Steampunk Tardis

 I've always enjoyed adding a little steampunk to the cards for my boys, especially the oldest. I used the Tim Holtz 3D Embossing Folder for the background, and the Tim Holtz On The Edge Steampunk die for the gears 'on the edge'.

I had a hard time deciding which paper and embossing powder I wanted to use for the Hero Arts Flying Air Ship, and ended up with Distress Ink and shading.

And the reason for the name...this antique phone booth reminded me of the Tardis from the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who, a favorite of my oldest!

Thanks for following along, this is a challenge for Simon Says: Steampunk

A Little Steampunk

 This card is for my 7 year old grandson, his first 'steampunk' card! I love the little Tim Holtz Robot Blueprint stamps for him, he loves Legos and this reminded me a little bit of Lego figures. The background is, of course, Tim Holtz 3D Texture Fades Foundry.

The inside is a Super-Hero font from Fiskars. KAPOW! clear stamp set, and the Happy Birthday Grandson from a retired company Skipping Stones Design, 'Grunge'.

This is for Simon Says: Steampunk

Another Steampunk Birthday

 

My oldest son is a Steampunk kind of a guy...I hope he likes this birthday card as well as he liked the Steampunk Cat from last year!  He  also loves cats, but last summer we bought a solar powered owl to keep the pigeons off our deck, and when he saw it he said he just might need one for his garden...hopefully he'll remember.

Stampendous Steampunk Owl
Stampendous Clockworks
Tim Holtz Gear Die and metal pieces

Happy Cat

My son has a cat he adores...but he's the only one, even his wife doesn't like his cat!  This cat is as happy as can be when he can bring birds home, so I thought this combination of stamps was a fun birthday card for my son and also fit in with the challenge over at Papercraft Star Challenge 155.

Some ideas for you ...

Colors
Birdhouses
Conical shapes
Birds

And the challenge over at Simon Says Stamp this week is 'Anything Goes'...

 Stamps:

Cat - Stampendous

Birds - Tim Holtz

Definition, Happy Birthday - Stampin' Up

 

F. E. LINUS

Hi, it's Barb here, playing Stampendous BlogStar!

My oldest son has a birthday coming up and he is a bit of a non-traditional, Steampunk kind of guy...and loves cats...so I thought of him when I saw this Stampendous Cling Felinus.  "F.E. Linus, top-hatted kitty and Spectacle Maker is a skilled Lapidary on the side! That means he prepares raw stones for sale while grinding lenses for your vintage glasses. This astute fellow is the ninth in his line. Use him to create Fran•taáge greetings for your cat loving friends".

I started out sponging some distress ink on the edges of the buttery tan card stock. I then stamped  F. E. Linus with distress ink, and stamped the flourish from the Cling Jumbo Tulip set.  Then I played with the Fran•táge technique, using Aged Gold Embossing Enamel and Tarnished Mica Fragments.  And don't forget the sentiment...this came from Vintage Typewriter.  I stamped the paper image on a separate piece of light cream card stock and inked the edges, then stamped the 'happy birthday', slightly curving the clear stamps.  I attached the 'notes' and the metal clock embellishment with Beacon Zip Dry Paper Glue and then attached to a black card base.

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