

Stamping Platform.

Instructions:

1. Stamp image onto white paper and onto label paper.
2. Fussy-cut the label paper version and place it onto its counterpart to mask the image.
3. Place the image panel onto the STAY-tion and secure with magnets.
4. Place the magnetic ruler over the base of the image (under the carriage and the horse) and sponge Chipped Sapphire and Blueprint Sketch Distress ink over the image.
5. Move the ruler to cover the top of the image and sponge Pumice Stone and Distress inks over the base of the image.
6. Remove the image panel from the STAY-tion. Lift the masks and reserve for another use.
7. Color the image with Copic markers.
8. Touch up any areas of the background with B63, B66, and N markers.
9. Trim image panel and mat with black cardstock cut slightly larger than the image panel.
10. Cut mixed media to 6" and secure to the stamping platform with magnets
11. Position the Cling Crackle stamp as desired, press the cover of the stamp platform onto the cling, and lift.
12. Ink the stamp with black ink and stamp.
13. Remove the image panel from the platform and secure it to the STAY-tion with magnets.
14. Place the matted image panel over the stamped panel, determine where the horizon falls, and place the magnetic ruler there.
15. Sponge Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire Distress inks over the top section.
16. Move the ruler and sponge Black Soot Distress ink over the bottom section. 
17. Randomly drip Black Soot re-inker to mimic blotches on the stamp.
18. Trim this panel to 6" square and edge the entire piece with Black Soot Distress ink.
19. Thoroughtly heat set.
20. Drag the VersaMark ink pad along the edges of the panel and add Aged Bronze Frantage Embossing Enamel. Dump off excess, and heat set. Repeat if necessary.
21. Adhere this panel to a 6" square card.
22. Align the horizon of the matted image panel to the horizon of the card front and adhere.

Witches Wobble But They Don't Fall Down!

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Stampendous Products Used:
Wobbly Witch Rubber Stamp
Faboolous Perfectly Clear Stamps
Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Mixed Media White Paper
Picasso Metal Shield/Stencil

Other Products Used:
Copic® Markers
   Skin: G20, G21, G24
   Mouth: E04
   Hair: E08, E18, YR16, YR27
   Dress, Shoes, and Hat: V22, V25, V28, YR16, YR18
   Bicycle: C6, C7, C8, YR16, YR18,
   Cat: C5, C6, C7, C8, G20, G24, FYG2,  YR16, YR18
Black Soot and Milled Lavender Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Lulu Lavender and Summer Sky Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Eerie 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Basic Grey®
Silver Ingot Metallic™ Spectrum Noir™ Pen by Crafter's Companion
Removable ID Labels by Avery®

STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Industries

Washi Tape Source Unknown

Purple cardstock

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of 8.5" x 11" cardstock in half. 
2. Score one piece at 4.25" and fold to form an A2 card.
3. Use Tuxedo Black Memento ink to stamp the image onto white cardstock and onto label paper.
4. Fussy-cut label paper to create a mask and place over its counterpart on the image panel.
5. Secure image panel to the STAY-tion using magnets
6. Sponge Summer Sky, Lulu Lavender, and Milled Lavender inks over the Picasso Shield to create a cloudy sky behind the witch.
7. Remove the mask from the image panel and reserve.  
8. Remove the image panel from the STAY-tion.
9. Color the image with Copic markers.
10. Adhere road-patterned Washi tape at the base of the image panel and secure on the reverse of the image panel.
11. Cut purple solid-ish paper to 4" x 5.25" wide to create the card front. 
12. Cut dotted purple paper to 3" x 5.25" and edge with Black Soot Distress ink.
13. Adhere the dotted purple paper to the card front.
14. Stamp the sentiment onto green solid-ish paper from the pad and edge with Black Soot Distress ink.
15. Adhere the sentiment and the image panel to the card front as shown.
16. Tatter the edges of the card front with a paper distressor or a scissor blade.
17. Adhere the card front to the purple card.

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Leaves Falling Card

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Stampendous!® Used:
Leaves Falling Rubber Stamp
Décor Cling Leaves Rubber Stamp
Build a Wreath Die Set
Fitted Frames A Cutting Dies Set
Nocturne VersaFine Clair™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Mixed Media White Paper

Other Products Used:
Barn Door, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Carved Pumpkin, Rusty Hinge, Twisted Citron, Crushed Olive, and Mowed Lawn Distress® Oxide Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Black Soot Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Black Cardstock
Red Cardstock
Raffia
Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of red cardstock in half.
2. Score the card at 4.25" and fold to form an A2 card.
3. Cut black cardstock to 4" x 5.25". Set aside.
4. Randomly sponge Distress Oxide inks onto a whole sheet of Mixed Media paper. 
5. Spritz with water, heat set.
6. Repeat steps #4 and #5 until happy with the results.
7. Heat set until bone dry, then heat set some more.
8. Using temporary adhesive, adhere the sheet to scrap paper, then secure to a stamping platform with magnets.
9. Place the 8" square Décor Cling stamp, face down onto the inked paper and press the stamp platform's cover onto the foam.
10. Lift foam, ink with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink, and stamp. Repeat if necessary to ensure a good impression. Heat set.
11. Remove the stamped sheet from the platform and remove from the scrap paper.
12. Trim the unstamped area  (~3" x 8.5") from the inked sheet of Mixed Media paper.
13. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink to stamp the sentiment onto the 3" strip and heat set.
14. Using one of the dies from the Fitted Frames A Cutting Dies set, cut the sentiment, then edge with Black Soot Distress ink.
15. Use the next largest die to cut red cardstock.
16. Adhere the edged die-cut sentiment to the red die-cut.
17. Use the tri-leaf die from the Build a Wreath Die Cut set to cut the unstamped but inked strip two times..
18. Trim the leaf stamped image panel to 5 1/8" x 3 7/8".
19. Edge with Black Soot Distress ink then mat with the reserved black cardstock.
20. Add raffia horizontally across the card front, securing on the back with tape.
21. Adhere the sentiment die-cut.
22. Tuck the two tri-leaf die-cuts under the sentiment as shown.
23. Adhere the image panel to the card.

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Happy Fall Shaker Card

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Here's a Happy Fall Shaker card!

Stampendous!® Used:
Décor Cling Leaves Rubber Stamp
Truck Load Die Set
Build a Wreath Die Set
Nocturne VersaFine Clair™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Mixed Media White Paper

Other Products Used:
Barn Door, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Carved Pumpkin, Rusty Hinge, Twisted Citron Distress® Oxide Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Black Soot Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Red Cardstock
Shaker contents by Doodles Paper Playground
Black Crafty Foam Tape by Scrapbook Adhesives® by 3L
Acetate
Stamping Platform
Anti-Static Pouch

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of red cardstock in half.
2. Score the card at 4.25" and fold to form an A2 card.
3. Randomly sponge Distress Oxide inks onto a whole sheet of Mixed Media paper. 
4. Spritz with water, heat set.
5. Repeat steps #4 and #5 until happy with the results.
6. Heat set until bone dry, then heat set some more.
7. Using temporary adhesive, adhere the sheet to scrap paper, then secure to a stamping platform with magnets.
8. Place the 8" square Décor Cling stamp, face down onto the inked paper and press the stamp platform's cover onto the foam.
9. Lift foam, ink with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink, and stamp. Repeat if necessary to ensure a good impression. Heat set.
10. Trim this panel to 5.25" x 4" to form the card front.
11. Using one of the circle  dies from the Build a Wreath die set, cut a circle from the center of the card front, then edge the circle window and the card front's edges with Black Soot Distress ink.
12. Flip the card front over and adhere clear acetate over the window.
13. Adhere foam tape around the window and around the edges of the card front. Do NOT pull off the covering to reveal the sticky tape part. 
14. Rub the acetate window and the edges of the foam tape with Anti-Static pouch to prevent the shaker goodies from sticking. Maybe that will work for you. Or not.
15. Add the shaker goodies to the well formed by the foam tape.
16. Lift the foam tape covering and press the card front into the tape to seal the window.
17. Use the word dies from the Truck Load Die set to cut red cardstock.
18. Adhere the sentiment as shown.
19. Adhere the shaker card front to the red card.

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Happy Haunting!

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Here's my card using the new Seated Skelly Rubber Stamp!

Stampendous!® Products Used:
Seated Skelly Rubber Stamp
Spooky Wishes Perfectly Clear Stamp Set
Metal Stencil
Mixed Media White Paper
Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Other Products Used:
Copic® Markers:
   Bones: T0, T1, T2, E40
   Cape: V93, V95, V99
   Pumpkin: YR04, Y416, Y17, R17, R89, E44, E47
   Raven: N5, N6, N7
Purple and Orange Cardstock
Milled Lavender and Black Soot Distress® Inks by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Jet Black Archival™ Ink by Ranger Industries
An Eerie Tale 8x8 and 6x6 Patterned Paper Pads by Graphic 45®
Nameplate Die by Spellbinders®
A2 Layers  Die Set by The Stamp Doctor
Gemstones by Kaisercraft
STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Industries
Removable ID Labels by Avery®

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of 8.5" x 11" purple cardstock in half. 
2. Score at 4.25" and fold to form an A2 card.
3. Cut pumpkin patterned paper to 4" x 5.25", edge with Black Soot Distress Ink, and adhere to the card.
4. Using Tuxedo Black Memento ink, stamp the image onto mixed media cardstock and onto label paper.
5. Fussy-cut the label paper version to form a mask. Place mask over the image on the cardstock.
6. Secure the image panel to the STAY-tion using magnets.
7. Sponge or brush Milled Lavender Distress ink over the stencil onto the image panel.
8. Place the magnetic ruler horizontally across the image panel.
9. Sponge or brush Milled Lavender Distress ink over the bottom of the image panel.
10. Remove the image panel from the STAY-tion.
11. Remove mask and reserve for another use.
12. Color the image with Copic markers.
13. Use one of the dies from the A2 set to cut the image panel.
14. Use a larger die from the set to cut orange cardstock.
15. Using Archival ink, stamp the sentiment onto orange cardstock, then cut with the nameplate die. 
16. Edge both the orange rectangle and the sentiment nameplate with Black Soot Distress ink.
17. Adhere the image panel onto the edged orange rectangle.
18. Adhere the matted image panel and the sentiment to the card.
19. Adhere gemstones to either side of the nameplate to finish the card.

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Happy Birthday from a Posh Bird

It's Tuesday, which means that it's my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. I've been on a bit of a bird kick so I decided to use my new Poshtrich Clear Stamp Set by Pink Ink Designs®. There are ten stamps included in the set. There's the posh and fabulous ostrich below, an ostrich with his head buried in the sand, a flower, a feather, two crowns, a butterfly, and three sentiments -- all of which make this set very versatile and fun!

Here's the card.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Poshtrich Clear Stamp Set by Pink Ink Designs®

Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

Onyx Black VersaFine™ ink by Tsukineko®

PSA: There are lots of fantastic new products at Topflight Stamps, so you should definitely click on over there after reading my instructions! BTW, if you'd like to get 12% off your order at Topflight Stamps use THIS LINK!

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Avalanche White Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Mixed Media White Cardstock by Stampendous!®

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Blueprint Sketch, Picked Raspberry, and Wilted Violet Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries

Crea-Nestlies XL Tag Die Set 6 by Crealies

5 x 7 Card Creator Nestabilities Die Set by Spellbinders®

Bubbles Elemental Stencils by Finnabair for Prima Marketing®

Copic® Markers: B60 B64, B66, B69, RV29, RV52, RV55, V12, V15 V17, BV20, BV23, BV25, YG41, YG45, C0, C1, N8

Purple Stardust® Glitter Pen by Sakura

STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Industries

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento ink to stamp the posh ostrich onto white cardstock.
2. Color the image with Copic markers.
3. Use the glitter pen to add a touch of glitter to the three dots over the flowers on her neck. Sadly, you can't see this lovely glittery touch. Bummer.
4. Use one of the tag dies to cut the image panel.
5. Keep the image panel inside the die and lightly sponge or brush Blueprint Sketch Distress ink over the die and onto the panel.
6. Remove the image panel die-cut from the die and set aside.
7. Cut a piece of 8.5" x 11" Mixed Media paper in half.
8. Sponge or brush Blueprint Sketch Distress ink over one half of the paper.
9. Place the inked paper onto the STAY-tion, position the Bubbles stencil as desired on the paper, and secure the stencil and the paper with the magnets.
10. Sponge or brush Blueprint Sketch, Picked Raspberry, and Wilted Violet Distress inks over the stencil onto the paper until you're happy with the coverage.
11. Lift the stencil and clean it and the STAY-tion. Or not. Whatever floats your particular boat.
12. Use the largest die from the 5 x 7 Card Creator set to cut the stenciled mixed media paper to create the card front.
13. Adhere the image panel die-cut onto the card front as shown.
14. Edge the card front with Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink.
15. Adhere the card front onto a white 5 x 7 card.
16. Using Onyx Black VersaFine ink, stamp the sentiment from the Classic Sentiments Clear Set by Heffy Doodle onto the strip of unstenciled blue-sponged paper.
17. Use a flag die to cut the sentiment.
18. Edge the sentiment with Wilted Violet Distress ink.
19. Adhere the sentiment as shown to finish the card.

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Freedom!

The lovely Uncaged Raven is free just in time to celebrate Halloween which is his favorite holiday!

Stampendous!® Products Used:

Uncaged Raven (W216) Rubber Stamp

Spooky Wishes Perfectly Clear Stamp Set

6x6 Cling Crackle Rubber Stamp

Mixed Media Paper

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Other Products Used:

Pumice Stone and Blueprint Sketch Distress® Inks by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries

Ruby Red Delicata® Ink by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers: N4, N5, N6, Y23, Y26, Y28

Red Stardust® Glitter Gel Pen by Sakura

Red and Grey Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Industries

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of 8.5" grey cardstock in half.
2. Score and fold one piece to form an A2 card.
3. Cut a piece of red cardstock to 4" x 5.25" and adhere to the grey card.
4. Cut a piece of Mixed Media in half. Secure one half to the STAY-tion using magnets.
5. Place ruler horizontally across the paper.
6. Sponge Distress inks over top portion of the paper.
7. Move the ruler and sponge Distress inks over the bottom part of the paper. 
8. Heat set the ink.
9. Mask the bottom part of the image. 
10. Secure the image panel to a stamping platform with magnets. 
11. Position the 6x6 Crackle Stamp on the image panel as desired. Press the lid of the stamping platform onto cling back of the stamp. Lift the platform lid.
12. Ink the stamp using Pumice Stone Distress ink and stamp the image panel.
13. Remove the backgrounder from the platform.
14. Lift the mask covering the base of the image panel.
15. Position the Uncaged Raven stamp as desired. Press the lid of the platform onto the cling back of the stamp. 
16. Ink with Memento ink and stamp. 
17. Remove the stamp from the platform
18. Position the sentiment on the image panel as shown. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp, and lift.
19. Ink the stamp with Ruby Red Delicata ink and stamp the image panel. Heat set.
20. Color the raven with Copic markers.
21. Use Red glitter pen to color the Raven's eye.
22. Position 
23. Edge the entire image panel with Pumice Stone Distress ink.
24. Adhere the image panel to the card.

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Happy Bird Day!

It's Tuesday, which means that it's time for me to share a card created for Topflight Stamps. This week my TFS teammates and I are showcasing fabulous products from PaperArtsy! You should pop over to Topflight Stamps Blog throughout the week to see what these talented ladies have created!

Here's my card!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

JOFY Mini 36 Bird Cage Cling Rubber Stamp by Paper Artsy

One of the three birds from the JOFY #15 Cling Rubber Stamp set by Paper Artsy

The scalloped border from the JOFY #13 Cling Rubber Stamp set by Paper Artsy

Scrapcosy PS106 Lacy Scalloped Border and Flower Design Stencil by Paper Artsy

One of the three designs from the Scrapcosy PS108 Small Backgrounds Stencil by Paper Artsy
Arctic Mist Prism Ink by Hunkydory Crafts


PSA: There are lots of fantastic new products at Topflight Stamps, so you should definitely click on over there after reading my instructions! BTW, if you'd like to get 12% off your order at Topflight Stamps use THIS LINK!

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Kitten Smitten 6x6 Patterned Paper by Doodlebug Designs Inc.™

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers: Y00, Y02, Y04, Y21,Y23, YG41,  YG45, B21, B34, BG34, RV04

Aqua Cardstock by Bazzill Basics®

Happy Bird Day Stamp by justjohanna/Odd Bird Stamps 
Removable ID Labels by Avery®
STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Industries
Stamp Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of 8.5 x 11" cardstock in half.
2. Score one piece at 4.25" and fold to form an A2 card. Set aside.
3. Stamp the bird from the JOFY #15 Cling Rubber Stamp set onto white cardstock and onto mask paper. 
4. Fussy-cut the mask paper version and set aside.
5. Color the bird on the image panel with Copic markers. 
6. Stamp the JOFY Mini 36 Bird Cage over the bird so that he's in the cage, not outside of it. 
7. Adhere the fussy-cut bird mask onto the bird on the image panel.
8. Use magnets to secure the image panel to the STAY-tion.
9. Sponge Arctic Mist Prism Ink over the entire image panel to change the background color.
10. Position the PS106 Lacy Scalloped Border and Flower Design Stencil as desired over the image panel and secure the stencil with magnets.
11. Sponge Arctic Mist Prism Ink over the stencil onto the image panel to enhance the background with a tone on tone design.
12. Remove the stencil.
13. Stamp the scalloped border from the  JOFY #13 Cling Rubber Stamp set towards the top of the image panel. 
14.  I decided it looked a little blah with a blank area at the top of the card, so I placed the image panel back on the STAY-tion, covered most of the image panel, and sponged Arctic Mist Prism Ink over one of the backgrounds from the Scrapcosy PS108 Small Backgrounds Stencil onto the top of the image panel.
15. The design on the cage and the open line-work on the scalloped border were colored with Copic markers.
16. The mask over the bird was lifted so he could see out of his cage again. 
17. The image panel was trimmed to size then edged with the Arctic Mist Prism Ink. 
18. Harlequin patterned paper from the pad was cut to 4" x 5.25", edged with Arctic Mist Prism Ink, and used to mat the image panel.
19. The sentiment was stamped onto a scrap piece of the harlequin patterned paper, cut with a flag die,  and edged with Arctic Mist Prism ink.
20. The sentiment was adhered as shown and the image panel was adhered to the reserved A2 card.

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Gear Up!

Sneaking one in before the end of my self-proclaimed "Steampunk Week" with a tag featuring the Steampunk Digi Set by VeraLane Studios.

Here it is:

Products Used:
Steampunk Digi Set by VeraLane Studios
Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers
Copic® Markers:
   Skin: BV000, E000, E00, E11, E21, E50, R20
   Lips: E04, RV42
   Hair: E07, E17, E18, E19, YR27
   Eyes: B21, B34
   Dress: YR20, YR21, G00, G02, G20, B21, B32, B34
   Shoes and Hat: E33, E35, E37, E44, B21, B34
   Brass for Goggles, Bluckles, and the Gear on her face: Y23, Y26, Y28
   Lenses: G00, G02, G20
   Feather: B21, 24, G02
   Dog: C00, C0, C1, C2, BV000, E33, E35, R81, RV91
Collateral Rust 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Ciao Bella
Riveted Stencil by The Crafter's Workshop
Cracked Pistachio, Rusty Hinge, Hickory Smoke Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Mirror Glaze cardboard
Black Media® Gesso by DecoArt®
Cerulean Blue, Green Gold, Quinacridone Gold, Blue Green Light, Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide, and Payne's Grey Media® Fluid Acrylics (MFA) by DecoArt®
Black Tag by Graphic 45®
Gears and Tag Die Set by Graphic 45®
Flag Die set
Gears from my stash
Screw-head brads from my stash.

Instructions:

1. Resize images and print onto Copic friendly paper using a laser jet printer.
2. Color both images with Copic markers. 
3. Fussy-cut them and edge with black marker.
4. Sponge Distress inks over stencil onto patterned paper.
5. Cut stenciled patterned paper with the tag die.
6. Edge with Distress inks.
7. Cut Mirror cardboard with the gears die.
8. Paint the gears die-cut with black Media gesso and let it dry.
9. Sand it back slightly to reveal a bit of the silvery metallic finish.
10. Use MFA paints (listed above) to paint die-cut.
11. Sand the paint back in a random manner.
12. Repeat steps #10 and #11 until you're happy with the result. I really wish you could see the layers of color and the texture on the piece.
13. Adhere the painted gear rectangle onto the tag.
14. Use screw-top brads to adhere metal gears to the painted gear rectangle.
15. Adhere the dog and the girl to the tag as shown.
16. Sponge the sentiment with Cracked Pistachio Distress ink.
17. Cut the sentiment with a flag die.
18. Edge the flag die with Rusty Hinge Distress ink.
19. Adhere the sentiment to the tag.
20. Adhere the tag to the premade black tag to finish the project.

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A Steampunk Card - Soar!

Here's another Steampunk-themed card.

Truth be told, I stamped, colored, and fussy-cut this image ages ago, put it "somewhere safe", and discovered it when forced to move the stuff in my craft room around due a leak in the roof causing it to rain in the the kitchen, which necessitated access to the attic. Yeah. For real. Like that made sense in any world but mine.

But I was glad that I did find the image because I found out that it really is true. You can go back again and touch up your Copic coloring! She looked a little flat, so I went back in and worked on her hair, skin tones, and changed her eye color. Now someone needs to do that to me.

I ended up coloring the hot air balloons with my Copics because:

1. I wanted to add color to the background.
2. I like coloring patterned paper to make everything all matchy matchy.
3. In all my patterned paper, I couldn't find anything that said "Yeah baby! That's it!'
4. I'm a bit demented.
5. All of the above.

Anyway, because I colored the image ages ago, I can only give a guess of which colors I used for the image. 

Products used:

Steampunk Woman by Crafter's Companion

Steampunk Sentiments by Creative Expressions

Arrows Dinky Stencil by That's Crafty

Cartographer 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Prima Marketing®

Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Jet Black StazOn® Ink by Tsukineko®

Black Soot Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries

Copic® Markers:
  Guesses: Skin: BV0000, E000, E00, E11, E21, E50, R20,

                Lips: E04, RV43, R32

                Hair: W0, W1, W2, YR30, YR31, Y11

                Outfit: E33, E35, E37, E44, E47, BG70, BG72, BG75, Y21, Y23, Y26

  Hot Air Balloons: Balloons: R30, R32, R35, BG72, BG75, B21, B23, B24, B26

Cloudy Blue Sky Vellum: Source Unknown

Slimline Postage Die by Whimsy™ Stamps

Instructions:

1. Stamp the Steampunk Woman using Memento ink.
2. Fussy-cut and edge with a black marker
3. Color with Copic markers.
4. Put "somewhere safe". This is a small miracle.
5. Discover image an indeterminate period of time later, when forced to move all the craft stuff around the room and into other rooms, so the dudes can access your attic to fix the leak that is causing it to rain in your kitchen.
6. Touch up the coloring of the image and be happy that it's possible to do so.
7. Go through all the Steampunk-themed patterned paper you have and finally settle on one that works with the image.
8. Color the air balloons, trim to 5.75" square, and edge with Black Soot Distress ink to create the card front.
9. Use StazOn ink to stamp the sentiment onto cloudy blue sky vellum.
10. Cut the sentiment with the Slimline Postage die.
11. Flip over the die-cut and lightly sponge/brush StazOn ink over the Arrows Dinky Stencil.
12. Adhere the Steampunk Woman to the cardfront as shown.
13. Adhere the sentiment to the cardfront as shown.
14. Cut a piece of 12x12 blue cardstock in half.
15. Score one piece of the cardstock at 6" and fold to form a 6" square card.

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Steampunk Card

It's Tuesday, which means that it's my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. As you know, I love Steampunk and I love cats, which means that when I saw That's Crafty's new Steampunk Darlings sets, I knew that I had to have them. So far I've got two sets, but that will change, especially since there's a set with a bunch of cats. 

Anyway, since I've decided that this week is Steampunk week on my blog, I decided to use my new Steampunk Darlings Set 2 by Kelly Horton for That's Crafty I also used the wonderful Steampunk Border Clear Stamp #116 by AALL and Create.

Here's the card, which does not have a sentiment. I don't know who will get the card for what occasion and the way things were going in the craft room, I didn't want to tempt fate.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Steampunk Darlings Set 2 by Kelly Horton for That's Crafty

Steampunk Border Clear Stamp #116 by AALL and Create

Onyx Black VersaFine™ Ink by Tsukineko®

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Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Copic® Markers:

   Skin: BV0000, BV000, E000, E00, E11, E21, E50, R20

   Lips: E04, RV43

   Eyes: YG05, YG17

   Hair: B05, B16, BG01, BG02, BG05, BG07

   Flowers: R21, R22, R24, Y35

   Leaves: YG05, YG17

   Outfit and Hat Band: YR02, YR04, YR07, YR18, YR61, YR65, YR68

   Feather, Stockings, Gloves: BG00, BG01, BG02, BG05

   Shoes, Belt, Hat: N4, N6

   Cat: C00, C0, C2, C3, C4, C6, C7, B60, YR05, YR07, BG01, BG02, BG05

Gold Stardust® Glitter Gel Pen by Sakura

Gold Leafing Pen by Krylon®

Imagine 8x8 and 12x12 Patterned Paper Pads by Graphic 45®

Gold Foil Sticker Border by Starform

Instructions:

I was not having a great day in the craft room and tried to do my usual stamp, mask, and stamp or stencil over the image, but things were just not working out according to plan. So I went with Plan B. It's good to be flexible like that.

1. Cut 12x12 blue cardstock to 10" x 7", score at 5" mark, and fold to form an A7 card. Set aside.
2. I stamped both the cat and one of the three fabulous Steampunk women from the Steampunk Darlings Clear Stamp Set 2 onto white cardstock and fussy-cut both images. 
3. I decided to take the easy way out and use patterned paper for part of the background. That of course turned out to be not easy as I collect Steampunk patterned paper. I knew that I wanted some flowers, so after a bunch of dilly-dallying, I settled on the papers from the Imagine pads.
4. Both images were colored with Copic markers,
5. Gold glitter pen was added to the brass accents on the image,
6. A black marker to cover those unsightly white edges created by fussy-cutting. I hate white edges, except when they're intentional.
7. Using Onyx Black VersaFine ink, the Steampunk Border Clear Stamp #116 was stamped onto blue patterned paper from the same pad. 
8. I trimmed the paper, used a scissor blade to distress the edges, and then used a gold leafing pen to gild them.
9. The patterned papers were layered and clock-themed washi tape was added to the bottom. 
10. The edges of the card front were distressed and I added gold leaf pen to them. 
11. I decided thatI should add a gold foil sticker border, so I did. 
12. The card front was adhered to the blue card.
13. The colored images were adhered as shown to finish the card.

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Steampunk Skull "Thoughts" Notebook

I love Steampunk and I love skulls, so when I saw Stampendous!' new Steampunk Skull rubber stamp, I knew that I wanted to create something a bit more permanent than a card with it.

Here's my decorated spiral notebook.

Stampendous!® Products Used:

Steampunk Skull Rubber Stamp

Cling Clock Collage 6x6 Rubber Stamp

Cling Crackle 6x6 Rubber Stamp

Aged Silver, Bronze and Teal Frantage Embossing Enamels

VersaMark™ Ink by Tsukineko®

VersaMarker™ Pen by Tsukineko®

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Mixed Media White Paper

Splotches and Diamond Plate sides of the Quest Texture Cube* -- You can still find this stamp online.

Other Products Used:

Spiral Notebook from Staples.

Copic® Markers:

   Skull (bone) W1, E40, E41, E42, E43

   Skullcap (metal) C0, C1, C2, C4

   Brass Bits: Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

   Light bulb: Y08, Y35, FY1

   Tubes: BG72, BG75, BG78

Cosmic Copper and Starlite Black Brilliance Ink Pads by Tsukineko®

Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Black Media® Gesso by DecoArt®

Chain Die by Elizabeth Crafts

Frame Chain Die by The Scrap Man

Roxy Mini and Roxy Mini Shadow Dies by QuicKutz

Turquoise Stardust® Glitter Gel Pen by Sakura

Black Dimensional Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives® by 3L

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento ink to stamp the Steampunk Skull.
2. Fussy-cut and edge with a dark marker.
3. Color with Copic markers. 
4. Add a dot of Turquoise Glitter Gel pen to one of the teeth. Set aside.
5. Spread the metal spiral binding of the notebook apart and pull out the front and back covers.
6. Use Black Media Gesso to paint both sides of both covers. Set aside to dry. Then blast with the heat gun to make sure the gesso is totally dry. If it blisters a bit, it's cool. It'll just add to the texture.
7. Place the Clock Collage stamp rubber side up on your work surface. Ink the stamp with the Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair ink and press the front cover onto the stamp. Carefully smooth your hands over the cover to get a good impression. 
8. Remove the cover from the stamp, flip over, sprinkle on Teal Frantage Embossing Enamel, dump the excess, and heat set. 
9. Ink the diamond plate part of the Quest Texture stamp with VersaMark ink and stamp the clear areas of the notebook.
10. Sprinkle Aged Silver and/or Bronze Embossing Powder onto the wet ink, dump the excess, and heat set.
11. Repeat step 10 as needed to completely the coverage. 
12. Use a VersaMarker to add dots and dashes to any open areas of the cover and heat emboss with any of the three colors of embossing enamel.
13. Use Roxy Mini and Roxy Mini Shadow to cut black cardstock for the title.
14. Repeat step #13 three times, then glue three levels of each letter together to make it dimensional. Let them dry.
15. When the letters are dry, press each Roxy Mini letter onto the VersaMark pad, put the letter into the Aged Bronze Frantage Embossing Enamel Jar, shake off the excess, and heat set.
16. Press each Roxy Mini Shadow letter onto the VersaMark pad, put the letter into the Aged Silver Frantage Embossing Enamel Jar, shake off the excess, and heat set.
17. Use glue to adhere each Bronze-embossed Roxy Mini Letter to each Silver-embossed Roxy Mini Shadow letter. Let dry.
18. When dry, use strong glue or heavy duty gel medium to adhere the title letters as shown.
19. Using the Frame Chain Circle die, cut black cardstock three times, then use glue to adhere to create a dimensional Frame Chain Circle. Let dry.
20. Using the Chain die, cut black cardstock three times, then use glue to adhere the layers together. Let dry.
21. When both the Frame Chain Circle and Chain die-cuts are dry, press them into a VersaMark pad, then sprinkle with the Aged Brass Frantage embossing enamel. Dump off the excess and heat set.
22. Use foam adhesive squares and glue to adhere the Steampunk Skull to the Frame Chain Circle, then adhere to the front of the notebook as shown.
23. Use glue to adhere to chain to bottom of the notebook as shown. Let dry, preferably overnight.
24. Place the Cling Crackle 6x6 Stamp face up on your work surface. ink the stamp with the Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair ink and press the back cover onto the stamp. Carefully smooth your hands over the cover to get a good impression. 
25. Remove the cover from the stamp, flip over, sprinkle on Teal Frantage Embossing Enamel, dump the excess, and heat set. 
26. Repeat Steps 9-12 to complete the back cover.
27. Replace the covers to the notebook and close the spiral binding.

The Frantage Embossing Enamels added such great texture and shine. I really wish you could see it up close!

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Proud Peacock

It's Tuesday, which means that it's my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week my TFS teammates and I are sharing projects created with Hunkydory Crafts' Dots to Diamonds Papercraft Pads, which are 48-sheet pads, with 12 preprinted designs, each of which has a selection of dots printed on it showing exactly where to add Hunkydory Crafts' Diamond Sparkle Gemstones for maximum impact. The other great thing is that the papers in the pad can handle Copic markers, sprays, and dye inks!

You should pop by the TFS blog throughout the week to see what the this talented group of ladies have done this week.

I've used the beautiful peacock design from the Dots to Diamonds Papercraft Pad #2, one of four pads in the store, plus Blue Diamond Sparkles Glitter Gemstones, Festive Diamond Sparkles Gemstones Blue Ombre, Rainforest Green, and Evergreen Prism Pads. I've also used the Twirling Tendrils Stencil #86 by AALL and Create.

Here's my card!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Dots to Diamonds Papercraft Pad #2 by Hunkydory Crafts

Blue Diamond Sparkles Glitter Gemstones by Hunkydory Crafts

Festive Diamond Sparkles Gemstones by Hunkydory Crafts

Blue Ombre, Rainforest Green, and Evergreen Prism Pads by Hunkydory Crafts

Twirling Tendrils Stencil #86 by AALL and Create

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Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah
Green Bling Specialty Paper by FiberMark®
Classic Green Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Copic® Markers: Y32, Y35, G03, G05, G07, G09, G16, B23, B24, B26, B28, B60, B63, YG13, YG25, BG02, BG05
Blueprint Sketch Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Industries

Instructions:

1. Use Copic markers to color the peacock image. 
2. Trim the image panel and mat on shimmery textured metallic textured paper cut slightly larger than the image panel. 
3. Add aqua and teal gemstones from the Blue Diamond Sparkles Glitter Gemstones packet and blue, green, and gold gemstones from the Festive Diamond Sparkles Gemstones packet onto the dots that were preprinted on the image.
4. Sponge  Blue Ombre, Rainforest Green, and Evergreen Prism ink over the the Twirling Tendrils Stencil onto white cardstock, cut to 4.75" x 6.75" to create background paper for the card.
5. Adhere the stenciled card front to a green A7 card. 
6. Adhere the matted, bejeweled image panel to finish the card.

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