Curios Adventures

Hi and welcome to my blog  :)  I have a mixed media Steampunk wall hanging to show you today which was one of my samples for the Chocolate Baroque tv shows last month.  I LOVE Steampunk and I LOVE mixed media so this project was definately a labour of love for me!  I have used stamps from the CB Steampunk Sea World, Steampunk Funky Fish and Punky Expressions sets; chalk acrylic paint, metalic acrylic paints, Distress Oxide Inks, gold Soft Form Paste, gold pen, black Versafine ink, Versamark ink, gold EP and a selection of stencils from my stash.
  

I began by creating the background on an MDF panel.  I gave it a coat of white gesso, and when it was dry I painted a coat of blue chalk acrylic  onto it.  I let that dry then started to layer up several stencilled images using DO inks.  I wanted to create a sense of being deep under the ocean so some of the stencilled images were done in shades of blue on the blue background  to give depth to the piece.  I took some gold Soft Form Paste and added it to the bottom edge of the panel through a stencil to create a sea bed and to add texture. 

I then stamped  several fish, sea creatures and quirky machines in black ink onto black card and embossed them all with clear EP.  I painted them all with metalic acrylics to emphasize the mechanical nature of the images.  I cut them all out and shaped them with a ball tool before attaching them to the panel with 3D glue gel.




The larger images had some 'sand' or 'sea bed' attached to them so I placed them along the bottom edge, above the textured sea bed.

Once the bubbles had been added to the 'thingamybob' I added Glossy Accents to give them a domed shine.  

I stamped a few sentements from the Punky Expressions set onto black card and embossed them with gold EP.  I added gold pen around the edges of the sentiments and the edges of the panel.  I attached the sentiment panels with 3D glue gel, then punched a couple of holes on the top edge of the panel and threaded some cord through to hang the panel up with.

I had so much fun creating this mixed media piece, from layering the stencilled background to attaching all the images.  I never tire of creating art with these fabulous images!  

Thank you for dropping in today, I hope you've enjoyed this post and maybe it will inspire you to have a go.  Feel free to browse here some more, leave me a comment, and I hope that you will pop in again soon  :)