SASPC January 2019 - Top 5 and Prize Winners

Hi, servus and welcome to the announcement of our January Top 5 artists and the two lucky winners of the prizes generously donated by the lovely ladies from DecoArt and boozybear!

Just let me start with reminding you of our actual February challenge that is still open until the end of the month (and can be found by either scrolling down to the previous post or by clicking the top image on our side bar) and that offers another opportunity to make Top 5 or win one or the other wonderful prize bundle ;)

January brought a lot of amazing entries and this time picking our favourites ended up in the team being rather split with Top votes...which has led to four (!) projects getting fourth-most points (not sure if this is proper English...lol). So there are a Top 7 instead of just five this time and we present them in no particular order as always.


Applause, applause for....

Mila

who created a huge bundle of amazing

steampunk ATCs

Sara

who amazed us with a super grungy masculine card

Julia

who enchanted us with her charming steampunk balloon

Karin 

aka crea_red

with a cool steampunk top hat

(as it was a project entered via Instagram, I can only display this tiny image of her make)

Aisha

who has created steampunk magic on this beautiful mixed media canvas

Tina 

with another fabulous project that I cannot show on here in larger size due to being an Instagram entry

and

(my personal favourite)

JulD's

magical lantern made from an old liquor bottle

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Huge congrats, ladies, and thanks so much for sharing your fantastic art with us! Please, feel free to grab our Top 5 badge for display on your blogs (if you have one ;).

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(honestly I am not sure about how to deal with Instagram entries in a way that they can be treated evenly when it comes to challenge blogging possibilities...not being able to show a proper size image on here if a project entered via Instagram made our Top 5, feels awkward and looks wrong to me somehow....only having snippet images to show is definitely not apt to draw attention to your projects and lure one or the other new follower over to your account or blog or whatever it is you're sharing your art on ....hmmm).

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And now on to our winners of the two amazing prize bundles!

As usual these were randomly picked from all proper entries (meaning that there was a link to our challenge blog in the project post on their blogs AND that they met all our other few challenge rules) - please, make sure, you check these out if you haven't already done so...maybe you have already been wondering why you haven't made Top 5 with us so far and it is just a matter of challenge rules not having been followed properly. There really are only a few (but crucial rules) to follow and we have to be precise with that as we want to be fair when it comes to picking our two lucky winners!
This time there was the possibility to double chances as each entry that mentioned any "new stash" used in their projects in their posts counted twice!!!!

This year DecoArt are giving away a new fantastic bundle of Americana premium paints and media

and this time the goodies go to

#21 - Autumn

while the surprise package of awesome steampunk chippies from boozybear 

go to

#3 - Sara Emily

Yay! Congrats on your prize wins, ladies! Please, email me your shipping info (DecoArt winners, please, include a phone number to provide safe shipping) under the email address you see in the side bar. Thanks for playing along and have fun with your new goodies!

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The team and I would like to thank all our players - as always - for all the amazing entries and for making this challenge blog the special mixed media spot it has become. We love to inspire and in return get inspired by you!!!!

We hope to see you play along with us soon (maybe even join in our February challenge?)!!!

Hugs and happy crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

March 2018 SASPC Mid Month Reminder, Top5 & Prize Winners Post

Oh, well, that's quite a long title for a post, but that is what this post is about: we will be announcing our Top5 and prize winners from the February challenge AND also share the second round of inspirational projects created by Team B today...so let me just say a short "Servus, hi and thanks for stopping by!" and move directly to the challenge facts for our current March challenge, which is once more an "Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial" themed one and still open until the end of the month.

By playing along you get the chance to win one of the two fab prize bundles donated by our generous sponsors DecoArt media and boozybear steampunk chipboard pieces. And you might also find yourselves being picked as one of our Top5 (that are picked by the whole team after each challenge has ended)....all you have to do is play along and follow our few and simple challenge rules. 

With that said, let's directly move on to the makes of Team B. My wonderfully creative ladies have once more put a lot of love and labour into creating something for your inspiration, so, if you take a second to visit their blogs (by clicking on the names) and leave a short comment there, this is highly appreciated! 

Kerstin

created this amazing and beautiful canvas

for her "Rusty Fantasies" canvas series

using some brilliantly done faux rust techniques

(I love the rusty sea star I have spotted! And the pipes to the left are so cool! Oh, and do I also spot some corrugated card? Yummy!!!)

Maura

could not pass this month by without a tribute to her favourite holiday - St. Patrick's Day!

She tells you to "Look for a mischievous leprechaun and see if you can get him to give you his gold!"

(I spot more corrugated card! Yesssss!!!!)

Brigitte

created a steampunk mini album

using acrylic paints, stencils, dies and ephemera from her stash

The inside looks great too!

(I just love the vintage photograph on the left page and the background patterns!)

et moi 

-Claudia-

I have created a fun steampunk chunky from corrugated card (lol...here we go again) left overs, 

using different bits 'n bobs that I found during tidying up and reorganizing some of my 

"trash treasures" and "quickly put to the side" boxes.

Finding long forgotten stash (like the stamp I used on this project and the die cut gears) while tidying up can be a great source of inspiration! The only problem is that the tidying now will have to wait until you have created something with the re-found oldies! Ore maybe a bit longer...lol

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Now let's directly move on to the prize winners, which are...

#21 - Senna

who won the DecoArt media prize bundle

and

#5 - Sue

who won a surprise steampunk chipboard package from

boozybear!

Congrats on your prize wins, ladies, and thanks so much for playing along! Please, email me, so I can forward your shipping details to my generous sponsors to have your goodies be sent to you asap! Have fun!

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And last but not least...drumroll for our Top5 from the February challenge! These were - as always - hard to pick and - as always - had a lot of follower ups. Thank you to ALL OUR PLAYERS for entering such amazing and inspiring projects! You know that it is YOU, who make this spot the special creative spot it has become, don't you? XXX

Top 5 

(in no particular order)

Svetafka

Alicja

julD

Ann

and

Olga

Well done, ladies, and thank you so much for sharing your amazing and fun steampunk art with us! Please, feel free to grab the badge for display on your blogs! 

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Wow! Such a load of inspiration from the DT and Top5 today! I hope this has boosted your imagination and that you leave inspired to create some steampunk or industrial style projects so you can play along too. The challenge is still open until the end of the month! Hope to see you play along soon!

Hugs and happy crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC team

xxx

Boozybear Sponsor Special IV

Hi, servus and welcome to part IV of our boozybear sponsor special feature!

What's it all about? Well, we thought it was about time to give Glenda - aka boozybear - and her fab steampunk chipboard pieces the attention they deserve and we will be doing so by showing steampunk/industrial style projects done by my wonderful DT - each using the same boozybear parts but in totally different projects and ways of using them so you can see how versatile these are and maybe also grab a little inspiration here and there for your own projects.

So throughout the next months you will find extra project posts over here - each done by one of my talented DT ladies and I am so happy to have the opportunity to not only show Glenda's amazing chipboard designs but also let my DT each have the stage to herself. (to make it easier for you to compare the projects I will add links to the previously posted boozybear projects to every new project post.) I find the idea thrilling to see how differently the same chipboard pieces can be approached. I hope you do too. ;)

*Here's the link list to previous boozybear projects done by the DT:

Boozybear Special I
Boozybear Special II
Boozybear Special III

Today it's time for Susan to share her highly textural beautiful boozybear feature project. Enjoy!

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Hands, Cogs and Rubies

From our sponsor boozybear, I have got these amazing chipboards and they are very well suited for a steampunk project.

I have used 20x20 canvasboard. On it, I have cracklepaint, sandpaste, glassbeads texture gel and heavy paste, while it was wet, I dripped my acrylic colors.

All my chipboards have got a lot of rusty paste, black acrylic color and mica wax. At last they were decorated with some rubies.

Some details:

I wish you great joy with your creative projects.

Hugs, Susan

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I hope you have enjoyed this inspiration as much as I have! If you haven't checked out the other boozybear feature projects (see link list in the introduction of this post) or the DT makes for our November-December challenge, I highly recommend you do so! 

On Saturday  the Top5 and prize winners from the October challenge will be announced - another good reason to stop by! And of course we would love to see you play along in November and December with our usual two-months long winter special challenge! 

Hugs and happy crafting!

Claudia 

xxx

Boozybear Special I

Servus, hi and welcome to a special feature we're starting today, showcasing the fantastic chipboard pieces from our lovely prize sponsor Glenda aka boozybear being used by my wonderful DT!

 We thought it was about time to give her fab steampunk chipboard pieces the attention they deserve and we will be doing so by showing steampunk/industrial style projects done by my wonderful DT - each using the same boozybear parts but in totally different projects and ways of using them so you can see how versatile these are and maybe also grab a little inspiration here and there for your own projects.

So throughout the next months you will find extra project posts over here - each done by one of my talented DT ladies and I am so happy to have the opportunity to not only show Glenda's amazing chipboard designs but also let my DT each have the stage to herself. (to make it easier for you to compare the projects I will add links to the previously posted boozybear projects to every new project post.) I find the idea thrilling to see how differently the same chipboard pieces can be approached. I hope you do too. ;)

As you all know - each month we have a prize draw among all proper entries and one lucky winner gets a surprise boozybear steampunk chipboard package. Glenda always puts together different prize bundles - so this could be just one possible "version":

Aren't these just stinkin' cool? And there are so many more to be discovered in her etsy store! (which reminds me that I just HAVE TO get me that Angler Fish!!!)
This example is also the bundle the DT received (thank you so much, Glenda! Mwah!) and used to create their projects for this special prize sponsor feature.

DT Member Kerstin 

will kick off our boozybear special today with a beautiful altered box! Enjoy!

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Welcome!

Today I would like to share with you a project that was made with some chipboards elements from our

Sponsor 'Boozybear'.

I thought it would be interesting to show some simple embossing techniques
which are very useful for a project in industrial steampunk style.

I used a gift box from a 1 € Store as base to make a new masculine mixed media gift box.

Before and After

First embossing technique - Clockfaces

1. use an embossing ink pad, but press the chippie not so strong on the pad, only a little bit
2. you will reach a randomly altered effect, like a weathered look
3. then add an embossing powder, here Burnt Copper Leaves from Emerald Creek Dare, I love this awesome marble effect

Second embossing technique - Wings

1. start with a base coat of black gesso, let it dry
2. embossed the whole chipboard with a gear folder through a Cuttlebug, Big Shot or whatever you have
3. rubbed silver metallic lustre (DecoArt) over the rough enbossed surface using your fingers

some steps images

some close up's

 Hopefully you will now feel even more inspired 

to create your own project with these amazing chipboards.

I'm very excited :-)

Happy crafting!

Kerstin 

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Part Two of SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Summer Special 2016

Hi, dear steampunk friends, and welcome back to part two of our summer special challenge!

There were already so many fantastic entries and the team and I are very thankful and happy that you find the time to create and share a bit of steampunk goodness with us during your summer holidays! We can't wait to see what August brings!

Our summer challenge always is open for two months and this time we also accept five instead of just three entries per player. Aaaaand...there are also three prizes to give away instead of two as usual!

The fab  little DecoArt Media steampunk starter pack and two boozybear steampunk chipboard surprise packs this time!

So don't miss the chance and join in our steampunk fun. The challenge theme is as always an

Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial 

and we welcome any sorts of handcrafted goodness, as long as it follows the theme and our few challenge rules! So maybe - on a rainy day - check out the makes of Team B, Team A (by clicking HERE) and also our Top 5 (which can be found on our pinterest board HERE), get yourself a good dose of steampunk mojo and create away (and don't forget to enter your finished project to our inlinkz collection at the bottom of our post!).

And if you want to make someone happy - visit the blogs of our DT (by clicking on their names) to find out more about their projects and the how-to and leave them a short comment. That would be fantastic and so lovely of you!

Here are their makes for your inspiration:

Maura

...is heading into unexplored worlds this summer

"I had a lot of fun with this one, between painting, 

my antique rusty junk and a bit of storytelling !"

Kerstin

...takes you with her on a dive into the fascinating underwater steampunk world.

Dee

...created a clock for you, using DecoArt media 

paints, antiquing creams and mediums. 

Here is a close up of the triple embossed clock face.

"Loving the Brilliant work that you are submitting for 

the challenges - lets see what you can do for

the summer special."

Claudia

"I have altered a little notebook using DecoArt paints, black Gesso and modelling paste. stencils and - one of my alltime favourites - shrink foil! It's so much fun!"

Use your favourite steampunk rubber stamps and display them all at once - no matter what size they are! Shrink foil helps you to combine even larger images on a single project!

Use gilding pastes like paint with stencils to create words with fantastic metal sheen!

Niki is sending summer hugs and wishes to all of you! She is quite busy with real life at the moment, so she could not play along with us this time. But she will be back soon and we wish her all the best! Hugs to you and take care! xxx

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So here it is - your bundle of inspiration for August! There will be some "Extra Steam Power" a little later this month - so stay tuned! We hope to see you play along with us soon! 

Hags, happy summer and happy crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx