Merry Christmas Steampunk Style

It's Tuesday, which means it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. It's getting closer to Christmas, but there's still time to get a few more cards done and in the mail, so I decided to create a Christmas Steampunk card using the adorable owls from the Steampunk Darlings Accessories Set 1 Clear Stamp Set by Kelly Horton for That's Crafty. Plus, I couldn't resist using the wreath from my new Festive Industrial Chic Die Set, which was a gift from my lovely daughter. 

Here's the card.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Steampunk Darlings Accessories Set 1 Clear Stamp Set by Kelly Horton for That's Crafty

Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

Onyx Black VersaFine™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Gold Cardstock from the Neenah Creative Collection Premium Metallic Cardstock Pack

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Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Patch Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Copic Markers:

   Owl Feathers: W1, W2, W3, W4, Ws6, W7

   Owl Beaks and Talons: Y000, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

   Hats: YG61, YG63, YG57, G29

   Hat Band, Bow, and Sentiment Banner: R24, R29, R59

Festive - Industrial Chic - Wreath Die Set by Creative Expressions

Banner Die: Source Unknown

Holly and Mistletoe Patterned paper from the Christmas Time 8x8 Pad by Graphic 45®

Black Foam Adhesive Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives® by 3L

Instructions:

1. Create an A2 card from green cardstock.
2. Cut a piece of patterned paper to 4" x 5.25" and edge with a dark marker. 
3. Adhere the patterned paper to the front of the green card.
4. Using Tuxedo Black Memento ink, stamp the owl from the Steampunk Darlings Accessories Set two times. 
5. Stamp just the owl's talons two more times with Memento ink.
6. Fussy-cut both owls, the extra sets of talons, color them with Copic markers, and edge all pieces with a black marker.
7. Use the wreath die from the Festive - Industrial Chic die set to cut gold metallic cardstock.
8. Use the bow die from from the same set and a banner die to cut white cardstock.
9. Color the bow and the banner die-cuts with the same red Copic markers used previously.
10. Use Onyx Black VersaFine ink to stamp the sentiment onto the banner.
11. Adhere the two owls to the gold Steampunk wreath, then adhere the owls' talons onto the front of the wreath as shown above.
12. Adhere the bow to the wreath as shown.
13. Use dimensional foam adhesive squares to adhere the wreath/owl/bow combination to the to card front.
14. Use dimensional foam adhesive to adhere the sentiment banner to the card front as shown.

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