altered clockface

Hi all ...
Some time ago my wonderful blog friend Anne encouraged me to apply for the blogger outreach program the decoart company is running. I SO love and adore their delicious and very versatile products, all the more since I've been so lucky to join various of Sir Andy's workshops, live and online.
I already have a small stock of their stuff and thought I'd start with kind of a rusty steampunk clockface. Hence I purchased a clock in a € store, it's about 34cm in diameter.
This project was done for the de stempelwinkel designteam blog.

supplies used

from decoart
(and stampendous)

others

gesso
sanding block

acrylic paint bronze

embossing ink

cogs die

foam paint roller 

stampendous embossing enamel aged copper

various acrylic paints from my stash

First I dismantled the clock :-) and primed the clockface with gesso.
Then I started experimenting on how to apply paint onto it without that looking gruesome ... Mark , my wonderfully talented and imaginative blogfriend who is a member of the international decoart design team, saved me - once more - by suggesting to try a foam paint roller, which I did. Now it was trial and error, sanding back colour, adding colour (washes of quin gold, a little white ...) until I was satisfied somewhat. It still looked a bit naked so I stamped the background, finally I added some of the embossing enamel and sealed everything with Decoart ultra matte varnish.

I die cut the cogs from rather thin cardboard and dry embossed them after I painted them with silver acrylic paint. Then layers and washes of  various other acrylic paints were added and sanded back (aquamarine, blue green light, quin gold, black). For the numbers I experimented with a slightly different technique.
When all the single parts were done I wrapped some wire around the clockface and added the pieces.
Unfortunately the clock doesn't work anymore - no surprise there - but I think it's still kind of an eyecatcher when it will be hanging on the wall ...

Hope you like this a bit.

Hugs, Suzanne xx

altered clockface - de stempelwinkel

Hi and good morning all.
It's my turn again on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog, I'm sharing an altered clockface today.

If you'd like to learn more about it I'd love to see you over on the de stempelwinkel designteam blog.
And please don't miss the fun and join the challenge - 'silhoutettes' - on our de-stempelwinkel stampers challenge blog.
Have a great day everyone .... 
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

ATC / de stempelwinkel

Hi and good morning all.

First of all I want to say a big fat sorry that I'm not able to catch up with you and with all your stunning blogs. For various reasons I sadly can't be on the internet as much as I'd love to be ... :-(
At least it's no illness this time.

It's my turn at the de stempelwinkel design team blog and today I'm sharing an ATC.

To see the full pic and examples of the gorgeous art my fellow DT members make I'd love to see you over at the de stempelwinkel design team blog. 

Thanks so much for having a peek and have a great week everyone.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

mini pinboard - de stempelwinkel

Hello everyone ...
It's me again over at de stempelwinkel designteam blog to share something.
For today I made a small pinboard from a piece of cork.

I'd love to see you there :-)

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Mail Art Envelope

Second post for today - thanks for bearing with me :-)
After quite some time I'm happy to join the Art Journey Challenge again, one of my favorite challenges.
This time the gorgeously talented DT asks for mail art envelopes and I made two pieces.

For the first one I cut a few freehand clouds and masked them as well as a piece of paper to keep the space for the address clear. The background was sponged with several distress ink pads, trying to blend the colors together. Then I stamped various AJ stamps onto it and colored them lightly with watercolor pencils.

For the second one - with matching postcard - I used the gelli printing plate and a few stencils to create the background. Then here too several of those adorable AJ images were stamped, they have stunning steampunk stamps among others. I used watercolor pencils on those too to give the images a bit of color.

Thanks a bunch for taking the time and stopping by. Have a lovely day all of you, sun is shining around here and I really hope it will stay a bit.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Captain's Logbook

Hi and hello to everyone.
It has been quite some time since I've been joining the HDH challenge and also this time I thought I wouldn't be able to. Pondered for days what I could do ... until this morning when I decided to enter  something that was right before my eyes and kept me busy for over a week LOL
So this is my Captain's Logbook, that I finished only last night (it's made from coasters - hope that's okay):
front

back

inside

I wanted to use bookrings but had set the eyelets too far from the edge so I had to figure out how else I could assemble it. That was what kept me busy.
I'm entering this into the HDH challenge #186 'steampunk junk'.
Stamps are from Stamper Anonymous designed by the exceptionally talented Brett Weldele, Oxford Impressions and Art Journey.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a good day all of you.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

a steampunk notebook

is what I'm sharing today over at de stempelwinkel blog.
How about a peek?

I'd so love to see you over there at de stempelwinkel blog to have a look at all the great projcets the DT created and creates. Each day there'll be something new to admire :-D

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a wonderful Sunday all of you.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

some decoration ... de stempelwinkel

Hi and hello everyone who takes the time to have a look at my blog and that of de stempelwinkel.
Christmas takes its course ... but still, I have a little something to add to the tree :-)

To have a closer look please hop over to de stempelwinkel Designteam blog - and enjoy.
And please remember to stop by every day to see what the tireless and very talented DT has created for you to inspire :-)
I sincerely wish you some more peaceful days with friends and family, have a splendid time.

Thanks so mmuch for stopping by today ...
Hugs and best wishes, Suzanne xxxx

look what's on the plate today ... - GD de stempelwinkel

Hi all ... thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and visit my blog today.

I have a card for you this time:

If you want to know more details I'd love to have you stop by at de stempelwinkel blog and have a look :-)

Thank you ever so much and have a great Sunday - soon you can unwrap your gifts ;-) just a little more patience now ...

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

a little wooden house ... - de stempelwinkel

Hi all, wherever you are – I hope you are well and not too stressed with Christmas preparations ;-)
Today I have a little wooden (bird?)house for you, again stamped with the stunning steampunk stamps by de stempelwinkel.
Here's a sneak peek:

I'd be more than delighted if you'd hop over on the blog of de stempelwinkel to have a closer look :-)
Thank you so much for stopping by ...

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Triangle Trifold Card

Hi everyone,
I'm so very sorry that I'm late this time ...
Today I have a Triangle Trifold card for you, made with the absolutely stunning steampunk stamps by de stempelwinkel.

It would be too nice of you if you'd hop over to the blog of de stempelwinkel and have a look at the complete card. Thank you so very much.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Tipi card

Hello everyone and good morning. I hope you're all well amidst all the Christmas preparations - well, those of you who do :-)
Again it's my turn to show you a little something on the blog of de stempelwinkel.
This time I made a tipi card – another very versatile card. I often use it when someone asks me for a wedding card or for a childbirth.

I'd love to see you at de Stempelwinkel blog to have a closer look :-)

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

TriShutter Card Steampunk style

Hello and good morning to all of you.
I sincerely hope the storm didn't hit you too badly, I hope you are all well. Around here it behaved rather moderate, no serious damage so far ...

It's my turn again over at de stempelwinkel to share one of my guest designer pieces. This time it's a trishutter card with some of Jetske's gorgeous steampunk stamps. I love this kind of card because it's so very versatile and fits for any occasion - well, in my opinion at least :-)

I'd love and appreciate you to visit de stempelwinkel blog to have a closer look. Thanks so very much :-)

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

a bit of news and some metal

Hello all, faithful followers and visitors.
Today I have some news for you: I'm very delighted to be the guest designer for the month of December at De Stempelwinkel.

I altered a little wooden tray that I got at a €-store some time ago.

You can see more details over at de stempelwinkel blog, I'd love to see you there ...

Have a great week everyone.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

a (steampunk?)rose for you ...

One of those cards that developed itself.
Somehow it reminds me of the 'Little Prince' with his rose.

The background is swiped through some DI iced spruce and weathered wood, then embossed with the riveted metal embossing folder and wiped over with some more iced spruce. Then I added some embossing ink here and there and sprinkled it with vintage photo emb. powder.
The butterfly is by chocolate baroque, stamped onto and cut out from one of my gelli plate prints. Into the wings I put two screw brads, also embossed with vintage photo. The rose is by chocolate baroque, too, just dabbed with distress stains peeled paint and rusty hinge and also sprinkled with emb. powder vintage photo. The guy is by one of my favorite shops: art journey.

Finally I added a weathered clock I found by accident in my chaos around me :-) I was just thinking hard about what I could add still because it looked so blank in some areas ...

Thank you so very much for looking.

Hugs, Suzanne

just a quick TAG - steampunk

just played around a bit these days ...

stamps in the background: art journey stamps, skull: unknown

Thanks for looking.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

quick Steampunk post ...

Steampunk set for the 'Paperminutes' challenge #240 Steampunk
consisting of a card and a set of three ATCs.

stamps: Tim Holtz, katzelkraft, oxford impressions, art journey, creavil.

stamps: viva las vegas, tim holtz, creavil.

Thanks for having a peek ...

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

considering Steampunk

a tag for the 'Tag It On' challenge #120, a recipe with the ingredients fantasy, inventions and Victoriana - hope it counts.

The (clock-)face of the groom is coated with crackle paint, which hasn't dried yet.
The background is distress inks and some dry embossing. On the right I added a piece of aluminum foil, also dry embossed and (hopefully) 'aged' with black acrylic paint and some inka gold.
Stamps are: paper artsy, oxford impressions, de stempelwinkel.

Thanks for stopping by
Suzanne xxx

sprayed background with cogs / Zahnräder-HG

saw this on the blog from indigo blue stamps and had to try the background.
I'm not too happy with how the guys on the cards turned out ... first I stamped the images on a sprayed bg too, but that was too dark (and the second one looked like The Hulk - LOL). Then I used a similar bg as for the card itself. Hm hm ...

postscript:

Okay, I really don't like the guys this way ... I'll correct that in a few hours. So please concentrate on the background until then and just ignore the men :-))

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Nevertheless, I'll enter these into the challenge on 'Simon says Stamp and Show' - spritz, spray, or stencil.

I tried several things to rescue the cards but I ran out of patience now.
So I'll leave the first card this way - hopefully improved a bit - and dumped (and deleted it here) the card with the Hulk, he didn't survive ...

Stamps are all by Oxford Impressions.

Thanks for stopping by,
have a great day!
Suzanne x

Steampunk in Rot / steampunk in red

stamps: Oxford Impressions
background of the balloon: Darkroom Door (mesh backgr.)

background: colorwash and gesso

Thanks for popping by
Suzanne