So little time....

Over on Gothic Arches, this week's theme is steampunk. I have had so little time to create this week, that my early morning forays have been blog hopping and doing emails before starting my "proper job"! lol. But I thought I would love to do this, so gathered a very random set of stamps, including one of the new Tim Holtz's ( don't tell Mal , cos they are really for sale in the shop, and he will kill me for taking stock! ) . The clock and bicycle came from Purely Random, and the cogs are PaperArtsy. I have to say when I started this I wasn't going to use the bicycle, but it all came together by accident. Is this steampunk I ask myself? The other bits are idea-ology., and a couple of new bits from Vintaj, which wil be available soon. I made the background by spraying colour sprays from Crafty Notions, and then while wet putting a bit of bubble wrap on it, and allowing it to dry. I am so wanting to create, but time is limited this week :(

We will be at Stamperama this coming Sunday, so if you are thinking of coming , do drop by and say hello...I will be the one getting hot with a meltpot, and Mal will be the one with shiny shoes!lol
Have a great day!

Monochromatic Gothic Arch!

I have cheekily combined two challenges this week, and do hope that this qualifies for both! The first one, Gothic Arches , asked for a shrine, and for Gingersnaps colour challenge which is monochromatic, using shades of one colour. I did sneak in a little gold here, but only as highlights!
From time to time, I alter a book I started too many years ago to mention, and I thought I would make a shrine to the kiss, at the back. I cut out the middle of the pages, and glued them all together using Studio multi medium, which gives a lovely base to work on. I used The Kiss stamp in the middle , and this is actually stamped in blue Archival, and glued onto some chipboard.  Then I spread on some Terra, and used a little texture brush tool I have to give it texture. I then used a mixture of Studio blues paints to cover it. Lots of gold and blue Glimmer mist (ok, I succumbed and bought 2 bottles!) all over it. Finally I highlighted some of the book ( edges and curled paper) with gold precious metal colour. A little Fragile tag from 7 Gypsies, on the opposite page, and a set of heart and wings from the Maya Road minis, completed it.

I love the texture of it, and it is a very touchy feely piece. Do hope you like it, and thank you for the challenges.
Have a good day , and a very Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends. Enjoy your turkey!
Watch out tomorrow for new stamps ( no sneak peeks as they are way to easy to guess!) , but you never know I may do a give-away!

Starry Starry NIght!

Over on Gothic Arch Challenges this week it is stars. I hummed and hahhed (not sure how you  spell this!) about this, and finally used a little stamp from CaroLines, and some charms and the 3 Kings from one of The Artistic Stamper Christmas Plates.
I distress inked the Arch with Faded Jeans , making the bottom very dark, and then made a mistake stamping! Disaster! So I quickly wiped it off, and along came the Arch top layer. So I re-inked it, and then stamped the stars in gold ink, and glued the metal charms on top of the stamped stars. I love the effect of this , despite the major mistake!

Thank you for the challenge.