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 | | I was drawn to Abigail101 aka Lisa's Moody Mixed Media backgrounds (although she also has some more plain and simple offerings in her gallery, too) I Chose this Heard a Strange Noise 2 card.
Things I Changed: Copper wreath to Metallic cogs & gears, Different techniques for building my bg, Different sentiment, No Bugs or Beetles . . .
I started with a piece of black cardstock, dragging 3 colors of acrylic paint over the panel with the edge of an old gift card. Once that was dry, I stenciled some mechanical images with Encore Metallic Blue Ink. I have only worked with Angelina Fibers on plain cardstock but took a Leap of Faith and sprinkled some over the paint encrusted panel, covered with parchment paper and pressed with my iron. Whew - they adhered beautifully to the paint creating a shimmery spider web of ultra fine fibers. (and my iron survived unscathed!)
My brother sells and installs weird & wonderful machines at small manufacturing plants that do all kinds of amazing things. . . . so, I cut some cogs & gears from metallic cardstock and the large fly wheel from some textured charcoal. Turns out the Charcoal was not a good choice of color, so I found some ANCIENT Lustre Creme and smeared on some pewter and copper to give this the more aged metallic look I wanted. I finished with my own sentiment partially die & fussy cut and partially computer generated. The computer printed section was fussy cut with a deckle-edged scissors then edged with gold 3-D paint and framed with royal blue metallic cardstock.
This card exceeded my wildest expectations! |
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Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026 GMT
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Additional Info
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Keywords: FS1007 Birthday Steampunk Cogs & Gears
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Paper: White, black & scraps of metallic cardstock
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Ink: Encore Metallic Blue
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Accessories: Acrylic paint (Emerald, Royal Blue, Teal), Luster creme (copper & pewter), Angelina Hot Fix Fibers (Gold Iris), Mechanical images Stencils, Cogs, gears & word dies, Iron, Gold 3-D paint, Deckle edged Scissors.
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Techniques: Mixed Media, die cuts, fussy cut, Stenciling
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Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 3
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