Steampunk Adventures card created for Chocolate Baroque

Good morning. This was another of my samples for the recent Steampunk themed shows from Chocolate Baroque.

Materials:

• Steampunkery, Steampunk Travel and Punky Expressions stamps
• 6 X 6 inch Kraft card blank, Kraftcard scraps, 6 X 6 inch patterned paper from Crafty Individuals (Travels in Italy)
• Inkpads: Versamark, Versafine (Vintage Sepia), StazOn (Jet Black)
• Versamark Embossing Ink Pen
• Embossing powders: WOW (Clear Gloss), Ranger (Rust)
• Soft Form Relief Paste (Copper)
• Alcohol pen and fine tipped pen (dark brown)
• Watercolour pen (teal, brown)
• Koh-I-Noor white charcoal sticks
• Hairspray
• Dies (Sizzix gears)

How it was made:

1. Images were stamped with Versafine. White charcoals were used to add clouds and to add highlights to the airships. Images were further coloured with watercolour pens and a damp brush. I used a light spray with hairspray to fix the chalk and stop it from smudging. The topper was then edged with brown pen and faux stitching drawn with the fine tipped pen.
2. Embossing ink was added to the larger ship with the pen, and was heat embossed with clear powder.
3. StazOn ink was applied to the large airship stamp propellers before spreading with a layer of Soft Form Relief Paste. This was left to dry overnight before peeling away and trimming to neaten, then glued over the image.
4. Gears were cut from Kraft card, coated with Versamark ink and heat embossed with rust powder.
5. Sentiments were stamped onto scrap patterned paper, matted onto Kraft card, edged with alcohol maker and glued to the card with foam pads for dimension.