Hello there, this is
Trish Alger. I'm so excited to be a Guest Designer this month for Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts. Here is my steampunk inspired tags in a box project:
GSLCuts has the most amazing chipboard elements. Great themes,
with intricate detail, that are a fabulous springboard for our creativity. I'm
in love with GSLCuts steampunk selection. Gears, gears, and more gears - delicate, lacy gear borders, chunky gear shapes, and lovely Victorian
pieces to pair with.
I needed some feminine
gifts. The kind that had laborious value, not cost. In the project I chose,
each woman can receive her own extra-large tag (with sentiment) to take
home. I set the challenge to
create my own metal gears out of chipboard, rather than hunt
through my metal stash. Other than a few metal brads, I succeeded. I kept
my palette limited to brown tones, ivory, black, and rusty gear
metallics.
Let's look through the steps of the tutorial. You'll find the supply list at the end. Each piece was gessoed in black...
Or white...
Or a coat of iridescent medium mixed with acrylic medium...
Here are the wings closer...
(Do yourself a favor and remove any lingering bits from the holes before
covering it in medium.)
Some unbleached titanium for the dressforms...
Next I added some rust
paint over the vanilla doily edges and cut to fit in the shape of a corset.
And some copper for the beautiful banner...
Then a bit of unbleached titanium over the letters...
A closer view...
Time to mix paint with acrylic medium and add some color...
Mixtures...
Black gessoed tag, painted in a leather color...
White gessoed tag, painted in another leather tone...
I printed the Pocket
Pages sentiments onto the vanilla linen paper and trimmed to allow six for the
backs of the tags in the box. They were adhered with the acrylic medium.
The inside of the box
were gessoed black. The outside was painted with copper and the corset images
(printed on vanilla linen paper) were adhered with acrylic medium. Doily edges
were deconstructed to adhere with acrylic medium around the edges like a frame.
The gear sheet, painted with rust, copper, and black...
A second view...
And a third view...
Here are the individual tags completed:
Tag 1...
Tag 2...
Tag 3...
Tag 4...
Tag 5...
Tag 6...
And the tag for the front of the box...
Here is the entire box filled with the completed tags:
I realized as I
assembled the completed sides for box that I needed to be extra aware of the
materials in the tab areas. That includes paper, paint, and mediums. Lots of
sanding otherwise.
Well, I had a lot of
fun and it made me happy. What happiness are you creating today? Please let us
know you were here and what you thought of my box of tags.
Ciao for now,
-Trish Alger
My ingredient list:
GSLCuts:
Gears Border and
Corners (will be available soon!)
Other Supplies:
Liquitex
-Black Gesso
-Basic Burnt Sienna
-Gloss Acrylic Medium
and Varnish
-Heavy Body Acrylic
Unbleached Titanium
Golden Paints
-Fluid Acrylic Burnt
Sienna
-Glaze Metallic Copper
Light
Martha Stewart
-Metallic Acrylic
Rust, Gloss Black, and Copper
-White Gesso
-Victorian Edges
Rubber Stamp
-Steampunk and Pocket
Pages digital images
Eclectic Products
-E6000
Stewart Superior
-Palette Hybrid Inkpad
Burnt Sienna
Stampin' Up
-Waffle Paper Brown
Winsor &
Newton
-Iridescent
Medium
Vanilla linen
paper
Historical images free
of copywrite
Assorted Ephemera
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