Hello everyone, it's Fliss here today with a rather steampunk flavoured mixed media creation as I haven't done anything like that for ages and felt like a revisit. Hope you enjoy looking as much as I enjoyed creating this.

I first painted my panel, applying multi surface paints in shades of blue with white using a brayer. I then stamped on the gorgeous crackled riveted metal texture stamp with potting soil archival ink for an all over pattern. I felt it needed something else so I sprinkled on golden sands infusions powder and misted with water, allowing it to run down the panel.


My next step was to select some greyboard elements and I chose steampunk themed cogs, gears, rivets etc together with a clock and some dragonflies. I placed them all on a sheet of scrap paper and added a selection of multi surface and shimmer paints to a plate, applying the paint with my fingers until I was happy with the effect. Messy, but great fun! I also coloured a piece of fabulous textured waffle packaging material given to me by one of my daughters - they know me so well!


Once everything was painted, I assembled my panel as you see, tearing up the painted packaging and gluing this on first. The remaining elements were all placed on as I wanted and glued on once I was happy with the arrangement. My finishing touch was the handwritten tile which was a scrap of mixed media paper with the text written by yours truly with a metallic marker and coloured with diluted leftover paint.


Supplies:

That's Crafty! Surfaces - White/Greyboard Panel 4.5 x 9
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Textures Collection Set 4
That's Crafty! Bits & Pieces Greyboard Sheets - Butterflies & Dragonflies, Clocks & Cogs Set
That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints - Ocean, Teal, White, Bronze, Black
That's Crafty! Shimmer Paints - Charcoal, Dark Blue, Purple, Turquoise
That's Crafty! Metallic Paints - Copper, Antique Gold
Paper Artsy Infusions - Golden Sands
Brayer
Water Mister
Extras - Scrap of mixed media paper, Scrap of waffle textured packaging material