Steampunk Happy Birthday Card Plus Key Pens

Pulling out the Kaisercraft box today, I'm using a variety of papers featuring Miss Empire for a steampunk birthday card. I've always been head over heels with this collection, but sad to say I'm reduced to scraps and just two full sheets, neither of which are my top favorites. Whine, whine, whine. Sorry, that was terrible. I have such an abundance of beautiful papers, I should never complain about using them up.

I put together a pocket card, adding in some metal brads from Prima and Graphic 45 to help the steampunk effect along.

The flowers are all from I Am Roses and the foliage was cut with Alterations Thinlits Garden Greens and shaped with my tweezers. The tiny Happy Birthday tag is a Sizzix Framelits w/Stamps. It's tied with my old standby, ivory May Arts burlap string.

Lots of 3-D foam adhesive here to pop things up to different levels!

The Penmaker's two pens are both key pens made in designer acrylic. This one is antique pewter with an authentic patina and natural darkening that brings out the details of the finish and creates a unique feel with a charm all it's own. Very lovely!

His second pen has a rustic, authentic look of antique brass. It's been chemically darkened to simulate aged brass, resulting in a beautiful, long lasting brown plating with golden undertones. I love the purple he chose to go with this!

Which is your favorite? I have a hard time deciding between the pair.

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Steampunk Beauty Card

Fussy cuts, die cuts, and metals... the basics for my Steampunk Beauty card. Using Bo Bunny papers, Petaloo flowers and leaves and my basics, I created a rather simple card with depth.

Drinking a mug of my favorite Starbucks Verona coffee with a liberal amount of Coffeemate, I'm searching my brain for an idea for a fall themed card. I did two yesterday and was anxious to get home after church and eating out with family to get started. Now I seem to have drawn a blank. After I've drained this mug, I'm hopeful something will come to mind.

Have a peaceful Sunday!

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Steampunk Debutante Pocket Card

On a steampunk roll, this time with Graphic 45's Steampunk Debutante. Did you know that G45 has come out with a Deluxe Collector's Edition of this beautiful collection? Believe it or not my papers are the originals... hoarder that I am. I've looked on line, and some folks are selling these for a terrifically high price. I'm happy to still have a few, and I just might buy that Deluxe set someday.

I did some fussy cutting on the winged dress form and added one of my wood Tennessee hearts.

There are a lot of good images that can be cut out, which is true of all G45's collections.

 I tucked in a Prima medallion...

and added a wood key.

The flowers are Petaloo's Botanicas in teal mixed with a Prima wood timepiece and another TN wood key.

The light bulb is from Hobby Lobby.

The Penmaker and I have a big evening planned of eating Subway and watching Tiny House Hunters. If we can find the right small log cabin and some land, we just might go "tiny". What are your thoughts on tiny living?

Have a wonderful weekend, friends!

Thanks for stopping by... I so appreciate it!

Linda

G45 Wind-Up Woman Pocket Card

I LOVE most of Graphic 45's collections and the Olde Curiosity Shoppe is one of the top on my list... but then I LOVE the steampunk look. My papers are nearly all used up, and these are really hard to find. I need to take a trip back to Pigeon Forge and see if there are any left at Your Scrapbook Super Store. Do you think I can talk the Penmaker into that? Doubtful! LOL

I put metal gears and a timepiece (from Hobby Lobby) and Prima screw heads together for the industrial look. Speaking of Hobby Lobby, they have a fabulous selection of embellishments (their label, I think... Paper Studio?) and always seem to have them on sale.

Antique Bronze corner piece from The Funkie Junkie. The Filmstrip ribbon is by Idea-ology.

The black bird is from Momenta and the tiny distress yellow flowers are by Petaloo.

Petaloo's Botanica and a metal leaf from The Funkie Junkie.

I have been swamped with work lately, but yesterday managed a trip over to Ikea in Pittsburg. We needed a few more dinner plates for Thanksgiving, and since time is running out before all the cooking starts, we took a half day off. It turned out we picked the right time, because we arrived just as they opened and the store was empty. It was very strange to shop, and have the isles to ourself. A first! Later in the day, we made a run to Pat Catan's in Canton. They were busier. We picked up some storage boxes on sale, more Bo Bunny vintage papers, antique bronze jump rings, tiny red clothes pins, silver timepiece charms and Tombow glue. I think we walked down every isles talking about what we could do with all the supplies. What a fun evening!

Thanks for stopping by... I so appreciate it!

Linda