Steampunk Scrapping

I Tried a different style for a new scrapbook page today - Steampunk. I had photos of The Porterhouse, Covent Garden from a trip we took for our 40th birthdays and they were perfect for this theme. I started by using light brown Brushos watercolour crystals to create two circles on my background paper, once dry I added some texture past through a stencil (I meant to take step by step photos but got carried away creating and forgot). 

Once the paste was dry I added some stamped cogs/wheels (Artistic Stamper) and embossed with kettle copper EP. I used the sketch from Stuck ?! for my layout. 

The Steampunk theme was inspired by the challenge over at 7DotsStudio.  I've used paper and a couple of tags from 7Dots illumination collection, plus some scraps from my stash.  

 I love the interior of The Porterhouse lots of copper pipes and steampunk style decor. 

I'm also sharing over on The Studio Challenge blog where the Sept 25th Theme is Watercolours.

Vintage Christmas

I can't believe it's been so long since I was last here...life just gets in the way sometimes.  I haven't had much time to make Christmas cards either but I'm trying to put a few together and here's one I finished today.

I started with a Brusho background over which I stamped and embossed snowflakes and stamped some Christmas themed script. I also inked the edges with Distress inks. Some blobs of stickles finished off the background layer. 

 The sentiment is stamped onto Kraft paper, embossed in gold and inked with walnut stain distress ink before adding a few splashes of water. I added a mat of gold and hand drew a border on each layer.  This came together very easily and I have some more Brusho backgrounds prepared to make some more. I'm sharing this one here - 

A Vintage Journey - Vintage Christmas

Mixed Media Card - Celebration

Mixed Media Mojo - Sentiment

Stamps and Stencils - Christmas Grunge

Anything but Cute - Happy Mail
Artistic Stamper - Christmas

Penny Black and More - Anything Goes with a Stamp