March Mid Month Reminder

I love stave rhyme, so Mmmmarch Mmmid Mmmmonth Remmminder sounds pretty cool to me. lol

Erm...welcome to our aforesaid MMMR! Team B have some really cool (as if their makes weren't always cool...lol) projects in store for you and maybe also a little reminder on the two prizes that can be won -

one by DecoArt Media

and another by boozybear - 

 will manage to lure you into playing along...

But now let's open the stage for Team B's makes! I would also love to invite you to hop over to their blogs (AND to the ones of Team A too (if you haven't seen their projects yet)) to have a closer look and maybe also take a sec to leave them a short comment to let them know you stopped by and liked what you saw! It is their main and only reward for a lot of love and labour put into their projects that are mainly meant to inspire YOU (and of course also to make ME proud. Which I AM. Sorry, team, if I haven't let you known as often as I could during the last weeks: you all really make me a very, very proud challenge blog owner! Mwah! XXX).

As always you can enlarge the images by clicking them and get to the team members' blogs by clicking the names. Enjoy!

Kerstin

I love it to try new techniques and so I decided to use a wonderful black lace and some metal embellishments together to a necklace in gothic style.

  Niki @ Pawsitively Creative

 First time trying a Layout. I have added numerous chippies, paints, and layers of papers from the DCWV Tattered Time set. This is also the first time I have used a picture of myself. Exploring new techniques and ideas is the goal for 2016! Hugz and Carpe Diem! ~Niki

 

Dee

 Hi everyone I hope you are all well and joining in with us
this month for a chance to win some seriously
awesome mixed media supplies.

I have a journal page/spread (new to me but seem to
be doing a lot of them) to inspire you this month.

So come and play in a world of steam punk looks like both Nikki 

and myself are trying out new things this year.

Cheers Dee x

Claudia

With Easter Sunday fast approaching I thought I'd start with painting some Easter eggs. And why not create one steampunk style? (my son said he would love to find one like these for his nest - so what do I want more?)

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To take a look at Team A's projects click here.

Our challenge is open until the end of the month. Prize winners and Top 5 will be announced on Saturday 9th April. As always prize winners will be drawn among all proper entries - so make sure you read our (few) rules to avoid any disappointment.

Happy Easter to all our true and creative steampunk friends out there!
We are so glad to have you as you make this place the special creative spot it has become! Thank you so much!

Claudia & the SASPC Team
xxx

February Winners and Top 5

Hi and servus to the announcement of our prize winners and Top 5 from the February challenge!

As always we had the most amazing projects by the most amazing artists and crafters and choosing was hard. But we did...so here come our Top 5! Applause, applause, applause (c'mon, wave your arms with me Kermit-style!)

Szymka

with her wonderfully altered desk organizer

Dorota

who made the most amazing polymer clay steampunk owl necklace

Kava

who entered this fabulous "Mechanical Inside" canvas

Lys

who enchanted us with her magical "little alchemy" assemblage

and last but not least

Анастасия

with this stunner of a steampunk project! 

Congrats, ladies, and thank you so much for sharing your awesome pieces with us! Please, feel free to grab the "Top 5" badge for display on your blogs!

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And now directly on to our two prize winners!

This cool DecoArt Media goodness bundle 

goes to 

Lys!

And a cool boozybear steampunk chipboard prize pack

goes to 

Srebrnolistka!

Congrats on your prize wins, ladies! Please, email me under vonpappe2@yahoo.de so we can arrange shipment to your places asap! Have fun with the fantastic goodies! 

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Our actual challenge will see its mid-month reminder published in three days, providing you with some more inspirational input (if needed ;). So make sure to check back on Tuesday to find out about the makes of Team B. If you haven't taken a look at Team A's creations yet, I highly recommend you do so by clicking here! 

I and the team hope to see you play along with us soon!

Hugs and happy crafting,

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenge - March 2016

Servus and welcome to our constantly growing Steampunk mixed media community! We are so glad that you are part of our artsy adventure exploring the industrial and steampunk realms!

Today sees the start of our March challenge and it is again an

Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial

one!

So feel free to let yourselves be kissed by the Steampunk muse and join in this month's challenge! There is time until the end of the month and we will again be giving away two fab prize packs donated by our generous sponsors

DecoArt Media 

and 

Boozybear! 

Please, take a close look at the projects from team A, who have been busy creating to inspire and share some steampunk goodness! If you can, please, take some minutes to visit their blogs to take a closer look (and maybe even leave a short comment to let them know you've been there). You get there by clicking on the names.

Nate

Bonjour a toutes , le nord , le sud .......

Voici un compas de Boozybear customisé sur ca pochette cartonneè,

et lustré plus de détails sont à découvrir sur mon blog...

à bientôt ,  bon scrap a toutes

                         

             

Brigitte

 Toile en tôle noire et Gelli pour le fond ...
quelques embellissements ...

Susan

I had my inspiration about light a month ago, and now it's on...

 

Zoja 

I made assemblage with moth.
As a base I used old CD.

Agnieszka

A magical world where clock hands fly and gears grow on trees? Why not! ;)

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Hugs and happy crafting,

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx

Mid Month Reminder for our February Callenge

Hiya! I hope you are all doing well and having a good time at and off your crafting desks!

It is time to present the projects by team B today and I hope you will find them as inspirational and beautiful as I do!

If you haven't entered our actual challenge yet, I highly recommend you do so as we have two fantastic prizes to give away to two randomly drawn winners among all the proper entries! One is an awesome pack of beautiful steampunk chipbpoard pieces sponsored by lovely Glenda from boozybear AND the other a great bundle of DecoArt Media goodness as shown with the image below. To visit our generous sponsors' online shops, please click the according images on our sidebar!

So don't hesitate - create!!!! ;)

Our challenge themes are all 

"Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial" 

from now on - so there is enough room for your imagination and for enjoying some steampunk fun. 

The projects from the design team will surely help spark some great project ideas if needed! And here they come:

Niki

Altered Industrial Bottle. I have been determined to improve on altering bottles and am happy I now know the "secret" to getting paint to stick. Through trial and error comes success. DecoArt media paints, rusting powder and stamps made this bottle come to life. Carpe Diem!

Kerstin

one of my favourite songs on an art journal spread in industrial steampunk style
'Human heart'  -you are free like a bird-
a mix of texture, spray paints, gesso and distress inks 

Dee

This was inspired by Butterfly and a piece she did gave me
the inspiration for this piece it was created with deco art
media products and various stamps.

Claudia

I had a joyful play on a journaling card using some die cuts, ephemera, stencils and rubber stamping! Adding washes, sprinkling on paint and doodling with my white gel pen was very relaxing to do. 

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To find out more about the single projects just click the DT members' names to get to their blogs! If you haven't seen team A's projects you will find them over HERE. If you take the time to leave a short comment here and there you will make someone very happy! ;)

Our challenge is open until the last day of the month and closes five minutes to midnight CET. Our top 5 and prize winners will be announced on Sat., 12th March.

Hugs and happy crafting,

Claudia & the SASPC team

xxx

Top5 and Prize Winner from our January Challenge

Hi, servus and welcome to today's announcement of our prize winner and Top5!

First let me thank you all for participating - there were so many entries and all of them were (as usual) great pieces of steampunk and industrial art! The team and I had a really hard time choosing our favourites and I feel the urge to tell you that many were really close up - but narrow them down to our Top5 we must and we finally did!

So, please, give a round of applause to our Top5 artists from the January challenge (as always they appear in order of their entry dates and you can visit their blogs by clicking their names or enlarge images - when possible - by clicking on the images):

Aisha

 

Amanda

Shelly

Peg

who entered via Instragram so I sadly cannot display her beautiful steampunk canvas

https://www.instagram.com/p/BArQyyosyFn/

Jag på Ekholmen

 

 

Huge congrats to you, ladies! We really loved your projects and hope you will be playing along with us again soon! Please, feel free to grab our Top5 badge for display on your blogs!

 

 

And now on to our prize winner of DecoArt Media's fantastic little "steampunk texture starter bundle" (as I love to call it)!

 

 And random.org picked 

which is

Sandra!

Congrats on your prize win, Sandra! Please, email me (email address see at side bar) so I can forward your shipping details to DecoArt Media! Have fun creating with their great products!

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Don't forget: from the February challenge on we are having two prize sponsors - so make sure you don't miss the chance to win either some fab DecoArt goodies (as shown in the picture) or a prize pack with lovely steampunk style chipboard pieces from boozybear! If you want to check out their products just click on the images in our side bar to get to their websites!

On February 15th team B will present their projects - so make sure you don't miss that date!! Hope to see you then and also play along with our challenge soon (if you haven't already ;)

Hugs and happy crafting,

Claudia & the SASPC team

xxx

 

 

 

Our February Challenge - and Some Great News!

Hi, servus and welcome back to our constantly growing mixed media steampunk corner!

Time to start another

Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial

challenge and along with some wonderful inspirational makes from team A comes an announcement: we have another new prize sponsor who is joining us:

lovely Glenda from boozybear who produces and sells the most beautiful steampunk chipboard pieces on her Etsy store that I have ever seen! Welcome to our creative steampunk family, Glenda! We are so happy to have you with us!!!

Starting with the February challenge each month Glenda will be giving away one fantastic prize pack of assorted chipboard pieces to one winner who will be randomly drawn from all proper entries! So make sure you don't miss the chance to win!!!!

Of course if you want to be sure to get some of her steampunk chipboard goodness just hop over to Glenda's Etsy store and shop away. She ships worldwide and shipping costs are really affordable - and I am sure you will love her designs as much as I do!!!

Then we also have the fabulous prize pack sponsored by DecoArt Media

 to give away each month - gosh! I am the happiest and proudest challenge blog owner in whole crafty blogland right now. Yay! Thank you so much, boozybear and DecoArt Media!

To win one or the other all you have to do is play along and enter (up to three) projects to our monthly challenge. To make sure it is a proper entry, please check out our few rules if you haven't done so already or are new to our challenges. It would be a shame if we had to exclude you from the prize draws or top votes! The rules can be found with the pages section below our challenge blog header.

Our challenges will all be "anything goes - steampunk/industrial" ones from now on - so this enables you to let yourselves be struck by inspiration, follow your (steampunk) hearts and enjoy some happy steampunk craftin' time!

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Team A have created some wonderful projects for your inspiration! To learn more about any how-tos and products used, please, visit their blogs (just click their names to get there) - and let them know you have been there by leaving a short comment! We all know how much we love a little recognition - no matter how short the comment - so please, take a few secs to make them happy!

(for larger view, please click on the images)

Nate

Bonjour à toutes ,
voici ma façon d'interpréter par ce canvas,
la St Valentin

Agnieszka

'Chemical fumes' art journal entry, aka playing around with
Media Fluid Acrylics and water. ;)

Susan

Steampunk Love...

Brigitte

A tag "The key of my heart"

Paint, patine, paper, charms, beads....
with DecoArts products.

Zoja

I recycled old wall calendar to make album for my favourite, very old ( about 1890) victorian photos. I wanted it gold :) and it is almost.

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 The prize winner and Top5 from the January challenge will be announced on Saturday, 13th February! Another bundle of inspirational projects awaits you on the 15th of each month - so make sure you don't miss it! 

Our challenges are open until the last day of the month, 23:55 pm CET. To enter your make, use the inlinkz collection at the bottom of this post. 

Hugs and happy crafting,

Claudia & the SASPC Team

xxx 

 

Extra Steam Power - Kerstin's "Magic Powerworld"

Servus and welcome to another ESP share today! 

 

And this one is a special pleasure for me to announce as it is not only about the project but also my friend Kerstin's being published in the "Just Steampunk" magazine! Now isn't that just awesome, fantastic and soooo deserved?!!

 

I always find the detail and story-telling quality of Kerstin's projects utterly enchanting and amazing! Each time looking at her steampunk (and other art journal or scrapbook) projects feels like opening up a new page to a new story! 

Only few artists have this talent to tell stories with their makes and create drama or magic like Kerstin does so beautifully...so I hope you will take some time to take a close look at her beautiful pages...and leave our place inspired and ready to enjoy some steampunk crafting over the weekend!

 

Claudia xxx

 

 

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Welcome!

 today a picture inspiration to my favourite theme

- Magic Steampunk -

it's an Art Journal spread

in mixed media style 

 

 

and yes :-) it was published in Just Steampunk!!

I'm so happy, proud and thankful!!

Inventive genius and adventurous romance are 

what makes Steampunk so very special and exciting to me. 

IMAGINATION

 

Create your own world 

if you have any questions how I do this , then please ask me!

 

 

more detail photos on my blog

 Be inspired by this paradox and magical world too!

More ideas and inspirations you can also see

under

 SASPC Open Studio Facebook Group

Happy weekend!

 
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Also make sure you check out our actual challenge and the prize pack that can be won! There is still time until the end of the month to enter a project!  

Hugs and happy crafting,

Claudia

xxx