SASPC Summer Special Challenge Reminder and Throwback in Time

Hi, servus and welcome to a summer special challenge reminder that is a little different from the ones from the last years. As the whole team have already posted their makes on the 1st of July (HERE), I thought I could use this opportunity to look back at the very beginnings of this challenge blog and pick some projects that deserve to be put into the spotlight again.

All the details and the collection to enter your projects for our summer special challenge into, can be found HERE (or by clicking on the badge on the top of our side bar). There is still time until the end of August to enter up to five makes (instead of the usual three) to try to win one of our two fab prize bundles that will be given away by lovely Glenda from boozybear and DecoArt media.

But let's start with our throwback in time! Sandra and I founded this challenge blog and soon started having special guests (so there were more than just two "design duo" projects). I still remember having lovely Candy Colwell as our guest in our very first year. The little miniature dresser made for our "matchbox steampunk" challenge was just breathtakingly amazing and so beautiful!

Karolina Stopyra aka Drycha was our guest in June 2013 and created this adorable steampunk fish card with cogs scales for us!

Sandra, whom I still miss dearly, was the one who had the idea of setting up our own mixed media steampunk challenge blog - so we actually owe her this wonderful creative spot! I am so happy that she made me do this! She sadly had to turn down her creative hobby and we have lost touch. I hope she is happy and doing well!

Our wonderful and true Brigitte finally turned our duo into a team of three in November 2013...and this was her first project as a regular DT member:

 In March 2014 Susan Janicula aka klistersoster joined the design team (and I am so happy and proud to tell that she has been with us since then!) with this cool steampunk steampunk card.

Dear Kerstin joined the design team a little later and this lovely altered box was her first project as our new member:

And I am still in love with former design team member Agnieszka's adorable steampunk bowler hat!

Lovely Nate, who had been with us for quite a while too, amazed me with this beautiful project (well, not just with this particular one...lol):

And fabulous Zoja has been creating the most amazing assemblage pieces since she has joined our design team (and hopefully will do so for much longer :) 

Wonderful Maura has rejoined our design team some time ago - which has made me very happy! She has been making the most inventive and funniest projects ever since - like this Tyvek charm she has created from used envelopes and acrylic paints and media. 

And my wonderful and dear friend Laura was part of our amazing design team too! I miss her and her wonderful projects. 

And of course there were the most inspiring makes by amazingly talented Niki to be admired on our challenge blog...

...and not to forget about Dee, who has enriched our design team with her unique projects too!

Lovely and evenly amazing Alexa was the last talent to join our design team and I am so happy to have her!

With all these amazing talents I have had or still have the pleasure to work alongside I can call myself a very lucky challenge blog owner, can't I? 

I hope you have enjoyed this little creative time warp as much as I have! I can't believe that this is year six on my journey as a challenge blog owner! And I can't believe how far we have come! I am so thankful and proud of all the wonderful guest designers we have had and of all our true and fantastic players, who join in so regularly, and I am also thankful for our fabulous current prize sponsors boozybear and DecoArt media, and all our former prize sponsors too! Thank you all so much for helping and having helped making this place the special spot it is today!

Our summer special challenge is open for one more month and you can simply click on the badge at the top of our sidebar or scroll down to the previous post to learn about the details and to get to the actual DT makes and the inlinkz collection to join in! Thanks for stopping by and happy summer holidays!

Claudia & the SASPC DT

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SASPC June 2018 Top 5 and Prize Winners

Hi, servus and welcome back to our little creative steampunk style mixed media corner! Claudia here today and it is time to reveal the Top 5 and prize winners from our June challenge.
Thank you each and every one who has been entering our challenge for playing along - we loved ALL your entries (we always do as they are always so amazing and unique) so much! So picking our Top5 was - as always - really hard.

But before I start with first announcing our two prize winners (that were drawn among all proper entries), I would like to invite you to play along with our two months long summer special challenge! It is an "Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial" themed one again and instead of the usual month you have until the end of August to enter up to five (instead of the usual three) entries this time. Simply click on the image below or scroll to the previous post or use the text link above to get there. I hope the inspirational makes of my wonderful design team will spark your imagination ;) The team and I would love to see you play along!

But now on to our prize winners! Another two prize bundles generously donated by our wonderful sponsors DecoArt media and boozybear have found new destinations! The DecoArt media goodies

go to 

#19 - Maggie

and a surprise package of amazing steampunk chipboard pieces from boozybear

goes to 

# 14 - Jo 

Yay! Congrats on your prize wins, ladies! Please, send your shipping info to the email address given in the side bar, so I can have your goodies be sent to you. DecoArt prize winners, please, also provide a phone number for shipping details. Thank you! 

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And now on to our Top5, who have created mixed media steampunk goodness at its best! They appear in no particular order, so let's start with...

Lys

with her amazing cryptex!

Susanne

made this fantastic birthday shaker card for her dad

Magdalena

with her original, fearless and authentic masculine card

Lisenka

created this amazing journal cover full of divine texture and detail

and 

Maede

used a piece of raw wood as her substrate to work on

and made this beauty

Fantastic works of steampunk mixed media art, ladies! Thank you so much for sharing them with us and for playing along! Huge congrats on making our Top 5! Please, feel free to grab the badge for display on your blogs! xxx

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Before I say good bye for now, another reminder to join in our summer special challenge HERE. The whole team are presenting their inspirational projects in the kick off post for this challenge - so you will find a lot of steampunk and industrial goodness there to spark your imagination. I will be back in two weeks with a summer special challenge reminder post (not sure yet what I will be sharing in this post, but it will definitely be something to spark even more ideas and imagination ;). 

Hugs and happy summer crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Summer Special 2018!

Hi, servus and welcome to our annual Summer Special, dear steampunk and industrial style friends! Claudia here, to bring to you the usual two months long summer challenge for July and August, that is meant to provide our players and the design team sufficient time to create a little something to play along during the holidays and hot summer months when we all prefer to be outdoors and catch a  lot of summer sun and fun!

The challenge theme for our summer special is - as always -

Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial

so you're free to create what you enjoy most - as long as it has a steampunk or industrial style twist.


This year the whole team present their makes in this post. There will be some reminder post on the 1st of August and of course the Top5 and prize winners post from the June challenge on the 15th of the current month. But maybe you will want to make a little note to yourselves to play along....as we will give away our usual two prizes for the summer special challenge too. These are donated by our wonderful sponsors DecoArt and boozybear and we are so grateful for their generosity!

The two prizes will go to two winners who will be picked among all proper entries. So make sure you have checked our few challenge rules (see according page below our challenge blog header). We have added some updates recently due to entries via facebook accounts with strict privacy settings or blogs that only accept invited readers, which is a problem for us, as we cannot access your blogs or see the facebook or blog posts and therefore cannot see or comment on your projects... nor can we include these with our top5 votes or prize draws (which is a shame).  

The summer special challenge is open from July 1st to August 31st. We allow five entries per player instead of the usual three - so chances to get picked as a prize winner are higher than ever ;) 

My lovely design team ladies have once more created an amazing bundle of inspiration for you! Here we go! If you click on the design team's names, you get taken to their blogs where you can see the projects in more detail and also learn about techniques and products used. Please, take a few minutes to leave them a little love there! Thank you! 

Susan

has created this awesomely textured tag,

that makes my biologists heart sing ;)

Brigitte

made this awesome set of art coins - the latest trend in crafty blogland!

Maura 

titled her lovely ATC duo

"Drawn to the Light"

Kerstin's

beautifully layered project

goes by the title

"Key to Happiness"

Zoja

brought an old notebook cover back to life

by giving it a fantastic make over

Alexa

delights us with this amazing tag

and I 

- Claudia - 

have altered a wooden tea light holder

for romantic evenings on our balcony

with a glass of wine, some relaxed chatter

and a small dose of steampunk romance

Seven totally different projects to spark your creativity! I hope you like them all as much as I do and feel inspired to play along! Stay tuned for our annoucement of our June Top5 and prize winners on the 15th. 

The team and I wish you happy summer holidays!

Claudia 

xxx

May Top 5 and Prize Winners!

Welcome back friends! Here comes the best part of "the job", getting to announce the Top 5 and Prize Winners! You are the heart and soul of why we do this, and it is truly my pleasure to make the announcements for our May steampunk/industrial "Anything Goes" challenge.

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PRIZE WINNERS!!

Our prize winners are drawn at random from all proper entries. Our generous friends at DecoArt Media,  and the lovely Glenda at Boozybear provide the amazing prizes! As always, we are very thankful for their support. 

The fabulous bundle of DecoArt media goodness 

goes to

entry #25

Ginny and the Sheep

and a surprise package of awesome steampunk chipboard from boozybear

goes to

entry #18

Jolanda

Congratulations on your prize wins, and thanks so much for joining us in our challenge! Please email Claudia (vonpappe2 - her address is in the sidebar) so she can forward your shipping details to Glenda and DecoArt asap. DecoArt winners, please include a phone number. 

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Drumroll please!! 

Our Top 5 from the May Challenge (in no particular order)

Magdalena

with her gorgeous oval canvas 

filled to the brim with loads of eye candy and rusty textures

Maede

with her wonderful altered clock with its delightful face

Max

with his heartfelt gentleman canvas 

brimming with cogs and gears 

Maria

with her amazing altered tote bag

dressed in rich colors and design

Olga

with her fantastic built from scratch

steampunk typewriter

 Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for sharing your amazing makes and wonderful inspiration with us!  Please feel free to grab the Top 5 badge from above (or the sidebar), and display it on your blog. 

Congratulations!!

MANY THANKS to everyone who entered our May challenge! It is always so difficult for the DT to pick the Top 5 from all of the awesome entries, because we truly are inspired by the creativity of each and every one of you. We are so happy to have all of you playing along with us at SASPC - you rock our little steampunk universe!

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The June challenge is open until the end of the month, so you still have plenty of time to create and share with us. We would love to see you link up your makes and enter our challenge this month, so please join us in our steampunk/industrial mixed media challenge! 

Keep the cogs and gears of creativity turning,

Hugs and happy crafting!

Maura & the SASPC team

xxx

SASPC June 2018 Challenge

Hello and welcome friends, to our little corner of the Steampunk Universe! Maura here, wearing my new co-host top hat for the first time. 

We love having you here, playing along with us in a mixed media, steampunk and industrial style! The entire team is sharing their creative makes at the beginning of each month from now on, which will give you lots of inspiration to get started.

Our June challenge is, as usual... 

Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial

We welcome all types of projects (except digitally created) and encourage everyone, from beginner to  experienced to join us every month and share your creations. Show us your tags, cards, canvas, art journal, altered objects...whatever you can imagine that fits our theme of steampunk/industrial. We truly are in awe of the imagination and creativity of you, our players, and look forward each challenge to see where your creative muse took you!

Many thanks to our wonderful and generous sponsors, DecoArt and boozybear for keeping the gears and cogs turning here at SASPC!

At the end of each challenge, two winners are randomly selected from all proper entries (be sure to check out our posted rules) and will either get an awesome DecoArt Media prize package, or an amazing chipboard package.

Now...on to the awesome makes from our wonderful team!



Brigitte

...has created an delightful steampunk style baby mini album,
that is sure to become a family treasure!
How cool is that?

Susan

"Lights in the Workshop"

...made this wonderful tag, 

using some awesome boozybear chipboard and framing it with burlap.

Kerstin

"Seahorse in a Frame" 

...shares her talent at piecing together found objects in the most amazing ways.

Alexa

has closed her blog for awhile (therefore no link to her blog) but will still be sharing her amazing steampunk projects with us over here on our challenge blog.

For the June challenge she has created this awesome journal spread. 

She has used several DecoArt media products and mixed media techniques to create the great background:

Zoja

...made this fabulous wall hanging with cogs, added lots of intriguing embellishments and painted it with rose gold accents.

Claudia

"teabag, wired"

4''x4''

teabag (with label), found objects, watch parts, rubber stamping, DecoArt media Misters, white Modeling Paste, white Crackle Paint and gloss Heavy Gel Medium

on canvas

"Can you spot the teabag with its thread and label?

It was the starting point for my mixed media canvas." 

asks Claudia

Maura

...headed to the tropics for an island vibe to her steampunk ATC.

Thanks for stopping by our little corner of the Steampunk Universe. We hope to see you playing along with us this month in our steampunk/industrial challenge which is open until the end of June. Remember, we will have two prize draws and choose the design team's Top 5!

 Top 5 for May and prize winners will be posted on June 15th, 

so be sure to pop back to check that out.

Time to put your top hat on and get crafting with us!

Hugs, and happy crafting!

Maura & the SASPC Team

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