Splendid Hat Steampunk card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning. This was one of my recent samples for the Steampunk themed shows on Hochanda with Chocolate Baroque.

Materials:

• Steampunkery, Steampunk Travel, Punky Expressions stamp sets
• 6 X 6inch card blank, decorative background paper from Crafty Individuals (A Weekend in Seville Book), Kraft card
• Coloured pencils (browns. Blues, white) and Sansador blending solution
• Inkpads: Versafine (Onyx Black, Vintage Sepia), Memento (Tuxedo Black), StazOn (Jet Black), Versamark
• Embossing powder (Tim Holtz Antiquities Rust)
• Soft Form Relief Paste (Copper)
• PVA pearls (black)
• Dies to cut tag (Trimcraft?), small sentiment plate (Heartfelt Creations) and cogs (Tim Holtz Sizzix BigZ)

How it was made:

1. A thin layer of copper paste was spread onto the small hat and key stamps and left to fully dry before gently peeling away. This can take up to 2 days so you need to plan ahead. StazOn Ink was then applied to the stamps and the moulded pieces pressed back on to transfer the ink into the crevices.
2. The sentiments were stamped onto Kraft card with Versafine (Black Onyx) and were cut out with dies. Cogs were also cut from Kraft card.
3. The background was stamped with Versafine (Vintage Sepia). The edges of the decorative panel, sentiment panels and cogs were coated with Versamark and heat embossed with rust powder.
4. The large hat was stamped onto Kraft card with Memento, cut out and coloured with pencils. Note: I used Memento as I blended the pencil colouring with Sansador solvent (Versafine would bleed with solvent).
5. Elements were stuck to the card front with 3D glue gel for added dimension. Finished with a few PVA pearls.