SanDee&amelie's May/June2021 Steampunk Challenge

 Hi, servus and welcome back to another two-months long steampunk and industrial style challenge, dear creative friends! Claudia here again and I hope you have been making it through the pandemic well so far and are all safe and sound. I am slowly coming back after a long creative break - definitely not my old self again yet, but maybe that isn't what I want to return to anyway - crises is a chance for change they say and I plan to take on that one. ;)

Are you ready for another challenge? I do hope so! The theme is our usual

Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial

one and the rules still apply as usual as well - with one slight change though: you can enter up to five makes during the next two months instead of just three. We will draw a prize winner on the 15th of the following month after the challenge has closed  and then also announce our Top5 of course. 

Sadly I was informed that DecoArt are still under production and shipping restrictions due to Cov19 pandemic production guidelines and will not be able to send out prizes outside the U.S. until at least Fall - so I'm very sorry to have to tell you that there will be no more DecoArt prizes this year. The team and I would like to take this opportunity though to say a huge THANK YOU for the generosity and for having DecoArt with us on our challenge blog journey for so long! 

We still have lovely Glenda from

boozybear 

by our side though! So at least one fabulous bundle of surprise steampunk chippies will go out to one lucky winner! And each project you enter is a chance to win these, so: don't hesitate - create!And maybe your entry will make it to our Top5!!! So there's fame and honour to be gained too. ;) 

The team has once more come up with some fabulously inspirational projects and I hope these will lure you into playing along in the final run! Some of the projects also feature mentioned boozybear chipboard pieces - so look out for these! And of course you can also visit the teamies' blogs by clicking on their names to find out more. If you can spare a sec or two to leave them a little love, that would be so lovely! Thank you! 

Zoja

came up with a giant sea horse - as always done in her beautifully unique monochromatic layering style. 

Another picture - this time featuring the artist herself - to demonstrate the size of the sea horse:

What a wonderful and impressive decorative piece!

Susan

used one of the beautiful boozybear umbrella guys on her fabulously creative "snail mail" project. 

Maura

is sharing a project she made in a class with finnabair. She says:

"It's Mime...don't you wonder if the characters in the stories live inside the book?"

The back: 

and I 

- Claudia - 

decided to indulge in some delicious crusty rustiness and create a travel themed tag duo

using mainly boozybear chipboard pieces and some of my favourite embossing

folders. 

I hope the projects have inspired you to play along! 

 The challenge is open until the end of June and the team and I cannot wait to see your fabulous entries!

And don't forget to visit us here on the 15th to find out about our March-April Top5 and the boozybear prize winner!  

Hugs and happy steampunk crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

 

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SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Winter Special 2020

 Yay, hooray, drumroll and ta-dah! Let the team and me welcome you to our annual Winter Special Challenge!!!

Those who have been playing along with us for a while by now, already know that we do a two months long challenge in November and December each year - simply because that allows our players and the team to indulge in advent and Christmas crafting and preparations with (hopefully) still a little time to squeeze in one or the other steampunk or industrial themed project. 

The usual rules all apply (so, please, make sure you have checked these out) - with one little change: this once you are allowed to enter up to five projects instead of the usual three! Which means two more chances to win one of the two prize bundles being generously sponsored by DecoArt and boozybear chipboard. The two lucky winners will be drawn randomly among all proper entries and we will announce them on the 15th of the following month (in this case that means 15th January 2021) alongside our Top5. 

The challenge theme is also the usual one - 

Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial

meaning that we definitely want to see some steampunk or industrial style elements without having to search for them with a magnifying glass - but we welcome all sorts of creativity. Do your thing and do what makes you happy - as long as it isn't digitally created and sticks to our challenge theme!

The team have come up with inspirational projects, too, of course. 

Kerstin

is sharing another of her beautiful desk organisers, done in her brilliantly unique and inspiring steampunk-sea life-mixed media style. 

Her project is called 

"Steampunk Under the Sea"

Maura

is re-visiting a project from 2016 that is still dear to her heart. She does so because of real life issues that have made it impossible for her to enjoy some creative time at her work desk. The team and I wish her and her family the very best! 

I am definitely happy to see her beautiful Christmas Angel canvas again! 

Susan

has come up with this mesmerising mixed media tag. 

I love how she combines media with found objects to tell

the most beautiful stories! 

And don't we all agree that art is the answer? 

I definitely do. ;)

Zoja 

is fully into stars this year - this time she 

created one in steampunk mixed media style

to decorate her home for Christmas with. 

Look at all the beautiful texture and layers! 

Magical indeed! 

and I 

- Claudia - 

have created my first Christmas home decor piece for this year

(which is definitely early for me ;)

 

There's a detailed how-to with all the products used listed on my blog. 

I hope to see you over there!

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To visit the team's blogs and find out more about their projects, simply click on their names to get there. Please, take some seconds to leave them a little love there in the comments section - you will make them all very happy by doing so! Thank you! 

The challenge is open until 31st December and the Top5 and prize winners will be announced on 15th January 2021. The team and I would like to thank all our players for playing along with us so truly and  constantly this year and our wonderful prize sponsors boozybear and DecoArt for their generosity! 

I would also like to thank my wonderful team of course for all their fabulous work and support! 

You all rock! 

We wish you all safe holidays, a joyful advent season, 

merry Christmas and a happy new year! 

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

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SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenge - September 2020

 Hi, servus and welcome back after a hopefully wonderful summer holiday! We're back to our usual schedule with monthly challenges after our summer special and - as always - the theme for our September challenge is

Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial

(though some of the design team obviously already got carried away by Halloween which is - I admit it - fast approaching. lol And as long as we can - with some good will - spot at least a hint of steampunk to your projects, everything's fine. ;) 

If you check by on the 15th you'll learn about the Top5 and prize winners from our summer special challenge and of course our generous sponsors DecoArt and boozybear are giving away a prize bundle each again this month - so your three allowed entries are three chances to winning one of these! 

Susan

is kicking off our September challenge with 

another of her cool mixed media handmade books

At

Kerstin's

the "Season of the Witch" 

has already begun and she has created this amazing tag for you

Maura

has done another fantastic spread in her journal - 

it's about the collecting adventures of "Dr. Hibatsu"

(Bet you didn't know this was one of the many names her students christened her with during her teaching career!)

Zoja's

latest awesome mixed media panel

has a spooky touch to it, too.

and I 

- Claudia -

have been taking a break from crafting for the last weeks (due to health reasons),

so I am sharing a revisited steampunk themed project (that was a project for a different design team) that you might not know yet -

the "Numeric Goddess"

We are still in the midst of checking all your fantastic entries to our summer special challenge and 

we hope to see you play along with us again this month - your imagination and creativity really never fail to amaze us! 

The challenge is - as always - open until the end of the month and the normal rules apply (please, make sure you check out our few rules so we don't have to exclude anyone from prize drawings and Top5 votes!)

Hugs and happy crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

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SanDee&amelie's June 2020 Steampunk Challenge

Hi, servus and welcome to our June challenge, dear steampunk and industrial style crafting friends!

I hope you are all well and safe and on your way back to (almost) normal in and after these crazy times!
Our June challenge is - once more - an

Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial

one - so you are free to create what brings you joy (as long as it fits the steampunk or industrial theme and follows our few challenge rules of course).

Our wonderfully generous and true sponsors DecoArt and boozybear are with us again - so the two prizes will be given away as usual after the challenge has ended. As always we will be picking our Top 5 and randomly drawing our prize winners among all proper entries after the challenge has closed at the end of the month and announce these on the 15th the month after.

Having said this, let's head on to the makes of my wonderful design team! If you want to learn more about how they've done their projects and what they've used, simply visit their blogs by clicking on their names. To get a larger view, simply click on the images.

 Kerstin

is once more all into her favourite summer theme - the Sea! 

And she really knows how to beautifully combine it with a steampunk theme!!!!

"Sea calls me" 

is the title of her beautiful canvas

and as always she has created loads of amazing texture and structures.

Susan

went for a beautiful symmetrical lay out this time.

I love all the layers she has built up on the black page

(and especially those mechanical corner pieces)! 

Zoja

embellished her giant cog with a 

"mechanical chameleon"

and other yummy stuff.

And as usual she went for a striking and bold colour scheme! 

It shows beautifully that steampunk does not always have to be

brown and metallic, right?

Maura

wowed me once more with her imagination

and created loads of amazing copper patina

on her beautiful treasure box

Was this found in an old ship wreck?

What is hidden inside?

and I

- Claudia - 

have created a birthday tag for a special friend.

Of course it had to have loads of crackle and my favourite colour scheme

for industrial style makes and I have used DecoArt and DecoArt media paints

and products to achieve it. 

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For more info on the projects of the team simply click on their names to get to their blog posts. 

If you have a little time, please, leave them a little love too. Thank you! 

The challenge is open until the end of the month and we are back to our usual three entries per person. Please, do not forget to link to our challenge blog - whatever platform you are entering our challenge from (it always breaks my heart when I have to exclude an entry from our Top 5 picks and prize draws!). 

If you check back on the 15th you will find out about the Top 5 and prize winners of our May challenge. 

Hugs and happy crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

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Extending SanDee&amelie's March 2020 Challenge due to Covid 19

Hi, servus and welcome to a special challenge post announcement in very special times. I hope you and your loved ones are all well and safe and coping well with isolation and all the other (necessary) new rules and circumstances that have been turning everyday life into unknown territory for all of us these days.

Due to a lot of services and businesses (including both our sponsors) being forced to "take a break" right now to keep their employees safe and to help slow down and minimising the spreading of Covid 19 we have decided to not take a break actually but instead turn our actual March challenge into a two-months long challenge (like we usually do with our summer and winter specials). We hope that by the start of May things will slowly start to get back to normal and then we will also know more so we can decide on how to carry on. But carry on we will - especially as creating is such a good means to escape reality for some time and especially a good way to practice mindfulness which has become even more important these days!

So here's the plan so far: the March challenge stays open until the end of April and as this turns our challenge into a two-months long one we will this time accept six instead of the usual three entries per player. And by May 15th we hope to be able to announce the Top5 and prize winners as usual again. So keep creating and sharing your steampunk and industrial style makes with us! Let's all share inspiration and help keep up our spirits. 

Lovely 

Kerstin 

is sharing a new awesome project for your inspiration today 

which you can check out in more detail on her blog HERE

Isn't is awesome how Kerstin has kind of "sculpted" a self made steampunk texture plate she created using a soft mold around a glass bottle?! 

Looking at her fantastic project really makes me want to try this out myself (even though - or especially though - I am not good at working with molds)!
I really admire her skill, imagination and talent! And look at the yummy texture and the beautiful rusty look! 

...and of course it is also always a good thing to check out the makes that have already been entered to the challenge by our players so far. And - more important than ever - please, take a moment to leave a little love on the peoples' blogs and sites you're visiting - this way you will definitely put smiles on peoples faces. Urgently needed smiles, right?! ;)

You can either scroll to the previous challenge post (if you haven't checked out the design team's makes for the March challenge) or just use the collection at the bottom of this post here (as I have just added it to this post as well).

Hang in there and remember to keep creating to practice mindfulness!

Wishing you and your loved ones all the best!

Stay safe!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

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SanDee&amelie's March 2020 Steampunk Challenge

Hi, servus and thanks so much for stopping by and being part of our monthly challenges once again!
Claudia here this month to present to you our March challenge, which is once again an

Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial 

themed one.

Just before we dive into steampunk crafting fun I would like to once more address the fact that we ask all our players who enter our challenges via Instagram to upload their pictures directly to our InLinkz collection instead of giving the Instagram link. They have made some changes to their platform at the start of the year - one of which doesn't allow fetching images from their platform anymore. But as this is a challenge blog that is mainly about sharing inspiration and getting inspired by the others' projects (and only secondly about making Top5 or win two of our sponsors' generous prize bundles), being able to see these in a picture is crucial (at least from my point of view).

For all those not familiar with uploading images to Inlinkz directly from their devices and how to add a link and email address I have put up a short how-to that you can find in our tabs right below our challenge blog header.

This way we will be able to show ALL your Top 5 projects again instead of just having links and names in our  Top 5 listings! Thanks for your understanding!

Bespoken "prize bundles" are - as always - being donated by our two generous and true sponsors DecoArt and boozybear to whom the team and I would once more like to shout out a huge "THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND FOR BEING WITH US!"
As usual two prize winners will be selected at the end of the month via random.org among all proper entries - so make sure you've checked our few rules (which you can find with the "Da Rules" tab below our blog header). The challenge is open until the end of the month and prize winners are announced on the 15th of the following month.

My wonderful design team have once more come up with awesomely inspiring projects and I always love the variety in their approaches to the steampunk or industrial theme! But let's stop talking - take a look for yourselves:

Kerstin

has created another stunning art journal page

filled with beautiful texture

that she calls "Moments in Time"

She has used some chipboards, stencils and paper cut outs as well as some self made casts she has done using a newly bought soft mold and an "extraordinary filling" - so check out her blog to find out more! 

Zoja

has used her "favourite colours and die cut hearts alongside some moons" on a beautiful base that has an extraordinary shape - so eye-catching, isn't it? 

Susan

has come up with a journal page as well. Look at all those layers and collaged elements! I love those pops of vibrant colours here and there and that loosely done background! 

Maura's

"Steampunk Illuminati"

project had her (and me) come up with many intriguing questions...

"What would Paris look like in the steampunk universe? Was the Eiffel Tower a device to collect the aether? A portal to another dimension? Could it be, the answers are all hidden in the symbols of this piece?"

Here's a close up of her project 

showing beautiful texture, patina and crackle

and I

- Claudia - 

went once more for some of my favourite craft parts, vintage portraits and background techniques (using DecoArt media products)

to create this plaque with three handsome "moustache gentlemen"

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For more information and images, please, visit the team's blogs by clicking on their names and if you can spare a second or two, please, leave them a little love so they know their hard work is appreciated! Thank you so much!

This bundle of steampunk inspiration should get you going I guess ;)
We hope to see you play along with us this month and cannot wait what it is that you will come up with this time!

Hugs and happy steampunk crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

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SanDee&amelie's February 2020 Steampunk Challenge

Hello and welcome friends, to our little corner of the Steampunk Universe! 

Maura here this month, welcoming you aboard the Airship Imagination. 

 We love having you here, playing along with us in a mixed media, steampunk and industrial style! The team is sharing their creative makes which will give you lots of inspiration to get started on your own and join us.

 Our February 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! 

We have several places for you to share your work - the InLinkz at the bottom of this post, our Facebook group and Instagram page (links on the right)

Are you ready for some wonderful inspiration from the design team? 

Be sure to click on their name to go to their post with all the project details, and they love to hear from you!

Claudia

...created lots of delicate crackle and grungy texture on her mixed media arch, that she titled

"The Emperor"

 

Kerstin

...is letting the pictures speak in her art journal page 

Hope for a Better Time 

Susan 

...created a beautiful sunny, dimensional card with hope for the arrival of spring in a little while.

Zoja

...created this deep frame filled with gorgeous purples and wonderful embellishments, topped by the glowing moon 

and I, Maura

...made this steampunk board celebrating women everywhere, titled

Yes, You Can!

 Many thanks to our wonderful and generous sponsors,

 DecoArt 

and boozybear

 for keeping the cogs and gears 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. 

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 February. 

Remember, we will have the prize draws and the design team's Top 5 for January posted on February 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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SanDee and Amelie's Steampunk Challenges: Winter Special Challenge!

Hello and welcome friends, to our little corner of the Steampunk Universe! 

Maura here, tightening up my corset and getting ready for the holidays.   We love having you here, playing along with us in a mixed media, steampunk and industrial style!

We have a Winter Special  challenge for the months of November and December...we know how busy the holiday times can be for all of us, so this will give you extra time to create and share, and still enjoy all the holiday fun. We also change the usual rule of three entries per person and challenge to five entries for our specials challenges - so there are five chances to win one of the two prizes instead of the usual three!

The design team has some great inspiration for you, and wishes you a relaxing and joyful holiday season!

 Our Winter Special  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!

  Please be sure to link our URL to your blog post, Facebook page, Instagram page or wherever you are posting your project, so that we can consider you for our Top 5 and prize winners. 

 Many thanks to our wonderful and generous sponsors, 

DecoArt

 and boozybear

 ...for keeping the cogs and gears 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! 

Claudia

is wishing you all happy holidays and hopes that creating fallen snow on her steampunk tag will do its magic so she will have a white X-mas in Vienna this year.

Susan

is getting us ready for holiday dinners with her delicious recipe for some beautiful fish

Kerstin

Happy Cauldron

Let's all cook together...Menu of the day: Do more of what makes you happy!!

Zoja

is also dreaming of a white Christmas

as her beautiful project shows

Maura

Come on! I dare you...to join us and have some steampunk fun!

Thanks for stopping by our little corner of the Steampunk Universe. We hope to see you playing along with us these months in our steampunk/industrial challenge which is open until the end of December.

 Remember, we will have two prize draws and choose the design team's Top 5!  Top 5 for the Winter Special  and prize winners will be posted on January 15th,  so be sure to pop back to check that out.

 Time to put your top hat on, add a few jingle bells and get crafting with us! 

Hugs, happy holidays, and happy crafting!

 Maura & the SASPC Team

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