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Wednesday 11 May 2011

Steam punk and Machines!

Good afternoon everyone.  Well I must apologise for not posting yesterday.  I made 4 cards, but not one of them could be used yet as they were all for design teams or guest design slots.  You will see one of them tomorrow over at Digi doodles so keep your eyes open for that!

So for todays card I thought I would try the Steampunk and machines challenge at crafty cardmakers.  Now I don't know much about this style but here is my attempt!

So I used the sketch from Pink elephant to base this card on.  And instead of design papers I used 2 different embossing folders, dots and a cuttle bug folder(not sure what it's called but it's from their princess collection!)

I have combined 2 digi images for this card,   'Chain & Cog' and 'Steampunk fairy'both from the same designer Delicious Doodles.  You can find her over at the stitchy bear store!

I have layered both digi's so they stand out and have attatched some metal beads/charms to the cogs and mini gems to a cog and the chain.  The fairy has been coloured with pro markers and glittered on the wings with mini gems for decortation.


The sentiment has been punched and inked, and the charm has been attatched to the ribbon and bow.

The buttons have been threaded with cross stitch thread and the rebel sentiment has been embossed then inked.

I hope you like my attempt!  I will be entering this card into the following challenges:-
http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/ Steam punk and machines
http://houseofgilli.blogspot.com/ Black white and one other colour
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Black white and one other colour

Thanks for popping over.

Nikki

20 comments:

jessica said...

This is a beautiful card! Love the colors and the image is just fabulous! Great job! Thanks for joining us over at Paper Playtime :)
jessica

Highland Handmade said...

Beautiful card, love the image and colours. thankyou for joining us at Ladybug Crafts Ink!

pinky said...

Amazing card, just love the image and those gorgeous embellishments. Thanks for playing along at LCI this week.
Pinky

Josephine said...

Beautiful image and card - and the embellishments really set it off perfectly!

Thanks for joining the Steampunk and Machines challenge at Crafty Cardmakers.

Lisa Jane said...

what a great card - love the embellies
Thanks for joining us at LCI this week
Lisa x

Beth aka BR-T said...

I love this card and that embossing folder is crazy awesome! thanks for playing along with the YNS "Pop it Up" challenge and hope to see you fabby work again!

Caroline said...

gorgeous card
thanks for joining us at tpsxx

Cheryl Valadez said...

Wow! This is lovely! It has a very goth feel to it. Thanks for joining us at The Paper Shelter this week ;D Hugz, Cheryl

andrea said...

Gorgeous card,love the detail and fab image thankyou for joining us at fab'n'funky
andrea

Peggy said...

Great card! Thanks for playing with us at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.

Josephine said...

It looks like Blogger lost my comment!

This is a gorgeous card - love the image and the detail you've added.

Thanks for joining our Steampunk and Machines challenge at Crafty Cardmakers.

Bella´s Bastelecke said...

I love this image :) Your card is amazing. Thanks for joining us at TPS.....

Hugs
Judith

Becca Fabozzi said...

great card, I love the colors you used. Thanks so much for joining us at House of Gilli this week for our Black + 1 challenge.

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Lin said...

Fabulous creation. I am fond of this particular digi myself and you have used it beautifully here.

Thanks for joining in the Steampunk fun at Crafty Cardmakers.

Lin xx

Eiglas said...

Lovely card Nikki! Such a super composition and colouring.
Thank you for coming over to play at Crafty CardMakers this week!
Hugs
Eiglas
x

~*Joni said...

Oh Nikki she is awesome! Great color palette for her, she reminds me of a beautiful Fiona fairy from Shrek. :) Lovely embellishments! Thank you for playing along with us at TPE sketch challenge this week!
~*Joni TPE DT

Yone said...

Great card ! Tks for playing along with us this week at House of GILLI Black + 1 Color Challenge ! Hugs,Yone

Crystal said...

WOW this is BEAUTIFUL!!! What a great image and LOVE your card design! Thanks so much for joining us at Your Next Stamp this week!!!

Anonymous said...

wow! quite attractive card i think it is form petarpan's cartoon the coloring is a bit fade other things are perfect.

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