Thursday 30 October 2014

31 Days of Halloween - Day 30

Wow! Welcome to the penultimate day on the wonderful Smeared and Smudged bloghop - 31 Days of Halloween!!  If you haven't already do visit the other Wicked Bloggers following the links on my sidebar.

Today's offering is a pair of steampunk vampires, showcased on Tim Holt's die-cut cabinet cards.






 I've cut 4 of the cabinet cards - 2 for the front and 2 for the back - and used Tim's Coloured Crackle technique - as shown in his Compendium of Curiosities III - page 53.  I cant share the steps of this process as it is the focus for the latest CC3C organised by Linda Ledbetter which you can find here http://lindaledbetter.com/2014/10/compendium-of-curiosities-3-challenge-14.html . I think it gives an authentic worn leather look when shown in the browns I have used, but it's amazing how different it can look in different colours.




The centerpieces are a pair of free digi stamps that I got here http://craftymomentscardmaking.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/steampunk-vampire-digis.html.  I've coloured them with promarkers but kept the colours quite muted to give them an older look.

As I am wanting to enter this into the CC3C challenge mentioned above I decided to have a look at the requirements of the other fabulous Tim Holt themed challenge site - A Vintage Journey - and found that the current theme is Halloween using Tim's die-cuts - bonus!!  So as its been a while since I've entered either I thought I would combine the two.

I wanted to use slightly 3d embellishments so i die-cut some of Tim's cogs from black cardstock and then went over them with a metallic bronze pen.  I have also added some of Finnabair's mechanicals and a small Prima rose which I've also highlighted bronze.



I really like the finished project and hope that you do too!

Thanks for reading

Stefanie xx

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Compendium of Curiosities 3 - Challenge 14 - here http://lindaledbetter.com/2014/10/compendium-of-curiosities-3-challenge-14.html

A Vintage Journey - Challenge 17 Halloween to Die For - here http://www.vintagejourney.com/2014/10/challenge-17-halloween-to-die-for.html

Altered Eclectics = October challenge - here http://alteredeclectics.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/another-month-another-challenge.html

and

Opus Gluei - Challenge 194 Ghostly Goings On - here  http://opus-gluei.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/challenge-194-ghostly-goings-on.html

23 comments:

  1. Wonderful job all over! The leather look and how you made the cogs... love it.
    Wow- the female has some spectacular hair! And beautiful green complexions for them both.

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  2. The coloured crackle looks amazing and I love your steampunk theme and the bronze coloured embellishments are wonderful finishing touches! Thanks so much for joining in our Halloween - To Die For Challenge at A Vintage Journey. Anne x

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  3. Love this set of cabinet cards! Great texture it does like like worn leather! Great colors you picked all the way around! Such cool embellies!~kim

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  4. Wow Steffi. Very neat little Halloween piece! Your crackled cabinet card photo "frames" are wonderful! The digi stamp vampires are nicely colored and I love all of the cogs and gears. They really add some nice dimension. Thanks so much for sharing your art with all of us at CC3C. We're so happy to have you! <3 Candy

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  5. Gorgeous! Love the cabinet design and fab images. Wonderful Steampunk details, too. xxD

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  6. wow this is beyond fabulous. Anything with cogs is a okay in my

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  7. Cool project! Love the images and the crackled frames are wonderful! Those gears are great too! Thanks so much for playing along with us on the Colored Crackle technique at CC3Challenge!!!

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  8. Gorgeous Halloweenn piece. love the images and steampunk details.

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  9. I see right away why you love this piece, it is REMARKABLE!!! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful project with us at Opus Gluei!!

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  10. Fantastic project! Love those steampunk vampires.

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  11. Love the steampunk theme and what fab vampires they are!! Look like ole granny and grandpa:) Really elegant look on this!

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  12. Beautiful! Love the cabinet card and those image are great.

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  13. Absolutely spooktacular! I love the effects you created and all the elements you combined to make a superb piece!

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  14. Love the crackle...super images.Great result!

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  15. Love your textures and steam-punk ghouls....great work. These are not people I'd like to run into on a dark and storm night....Thank you for playing in our spooky challenge at Opus Gluei.

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  16. Very cool!! I love how you used the cabinet cards and your crackle is awesome!! Thanks so much for joining us for CC3C!

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  17. So many great details on your frames... thanks for sharing with us at CC3C!

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  18. Wonderful job! The detail on your vamps is outstanding. I especially like the cogs and gears. Gives it a Steampunk look...

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  19. These are seriously cool cabinet cards that you gussied up for us hoppers! Love the hair do!

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  20. Hi Steffi, welcome to Opus Gluei! We mean what we say in our Oath and hope you feel empowered to play along with us! That said, this is an awesome project! Oh my gosh, what a great use for those cabinet cards and those vampires are elegant and oh so creepy! (I think I've worn my hair like hers unintentionally but that is a story for another time). The nice thing is you could actually keep these and use them as fun Halloween decorations for many years to come! Thank you for taking the time to come to Opus Gluei, I hope we get you back for more challenges!

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  21. What a fab project with great details and your vamps look perfect in the cabinet frame. Thanks for joining in the challenge at A Vintage Journey and good luck.
    Julie x

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  22. What a cool Halloween decor piece. I love how you used the cabinet card die...storing that one away! wink. Very nice detail...thanks for joining us at CC3C!

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