simon says stamp monday challenge: steampunk

Hi crafty friends, welcome to this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Thank you to all of you who played along with us last week in our Stencil It Challenge and I hope you will play along with us this week in the Steampunk Challenge. For my card this week, I used the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Evolution set as my focal image. 

 

To create the card, I used Distress Watercolor cardstock and created a background panel by using Antique Linen and Tea Dye Distress inks smooshed onto a glass mat and sprayed with water. Then I swiped my paper through it and let it dry. Once it was dry, I stamped a pattern onto it using the Tailor and Houndstooth stamp and Weathered Wood Distress Ink.

 

When the panel was dry, I added lots of Mini Gears and Sprocket Gears. I also added a Quote Chip with a technique I learned on Tim Holtz's most recent FB Live. I embossed the Quote Chip with Weathered Wood Distress Embossing Glaze, heat embossed it then went over it with a Walnut Stain Distress Crayon, and wiped some off with a damp paper towel. I added Hardware Heads colored with Mushroom Alcohol Ink to each side of the chip. 

For the background, I used the Foundry 3D Texture Fade along with some Metallic 3 Kraft Core paper and ran it through my Vagabond three times (this gives a better 3d effect than just passing it through once). When that was done, I took a tiny bit of Black Soot Distress Paint and rubbed it over the piece, as it started to dry, I buffed some off with a dry cloth. Then I adhered all the parts together. 

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store