Hi, servus and welcome to the kick off of our annual summer special challenge over at
SanDee&amelie's Steampunk Challenges! I hope you will join in our two months long
summer challenge again this year!
My project for your inspiration this time is inspired by an upcoming murder mystery dinner on a beautiful castle with our best friends, that will throw us back into Victorian times. Yay! I will be playing the murdered lady's chambermaid - so I am looking forward to having lots of fun and joyful role playing!
Of course I will need some personal belongings for my character (my friends and me all being passionate and true role players) - so I decided to make a brooch and pendant showing some of "my" ancestors that I like to keep close to my chambermaid's most innocent (!!!!) heart ;)
But back to the project and the challenge! The rules apply as usual - the only small change for our summer special is that you can enter up to
five makes during the two months instead of the usual three. So two more chances to win one of our
two fabulous prizes (being generously sponsored by
DecoArt and
boozybear chipboard)!!!!
To create my jewellery set, I used
DecoArt matte Decou-Page and Raw Umber Americana paint alongside
DecoArt media clear Crackle Glaze, Liquid Glass, Raw Umber, Interference Gold and Metallic Gold fluid acrylics, Titanium White Antiquing Cream and Americana matte spray sealant.
The arches and tiny shields MDF wood shapes are from
Calico Craft Parts.
The papers I've cut the backgrounds and portraits from are from older Spellbinders
designer paper pads designed by wonderful Susan Lennart Kazmer.
I also added some texture using the
3D Impresslits "Lattice Trim" designed by Tim Holtz.
The loop on the pendant was made using a thin strip of
linen ribbon that I glued in place with matte Decou-Page.
(by the way...have I already mentioned that I am NOT the murderer of my poor lady?...I am sure it must have been the gardener!!!)
The Lattice Trim pieces were first painted in Metallic Gold and then given a wash of Raw Umber fluid acrylic.
The arches were first painted with Raw Umber and then given a coat of clear Crackle Glaze. Once that had cured, I went in with Titanium White Antiquing Cream and only wiped part of that back with a damp cloth for an aged look. Before I went on, I sealed the two pieces with DecoArt Americana matte spray sealant (otherwise the Antiquing Cream could be reactivated by any moisture or come off with time).
The third arch shape was covered with some script designer paper and then painted with Interference Gold.
The tiny shields with the glued on portraits were given a thorough coat of DecoArt media Liquid Glass each and left to cure over night.
Once all the pieces were dry and cured, I painted around all the edges with Metallic Gold fluid acrylic and then diluted the left overs on my palette and sprinkled that onto the pieces as well.
I used a simple
safety pin for my brooch. It was glued to the back using matte Decou-Page and a piece of
linen ribbon. I made sure the ribbon was glued tightly around the pin, so it would stay in its exact position. Gold Metallic Lustre was added to highlight the raised areas from the Lattice Trim pieces where the wash had toned it down too much.
Done!
I love how much dimension the Liquid Glass and the Lattice Trim add to the pieces! And the depth and weathered look from the sprinkled on Gold and the Antiquing Cream was just what I had hoped to achieve! A thin
purple velvet ribbon from my stash was the perfect addition to the more colourful pendant. Yesss!!!
I love it when things come together just nicely!
I hope you like my little jewellery set too and are inspired to play along! There's time
until the end of August to enter your creations to our challenge. Over at our
challenge blog the teamies' fabulous makes are waiting for you to be checked out as well - please, take some secs to visit their blogs and leave them a little love. Thank you!
Hugs and happy crafting!
Claudia
