February 2018 Challenge: Mid Month Reminder + January Top5 and Prize Winners

Hi, servus and welcome to the first of our new mid-month posts here at SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges!

I have decided for now to combine the announcement of our Top5 and prize winners from the previous month with the second round up of inspirational makes for the actual challenge. I am currently thinking on making some changes to the way of doing our challenge and Top5 and prize winner posts, so it gets easier for me to run the blog (as I am not feeling my very best and haven't done so for quite some time now). I want to keep this challenge blog up and running (for our players and myself) - maybe it just needs some tweaking here and there to make it more joyful again and less of a challenge (hahah, pun intended). So, please, be patient, if you find I have been adding changes again!

So here we go!
Let's start with the additional dose of inspiration first and with reminding you of our challenge theme, which is once more

"Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial"

so you're all free to have fun and happily create away! Please, check our challenge rules ("Da Rules") for some recent updates, if you haven't already. (you'll find these on top of the blog page - right below the banner). Thank you! The linkup tool to enter your projects to can be found at the bottom of this post or with the challenge post from the 1st of the month.

As always our challenge will be open until the end of the month and there will be two lucky winners picked among all proper entries, who will either win the fab DecoArt media prize bundle

or a surprise steampunk chipboard package sponsored by lovely Glenda - aka boozybear!

All you have to do to win, is play along and have a little steampunk/industrial fun!


But now on to the makes of Brigitte, Maura, Kerstin and myself - or simply "Team B" ;)

Brigitte

created a heart shaped canvas that holds 

the key to her heart

(and the mysterious number 14...I wish I knew what it stands for ;)

Kerstin

says she loves to try some new ideas and to leave her comfort zone

once in a while. This time she wanted to create with fabric. 

And she turned "a very simple cotton bag into a very special cotton bag.

Let's go shopping!"

Maura

says:

"I was inspired by Valentine's Day ....think chocolates and pink valentines

to create my SteamPink Lady."

and I 

-Claudia-

have created a little APC (Altered Playing Card) duo,

playing around with some Calico Craft Parts, left over die cuts, rubber stamping 

and DecoArt media products. 

(I am always amazed by how much media you can squeeze into such a small format ;)

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If you want to learn more about the projects and the how-tos or simply take a closer look at details, simply hop over to the teamies' blogs (by clicking their names). If you want to make them very happy, please, leave a short comment so they know you've been visiting. Also don't forget to check out the makes of Team A if you haven't done so already! Thank you!

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Now on to our Top 5 and prize winners from the January challenge! 

And these are:

(in no particular order)

Barbara 

with this amazing tag

Nataliya

who made this beautiful journal

Sara

who created this amazing piece

"thinking in- and outside the box"

Julia

with this fantastically imaginative project

and 

Aleksandra

who made this breathtakingly beautiful notebook cover

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Huge congrats, ladies! So very well done! Please, feel free to grab the badge for display on your blogs!

Thanks so much for playing along! 

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And last but not least: our January prize winners:

The DecoArt media prize bundle goes to:

#15 

Linda Simpson

and 

the boozybear chipboard surprise package goes to:

#21

Barbara Yaya

Congrats on your prize wins, Linda and Barbara! Please, contact me via email (see sidebar), so I can have your goodies sent to your places! DecoArt will need a phone number for shipping as well, Linda, so, please, add that to your shipping data as well. 

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Hugs and happy crafting,

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

SASPC February 2018 Challenge - Part One

Servus, hi and welcome back for another challenge with once more loads of steampunk and industrial style fun and beauty!

Team A will kick off our February challenge today with four inspiring makes to fuel your creativity and lure you into playing along, but there will be more inspiration on February, 15 as usual, when the ladies from Team B will be sharing their projects. We will also be announcing the Top 5 and prize winners from our January challenge then - which is born out of necessity (due to me being off on holidays before that date and maybe without internet over there), but I have just at this very moment decided to keep it that way from now on. This way the Team B ladies will be seen properly and you won't miss the announcement either. So the 1st and the 15th of each month will be your dates to keep in mind from now on ;)

The February challenge theme is once more

Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial

so you're free to create whatever you love most - as long as it is somehow steampunk or industrial style related. We love tags and cards as well as we love art journal pages, scrapbook layouts, altered objects, paintings, drawings, mixed media art and jewellery (and whatever else I haven't put on this list now because it didn't come to mind). So don't be shy and play along. By doing so you get the chance to either win this amazing DecoArt media prize bundle....

....or a surprise steampunk chipboard package from amazingly talented chipboard designer and artist Glenda aka boozybear!

All you have to do to get the chance to win one of these, is follow our few rules and share some creative steampunk fun with us.

But now on to the makes of Team A! Here we go!

Alexa

has created this amazing steampunk mask 

- perfect for February and the famous Cologne Carnival. 

Look at those wings and the monocle! I love this to bits!

And she's achieved such a beautiful metal look with the DecoArt products, hasn't she?

Nate's

beautiful, beautiful shadow frame box shows

"the key of time that opens the lovers' hearts"

(I loooove the colours and the patina tones against the reds on this)

Zoja

made a steampunk panel from heavy cardboard. 

She says 

"I think I'll use it as a cover, but now it's still just good as a painting"

(I think so too. And just look at all the amazing texture!)

Susan

has titled her magical project 

"The Home Key"

and I love the composition and the layers with the gauze and the book page to contrast

the rusty tag and elements!

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If you want to make my team happy, please, hop over to their blogs (by clicking on their names) and leave a short comment there. You'll also find more images and info about the projects there. 

Our challenge is open until the end of the month and can be entered via the inlinkz tool at the bottom of this post. I can't wait to see what you create! And don't forget to return on the 15th for more inspiration and the announcement of the January prize winners and Top5. See you then! 

In the meantime

hugs and happy crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx