Friday 8 November 2013

Rustic Steampunk


I started off by scraping grunge paste through 3 different stencils onto a large corner shaped chipboard jigsaw piece.


I randomly painted various chipboard die cut shapes in little black dress and pewter fresco.


Now over at the PA blog Alison was playing around with rusting powder on her 3rd project for this week.  I don't have any of the PA rusting powder but I do have a realistic rust kit which I bought ages and ages ago, so thank you Alison for inspiring me to get it out and use it again!!


Close up of one of the chipboard cogs after it had been rusted.


And an arch. 


And the jigsaw piece with the grunge paste.


I had to tip them so you can see the overall effects.


And the bingo numbers.


And this is the final piece using an arch and a few of the cogs that have all been rusted.  I punched holes into the arch, added eyelets and threaded through wired raffia. Added chain and two chipboard cogs to the top to hang it.  I put a larger cog in the open space and added an idea-ology cherish tag.  I added cogs, gears, other bits of metal including a wired 'S' shape.

Our Creative Corner have a theme this month of tic tac toe - steampunk. If you check over on their blog you can see the ingredients for each line.  I've gone with letters, texture, wire.

Over at Country View Crafts they have a theme of letters this month. I'm going to enter with the word 'cherish' but I'm not actually sure that it will count.


28 comments:

craftimamma said...

This is great Sam. Very innovative design. The rust effect is fab and fabulous texture. Love what you've done to the arch!

Hugs
Lesley Xx

downrightcrafty said...

I envy the texture and depth that you create from what appears to be nothing and this is another one that does just that fab
Hugs Kate xx

Sandy said...

Wow Sam - this is down right fantastic. I have seen one other person use a puzzle piece and and like yours, it was so creative. your make is really very special and it looks like real metal too. You know when you see something for the first time and you go "WOW!"
Love it!!
sandy

Marianne said...

Beautiful piece!! Great make Sam!!
xxx Marianne

Helen said...

Fantastic rusting Sam!! the finished piece looks fabulous.

Darcy Marshall said...

ooo this is gorgeous, love the large jigsaw piece you started with. Great finishing touches, especially love the lacing with the wired raffia.

Deborah said...

Fantastic, Sam! Love the eyelets/lacing and all that lovely rust.

Claudia N. said...

OMG, this is brilliant, Sam! LOVE LOVE LOVE your rusted eyecandy! Such a beautiful design!

Thank you for sharing it with us at OurCreativeCorner!

Hugs,
Claudia x

Corrie Herriman said...

Gorgeous piece. Love the rusty look !
Corrie

Carol Q said...

fabulous Sam. love your laced textured piece

Julie Lee said...

Really original, steam-punk creation! I love it! Julie Ann xx

massofhair said...

So much to see on your jigsaw piece, loads of texture & colours which are really fabulous. A wonderful unique & creative piece! :-) xxx

Katy said...

This is so cool! I love how the gear on the right takes away that puzzle look. Very cool embossing with the paste too. And the rust is just awesome! :) love love love!

chrissie said...

This is wonderful Sam--love the metal effects you created and all the wonderful things you used

Have a great weekend

Chrissie x

Amanda said...

Loving the rust effect steampunk effect, fabulous!!
Love
Amanda x

Etsuko said...

Gorgeous jigsaw piece. I love rust steam-punk finish. xx

Sue said...

Love this Sam, it really does look like a metal puzzle piece xx

Anonymous said...

Stunning piece, I love the rust effect.

Words and Pictures said...

Absolutely love all that texture paste in the background, and the rusty stuff you've used looks really cool... Fantastic paint work as always - a great make!

Thanks so much for joining in - not only at PaperArtsy but at Our Creative Corner too!!
Alison xx

Anonymous said...

Wow! I LOVE the texture and layers you have here! The that you left the one center of the gear a hole. Very cool!

Clare with paint in her hair said...

Brilliant!

Lucy Edmondson said...

This is fab, Sam; I love it. The rusted effect looks great and I love the jigsaw shape,

Lucy x

laury55 said...

it looks great, the rusted effect is gorgeous

Lin said...

Wow Sam this is great!!! the rusting looks fab and and the end result is brilliant!! great embossing too love it all xx

Astrid Maclean said...

What a totally brilliant project!! I absolutely love the textures you created, totally fabulous piece!
Thanks for adding it to the Our Creative Corner challenge!

Julia S-W said...

Wow Sam, I love this puzzle piece which you've steampunked!! Fab rust, GP through the stencils and the eyelets and lacing. Everything then!!
Thanks for joining us at Our Creative Corner for this challenge.
Juliaxx

Neet said...

Fabulous Sam - love it! I have a rusting kit - never used - hope you inspired me to get it out sooner than later.
hugs, Neet xx

Annie said...

Hi Sam.....love your Steampunk piece and I am now your newest follower...number 200 x best wishes and good luck in the challenge x

Crafty hugs Annie x

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