November '16 Challenge - Mid Month Reminder

Servus and welcome back to the promised second bundle of inspiration created for you by the fab ladies from Team B!


Our November challenge is once more an

Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial

and we want to see it all - cards, tags, canvases, mixed media mayhem, industrial eye candy, steampunk drawings, ATCs, altered objects,.....as long as they have at least a hint of steampunk or industrial on them. We want you to have fun and be daring - so don't be shy and play along!
You could make our Top5 or maybe win one of our two prizes given away by our generous sponsors DecoArt media and boozybear!


And now on to the promised Team B projects!

Maura

simply focused on the word in this canvas, an idea she had a long time ago, but

procrastinated until now to get it made.

Kerstin

created "Sea  Fantasies" - a mixed media 3D frame,

 where she obviously had great fun to play with a lot of metal embellishments

alongside some yummy embossing and rust effects with DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics.

Dee

used lots of DecoArt media paints, pastes and texture products on this piece

alongside the beautiful boozybear "Mechanical World Cluster" chipboard set.

and 

Claudia 

(=me)

created a trio of ATCs, 

using scraps of an old protective paper sheet with tons of DecoArt media paints on it

for the background. 

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I hope your imagination has been fuelled well! If you want to learn more about the projects, please, visit the teamies' blogs to find infos on the how-tos or media used and maybe also take a second to leaven them a short comment to let them know you were there! You get to their blogs by clicking on their names. 

Our November challenge is open until the end of the month as usual. If you haven't checked out the makes of Team A, simply click on the "actual challenge" badge on top of our side bar to get there. 

We hope to see you play along with us soon!

Hugs and happy steampunk crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

Top 5 and Prize Winners - October '16 Challenge

Servus and hi, dear steampunk craftin' friends!

You're right on time to find out about our Top 5 and prize winners from the October challenge! If you have played along with us before you will already know that we have two fab prizes to give away each month to two randomly drawn numbers from all proper entries.

The prizes you can win are these fab DecoArt media goodies

or a surprise bundle of awesome boozybear steampunk chipboard pieces donated by

and all you have to do to get eligible is follow our few simple rules, have some fun and create a cool mixed media steampunk/industrial style project and enter it to our actual challenge!

And this time the DecoArt media prize goes toooooo..... 

Waldfrau Alexa

and the boozybear bundle goes to 

Mirre!

Yay! Congrats on your wins, ladies! Have fun with your new goodies and thanks so much for playing along! Please, email me under vonpappe2@yahoo.de so we can arrange everything asap. DecoArt prize winners, please, also add your phone number. 

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And now on to our 

Top 5!

Юлия

Szymka

Roshini

Evelyn

and

Рыжая

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Wow!!!! Thank you all so much, ladies, for sharing your fantastic projects with us! It is always such a treat to visit our players' blogs and take a closer look at the wonderful creations entered to our challenges! Please, feel free to grab the Top 5 badge for display on your blogs! 

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Our actual challenge is already in full swing and - as always - open until the end of the month - so why not take the chance to make our Top 5 or win one of our prizes!!!

 In a few days, on 15th November, team B will be sharing their projects for further inspiration, so I hope you will check back then as well!

In the meantime

hugs and happy crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

SanDee&amelie's November 2016 Challenge

Hi, servus and welcome back to another of our

"Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial"

mixed media challenges! We're happy that you stop by our little creative corner in steampunk craftin' blogland and hope you will join in!


As usual Team A kick off the November challenge with a bundle of inspirational steampunk projects - so here we go (and of course it is always a good idea to visit the teamies' blogs for more images and details - just click on the names to get there. And if you make them happy by leaving a short comment as well that would be so lovely!) :

Susan

created this fantastic A5 size accordion book from watercolour paper

Brigitte

layered a paper tag onto a larger cardboard tag and used various

images, die cuts, an altered bottlecap and flowers in a pipe (how genius is that!?)

to create a "steampunk tag flower vase". ;)

Zoja

is sharing her latest treasure with us: 

a vintage dial phone from a forgotten drawer,

given to her by the IT department. 

Of course she had to turn this gift into treasure! 

Nate

has made herself a most beautiful little notebook with a stylus in it 

so she can carry it with her on her travels. 

and 

Agnieszka

went all "metallic mechanical" on a canvas and is trying to lure you over to her blog

with this close up  ;)

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And if these fab projects didn't do the job with luring you into playing along with us, maybe the prizes from our sponsors will do:

DecoArt Media

who are giving away this bundle of media goodness

and 

boozybear

who is giving away a surprise package of awesome steampunk chipboard pieces.

Each prize will be given to one randomly drawn player - so don't miss the chance to get yourself some new stuff to play with! The challenge is - as always - open until the end of the month. Check out our few rules if you haven't done so already - it would be a shame if we had to exclude anyone from the draws. 

Prize winners and Top 5 from our October challenge will be announded on 12th November - so make sure you check back. And then there will be the makes of Team B on the 15th - so come back for more inspiration by then! In the meantime:

hugs and happy crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

October '16 Challenge - Mid-Month-Reminder

Servus and welcome (back), dear steampunk mixed media lovers and friends!

Team B have prepared another bundle of awesome inspirational projects to lure you in on playing along! And if you haven't checked out the makes of team A yet, I highly recommend you do so after reading this post and get the full dose of mixed media steampunk goodness! (just click on the badge on top of our side bar to get to the according post).

Our two generous sponsors DecoArt media and boozybear steampunk chipboard pieces are again giving away prize packages  to two lucky winners who will be picked among all proper entries - so don't miss the chance!
The challenge is still open until the end of October - so you still have two more weeks to enter a project (or maybe even the allowed three).

The theme is as always "Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial" and if you want to add a little Halloween-ish twist to it that is more than welcome! ;)


And here we go:

Maura

As Halloween is a couple of weeks away she just couldn't resist making 

a SteamPunkin.

topped with a couple of ghosts

Kerstin

decided to create a home decor project

with lots of dimension and texture

"The Face of Time"

Dee

has done her magic and created a large tag for you today

and of course she used lots of DecoArt paints, pastes and potions

on it. 

Claudia

(that's me)

I am revisiting one of my favourite TV series with my son at the mo

and we are not only having fun but it also inspired this project. I am sure some of you will recognise what it is that I have made ;)

Claudia (when getting her own Farnsworth): "Does this mean I'm an agent now?"

Artie: "No, it means I can reach you anytime of day or night."

Claudia: "Okay, not so good."

Lovers of Warehouse 13, where are you???!!!

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As you might already have noticed, Niki's make is missing. She has decided to explore new creative paths and is taking a steampunk time out for now and I fully understand and encouraged her to do so - even though I loved having her on our team and will miss her! But I know pretty well that we all reach a point at times when we feel that we need to try and explore new paths - and then we should listen to that inner voice and just follow.  Good luck and have lots of fun and joyful creative moments, Niki! We can't wait to see where your new creative adventures will be taking you!
Hugs and wishes! xxx


Hugs and happy crafting!
Claudia & the SASPC Team
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Enter your projects here:

Top 5 and Prize Winners of our September 2016 Challenge

Hi, servus and welcome back to our creative mixed media steampunk corner in the realms of crafty blogland! You are just in time to learn about our Top 5 and prize winners of this fab bundle of

DecoArt media goodness

and a surprise steampunk chipboard package 

from lovely Glenda from 

and the DecoArt goodies go to entry #11 - which was entered by

Judy McKay

The boozybear chippies go to entry #19 - 

Senna

Both prize winners were - as always - selected using random.org and picking among all proper entries. Please, take note that we ask you claim your prizes within four weeks time after the announcement (as stated in the challenge rules). Prize winners, please, contact me under vonpappe2@yahoo.de so we can arrange everything. Thank you so much for playing along and have fun with your new stash! 

And now on to our Top5 

which were - as always - hard to pick and - as always - there were a lot of runner ups...and I mean a huge lot of them! Which from my point of view demonstrates the high level of mixed media projects entered to our challenges - and that makes us very, very proud! Thank you all - and I mean ALL - so much for playing along and being such true players! You all rock!

September's Top 5 are

(in no particular order):

Sandy 

Lotta

Jane

Jenny

and

Svetlana

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Huge congrats, Jane, Lotta, Svetlana, Jenny and Sandy, and thank you for sharing these fab pieces with us! Please, feel free to grab our Top5 badge for display on your blogs! 

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Our actual October challenge is already open for entries and you can play along until the end of October to get a chance to make our Top 5 and/or win one of our two prizes! Additional inspiration from Team B will be shared over here on 15th October - so make sure not to miss it! 

We hope to see you play along with us soon! 

Hugs and happy steampunk crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

October 2016 Challenge - Anything Goes Steampunk/Industrial

Hi there and welcome back to the start of a new challenge over at our mixed media steampunk and industrial art corner of the crafty world!

As always the challenge theme is an

Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial

and by playing along you get the chance to make our Top5 and/or win one of our prizes donated by our generous sponsors DecoArt media and boozybear! Winners will be picked among all proper entries - so make sure you check out our few challenge rules to avoid any disappointments!

By the way - the prize winners and Top5 of the September challenge will be announced on Saturday, 8th October!

Team A kick off this month's challenge as usual and they have once again managed to create some awesomely inspiring steampunk mixed media goodness for your inspiration! If you want to let them know how much you appreciate their work, please, take a few seconds to stop by their blogs and leave a short comment - they will be more than happy to receive some love and kind words! You get to the blogs by clicking on the names.

Brigitte

created a beautiful altered cigar box

on which she used some found objects, collage images, die cuts and embossed papers

Susan

prepared this awesome steampunk tag for you

Nate

altered a wooden frame to create this fantastic steampunk piece

for her bathroom

Zoja

decided to make something completely different 

and alter an old notebook cover.

In Steampunk Pink! 

and

Agnieszka

created a geary art journal entry

to remind herself that "consistency is overrated". 

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Our challenge is open until the end of the month. On October 15th Team B will present their round of inspirational projects - so don't miss it! We hope to see you play along with us soon!

Hugs and happy crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

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Enter your projects here:

September '16 Challenge - Team B Makes

Servus and welcome back to our usual mid-monthly share of the inspirational makes of Team B!

And I am using this opportunity to welcome all our new players who have joined in during the last few months!

This place is constantly growing and attracting more and more fabulously creative people from all around the globe and we are so proud of that - but I also know that part of this is due to our players, my fab Design Team and our prize sponsors, who all make this place the special mixed media spot it is! So thank you for being so true and for sharing your fantastic mixed media art with us so constantly!

Our aim is for you to find a lot of fun and inspiration by playing along and during your visits here and also by visiting the blogs of our players and the DT! We are open for all sorts of crafters and artists, for all levels of skill and all kinds of stamped, painted, collaged, drawn,...well, media-mixed projects as long as they are handmade. These can be cards, tags, altered objects, altered art jewellery, canvasses, art journal pages, assemblage pieces...well, whatever you can think of. All we ask for is that your projects are either industrial or steampunk style mixed media projects. It's that easy and that fun!

Our challenges are open for a whole month and you can either make our Top5 (who are being chosen by the whole DT) or/and win one of our two monthly prizes donated by our generous sponsors DecoArt media and boozybear. All you have to do is stick to the few challenge rules (that can be found on an extra page right under our challenge blog header) and enter up to three projects!

We would also love it if you took a second or two to visit the blogs of the DT (for more information and images and maybe even  a how-to here and there) and leave a short comment of approval! You get to their blogs by clicking on their names. And be assured - you will make them very happy by doing so!

As most of our challenges are, the September challenge is an 

Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial

one too. 

You will find the linky tool at the bottom of this post.

And here are the projects 

from Team B:

Kerstin

decided to make an industrial style project this time.

She has altered the cover of her new timer and 

calls her piece

"Let time stand still!"

Claudia

(which is me)

I  had a fun play with some of Tim Holtz' Sizzix dies 

and created a steampunk necklace pendant using 

his ornate frame die and some shrink plastic. 

There's a how-to on my blog. 

Maura

transformed an old encyclopedia into a steampunk

"Tome of Time" 

Dee

used a mixed media board and lots of DecoArt media

products to create this beauty: 

and 

Niki

challenged herself by using just a limited number of art supplies

to create this awesome vintage travellers tag.

(stencils, embossing powder, distress ink and "lots of metal tidbits"

as she says). 

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Enough inspiration to spark your mojo? If you need some more, I recommend you hop over to the Team A post by clicking HERE. You won't be disappointed. I promise! ;)

If you haven't checked out our Top5 and prize winners from the summer special challenge yet, just click HERE. 

Well...as always we hope you have enjoyed your visit and that we will 

see you soon - entering your steampunk/industrial projects to our challenge!

Hugs and happy crafting!

Claudia & the SASPC Team

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