Altered Lantern

Hi All

It is that time again for a new mixed media challenge over at Happy Little Stampers

This months theme is 

Welcome to the dark and dreary Dragons Lair, after many months of exploring the ancient Galaxy Dragon egg was found still un-hatched and sealed in its very own lantern, I can now reveal this beauty to you in all its glory.

Now to take a closer look and open the lantern for the first time in many many years 

I hope you loves this as much as I do and it inspires you.

Products used:

Imagination Crafts Rusty Patina Paste - Rusted and Verdigris

Imagination Crafts Starlights Paints

3D Gloss gel medium

Fake Moss

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Steampunk Butterfly Canvas

Hi Crafters

Today I have a new mixed media piece to share with you all that I have been working on and is now completed and ready to be seen.

Steampunk Butterfly Canvas

I love love love how this turned out and I had so much fun working with the different textures, Here are some close up pictures 

I also took a photo of the canvas from the side and another with the flash on to show off the colours

For this piece I have used the following products:

20 x 20cm Blank Canvas

Creative Embellishments Chipboard - Steampunk Butterfly, Large Gear Set, Steampunk Clock Corner

Prima Marketing - Typo Bulbs 

Imagination Crafts Rusty Patina Pastes - Rusty and Verdigris

Metal Cog Charms

Indigoblu Metallic Acrylic Paint - Miss Moneypenny and Kingfisher Blue

I hope this has inspired you.

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

SanDee & Amelie's Steampunk Challenges - Anything Goes Steampunk/Industrial

More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes With Optional Black

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Mixed Media Goes

Mix It Up Challenge Blog - Anything Goes + Optional Aperture

Rusted Steampunk Pumpkin

Hi Crafters 

Sooooo today I have another altered Pumpkin to share with you all ( yes I know Halloween is over but I am a little behind on posting these new creations and lets face it I LOVE HALLOWEEN and it is more Steampunk ;))

Lets get to showing this little beauty off to you all

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How awesome does this look, I absolutely loved working on this piece and working with the Rusty Patina Paste from Imagination Crafts.... This was my first time using these pastes and will not be my last I love love love the look and the texture is amazing.

Now for some more pictures 

I wanted to capture as much of the detail on this as I possibly could so you could see what I have done.

What did I use?

Imagination Crafts - Rusty Patina Paste - Soot, Rustique, Verdigris

Imagination Crafts - Stencil Brushes

Tim Holtz - Cogs Bigz Die

Metal Cog Charms

That's Crafty Surfaces - Bits & Pieces Greyboard - Small Cogs

Just goes to show that you do not need a lot of crafty products and materials to create something .

I hope you like my Rusty Steampunk Pumpkin as much as I do and it gives you some inspiration to do some rusty effects of your own.

Kelly 

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Bleeding Art - Halloween
SanDee & Amelie's Steampunk Challenge - Steampunk/Industrial
A Perfect Time To Craft - Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge - Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Anything Goes