Thursday, February 4, 2016

Industrial

Hi all and welcome to a new challenge month at A Vintage Journey.  This month our hostess chose Industrial.  What a great chance to use some of my favorite things including a fabulous image from Graphic 45's Steampunk Debutante Line.  I had so much fun creating this canvas - hope you enjoy it.
 

 
 
First few steps were, of course, gesso, paint and some gears glued down to the canvas.  When all that was dry, I used the Measured Layering Stencil to create some random numbers and lines.
 
 
 
I found the image I wanted to use, cut it out and mated it with black.  I didn't stop there.
Next I added a crown to the bird in the background, stamped some little flowers around the bodice, added Glossy Accents and some Remnant Rubs to the small bird, a pearl bracelet and  some Stickles in her hair.  This is a fun way to add some interest and dimension to a print.
 
 For the final step I added some black Gadget Gears held on with brads,
 and a faucet handle to the top.  
Hope you will join this months challenge and have some fun with the Creative Guides over at
 
Have a wonderfully creative weekend,

17 comments:

  1. LOve your tutorial! Wonderful piece , especially i love cogs and crown! Barbara

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  2. Beautiful Sandy!!! This lady certainly has a steampunk vibe going on and I love the way you've built that background up around her. Awesome work! Jenny x

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  3. A fabulous way to illustrate industrial through the steampunk genre Sandy - a gorgeous canvas and I love the tap at the top. xxx

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  4. The 'industrial' elements that you added to your card are wonderful S@ndy and yet it still manages to look feminine - love it!! Hugs, Anne xx

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  5. Fabulous industrial art with a female twist Sandy. Love the background colours and texture and gorgeous work on your "lady". Have a great weekend. Jennie x

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  6. Gorgeous Sandy, I love how you embellished your focal image, she is perfect for the Industrial theme. Gorgeous backdrop which showcases her perfectly. Tracy x

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  7. Wonderful card! Love all the little details!

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  8. Brilliant card Sandy, love how your industrial lady looks so elegant! Love her stickles hair decoration, wonderful make altogether!

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  9. Beautiful Sandy, love your background with the gears and measured stenciling and all of the wonderful additions that you added to your stunning steampunk debutante! Fabulous feminine twist on the industrial theme, thanks so much for sharing it, Deb xo

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  10. This was a bit of fun looking at using a type of three d pieces to illustrate a story or an idea on wood or heavy paper. atk

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  11. A lovely Industrial using some of your favourites! Sandy Love how you have given your work a feminine touch . Great job x

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  12. love all the ways you added those little touches!!!! every one should have a stickle crown at one point in their life i think!!!

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  13. Love your steampunk take on the industrial theme, Sandy - that image is so fabulous!
    Alison xx

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  14. Your image is perfect for the industrial theme - love how you dressed up the image with stampings, pearls and Stickles - the metal fawcet and gears are the perfect metallic additions! Julia xx

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  15. a fantastic Industrial make Sandy. Great background and I love the stamped image.

    Best wishes
    Annie x

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  16. A little late with my visits - but so glad I stopped by! Love the contrast of the industrial with the elegance of the lady xx

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  17. Sandy, I love it when one of the first lines of a post are "I had so much fun making this"! You just know it's going to be good! And it is indeed a wonderful work of art! I'm loving that background and great transformation of that vintage lady! Great bit about how you altered it in the graphic! Hugs!

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