Well, I'm way out of my comfort zone with today's card, so please be gentle! Brian requested a steampunk card - I didn't really know where to start! But since I knew his birthday was fast approaching (it was yesterday, in fact), I started to do my research a few days ago. This is the first time I have attempted this style, but I am happy to report that Brian loved it!
At SanDee and Amelia's Steampunk, the challenge is Steampunk Stories. So here is mine... Steampunk has always been a mystery to me. This is the first steampunk card I've made. My BF Brian loves steampunk and requested a card quite a while ago. I didn't know where to begin, but he purchased gear dies for me and when I asked him what he would like to see on his card, he said it should be dark, metallic, and industrial-looking. I started researching steampunk so I could get a feel for what it was all about, and then I really got into it! Anyone who follows my blog will know that I am crazy about cats, and Brian loves cats too. In fact, when any of my cards doesn't have a cat on it, he will ask, "Where is the cat?" So I wanted my card to feature a steampunk kitty and I think I found the purr-fect image. I tried to make the kitty white like Brian's cat Snowy, and he noticed it right away. He was in awe of the steampunk kitty! I hope you like my first steampunk card!
The image is from Crafty Paws, called Steampunk Kitty - it was a freebie at one point (thank you, Kristina!). I coloured it with my Prismacolor pencils, die cut into a label shape, and sponged around the edges with black ink. The sentiment is self-made in Word. I heat-embossed the gears, dragonfly, and key. Here are the items used:
- Dies: Spellbinders Labels Twenty-two, Memory Box Gear Assembly and Mini Gears
- Stamps: Dragonfly (The Old Island Stamp Company), Key (Michaels)
- Ink: Versamark, Memories Black
- Embossing powder: Black, Silver, Gold (The Artful Stamper)
- Digi paper: Bearly Mine Designs freebie - thank you!
- Digi images: Steampunk Kitty (Crafty Paws), Metal Hardware (Cajoline Scrap), Pointing Hand Sign (Graphics Fairy). All were freebies - thank you!
- Accents: Charms (stash)
I would like to support the following challenges:
A Step in the Darkness AG 1/3
Aurora Wings A Touch of Darkness 1E
Card and Scrap Everything is Allowed UE
CCC Digi Creations Man in Your Life (this is for my man) 1/3
Crafting by Designs September AG UE
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper September UE
Let's Craft and Create AG UE
My Craft Creations AG UE
SanDee and Amelia's Steampunk Steampunk Stories
Simply Steampunk Metal UE
Sister Act (Cards Only) AG UE
Sparkle and Sprinkle AG with Embossing Powder,Flocking and Glitter UE
The Male Room Metal UE
The Squirrel and the Fox Happy Birthday 1/3
Tok Bobok Masculine/Male World 1/2
We Do Doobadoo Something Masculine 1/3
Sister Act (Cards Only) AG UE
Sparkle and Sprinkle AG with Embossing Powder,
The Male Room Metal UE
The Squirrel and the Fox Happy Birthday 1/3
Tok Bobok Masculine/Male World 1/2
We Do Doobadoo Something Masculine 1/3
34 comments:
You managed this very well outside your comfy zone, love your steampunk card, lots of hugs and love to you and cuddles to Kiwi, Honeydew and Snowy, Marion
beautiful car Kitty
Fab card, great images and texture, thanks for sharing with us at we do doobadoo, hugs Liz xx
Acck!!! A steampunk kitty!!! I love it!!! What a great card with all the gears!!!
This is a brilliant Steampunk card, I love your image and fabulous details.
Pauline
x
And purr-fect Steampunk it is! Love your card! And I would never have guessed this was your first Steampunk contact! I can see why your BF loved it - I do too!
Thank you so much for joining in our challenge at SanDee&amelie's Steampunk challenges! It always makes me happy to find that I could lure someone into the steampunk world and have fun!
Greetings from Vienna,
Claudia x
You definitely nailed the steampunk idea! Fantastic card and what a cool image. Thanks for sharing another great project with us for the Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenge.
You captured steampunk perfectly!! This is fabulous!! I love the gears and all of the details!! The steampunk kitty is adorable!! What an awesome card!! Have a great day :)
Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts
BRILLIANT KITTY what a fabulous Steam Punk card with beautiful colour tones...love this a super creation.xxxx
The Journey is the Start
Awesome job on the steampunk, I don't know how to do steampunk but you sure have a handle on it. fabulous job. Hopefully I will be back to "normal" after the laser surgery today. thanks for asking in my post.
FABULOUS card KT!! I would have thought you had been doing this forever if you hadn't told us otherwise...well done!!!! Love the kitty and all the wonderful steam punk embellies!!
Take care,
Beth
Fun card with all the cogs and gears! That kitty is what I used to call "Far Out!" LOL
Looks to me like you've got the Steam Punk technique well in hand. (I don't do Steam punk or grunge either, so I'm very impressed!). This is a- as Carol says - "Far Out" - we're dating ourselves! How clever of you to use your BF's purchased embellies, find such a cute & appropriate image to enhance the embellies and create that fab background to display all the punk goodies. This is a fab card, and even more so, since it's your first effort on this kind of style. I think you've aced it, indeed. I expect your BF thought so too! TFS
Brilliant! I love Steampunk, I love kitties! Couldn't be more fabulous! You look like you were born to this genre. Thanks so much for joining our A Touch of Darkness Challenge at Aurora Wings. xxD
Brilliant card, I like the design, Thank you for joining in with us at We Do Doobadoo, Good Luck.
Kevin xx
Your gears were really turning when you made this awesome steam punk card. Love that image. One of your cutest kitty cards. Great, girlfriend.p
Gorgeous card Kitty. I love layout and the pretty dies. Thank you for joining us at CCC Digi Creations. We would love to see you again ... Anet DT x
wow aaamazing Kitty so many lovely embellishments hugs Judith x
Oh my! You did so well getting out of your comfort zone and creating a steampunk work of art.
Hugs, Sarn xxx
Your card is so fun! Love all the gold embellishments and that awesome image!
Great steampunk card, I love all the elements you've incorporated. Thanks for sharing with us at Ooh La La Creations this time.
Lynn x
DT
Of course she is! Wow! A steampunk kitty! Leave it to you - such a fabulous piece, Kitty, and wonderful details and coloring - you have outdone yourself! hugs, de
Great use of the gears - Thanks for joining in at The Male Room~
Wow, you really captured the steampunk look and with a cat! I've not ventured into this yet, maybe one day, you did awesome at it!
Another stunning card x
Thank you for joining this week at Not Just Cards Challenges Good luck and We hope you'll join us again soon.
Also just to let you know we are also having a DT call
Zoe x
Handmade with lots of Love
Awesome card, thanks for sharing it with us over at CCC Digi Creations.
Beautiful steampunk. Thank you so much for joining my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper September challenge with your super creation - hope to see you again soon x
Super steampunk kitty! I love the gears, the metallic look - really good work. Thanks so much for playing along with The Male Room this week!
Great job! Thanks for joing in the Simply Steampunk Challenge ;)
Oh this is stunning!! I love the composition, great embellishments and awesome image! Thanks for sharing in our Stripes Challenge at Left of Center! mo dt coordinator. xxx
Awesome use of Metal!!
thank you for playing with us at SSC
hugs
Love your metal accents, thanks for joining in the challenge at Simply steampunk challenges.
Brilliant project!! I love the steampunk kitty!! Thank you for sharing it with us at Simply Steampunk Challenges xx
great job. Thanks for joining in at Simply Steampunk Challenges.
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