Rick St. Dennis Progressive Challenge

 Hi all, I'm here today with a card that has been nearly a week in the making! I have made my very first Steampunk style card!! I have recently fallen in love with the gorgeous images by Rick St. Dennis, and he has a wealth of Steampunk images to choose from.

This month's new challenge over at the Rick St. Dennis Progressive Challenge is Steampunk, so I just had to have a browse in this category, and, well, let's just say more than one image fell in my cart Lol!!

Today I am using Aerocruiser for Lady B - I see her as an imperious Lady, observing her minions below, she looks a tad grumpy (I think it's the way I coloured her, I used pencils and had a bit of slip with the lips!).

I coloured her in the earlier part of the week, then was a bit stumped as to how to mount her. I had a rummage in my stash, and found a Steampunk themed embossing folder, some screw head brads, and I bought some little cogs to use too. I know I have some steampunk style paper somewhere in my stash, but I haven't a clue where!

Here's a close up of her - I fussy cut the image with my craft knife, my finger still tingles, it went almost flat!

For the background, I used the embossing folder on some green card, and rubbed some Versamark over the top - my intention was to emboss the raised parts only, but I got the ink all over it. However, I like this too, I think it looks like burnished leather. I then distressed around the edges, and set aside.

I cut a brown mat to size and distressed around the edges, added the cogs to the gold embossed panel, and layered together.

I used this sentiment from Kaisercraft, embossed in gold, and cut using a Spellbinders nestie. I added the brads befor adhering to the panels, along with Lady B.

The card base is green Bazzill - I added some Aged Gold Frantage embossing powder to the edges, before adhering the entire panel to the base. Then inside I added a gold glitter layer, and topped it with an embossed Color Core'dinations brown panel using the same folder as on the front, then sanded back the raised areas. Then i used some stamps from Uniko Studios for the sentiment and cogs and clocks, and sponged the edges with some Antique Linen distress ink.

Well, it took me longer than I thought, mainly because I had never made a steampunk project before, and spent a lot of time thinking lol!!

There is still a week to enter the challenge, so I may use another image and create again, but I better get my (steampunk) skates on!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline