Steampunk Sunday

Before: Polystyrene dress forms, chipboard wings and wooden spools

 Crafty sunday with my friends Bibi and Sam today, and it was so good to get together and have a laugh and chat while crafting.  Today we made steampunk angels inspired by SnazzyStamps stand at Ally Pally in April.
I've had the dress forms sitting in my craft cupboard for a couple of years just waiting for the right project.
I'm a big steampunk fan and really enjoyed making this.  Embossed foil tape with sizzix clock, tim holtz diamond plate and riveted metal texture fades, gear brads under unembossed tape and covered the dress form.  Painted foil with black gesso then rubbed some off to highlight the texture.  Added charms, and gave Sam one of my frozen charlotte heads I'd bought from Mario's shop on Tim's cruise last year.  Bibi's of course had to have some bling on it - I'm sure she'll add some more when she's at home :)
Decided mine didn't look quite finished so added a beadcap and lightbulb.

After: Steampunk Angels

Sam's

Mine

Bibi's

Angel of  steampunk

back view

I've been playing with panpastel, taking Donna Downeys' online workshops and really enjoying this new medium - and I've even created a page in my inspiration journal that I made about a year ago!

Panpastel inspiration - in her heart she knew she was an artist

bead gel stencilled heart coloured with panpastel