Whimsical Steampunk Pumpkin

Happy Funday!

Say hello to my little friend...Jack!

Today's project started out as a clearance item from last Halloween. Primitive pumpkin in a sickly yellow-green color. (it's not your screen...) Add a few fabulous metallic G&P Embossing Enamel Powders over the fun steampunk inspired Accents and ta-da!

A new and improved Jack! Want to make your own? See the clickable supplies below!

Make some time to craft this weekend!

Angi

          

after ------

The storm had finally passed. She cautiously walked through the devastation. Looking. Searching. Picking up a small piece here. Another over there. They would celebrate the clearing. They would celebrate the surviving. A masked ball. A way of celebrating all while hiding the fear that the storms may soon come again..............

It's halloween time and when I found the plain white hard plastic masks, I knew a story would be unfolding while I made this. 

A STEAMPUNK STYLE MASK. 

First I took my heat gun to the plastic of the mask to see if I could control the warping and shrinking of the plastic. I found that if I was very careful, I could. Yes, this would work. 

Globecraft and Piccolo Products

- Enamel Powders (linking to the main section)
     I used the following --- Copper Kettle, Gilded Rose Gold, MicroCopper, MicroGold, Starry Sky,
    Victorian Bronze, Vintage Black, Vintage Copper, Micro Black.
- Enamel Powder Adhesive 
- Antique Brass Cable Chain Necklace
- Flower Flourishes (at the tie locations)
- 1-2-3 key accents (i used 6 of the smallest ones)
- Steampunk Windup Keys 
- Steampunk Mini Gear Accents 
- Vintage Gears Accents
- french oval frame accent
- Glastique (used as an adhesive)

Sweet Stamps Products
- Java Sparkle EP powder
- Br Pearl and Rhinestone accents


Emboss the mask with assorted Embossing Enamels. Work patiently and carefully, allowing the mask to contort as you work. Layer the powders, Overlap as well. Wearing a silicone glove (available in the kitchen section of any department store) will allow you to gently shape the mask while it is hot.  I continually held this to my face to check that it remained comfortable against my face.

Once the mask is covered as you like it, Punch two holes for the chain and three holes under the "eye" on the opposite side.

Glue your ties to the back of the mask with a heavy bodied glue.

Now emboss your elements (I snipped a piece of the French Oval Frame for the "crown") 

I had a great time with all the different powders. 

Now add these to the mask using Glastique. (here is another trick - nothing sticks to the silicone "hot pad" - I cut one of those into small pieces and use that to clip things into place while they dry. This keeps the clips from sticking to any excess glue that may seep around an embellishment.)

Using Jump rings add three of your keys directly to the mask on one side and then the chain holding three more to the other.


Have a wonderful Thursday - Teresa

Molded Embossed Embellishments

Happy Monday everyone! leslierahye with a steampunk fatbook page that I create using embellishments that I made with Piccolo Emboss Powders. I am a mold addict--there, I said it. I think molds are awesome...from molded food and resin projects to jewelry projects and more...molds are, simply put, FUN!

Today I used silicone molds which come a variety of ways. There are companies that make them special for embellishments and then there are food companies that make them for decorated cakes and there are also companies that sell the materials to make your own mold! I chose to use molds for crafting embellishments.I found that heating up the mold a bit before adding a sprinkling of emboss enamel helped the enamel to melt faster and stay in the mold rather than flying out! I added enamel in metal colors to the gear molds and built up my molten pile until it was near the edge of the mold. Once I was happy with the fill, I set my mold to the side to cool completely. Before popping out the embellishments, I zapped the edges of the mold one more time to melt the thin "flash". Once removed from the mold you can add more paint or colorants, sand or whatever. I like the shiny metal look of the gears but on some I zapped the top of the gear to give a textured metal look! I think these were perfect for my steampunk fatbook page~!

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Enamel Powder COPPER KETTLE
Enamel Powder GILDED ROSE GOLD
Enamel Powder VINTAGE BLACK
Enamel Powder VINTAGE SILVER
Enamel Powder VINTAGE COPPER
Enamel Powder ENCHANTED AUBERGINE
Enamel Powder MERMAID TEARS
Enamel Powder MICRO BLACK

Easy Grip Reversable Tweezers

I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

The Keys to my Steampunk Heart

Happy Monday everyone! leslierahye with a steampunk jewelry project today! I love the Piccolo keys and the steampunk charm sets--it seemed only natural to create a pendant to reflect my love for steampunk!

I melted several layers of Vintage Black and when I had it nice and molten I pressed a grid stamp into the enamel.

Likewise I embossed some of the gears with Vintage Copper and added the same texture with the grid stamp.

Finally I embossed some gears with gilded rose gold and a few with Copper Kettle.

I layered the gears on the bezel and attached the bezel and some black chain to the satin cord with jumprings. The keys were embossed with Gilded Rose Gold and Vintage Copper. They were attached to the chain with jumprings. A beaded dangle was added to the chain as well!

Gear Necklace CA104
Steampunk Gears Necklace Set CA118
Mini Keys 1.5" Charms C117
Infinity Key Charms 22pc LC104

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid
Enamel Powder COPPER KETTLE
Enamel Powder GILDED ROSE GOLD
Enamel Powder VINTAGE BLACK
Enamel Powder VINTAGE COPPER

Easy Grip Reversable Tweezers
Real Silk Cord Necklace with Lobster Claw Clasp 2/pk

  I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

here's the key -----

Good morning all -- Teresa here again with another weeks offering. 

Globecraft not only offers the Piccolos and Powders, but a few fun "findings" as well.

Today we are making a key fob - that looks like metallic embossed leather. (I love embossed leather) 

Let's shop

- Fancy Rectangle Bezel

- Copper Kettle Embossing Powder 

-  Embossing Powder Adhesive

- Gloss glastique 

- Key chain finding

- Embossed scrapbook paper

I have had this paper for a long long time and loved it. When I received the keychain from Globecraft and Piccolo, I knew I wanted to complete a key fob.

First I glued the paper to the Fancy Rectangle Bezel.

Trim carefully. I also cut off the second ring on the bezel.

Add three layers of the copper kettle embossing to BOTH sides of the bezel. (the copper kettle powder has gold tones and copper tones and that green tint of oxidation mixed in)

Coat with Gloss Glastique for a protective layer.

Add the key ring finding.

Admire your pretty little key fob.

See you guys next week ----

Blingy Steampunk!

  Happy Wednesday everyone! leslierahye here sharing a blinhgy steampunk card. I layered a background that was stamped and embossed with detail copper. The edges were distressed and embossed. Vintage black was also sprinkled in the bottom corner and embossed. 

The gears were embossed with detail black, detail copper and vintage black...the open gears were stamped with a speckle stamp while still molten. The solid gear was stamped with a detailed steam train stamp. Bling was added to the open gears by cutting apart the Bling on a Roll and gluing it down individually along the curve of the gear.

The final focal element is created by melting a pile of ultra thick black emboss powder and mixing in detail copper on a craft sheet. I stamped the steam train image into the molten powder. If you attempt this and do not like how it looks remember you can remelt it and start again! After the stamped emboss powder dries, use the scraper tool to gently lift it off the craft sheet.

Enamel Powder MICRO BLACK
Enamel Powder VINTAGE BLACK
Enamel Powder MICRO COPPER
Enamel Powder ULTRA THICK BLACK
Bling on a Roll - Black with Silver
Craft Scraper
Vintage Gears Large #1 Accents LA101

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid

  I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

Queen Bee Tag

  Happy Wednesday everyone! leslierahye here to share with you a steampunk tag that I created that could be added to a gift or scrapbook page or card! Piccolo powders come in a variety of "metals" which makes creating steampunk crafts super easy!

I stamped my tag with a chickenwire background stamp and embossed with MicroWhite. I then rubbed chalk ink over the cooled embossing and buffed with a dry cloth...the Micro White gives a resist appearance on the tag. Next I added a torn piece of patterned paper and added more distress inking. I heat embossed elements from the Steampunk Airship Accents set with Victorian Bronze. One of the scroll elements was placed at the top of my tag. Another of the same element was trimmed and used below the wooden bee that I also embossed with Victorian Bronze--the Enamel Powder Adhesive works great on all surfaces, including wood! Smaller bits from the Steampunk Airship Accents were layered with a rhinestone from the Bling on a Roll added to form a "crown".
Pieces from the Vintage Gears--including a negative gear--were embossed with Vintage Black, Real Rust and Vintage Copper and then layered on the tag and a strip of Bling on a Roll was added to the bottom of the card!

Globecraft & Piccolo Products used
Enamel Powder MICRO WHITE
Enamel Powder REAL RUST

Enamel Powder VICTORIAN BRONZE
Enamel Powder VINTAGE BLACK
Enamel Powder VINTAGE COPPER
Steampunk Airship Accents A100
Vintage Gears Large #1 Accents LA101
Bling on a Roll - Black with Silver
Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid

  I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!

Graffiti and Gears (aka the card that wanted to go steampunk)

Happy Monday, G&P Friends!

I have a girlie glam kind of card for you today! I started with the gears and thought I'd go steampunk (seems that Sandy and I were sharing some creative vibes!), but as you can see, this card went in a different direction...

Here are the supplies you'll need:

Globecraft & Piccolo

Embossing Enamel Mardi Gras

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid

Small Gears Accents (A131)

Bling on a Roll Silver

Background Stamp with words

Rose Red Seam Binding

Assorted flowers

Corrugated Cardboard

Picket Fence Distress Stain

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

The bling on a roll is so easy to use! It's faux bling that comes 'stringed', so you can cut it to size. It's so sparkly! You can use alcohol based markers, such as Copics to customize the bling to match your project and 1/8" Super Sticky Tape to adhere the bling.

The Mardi Gras Embossing Enamel is such a lovely steampunk/vintage mix - burgundy and gold. The various sized particles really worked with this design giving it depth and texture right where it was needed!

The Accents are easy to color with 3D Enamel Gels or embossing enamels (or any other coloring medium for that matter!), but I decided to leave them natural.

And a bit of Embossing Enamel splatter using the Mardi Gras! See the spots of gold?

Thanks for stopping by today! See you tomorrow for a project designed by Tracy.

Inky hugs,
Angi

Spring Steampunk Metals with Emboss Enamel

 Happy Wednesday everyone! leslierahye here to share with you a Steampunk Spring Card that I made and embellished with yummy Piccolo Enamel Powders! All pieces of the card were die cut out of black and brown shades of card stock and then heat set embossed using Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid. I love the textures created by the various powders. The gears and wings were cut out of Bazzill Black textured card stock. Vintage Copper, Vintage Bronze, and Real Rust were used for the gears. 24K Gold was used for the wings. Aged White was used on the egg and on the frame of the Hexagon Background. Mermaid Tears was used on the hexagons. 

I hope you enjoy my project!

Globecraft & Piccolo Products used

Enamel Powder AGED WHITE*

Enamel Powder VICTORIAN BRONZE

Enamel Powder 24k GOLD

Enamel Powder REAL RUST

Enamel Powder VINTAGE COPPER

Enamel Powder MERMAID TEARS

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid

*=new release item

SweetStamps Products used

Gears Die set of 9 B340

Wings Die B359

XL Stackers FRENCH SCALLOP FLAIR Dies XL13

Egg Nest Die Set XM18

Card Die HONEYCOMB FRAME A2 size FRM145

Silver Stackers FRENCH FLAIR Dies L12

I hope you enjoyed my project! Thank you for stopping by today!