Mixed Media Steampunk Canvas Board

Welcome to another March project being featured on the Altered Pages Artsociates blog.  Altered Pages and USArt Quest are partners this month and they are a perfect complement to each other.  Today I have a mixed media Steampunk canvas to share featuring products from both.  Please click here to see the full post. Here are some highlights.

Scan of project is below the list of supplies.

Supplies Used:
Art Canvas Board - 8x10, but they come in other sizes
Gesso, if desired
Chipboard Gears
Pink Paint Palette
6x6 Brick Stencil
Goosebumps Texture Spray
StazOn Ink Pads - spiced chai and emerald
Gelatos - cinnamon, iced chai, chocolate and green tea
Tacky Glue or other strong adhesive
Foam Adhesive Squares
Metal tin to hold bits and pieces
Fly With Steam Collage
USArt Quest 101 Heavy Artist Cement
USArt Quest PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive) - matte
USArt Quest Perfect Pigments - tomato pearl, yellow ocher, burnt umber, metallic copper, wheat,  permanent green medium
USArt Quest Perfect Glaze
USArt Quest Prills - any color will do for this project because you are painting over them
USArt Quest Mica Flakes - cinnabar, copper and copper patina
USArt Quest Gilding Kit - includes Gildenglitz leafing, texture sponge & fuzzy ball to buff the metal to a shine and remove the little bits

Scan of project

Steampunk Tag Art

Hi everyone!  I have some tag art for you today.  What do you suppose it says about me that I like Steampunk, but I always make it pink? 

My set of pastels from Royal Langnickel has both pencils and sticks and also has a blending stump and kneaded eraser.  To really showcase these pastels, I chose to use the Steampunked Machines collage sheet.  The black and white images are perfect for coloring.  When you are using pastels, remember to seal your work so that the color doesn't smear or rub off completely.  You can buy professional fixatives or use hair spray.  Beware though, that if you choose to use the hair spray your work may yellow over time.

I colored the collage images with the pencils and colored the tag with the sticks.  To get the skin tone, I colored the gentleman lightly with pink then orange and blended the colors together with the blending stump.

I added a few embellishments.  Two chipboard gears which were dipped in a black ink pad give this tag a little dimension and two pieces of German scrap give it a little shine.

Come back again and see what projects I have to share with you.  Until then...Happy Crafting!

 

 

 

 

Pocket page full of art cards

Hi everyone!  It's been a while since I posted here.  My apologies.  Most of the cards here for my Pocket Altered Page were straight collages using papers, tapes, embellishments and collage images from Altered Pages so I'm going to keep my explanations short this time.  There are three I'd like to highlight. 


This accordion folds so that there is plenty of room for writing a letter to your pen pal.

A scrap of leftover metal sheeting was large enough to cut out this key embellishment.



Dimensional adhesive squares make a great pocket space on the front of this card.

Scroll all the way to the bottom to see how these all fit together in my Pocket Altered Page and for a list of products.



Front and Back

Front and Back

 



Front and Back



Front and Back



Envelope to hold little treasures

 

Front and Back

Book Style - Open Outside

Book Style - Open Inside

 

One pocket of Altered Pages collage images and one pocket of paper squares.




They REALLY are!!!

AND, don't forget that you can join us for a fun swap.  We would really love to have you join us.

Here is the info on how to join our swap!  You do not want to miss this.   

 How to join the swap: How to join the AlteredPages.com Pocket Altered Pages swap!

1. Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/AlteredPagesArtsociates/ On FACEBOOK
2. At top of the group page the “EVENT” will be pinned. You can access the SWAP via this link. ...
3. Or you can click the “events” under the banner to get to the event listings page, and click into the swap.
4. Once you are on the “events” page, you must click up in the upper right hand corner to join the swap.
5. Now you are registered and will be on the list for the swap….this is how you are allowed into the SWAP! At this point you can access the free collage selections for use in your pages.
6. The swap will be open on June 1 and sign ups accepted until June 20.
7. On June 21-- A listing of random partners will be created and posted on the event page June 22.
8. You have until June 30 to mail out your Pocket Altered Page to your partner.
9. PLEASE connect with your partner to get address information. You may want to decide what kind of Pocket Altered Pages theme/colors/ topic you wish to send to each other.
10. International Swappers are invited, however, postage costs will vary from country to country. 

        

Products used in this project:
Graphic 45 papers - Steampunk Spells (2 designs), Steampunk Postcards, the floral design from the Mermaid Mailbox Muse kit and one other that had the right colors in it.
Glitz Laced With Grace paper - Orange with polka dots
Glitz Uncharted Waters paper - multi-colored polka dots
Glitz Cashmere Dame stickers
Glitz Love Games stickers
Washi Tape
Chipboard gears
German Scrap
Glassine envelope
Wink of Stella pen (on the chipboard gears after inking them)
Gold corner stickers
Double sided tape
Adhesive Dimensionals
Clock stencil and dauber
a few other bits and pieces from my scrap bins
...and of course, a protector page to hold it all!

Altered Pages collages:
Pocket Quotes 2365
Vintage Ships
Steampunk & Science
Tag Alphabet collages
Steampunked Machines (printed on several different colors)

Thanks for stopping by!  It's always nice to have you visit.  Drop me a line in the comments below if you have a moment and say hello! 

Feeling Punkish

Feeling a little punkish today.  Steampunk-ish, that is!  Steampunk is a little out of my comfort zone but I love the projects my teammates have shared.  Today I started with a wonderful folding card.  the four pages all fold in and the card becomes a box-like square.  Each of the flaps is meant to hold an oversize tag but I haven't started on those yet.  The stencils and cutting dies are from my own collection.  That's really one of the things I love best about the Altered Pages collage sheets.  No matter what your favorite medium, you can incorporate them! 

Each side of this multi-panel card has five 6" x 6" panels and two 2.5" x 6" panels

The small panels fold up inside to create pockets.

I hope you enjoyed today's project.  Stop over by Altered Pages for more info about the images used and to be inspired to create your own art.  Bye for now.