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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Butterfly Wishes.

“There’s an ancient butterfly legend that reads,
‘If anyone desires a wish to come true, they must first capture a butterfly
and whisper that wish to it,” 

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.

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. 

Pictures from the past.

In 2004 my Father gave me a shoe-box full of family photos, greeting cards, negatives, documents, etc.  Many of which he got from my Grandmother. These are just some of the treasures I have. Since then family members have also sent me some of their family photos to scrapbook.

Masquerade.

 

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

Making Hot Glue Embellishments.

These are some of the hot glue embellishments that I have made to use for my scrap-booking.

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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

Mono-printed Tags.

 

 I made a few tags to try out mono-printing, which I think will be great for making customized backgrounds. I don't have a gelatine plate and although one can make them, I thought I would first experiment the technique with what I have, to see if I like it. 

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.

Mirrie.

 
I scrap-booked one 12"x 12" page using a photo of my mother, whose nickname was Mirrie. My inspiration was "Minke Wedding" by Michelle Minken from Memory Makers Magazine of  August 2004.

I made the hatpins from bead and wire.

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.

Pelser.

I scrap-booked three 12"x 12"pages using photos of my grandmother Heiltje (Hilda) Johanna Gertruida Pelser (17 July 1892 -1968) and her family. There is more information in the envelope.

The first two pages in a post bound album.

My inspiration for the layout was "Days gone by" from the book "Scrapbooking for the first time®" by Rebecca Carter

Close up of wire and bead embellishment on tag.

 

Supplies used for bead and wire embellishment for tag. Beads, wire, tweezers, pliers, etc.

   

I fastened the wire to the tag, then I threaded beads, bending the wire to keep the beads in place and I curled the ends,

 

Possible supplies gathered in a 13″x 13″ Iris container. The patterned paper is Memory Stor 4.

Deep Red Stamps - Cling Mounted Rubber Stamp - Roman Clock

Sentiment Family acrylic by Atumn Leaves- "Stampology" by Kezia Whitteker.

Other supplies and tools that I used were:  Text wood mounted by Inkadinkado, Really Rust ink-pad by Stampin up!, EK Success - Dual Tip Marker - Gold, photo-corners,  ribbon, buttons, card-stock, brads, hot glue, glue-gun, bone folder, scoring board, fancy edge scissors, small circle punch, pop dots, reinforcement ring, etc. The font is Courier.

Sources: Coin envelope template by Chia, tag template from the Spruce,

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