My Steampunk Hat.

“Take off your hat," the King said to the Hatter. 

"It isn't mine," said the Hatter. "Stolen!" the King exclaimed, turning to the jury, 

who instantly made a memorandum of the fact. 

"I keep them to sell," the Hatter added as an explanation; 

"I've none of my own. I'm a hatter.”― Lewis Carroll, 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland &Through the Looking-Glass.

I created two 12"x 12" pages using photos of the Steampunk Hat that I made. 

You can see more of my hats here.

Close up of chipboard, brads, wooden letters, Gears, etc.

Close up of cardboard gear.

 

 I painted the chipboard and letters black and then when they were dry, I added gold acrylic paint with a fan brush.

My inspiration was Mirror Mirror by Robin Shakoor from
Creating Keepsakes Sept/Oct 2012 Robin Shakoor's Gallery - Scrapbook.com

SUPPLIES: 

Viva Decor Steampunk Gear Background Stamp.

Time to celebrate Graphic 45 Cling acrylic stamp

Bead Landing™ Found Objects™ Antique Silver, Copper And Brass Gears.  

Gears stencil.

 

Prima – Cling Mounted Rubber Stamps – Musicale	“Time to Fly” cling stamp by Paper relics.
Classic Flourish Filigree Cling Stamp by Inkadinkado	Ranger Ink – Perfect Pearls Mists
Clear Scraps – Mascils –  12 x 12 Masking Stencil – Cog Wheels	Clear Scraps – Mascils –  12 x 12 Masking Stencil – Sprockets Gears

 

Prima - Finnabair - Wood Mounted Stamps - Rusty Cog, Vintage elegance Metallic stickers, wooden letters, card-stock, chipboard, acrylic paint, paint-brushes, chipboard, fan-paint brush, eye-shadow applicators,  ink-pad, mists, Brayer, adhesive, mounting squares foam pads, brads, etc.

TECHNIQUES

 

Background made with mists, stencils, stamps and ink.

 

  Hint: I pour my mists over in smaller mister bottles and dilute them with Alcohol. I attach the small misters to the bottles with elastics. Caution: When working with alcohol, make sure you are in a well ventilated area.

DIY Cogs and gears for cards, scrapbook, art journals, mixed media projects, etc

DIY Cogs and Gears

Applying ink from the ink-pad to acrylic stamps using a brayer.

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Steampunk Hat.

I ♥ Hats

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Butterfly Wishes.

“There’s an ancient butterfly legend that reads,
‘If anyone desires a wish to come true, they must first capture a butterfly
and whisper that wish to it,” 

“Since a butterfly can make no sound, the butterfly can not reveal the wish to anyone but the Great Spirit who hears and sees all. In gratitude for giving the beautiful butterfly its freedom, the Great Spirit always grants the wish. So according to legend, by making a wish and giving the butterfly its freedom, the wish will be taken to the heavens and granted.”- Wish Upon a Butterfly

Close up.

My inspiration was “Believe Canvas” 8″ x 10″ by Lori Iwanowski in
Canadian Scrapbooker – Winter Issue 2013

Sources:    Joyeux anniversaire partition (Happy Birthday) Found on blog.mesanniv.com Ephemera Paper Whimsy Beauties.

Supplies: Vellum, Reflections brads, Modge Podge by Plaid, fabric flowers, ink-pad, Forever in time "Butterfly Die Cuts, scissors, long nose pliers, pearl stickers, small hole punch, adhesive, paper doilies, paper piercer, foam brush, ink-pad, mounting squares, foam pads, Black acid free pen, acid-free paper, alphabet stencil,  florist wire, plastic spatula,  etc.

"Forever in time"- Buttefly Fancy Acrylic stamps.

Art Journal Pad’by Jodie Lee from Prima Marketing.  

Click link for examples.

Art Journal Pad’by Jodie Lee from Prima Marketing.  

Click link for examples.

Flattening the 12" x 12" layout under a piece of frosted glass.
I found that the Modge Podge didn't adhere to the vellum, so I applied it to the patterned paper instead. I Smoothed out the bubbles with a plastic spatula.
Apparently a Brayer or foam roller can also work.

Coloring the Lace Doilies by France Martin

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Art gives me wings. 

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C.P.M. Truter.

This is a photo of my Great Grandmother taken circa 1880. 

It was restored and colorized by Restoring and Coloring Old Family Pictures, a Facebook group. 

I have used this photo before restoration, you can see the post here.

Close up of bead-work, charm, title, lace, etc.
Click here for more of my Bead-work.

Close up of card-stock, lace, beads, handmade paper, etc.
The card-stock is Core Impressions by My mind's Eye-Lost and found Collection-Color Core Card-stock.

I added Gold  Ranger Ink – Perfect Pearls Mist, but its doesn't show up on the photos.

Sanding the textured cardstock 

 

Some of the other supplies and Tools I used were: Chipboard letters. lace, acrylic paint, beads, wire, a charm, 3 d pop squares, adhesive, photo mounting squares, fabric die (to color the lace), sandpaper, paintbrush, ink, pliers, needle nose pliers, hot glue, glue gun, Pencil, eraser, ruler, scissors, etc. My inspiration was "Grandma Minnie" by Diana Twedt from the Legacy Inaugural edition, Autumn 2002 by Somerset Studio.

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Chrissie

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Paper Dolls

paper doll

noun

Definition of paper doll: a paper or cardboard representation of a person usually in two dimensions for children to play with.

This layout is 12" x 12"

 

My inspiration was: "Best Friends" by Christy Riopel from Canadian Scrapbook magazine Summer 2013.

 

Hint: I punched out circles with a punch, using Elmer's repositionable glue and covered the openings of the letters to prevent the ink from covering them. You can also use sticky notes.

 

 I used a plastic sink mat which I got at the dollar-store as a mask. I used the same mask for my Mirra layout.

Supplies and tools: Margarita Memories Mists, alphabet stencil, Card-stock, ruler, pencil, eraser, Black Zig Millennium writer, Black Ink-pad, Eye-shadow applicator, 3D pop squares, photo mounting squares,  Crafts Brand spray paint from the Dollar store, small scissors, etc.

Download Stacy Cohen's template here!

Sources: Free Doll Collage Template by Stacy Cohen at Creating Keepsakes.Collage Paper Living green Artist paper Designed by Raquel Joya for Stampington and company 

Some of my mom's paintings, she painted under the name Mirra.

My mother Miriam Smit was a self-taught artist. When I was about 6 years old, she made some paper-dolls for me. I remember they were very beautiful, but unfortunately they didn’t last long. These photos of my mom’s paintings remind me of them, as they were painted in the same style. I am fortunate to have a few of my mother’s paintings and photos of most.

 

Although My mother painted mostly with oils, this looks like a watercolor.

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Mirra.

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Tricycles.

One of my earliest memories as a child was playing with my friends and our red Tri-ang Tricycles. I was 5 years old in the photos where I have the short pony tail.

This 12"x 12" layout was scanned on a Epson WF 3620 scanner.

The captions are behind the photos.

Design Principle: THE POWER OF THREE

My inspiration was Little girl moments by AnnaMarie Kondo from the Scrapbooking Trends
magazine June 2005.

   

  Source:  Tuesday tutorial: Vintage hankie journals. Children's Vintage Sewing Patterns.

Some of the supplies and tools I used were: CIRCLES w/ Scallop Border ShapeCutter Shape Template 4855

Acrylic caption stamp from Stampology, Studio G Acrylic stamp(flourish), Black Zig Calligraphy pen, Stencils ( Alphabet, circles, scallops (Fiskars, etc.) Patterned paper, card-stock, foam pads, paper piercer, photo corners, paper flowers, brads (Painted with nail polish), Ink-pads, eye-shadow applicators, etc.   

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