My Steampunk Hat.

“Take off your hat," the King said to the Hatter. 

"It isn't mine," said the Hatter. "Stolen!" the King exclaimed, turning to the jury, 

who instantly made a memorandum of the fact. 

"I keep them to sell," the Hatter added as an explanation; 

"I've none of my own. I'm a hatter.”― Lewis Carroll, 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland &Through the Looking-Glass.

I created two 12"x 12" pages using photos of the Steampunk Hat that I made. 

You can see more of my hats here.

Close up of chipboard, brads, wooden letters, Gears, etc.

Close up of cardboard gear.

 

 I painted the chipboard and letters black and then when they were dry, I added gold acrylic paint with a fan brush.

My inspiration was Mirror Mirror by Robin Shakoor from
Creating Keepsakes Sept/Oct 2012 Robin Shakoor's Gallery - Scrapbook.com

SUPPLIES: 

Viva Decor Steampunk Gear Background Stamp.

Time to celebrate Graphic 45 Cling acrylic stamp

Bead Landing™ Found Objects™ Antique Silver, Copper And Brass Gears.  

Gears stencil.

 

Prima – Cling Mounted Rubber Stamps – Musicale	“Time to Fly” cling stamp by Paper relics.
Classic Flourish Filigree Cling Stamp by Inkadinkado	Ranger Ink – Perfect Pearls Mists
Clear Scraps – Mascils –  12 x 12 Masking Stencil – Cog Wheels	Clear Scraps – Mascils –  12 x 12 Masking Stencil – Sprockets Gears

 

Prima - Finnabair - Wood Mounted Stamps - Rusty Cog, Vintage elegance Metallic stickers, wooden letters, card-stock, chipboard, acrylic paint, paint-brushes, chipboard, fan-paint brush, eye-shadow applicators,  ink-pad, mists, Brayer, adhesive, mounting squares foam pads, brads, etc.

TECHNIQUES

 

Background made with mists, stencils, stamps and ink.

 

  Hint: I pour my mists over in smaller mister bottles and dilute them with Alcohol. I attach the small misters to the bottles with elastics. Caution: When working with alcohol, make sure you are in a well ventilated area.

DIY Cogs and gears for cards, scrapbook, art journals, mixed media projects, etc

DIY Cogs and Gears

Applying ink from the ink-pad to acrylic stamps using a brayer.

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Gentlemen.

 

 I used a photo of my grandfather Jan Smit seated and an unknown gentleman. 

The photo was taken Circa 1930 possibly in Clanwilliam, Cape Provence, South Africa.

C.P.M. Truter.

This is a photo of my Great Grandmother taken circa 1880. 

It was restored and colorized by Restoring and Coloring Old Family Pictures, a Facebook group. 

I have used this photo before restoration, you can see the post here.

Paper Dolls

paper doll

noun

Definition of paper doll: a paper or cardboard representation of a person usually in two dimensions for children to play with.

Art gives me Wings.

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” ― Pablo Picasso

Tricycles.

One of my earliest memories as a child was playing with my friends and our red Tri-ang Tricycles. I was 5 years old in the photos where I have the short pony tail.

Bathing Beauties.

 

 I scrap-booked two 12" x 12 " pages using photos of my mother and her family.  I have scrap-booked these photos before as I love them so much and I wanted to do them justice. I did the previous layout over 8 years ago, hopefully I have improved on it ;-) 

You can see the layout here. Captions are behind the photos.

Hilda.

I created one 12" x 12" Scrapbook page using a photo of my maternal Grandmother, Heiltje (Hilda) Johanna Gertruida Pelser. The photo was taken and developed by my father Petrus ( Piet ) Johannes Smit.

Time to Create.

I created one 12" x 12" mixed media page.
The background was made with old sewing patterns covered with Modge Podge. 

Portia.

I created a Mixed Media and Altered art style layout, which is 12″x 12″.

Masquerade.

 

I created a Mixed Media style layout, which is 12″x 12″, using a Lace Masquerade Mask which I made with Hot glue.

CR8.

I created one 12"x 12" page. My inspiration was Witching you a Merry Christmas by Cheryl Lindsay from Murrieta, California, U.S.A. in the Nov/Dec 2016  Somerset Studio magazine.

My Profile Photo.

I created one 12" x 12" scrapbook page using a photo of myself.
The tags have more information about the photo.
My inspiration was "Moments" by Trudy Sigurdson from the book  "Quick & Easy Scrapbook Styles" by Memory Makers.

Pen Pals.

I created one 12" x 12" scrapbook page using a photo of my dad and one of he's pen-pals. He had many pen-pals with which he exchanged letters, postage stamps, postcards, etc. You can see more of he's postcards here. My inspiration was "Pen Pals" by Misty Posey from the book  Memories in the Making: It's All about Travel and Vacation By Nancy M. Hill.

Modern Dance.

I created three 12"x 12" pages using photos of myself doing modern dancing. Scanned with an Epson WF 3620

Mirra.

I Scrapbooked two 12"x 12" pages using a photo of my mother and one of her paintings.
The tags have more information.

Wedding Portrait.

I scrap-booked one 12"x 12" page using the Pelser wedding photo, which I have used before. My inspirations was "Dream" by Susan Smit. Her Blog is Sussi Poppins.

Russian Dance.

I scrapbooked two 12" x 12" pages using photos of myself when I was a child. The cards have more information about the photos. The pages were scanned using an Epson Scanner.
 

I made the faux postage stamps. I still have the certificate and have included a copy of it in the pocket.

Die Heidenooientjie.

I Scrapbooked one 12"x 12" page using photos of myself as a teenager. My inspiration was "A little child" by  Sarah Fishburn from the book “Creative Paper Techniques for Scrapbooks (Memory Makers)  and French Canvas Decor from Brassy Apple. The tags contain more information.

Dolly.

I scrapbooked one 12" x 12" photo of my husband's aunt when she was about 16 years old.

My inspiration was "Sweet Memories" by Rebecca Carter from the Book "Scrapbooking Baby's Cherished Moments" by Rebecca Carter.

 

I used hatpins which I made with wire and beads.

I made a Monogram D with beads and wire. I have included more information on the tags.