Tuesday 26 March 2013

Steampunk Dressform

I thought I would make something  a little different this week for my Creative Expressions DT. We were given a fabulous selection of products this month and one of the stamps I have used this time around is the fabulous Steampunk Dressform designed by Sam Poole.
I have decorated one of Wendy Vecchi's Art Parts (small creative covers), stamping the steampunk dressform onto a piece of Tim's Vintage Shabby paper stash papers and then adhering to the cover. I then added an Art Parts Steampunk Gear, Tim's Idea-ology mini gears and light bulb along with other metal pieces.
Once I had added my metal embellishments I then added embossing paste for texture and painted over the entire piece with Gesso.
The whole piece was then painted with Distress Paints mowed lawn and salty ocean. Once dry I added highlights with Gilding Wax.
To add a little more interest I also added some random stamping around my piece using black Archival Ink.
Creative Expressions DT will be holding a blog hop next week Tuesday, 2nd April and there will be some fabulous prizes on offer, pop by next week for all the details or stop by the Creative Expressions NEWS BLOG.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x

14 comments:

Lisa Somerville said...

Fab piece Tracy! Love the colors, added texture and embellies!

SanDee1899 said...

Adorable ! WOW !!!
XOXO SanDee

Lori said...

Gorgeous! Love that stamp, and the colors you used!

Anonymous said...

A gorgeous combination of textures and elements - as we always come to expect from you, stunning.
Wishes
Lynne

Annie said...

Fantastic make Tracy and I love those colours. The metal embellishments add further dimension too
Great make.....I love it x

Inkypinkycraft said...

a really fab make, gorgeous blue and love the textures you have created! hugs trace x

Brenda Brown said...

The composition is so well balanced Tracy and combined with the fabulous textures and colour you have produced another stunning project.
hugs {brenda} x0x

Crafting Queen said...

Wonderful piece, love the colour and the textures.

Bonnie Irvine said...

This is truly delightful. The colours are gorgeous and I love the texture you have achieved with the embossing paste. It's one of those pieces I wish I could see (and touch) IRL. Great use of metal and other embellies.

Words and Pictures said...

So cool... love how the texture paste makes the metal gears look as though they're melting at the edges - fab! And the colours look amazing with all that gilding - a gorgeous make!
Alison x

Sue said...

Gorgeous Tracy, I love these colours and textures xx

Carol Q said...

lovely Tracy, the gilding wax really lifts it.

cheryl said...

oh wow Hun,this is simply amazing,gosh the depth,detail and design is just brilliant,love this too bits hun hugs Cherylxxxx

Redanne said...

Oh this is just so beautiful! Love the blues and the gilding wax is a beautiful finishing touch. Hugs, Anne x