Slimline Cards: Steamy 2023

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Ink Stained Roni here and I am so excited to be joining the LCD/CV Team once again to inspire you to join in on the fun.  The current challenge is Slimline Cards. You can find all of the details here...Challenge #158 Slimline

And here is my first creation...

Wishing you a steamy 2023!!

I started off by using a gel print as the base and stamped the following images using various colors of VersaFine Clair inks...

from Lost Coast Designs....

Steampunk Fly Girl

Steampunk Icarus

Steampunk Plane

Steampunk Flier

Long Flourish

Pieces of Calligraphy

from Carmen's Veranda

Clock Square

Thanks for joining me and if you feel up to the challenge be sure to check out the info found here - Challenge #158 Slimline

and post your creation in the linky found there in.

It's All About The Background

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 Good morning and a very happy Saturday, welcome to the weekend!

It's Sue here, and today I'm sharing a card that I made for our Backgrounds In Focus challenge.  I think this one holds the record for the most stamps used by me on a card lol.

I've been seeing lots of retiform lately, with some beautiful examples from my blogging friend Angela (Felix The Crafty Cat). I must admit, I'd no idea how it was done, but I knew that I liked it. So, much YouTube watching later I decided to give it a go!

I made my grid with a blue distress ink and a blender.

Then I added some stamping - LOTS of stamping. I really like how these two colours look together.

I told you I used a lot of stamps!

These are the ones that I've used;

Pieces of Caligraphy

Leonardo Accessories

Steampunk Fly Girl

Steampunk Icarus

Steampunk Pony

Misc Words

CV Leonardo Man

There's still lots of time to join in with our challenge, so please get stamping and remember to keep the Background In Focus.

Take care, and thanks so much for looking x

Starry Starry Night

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 Good morning and a very happy Monday. It's Sue here with my second piece for our Things With Wings challenge, and I've made a journal page.

I knew that I wanted to use Steampunk Icarus as my main image and in a Starry Night homage.

I started by stamping and embossing the circles from Leonardo Accessories in yellow, but they turned out to be a sort of burnt orange. The Cracked Grass and Sky was embossed in white. My journal is textured watercolour so it can take loads of water, which is my next stage.

Then dipped and dried (many many times) in the blue distress inks. They resisted the ink beautifully, but I wasn't a fan of the colour of the circles so I stamped them again, cut them out and added them to my background.

I added some yellow Portfolio pastels, and

was much happier with this, so now on to the main images! 

I collaged some book pages and gave it a coat of gesso then I stamped my row of houses onto it using the stamping platform.

And it was an epic fail! The texture was too uneven for all of the stamp to hit it. That made perfect sense after I'd spent an hour of my life that I would never get back doing it!

So, on to plan B! Stamped onto my super smooth card and coloured with Distress Inks. Then my favourite - fussy cutting - shoot me now. I've heard that some people actually enjoy this ?????? But, they do look nice when they're done, don't they!

This is my leading man - Steampunk Icarus who today has flown too close to the moon! The moon is actually the centre part of the Goth Shrine.

I typed up the sentiment on my computer and added to the page.

These are the stamps that I've used. They are all by Lost Coast, and can be found here.

Cityscape

Goth Shrine (moon)

Steampunk Icarus

Leonardo Accessories

Cracked Grass and Sky (this would come to you in one piece, I'm terrible for cutting up my stamps - sorry not sorry!

And there we are, all done! It's not quite as it was in my head, but then again I'm no Leonardo! Don't forget to join in with our challenge, just feature something with wings! Have a great day, and thanks so much for looking x

Wander

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Roni here with another bit of tag inspiration for the current challenge... #92 - Tag You're It!

My steampunk inspired Wander tag....

I started off by mixing up a bit of walnut ink in a ziplock baggie. I then put in several tags and inked them all at one time (it's a great way to have extra tags on hand). Each of the tags was then laid out to dry naturally - you get the best looking designs that way.

Once the tags were dried, I adhered a bit of washi tape and stamped several Steampunk images using different shades of VersaFine Clair inks. It needed a little something so I sponged on a dab of VF Clair Rain Forest ink here and there.

I stamped the oval man image from Up Close & Personal onto another tag which was colored with a variety of colored pencils and stamped the sentiment on the scraps. Both of these were then mounted to the tag with foam tape to pop them off the background.

To finish off the tag I added a nice mix of fancy fibers!

I hope this inspires you to join in on the fun! Only a few days left to enter your tag or other project incorporating a tag in the challenge.



Supplies:

Lost Coast Designs: Steampunk Icarus, Steampunk Fly Girl, Steampunk Plane, Steampunk Flier, Up Close & Personal, Wander
Imagine: Walnut Ink, VersaFine Clair, Sponge Dauber
Tag, Fibers

A Slide Mailer

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Good morning and happy Monday, it's Sue here with my second project for our Anything Goes challenge, and this time around I've decorated a slide mailer.

These are something that I make every so often, I do enjoy making them, but once I've done one I don't need to do another for a while!

I started by painting the outside of my mailer with DecoArt paints and then stencilling through with white acrylic.

Then I stamped the Carmen's Veranda Passport Background, and that was the front all done.

For the back I stamped the CV Leonardo Man  - this is where a stamping platform really comes into it's own as you can keep stamping until you get the perfect image. 

Time to do the inside now. I  made a rusty effect on the slide with DecoArt sand paste and paints. Then I chose a couple of images for the slides I used Steampunk Icarus and Steampunk Flygirl.

I rusted the inside of the mailer, and painted and then stamped with Antique Text Border

And on the other side I stamped the lovely Chloe Collage.

And there we are - all done!
I hope you like it, and that you join in with our challenge - remember it's 'anything goes' so as long as it's got some stamping on, it's good by us.
Have a happy week, and thanks very much for looking xx