Steampunk lady

Hello to you all. Cathy N here with a steampunk lady card. I really love making steampunk art. I like how you can add gears and a octopus and a bit of rust and you got steampunk. At least for this card it does.

Stamps Used:
1887
Birds on wires by Terri Sproul
Octopus Lady
Steampunk word

Other supplies used:
Distress ink
Distress Oxide spray
Washi tape
Copper paint

 Start out with a 4x6 piece of cardstock. Add some rusty colors of ink to the base of the cardstock. Then layer some Distress Oxide sprays to give it a rusty look.

Trim to fit on a A2 card base. Or leave it that size to make a postcard.

 Next stamp Octopus Lady on the bottom of the card.

After you have Octopus Lady stamped start to layer your other stamped images on the card around it.

Stamp Steampunk word on the side and layer with some washi tape. Lastly before added it to a black card base take some copper paint and thin it down with water and splatter it over the front.

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Franken Paper Backgrounds

Hello! I love to make Franken Paper for all kinds of projects – collage, ATCs, inchies, and lots more! It is fun to see the results when you are done because every page you create turns out different and I know there are lots of versions of Franken Paper out there but I wanted to share how I create my version. 

Don't you just love the grunginess of this paper!

Supplies-

Background Grunge Stamp Set by Pam Bray 
Birds on a Wire

Scraps of paper

Masking tape

Washi tape

Ranger Archival Ink

Embossing powder

Spackling

Stencils

Watercolor paper

Gel medium

To make Franken paper, I use watercolor paper because it can take almost anything you can throw on it! I start by gluing scraps of lightweight papers, mostly old book pages, down then add torn pieces of masking tape and washi tape to the surface. 

Then water down some acrylic paint and paint over the first layer of papers. Some of the edges may come up, just glue them down with a glue stick.

 With the stencils and spackling, add some interesting shapes to the paper and spray with assorted ink colors. 

While this stage is still wet, sprinkle on embossing powder and heat set. Splatter with acrylic paint in your choice of colors.

Cut to size for your project.  Seal with gel medium and let dry, the Franken paper is now ready for embellishments. 

Here are some Artist Trading Cards make with Franken backgrounds.

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