Team B Inspiration and Prize Sponsor - June Challenge

"Shades of Grey, Blue and Rust"

is this month's challenge theme and we want you to exclusively use all shades of grey, blue and rust you can come up with (and choose to use with your creations). Black lines from stamped images or quotes are allowed - but no other colours!

Team A already showed their fab inspirational stuff at the start of the month over here. Today it is Team B's turn to provide you with some more inspiration - so here we go:

please, welcome wonderful Laura from Laurart to the team! I am so excited that she said "yes" when I invited her over to join us and artistically explore the steampunk world with us! I really adore her mix of shabby chic, vintage and elegant steampunk, because it shows a totally different approach to it - which I really love!

Laura says:

I am so pleased to be here as a member of this wonderful Design Team! I have always been fascinated with Steampunk and have enjoyed taking on the challenge of using it in my designs. I must admit my usual style doesn't seem to fit in with Steampunk - I tend to have a more feminine and vintage style, but I find that Steampunk adds a nice twist to my work and it is fun too! As a result of embracing this style I have found such enjoyment in tackling a more grungy style and this has been so much fun. I look forward to working with these very talented designers and I hope that you enjoy watching my Steampunk Journey along the way!

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And here is what Laura came up with for her first project for our challenge blog:

I am so thrilled to be here on Claudia's Steampunk Team! I am sharing with 

you today a canvas I made in those gorgeous shades of Grey, Blue and Rust. 

I had so much fun making this!

To see Laura's fabulous make in more detail hop over to her blog (by clicking the image or her name above the image). It really is worth it! (as is visiting all blogs of our team members by the way ;)


And now let's move on to the "rest" of the team's makes:

Kerstin

"I really wanted to conquer the world, but it's raining" ;-)

it was an old wooden frame, I used acrylic paint (blue) + croco crackling colour (grey) + rusty effects

Claudia 

  

Gladly I managed to lay my hands on the awesome Sizzix Alterations arch die at a sale recently - and this is my first project I used it on! I had a ball playing around with distress crackle, paints, cogs and gears, Tim Holtz papers and idea-ology and the tones from our challenge's colour scheme! 

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It's also time to announce our prize sponsor for this month: it is once again wonderful Tusia from 7 Dots Studio - yay! -  (thank you sooo much, Tusia! xx)

...and she is giving away this wonderful stamp set to one randomly drawn player:

To get eligible for the prize win all you have to do is join in the steampunk fun and enter a creation to our challenge that follows the theme and our general challenge rules (which can be found at the top of the page and are quickly read). As always we offer two separate collections for your projects: one for the 2D makes (tags, cards, art journal spreads,...) and one for the 3D creations (altered items, boxes, jewelry pieces, ATBs, ...). So make sure you enter your project to the right one ;). Our inlinkz collections are to be found over here.

Show us your shades of grey, blue and rust!  (They don't have to be fifty, a few will do - but we want to see shades of all three...sorry for the pun - I just HAD to ;)


Hugs and happy crafting,
Claudia and the team xxx

Top 3 and Prize Winner - "Heavy Metal"

A warm welcome, dear steampunk friends!

You're just in time to find out who made it to our Top3 and who is to win the ten Euro voucher sponsored by Iris from Irishteddy's!

We really enjoyed looking at all the fab stuff you entered to the May challenge and choosing our Top3 wasn't easy. But choose we must and so here they are (in no particular order):

2D

Rosie

Julia

Nikki

3D:

Gunn

Myra

Elly

Huge congrats to all! And to all the other players as well - voting was really close this time and the SASPC team are so proud of all the wonderful artistic projects you entered! Thank you all so much for playing along with us! 

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

And we also have the great pleasure to announce another prize winner:

and it is:

Julia! 

Yay, congrats on the prize win, Julia, and happy shopping! Please, contact us for further details so we can send your prize to you!

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Don't forget, dear Steampunk friends: there's more inspiration to come on the 15th, when Team B will show their projects for our current "Shades of Grey, Blue and Rust" challenge (which is open til the end of the month)! For more details and to get to the inlinkz tool, click here.

We look forward to seeing your takes on this one! 

Hugs and happy crafting,

S, K, B, A, S & C

Shades of Grey, Blue and Rust - the June Challenge

Servus and welcome to the start of our new challenge for June, dear steampunk crafting friends! Claudia here to bring to you our new challenge and a bundle of awesome steampunk inspiration!

Once again we have some awesome creations in store for you as well as a slight change to our blog schedule and the introduction of our last new DT member: Laura from Laurart! Yay!
I am so happy that she accepted my invitation and said "yes" to becoming part of our wonderfully creative and relaxed team! I adore her "shabby chic steampunk" creations and especially her use of wire and crackle texture! Welcome to the team, Laura! We are so happy to have you with us!

Laura will be introduced to you in detail on June 15th - which will be the date for presenting the makes of Team B from now on. We decided to change to two teams for keeping you inspired throughout the whole month - so in the future there will be one challenge post on the 1st of each month and another on the 15th (which is also meant as a challenge reminder and new inspirational impulse).  Spotlight/s and sponsor announcement will be posted somewhere inbetween...so keep checking back from time to time to stay up to date!

For July we also have an additional surprise - so watch out for a summer special ;)

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This month's challenge theme is

Shades of Grey, Blue and Rust

wich means that you can use any shades of grey, blue and rust there are...but sorts of all three must be seen with your creations. We do allow black lines from stamped images and/or words used on your makes of course. Remember: these have to be steampunk creations (at least have a light twist towards steampunk so we can count your entries in for Top3 and the prize draw) and must follow our general challenge rules (which aren't a lot - so giving them a quick read should be managable ;) .

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Of course we also have a special guest designer with us this June - it's Zoja from Bo Licho Nie Spi !

For all those who don't know her artwork already, she tells us a bit about herself:

My name is Zoja, but my nickname in blogger world is LichoNieSpi. I love alterations and steampunk. Things I make are usually a little bit creepy. In my works I love using metal elements, tiny bottles, clockworks, gears, laces, insects and flowers. It is great honour to show my work in current challenge and I tried to make something special for this occasion. So, today I'd like to show alteration of a bulb and bottle cap changed into hot air balloon carrying dangerous feeling- love, which can be creative or destructive, you never know...

I hope you enjoy this. Zoja

And here comes the wonderful project Zoja created for our June challenge:

 Isn't her balloon just brilliantly beautiful? Thank you so much for sharing this awesome steampunk make with us, Zoja! xxx
If you don't know Zoja's artwork yet, I highly recommend you visit her blog! 

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Team A have also created a lot of wonderful inspirational projects to set you on the right track and get your mojo flowing! But see for yourself (to learn more about their makes simply click their names to get to their blogs):

Brigitte

An altered canvas: gesso with stencil for texture, acrylique metal paint, a carboard frame, cogs, metal charms, light bulb and a beautiful rusty octopode. I finished my canvas with 2 feet. 

Susan

Most of us know the story of The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, it is old and a bit rusty ;-)

You can see more photos and details on Shades of Grey, Blue and Rust

Agnieszka

This self-inspirational art journal entry was created with embossed paper 'tiles' as the base, mists, Distress Inks and alcohol inks as well as a beautiful 3rd Eye light bulb chipboard and stamp set and Glossy Accents.

You can see some 'the-making-of' shots and read about the process on my blog.

For further inspiration check back on June 15th, when Team B will show their takes on this month's challenge theme!

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As usual our challenge is open for the whole month and we will showcase one to two spotlights from the entries during that month and reveal the "secret" about this month's sponsor around mid-month. Enter your projects to either the 2D or 3D collection below. 

If you want to know who made it to the Top3 for our last challenge or who is the prize winner check back next Saturday to find out!

Hugs and happy crafting,

L, K, S, A, S, B & C

Another May Spotlight and Last Challenge Reminder!

As there have already been such a lot of awesome entries to our May challenge - which can be found here (or by clicking the button on top of the side bar) - I decided to shine another spotlight on one of our players' awesome projects:

Maura's tea-serving little steampunk robot! 

This is such a whimsical and imaginative make! Truly adorable! 

Thank you, Maura, for sharing this gorgeous steampunk creation with us! Please, feel free to take the spotlight badge for display on your blog! 

Hugs, 

Claudia and the team x 

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There is still time to enter our actual challenge (as it ends on May, 31st at midnight CET)! If you want to get eligible for the prize win or Top3 votes, simply have some fun steampunk crafting time and then share your result with us over here!  ;)

Hugs and happy crafting,

your SASPC Team!

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

Servus, dear Steampunk friends!

Time to remind you on our actual challenge "Heavy Metal Steampunk" which is open until the end of the month. For more details click here.
All those who enter a project to either our 2D or the 3D collection get eligible for our monthly prize draw and maybe even make our Top3 - who knows! Of course we can only consider entries that follow the challenge theme and our general challenge rules. And they should be Steampunk of course (at least have a twist towards Steampunk)!

This month our generous sponsor is lovely Iris from Irishteddy's again! Thank you so much, Iris, for being with us and for helping make this place even more special :)

As always Iris is giving away a 10 Euro voucher to spend at her fabulous online store! So don't wait - join in! :)

But now on to our spotlight from the entries so far: it's a real stunning creation from Julia from Julia's Stuff!

She really knows how to create a rusted look just with the use of acrylic colours! And I love the colour scheme es well! Actually rust has never looked better than on this awesome piece I think! Thank you, Julia, for sharing this wonderful creation with us! Please, feel free to grab the spotlight badge for display on your blog! xx

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That's it so far for now....you all know where to find the actual challenge, you have seen some gobsmacking entries so far and the inspirational hints from the DT - so let those gears start movin' and create! We would love to see your makes shared with us and learn about your steampunk style!

Hugs and happy crafting,
Claudia and the team xxx

Top3 and Prize Winner - April

Servus, dear Steamunk friends!

If you have come back to find out if you are among our Top3 or are the winner of the awesome prize sponsored by 3rdEye, you are in perfect time ;)

We had a lot of entries and as usual we were blown away by your imagination, skills and designs! Thank you so much for joining in! It was very difficult to choose this time (but honestly it almost always is ;).

 2D

Kerstin

Frea

Rosie

and
3D

Monique

Kluckingbear

Licho

Huge congrats from the whole team, ladies! Soooo very well done! Please, feel free to take the Top3 badge for display on your blogs!

And now on to our prize winner (who was - as always - drawn randomly):

Kati
 aka mamapia!

Congrats on your win, Kati! Please, contact us (by using the email adress you will find on top of the side bar) for further details so we can tell Drycha from 3rdEye where to send the goodies to.

Our actual challenge "Heavy Metal" steampunk has already eight fantastic entries but of course we want to see more!!! ;) It is open until the end of the month and of course there will be another fantastic prize to win - so join in if you want to get a chance to win! We would love to see your steampunk creation shared with us over here.

Hugs and happy crafting,

K,B,S,A,S&C

May Challenge - "Heavy Metal"

Servus and welcome back to the announcement of this month's challenge theme! I hope you had fun with our "Favourite Technique Goes Steampunk" challenge from last month and will have as much fun while creating something for the new challenge which is

Heavy Metal

As usual there is room for your own interpretation. You can use a lot of metal on your project, make metal the main focus of your make, create some faux metal surfaces or even have something musically ("Heavy Metal") related as the topic of your make...you are free to choose any media, format and technique as long as your makes are Steampunk, are mainly handmade and follow the general challenge rules of our blog.

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Thank you so much for all the fab entries for the last challenge. Please, check back next Saturday to find out whom the team will have chosen for Top3 and who has been drawn as the prize package winner (sponsored by 3rdEye). 

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The team has really come up with a lot of heav(enl)y metal for your inspiration! 

As always we also have a wonderful guest designer with us this month who shows us her version of "Heavy Metal": lovely Barbara Washington from Magic Delights!

My name is Barbara Washington. I live in the wonderful city of Chicago, Illinois with my two wonderful daughters, my 7 year old grandson, 3 year old granddaughter, and four cats. I am a retired college librarian. My love for all kinds of crafting started when I was a young child and has continued throughout my life. My passion for the last 15 years has been stamping, card making and other forms of paper art, and I like to dabble in mixed media. My blog is at http://www.magicdelights.blogspot.com/  I invite you to visit me there.

 I was so honored to be asked to be the May  guest designer at here at SanDee and Amelie's Steampunk Challenge Blog. I think that steampunk challenges are so much fun and the art I have seen here is awesome.

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 Barbara has created an awesome Steampunk lantern for our "Heavy Metal" challenge and your inspiration:

I am sure it looks so cool when being lit from the inside! But that's not all! She also made this awesome Steampunk card with a lot of marvellous texture and metal foil:

See? The possibilities are almost endless! 

Thank you so much, Barbara, for being with us this month! xoxo

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And now - finally - on to the DT makes! 

Please, welcome our new member Kerstin from "Scrapbook Dreams" to our creative Steampunk spot!

Hi, my name is Kerstin aka "Vintagelady" and I have been creating for many years now, always in search for new techniques and yet unexplored territory in craftland. With Steampunk I have found "my" perfect genre - as it combines nostalgia, vintage and the idea of using future technology in a  brave new world! 

Inventive genius and adventurous romance are what makes Steampunk so very special and exciting to me. Be inspired by this paradox and magical world too!

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Yay! We are so glad to have you with us now, Kerstin! xoxo
So we start the DT show with the make of our "newbie" today:

Kerstin

For her first project as a new DT member, Kerstin altered a box and put her lovely "thoughtful lady" at the center of her incredibly beautiful steampunk creation!

 

Brigitte

Brigitte made a Haute Couture Metal Barbie dress! Even the handbag is selfmade! Wow! What a gorgeous creation! Please, Barbie, turn around once again and show us your dress! ;)

Susan

For this month I made ​​a wall hanger in Heavy Metal. When I first found The Steampunk Universe, I was hit in the heart and have kept Steampunk close ever since. You can see more photos and details on Heavy Metal.

Agnieszka aka Meresanth

Meet Heavy Metal - my new pet dragon. :) He started off naked as a papier-mache figurine and I dressed him up in some aluminium foil and gears and covered with metallic paints. I also gave him a mane (weird in the case of a dragon, I know :) ) made from gel medium mixed with glass filler. You can see more photos on my blog.

Claudia

Inspired by old tin-types I created a tag from an aluminium sheet I covered with acrylic colour washes of greys and browns to give it that aged look. The background was stamped using a Darkroom Door image and the gentleman and handle are from a Wendy Vecchi stamp set I recently won. Except the piece of lace and the ribbon at the bottom of my tag everything else is metal.



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Thank you so much for reading this far! We hope you found a lot of inspiration for your own makes!
As usual our challenge is open for the whole month and we would love to have you join in the fun!
Find the 2D and 3D collections to enter your projects to at the bottom of this post!
Hugs and happy crafting,

K,B,S,A,S &C

Enter your projects here: