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Steampunk and Grunge

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Poster: stiz2003

Stepped out of my comfort zone to try this card designed by a friend. She used loads of Distress Embossing Powder and I had none. So it was a "make a mess and see what happens" day. I dry embossed the front then used gold EP. I then sanded it and used various alcohol inks to grunge it a bit. The gears are grungeboard cut with Tim Holtz gears die and smeared with distress inks direct to paper then spritzed with water. The metals are Tim Holtz left over from boy scrapbook pages. I cheated on the pop up die since a friend cut me one, I drew it and digitally created it. Had a lot of fun with it.

Date: Friday, January 11, 2013 GMT
Views: 386
Favorited: 7

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Keywords: AOCC13 Jan Steampunk Grunge masculine

Paper: Bazzill black, Kraft

Ink: Encore Gold, alcohol inks

Accessories: sand paper, Tim Holtz metals, sizzix die.

Techniques: distress and make a mess

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Vickie Y

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Fri, Jan 11, 2013 @ 12:18 PM

I am really, really enjoying your steampunk day! Great card.

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Fri, Jan 11, 2013 @ 12:40 PM

wow...this is really cool...love the distressed embossed sanded bg...this will go over great...

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Fri, Jan 11, 2013 @ 2:23 PM

Really cool! Perfect for a male birthday card! I love the metallic look and the embossing, gears and timepiece.

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Fri, Jan 11, 2013 @ 2:45 PM

You can't be too far out of your comfort zone because this is gorgeous! Way to go!!

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Fri, Jan 11, 2013 @ 5:06 PM

I got a good chuckle out of the "make a mess and see what happens". What happened was a wonderful masculine card.

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Sat, Jan 12, 2013 @ 11:35 AM

Oh....a messy day, eh? L-o-v-e how this turned out! Wonderful texture and color. Masculine delish!

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Sun, Jan 13, 2013 @ 8:29 AM

VERY COOL!!!! Wow, LOVE the metallic look! You did such an amazing job with your fantastic distressing too! Awesome card!!!

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Sun, Jan 13, 2013 @ 4:45 PM

Wonderful metallic look! A great masculine card.

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Mon, Jan 14, 2013 @ 4:28 AM

Nancy, you are rockin' the Tim Holtz goodies! Love the effect you achieved...really cool!

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Mon, Jan 14, 2013 @ 5:32 AM

You ought to keep steppin' out, cuz this is FABULOUS! I always love clock cards and yours is incredible!

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Fri, Jan 18, 2013 @ 6:53 AM

Marvelous card! I love steampunk and you did a fantastic job setting the feel up on this.

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Wed, Feb 13, 2013 @ 1:00 PM

this is a really funky, yet still elegant card.... "Steampunk" cards - who would have thought. Very creative

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