Double SP (=Sponsor and Spotlight)

Servus and welcome back, dear Steampunk friends!

Thank you so much for all the lovely entries so far! We know that this month's theme is a bit tricky, but you did such a great job!

Time to announce this month's prize sponsor and to shine a spotlight on one of the fab entries so far.

This month our generous sponsor is Tusia from 

and she is giving away the lovely Illumination Collection pack! Wow! Thank you so much, Tusia! :)

To get the chance to win this wonderful prize package all you have to do is enter this month's challenge with a Steampunk project that follows the theme "Transparency" and our general challenge rules. Random.org will help select a winner from all proper entries and we will announce it shortly after the challenge has ended.

I would love to shine a spotlight on Angela's fabulous journal pages, which are so beautifully done and so very imaginative:

Thank you so much, Angela, for sharing this awesome journal spread with us! I love every detail - the background, the doodled frame, the colours and the transparent submarine! So cleverly done and such brilliant story telling! Please, feel free to grab the badge for your blog!

Thank you all for stopping by!
We hope to see some more gorgeous "transparency" entered with our March challenge soon!  ;)

Hugs and happy crafting,
S,A,B,S&A

Top3 and Prize Winner for February

Yay!

It is time again to announce our winners and Top3!

We all hope you are doing fine and enjoy your creative journeys and of course look forward to seeing you enter our March challenge "Transparency"!

Last month our challenge was sponsored by the lovely Iris from

and our lucky prize winner (selected by random.org) for the 10 Euro voucher to spend in her store  is:

Turwen!

Congrats, Turwen, on your win! Please, e-mail me (see side bar for contact adress) so I can arrange everything! :)

Our Top 3

(already chosen by the grown DT and in no particular order)

2D

Kerstin F.

Maura

Daen'Y

3D

Dagmar

kluckingbear

Kasia

Huge congrats to all the winners! 

Please, feel free to grab the Top3 badge for display on your blogs!

 Choosing this time was again sooo very hard and a Top30 to showcase all the entries could have made things a lot easier, but ...well, I think I don't need to explain any further ;)

 We loved all your entries and were once again blown away by the imagination and creativity shown with all the wonderful projects! Thank you all so much to all our players who make this challenge blog so very special!

We are impatiently  waiting to see what you will enter for the (really tricky) "Transparency" challenge this month! The challenge will be open until the end of the month and by entering it with a project that is steampunk and follows our challenge rules you get eligible to win a wonderful prize from one of our sponsors, make the Top3 or become spotlighted. 

If you want to be with us as a Guest Designer just add a "GD" to your name when entering our challenge via inlinkz. We will contact you then. 

Hugs and happy crafting,

S, A, B, S & C

March Challenge and Awesome News

Servus and welcome back for another edition of SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges! So great to have you back for some more Steampunk play!

For a start we want to share with you the latest news: our new design team members! As life has become more hectic than expected for some of the "old team" we decided to get some backing so we will always have enough inspirational stuff to provide you with at each start of a challenge.

And luckily both said yes - so, please, welcome to the team Susan Janicula from "klistersøster" and Agnieszka, better known as Meresanth, from "Meresanth Krafts"! Applause, applause!

 They both were willing to tell a bit about themselvse so you get to know them a bit better:

I've been blogging for 1 ½ years now, and has participated in a variety of challenges. It has given me some real good moments. When I discovered Steampunk I was sold for gears - gadgets ... I was very honored when die Amelie asked if I would be DT member, and I am looking forward to be contributing to the team.


Hugs
Susan

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My crafting adventure started with jewellery-making a few years ago, but I have developed a strong love for paper since then and now mainly make paper and metal projects. I've always been drawn to all things vintage so I guess steampunk has been waiting round the corner for me all these years... I'm so glad I finally found it!

xoxo
Agnieszka



We are so happy to have them with us now and they made some brilliant projects for their first appearance here on the challenge blog!

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The challenge theme for March

 is 

"Transparency".

This means you can use transparent or semi-transparent materials or objects with your makes or even make "transparency" the main theme of your project. We leave it all up to you as long as your make is obviously steampunk AND follows the challenge rules too (which can be found at the top of the blog). 

As always there's a prize to be won and the possibility that you will get featured as our spotlight during the month...or even make our Top3. Please, enter your makes at the bottom of this post using one of the two inlinkz-collections (for 2D or 3D makes). If you want to be our Guest Designer just add a "GD" to your name when entering your project. We will contact you then. 

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Of course we also have a Guest Designer to join us for the March challenge and it is 

Kerstin 

from 

Scrapbook Dreams!

Hallo, mein Name ist Kerstin.
Ich komme aus einer kleinen Stadt in Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland.
Schon seit einigen Jahren bin ich dem Kreativvirus verfallen, Heilung ausgeschlossen ;-)
Probiere immer gern alles Neue aus, so begann ich mit Acryl- und Textilmalerei, dazu kam die Decopagetechnik, Kerzengestaltung, Stempelkunst und Scrapbooking.
Favorit ist für mich die Mixed Media Art im Vintagestyle, hier läßt sich alles kombinieren.
Aus alt mach neu, deshalb wird auch gern mal auf Opa's Dachboden oder immer Keller gekramt, die Dinge haben Geschichte!
Kreativ zu sein heißt für mich, mich selbst und eine neue Welt zu entdecken, den Ideen freien Lauf lassen, um am Ende selbst zu staunen, was daraus entstanden ist.

Hi, my name is Kerstin.
I come from a small town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. For several years I have been addicted to the creative virus excluded cure;-)
I always like to try everything new, so I started with acrylic and fabric painting, came to the art Decopage, candle design, stamp art and scrapbooking. So virtually everything that has to do with my passion for colors. Favorite for me is the Mixed Media Art in vintage style, here everything can be combined.
From old to new, so is also often dug out on grandpa's attic or basement always, things have history!
To discover myself and a new world, let the ideas flow to marvel at the end itself, which has been incurred for me to be creative means.




 Thank you so much, Kerstin, for being with us this month! Your project is so awesome and you really rocked the challenge theme!

Check out this close up for all the yummy details! Wow!

To learn more about Kerstin's fabulous make hop over to her blog (by clicking her blog name above)!

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And now on to the makes of the (grown) design team:

Meresanth

A steampunk meadow with flying creatures. :) Created on canvas with clockwork elements and animals stamped onto acetate and cut out - the pig is 'flying' on an acetate strip.
 The blog post will be here.

klistersoster

I've made this card Heavy Rain with the gears on transparent acetate. When you pull the acetate the gears will move downwards. See more pictures and how I've made it on Heavy Rain.

coutureuse

My ticket is a stamp (Artemio), I added some rusty gears (die cut), the man is a stamp (a gift from Sandee) and the stripe film is very very old (about years) I found this in an old trunk. I think it's perfect for transparency.

die amelie    

I used two narrow acetate strips with my pop up box card to let the zeppelin and balloon fly.

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We hope we have inspired you to create with "Transparency" and can't wait to see your entries! 

Hugs and happy crafting,

S,A,B,S&A

Link your projects to:

An InLinkz Link-up

An InLinkz Link-up

February Spotlight and Sponsor

Servus and welcome back, dear Steampunk friends!

Time for the mid-month reminder as usual for our February "Time Machine" challenge which you can still enter to get eligible to win this months prize sponsored by Iris (thank you, Iris!) from

or become one of our chosen Top3 for the 2D or 3D collections. All you have to do is enter a project to our challenge via inlinkz in the challenge post (following the theme and the challenge rules). You can also apply for being Guest Designer with one of our challenges by adding a "GD" to your name when using the inlinkz tool!

But now on to this month's spotlight! And some great news (well, no real news exactly but more a bit of a teaser ;) along with that: we are happy that we will be able to introduce two new members who have joined our DT and will be with us from March! So come back for the March challenge to learn more about who they are and what they have in store for you!

To keep them a bit busy I have already asked them to choose the spotlight for this month and they both went for the same entry (and also tell us why):

Kasia

 and her most fantastic time machine! 

"... her project is really impressive, with all the small elements and the background that is so in sync with the alarm clock insides."

"...As one her first Steampunk projects I think that it has succeeded very well for Kasia. There is no doubt that it is a time machine that can bring us to where we want - by the way, is Kasia still here on Earth?"


Honestly, regarding all the intimidating wires and gears, gauges and spinning hands I wonder too if Kasia has already left this time universe to travel to an alternative one where she discovers the most exciting or terrifying things. Let's hope she has not altered any timelines she shouldn't have!

Well done, Kasia! We love your time machine! Please, feel free to grab the badge for your blog!

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There is still time until the end of February to enter our challenge "Time Machine". We have had a lot of fabulous entries so far, but of course we would like to see yours too ;)

Hugs and happy crafting, 

S, B, A, S & A ;)

January Winner and Top3

Servus and hello, dear Steampunk friends!

Time to announce our prize winner and Top3 from the January challenge! First I want to thank you all for the wonderful and numerous entries! What could be more great a reward than having a lot of folk who want to join in our challenges and by doing so make this place a special meeting point for all those who love creativity with a touch of Steampunk!

First to our winner of last month's prize, which was sponsored by

And random.org chose....drumroll.....:

Susan Janicula! 

Tadaaah!

Please let me know your shipping adress via e-mail so I can forward it to Di from Tando Creative! Congrats and have fun with the goodies!

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And now to the Top3 the DT has chosen

(in no particular order):

2D:

Kerstin F.

Susan Janicula

Dagmar

3D:

Mark

Diana

Elly

Huge congrats to all our winners! Very well done! (And as always choosing was really hard as we loved all the entries). Please, feel free to grab our Top3 badge for display on your blogs! 

The February challenge is already open and we want to see your "Time Machines" - so why not join in and share some Steampunk fun with us? 

Hugs and happy crafting,

B,S&A

The February Challenge - "Time Machine"

Welcome to another edition of SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges, dear Steampunk friends and crafters!

This month our theme is

Time Machine 

and it is totally up to you how you interpret the theme and if you make a tag, a card, an art journal page, a drawing/painting or a crafted or altered 3D project for our challenge. The main focus should be on having fun creating :)

Whatever comes to your mind is good as long as it is Steampunk and fits the theme and our challenge rules!



Thank you so much for all the wonderful entries for our "Use Your New Stash" challenge! The team will have a hard time choosing their Top3 and we will announce them shortly after nex Saturday (due to school holidays over here and us being off for some skiing), so, please, check back next week to see if you are among our Top3 or the randomly drawn prize winner of the Tando Creative prize.

But now on to our Guest Designer for this month.

We are happy to introduce to you 

Sabine 

from  art bee art

Mein Name ist Sabine und ich lebe in einer kleinen Stadt in Deutschland mit meinem Mann. Ich bin Mutter einer Tochter und eines Sohnes.

Ich liebte es seit meiner Kindheit, zu zeichnen, zu malen und zu basteln, und mit verschiedenen Materialien zu experimentieren. Ich hatte einen sehr langweiligen Bürojob, also machte ich kleine Kunstwerke in meiner freien Zeit. Malerei und Kartenherstellung sind jetzt meine Favoriten. Ich mache aber auch gerne Schmuck , und trage ihn auch sehr gerne.

Ich habe schon viele kreative Techniken ausprobiert, z.B. Töpfern, Fimo und vieles Andere mehr. Meine Zeitmaschine für diese challenge wurde aus Fimo gemacht.

My name is Sabine and I live in a small town in Germany with my husband. I am mother of a daughter and of a son.

I loved to draw, paint and craft,  using different materials ,since my childhood . I had a very boring office job, so I made little artworks in my free time. Painting  and card making  are my favourites now. I also like to make jewelry, and I like to wear jewelry.

I have tried many creative techniques, such as pottery, polymer clay and many other more.

My work for this challenge, the time machine, is made with polymer clay.

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Awesome, isn't it? Thank you so much, Sabine, for being with us and sharing some of your lovely art with us!

And if this isn't enough to get your mojo going there are of course the makes from the DT:

Brigitte (coutureuse)

worked her magic again by altering a book.

Claudia (die amelie)

I had an intense play with some die cut cogs and gears. ;)

To see and learn more about details or how tos hop over to the blogs of the DT members - they really put a lot of love and effort in their makes to inspire you. 

Our challenge is - as always - open until the end of the month. Please, check the callenge rules on top of our blog page so you make sure your entry can be counted in. Oh, and see to it that you enter your make to the correct collection as we divide into 2D and 3D makes (which we choose separate Top3 from too). 

This month's sponsor and prize will be announced around mid-month. So come back then to check it out. We look forward to seeing your Time Machines entered soon!

Hugs and happy crafting, 

B, S & A

Enter your projects below:

Mid Month Reminder, a Spotlight and this Month's Prize Sponsor

Hello, hello, dear Steampunk friends,

time to remind you about our current challenge, which wants you to use your new stash (and for which we have already got a real load of awesome entries - wow!)!

By entering a project (that fits the current challenge theme AND follows our general challenge rules) you get eligible for the monthly random prize draw and this month our generous sponsor is

Yay! 

We are so proud that we have this bunch of awesome sponsors for 2014! Thank you all so much :)



I wanted my team to choose a spotlight from the entries so far and Brigitte (coutureuse) went for the lovely, lovely make from

Kerstin F.!

"It has lots of beautiful detail and I love especially the great depth Kerstin has achieved, which makes her project so incredibly awesome!"

A superb choice this is - so huge congrats, Kerstin! Please, feel free to grab the badge for display on your gallery site!

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Don't forget to join our challenge! It is open until the end of January and we look forward to many more stunning projects entered with our "Use Your New Stash - Challenge".

Happy Steampunk crafting!

S,A & B