Punky Pioneer

Hi and welcome to my blog  :)  I have a card which I created during my time on the Sheena Douglass Design Team to share with you today.  It was one of my samples for the Time Traveller PP Collection launch.  
I have used stamps from Steampunk Woman, Make Time, Geared Up and the co-ordinating dies; Distress Inks, SN Aquablend pens, Aquatints, Pebeo Dyna paints, gold embossing powder;  Pebeo black texture paste.   

I started by die cutting all the elements from black card.  I wanted to make them appear rusted and aged so I covered them all with the texture paste and left them to dry.   I then painted them with gold Dyna paint and a verdigris paint made from mixing white and teal Aquatints.  

I then took a piece of white card and blended DI's all over it.  I stamped the large clock face randomly then blended brown ink around the edges.  I stamped a pattern in each corner and embossed in gold.

Next I stamped the Steampunk woman onto white card and coloured her with Aquablend markers, then cut her out.  I also stamped the large clock face onto white card and embossed it in gold.  I then coloured the image with the pens and cut it out.  I had already die cut the clock hands in black card but I wanted to show the detail so I stamped them onto acetate and embossed in gold.  I then cut them out and attached them onto the die cuts.  I stuck the two clock face die cuts together to make one thick piece, then attached it to the stamped clock face.  I added some verdigris paint to the hands and attached them to the clock.  

I matted the background panel onto black card and layered it onto a white base card.  I attached the cogs, clock and woman with dimensional glue.   I then stamped a sentiment onto white card and embossed in gold, blended ink around the edges, then matted it onto black card.  I attached this to the card in the same way.

  

I really enjoyed creating this card, and using all the techniques, stamps and dies.  The Steampunk woman is a very striking image of a bold and independent woman, a pioneer even!  I am very pleased that I have managed to capture this and couple it with the vintage, aged  Steampunk design of this card.  I think this design will suit men and women of all ages, and various occasions, a really good 'worker' card!  
Thank you for popping in today, I hope you have enjoyed this post and I hope to see you again soon!  :)