SOSS #235 - S for Steampunk

The latest Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge is #235 for Steampunk.  

This topic is one I love and dread at the same time. I LOVE steampunk but I don't have a lot of it since I tend toward the cute.  Not that steampunk can't be cute but sort of creepy cute. LOL.

Coloring up this seahorse took a fair amount of time, in part due to finding a rusty color combo I was satisfied with.  My Polychromos helped grunge it up more.  The background was cake compared to that.  Mmm, cake.

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• Stamperia Seahorse
• Hero Arts Hello Gorgeous
• Mama Elephant Slim Card Basics
• Taylored Expressions Build a Scene Underwater
• Polychromos Colored Pencils: 112, 266, 267 (Blick)
• Copics (ACOT | Blick | SBP)
• Versafine Clair Nocturne (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Versamark SBC | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink (SBC | SBP)
• Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon, Uncharted Mariner (SBC | ACOT | SBP | Ranger)
• Clear and Gold Wink of Stella (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Ranger Glossy Accents (SBC | ACOT | SBP | Ranger)
• Ranger Super Fine Detail Black Embossing Powder (SBC | ACOT | Ranger)
• WOW! Dual Speed Heat Tool (SBC)
• Sizzix Big Shot Machine (SBC | ACOT | Sizzix)
• Sizzix Big Shot Switch Plus Machine (SBC | ACOT)

Fly High Birthday Scene

I ordered some of the new Lawn Fawn on release day and played with it almost upon arrival. Everything is so cute!

I used the new Fly High, Wheely Great Day, Stitched Rainbow and Portrait Dotted Moon & Stars Backdrop along with some of my LF stash sets.

When I first created the card, I used the LF Slimline Hillside Stencils for the grassy bottom and embossed the sentiment on top in white but something seemed off, imbalanced, ho hum. 

So I covered all that up by using an LF Road Border as a curved sentiment die then adding a couple of layers of grass, a fence and flowers, which helped immensely. I was trying to avoid excess layers due to postage weight but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

I'm entering this in Simon Says Wednesday Slimline Cards, Seize the Birthday #256 without optional Red, White and One Other Color Topping, AAA Birthday #47 Stripes and/or Dots, and Inkspirational #284 Stitching Real or Faux.

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• Lawn Fawn Fly High (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Wheely Great Day (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Year Eleven (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Dandy Day (SBC | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Stitched Rainbow (SBC | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Dotted Moon & Stars Backdrop (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Mushroom House (SBC | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Picket Fence Border (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Road Borders (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Slimline Cloudy Stencils (SBC | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Black Licorice Ink (SBC | SBP)
• Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina, Uncharted Mariner, Chipped Sapphire, Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Mowed Lawn (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Clear Wink of Stella (SBC | ACOT | SBP)

DB - Slimline Poinsettias

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Birch Press Design - Scandinavian Holiday Card

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DB - Puppies!

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DB - SEAson's Greetings

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