This card has been made as a replacement for the Steampunk card I designed in 2017, which used elements I had bought. This card has 2 co-ordinating gift tags and both the card interior and envelope have been stamped with cogs to co-ordinate.

This latest card design uses elements from stampsets and the background has been created using the Ink Smooshing Technique. By laying down ink colours, spritizing with water and placing your card on top to soak up the ink. That layer is then dried and the process repeated until you get your desired effect. Each of the 5 cards made will all have a different background, although the same colours were used; Peacock Feathers, Broken China, Vintage Photo, Rusty Hinge, Forest Moss, Peeled Paint, Black Soot.

The card was designed using both Tim Holtz (The Professor 2, Distinguished and Tiny Text) and Darkroom Door (Love Birds, Wings, Mail Art and Eclectic Cogs) stampsets with the Globe die.

The bird, the butterflies and the pocket watch have been stamped, heat embossed, coloured and fussy-cut before mounting onto the card front. Distress Oxide colours used for these items are: Antique Linen, Mermaid Lagoon, Rusty Hinge, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot. The twine on the pocket watch matches the twine used on the gift tags. The Globe was die-cut from Gold/Kraft cardstock and then distressed to provide a vintage/rustic look.

The finished card size is 15x15 cm (6x6 inches)
Kraft Card Blank 280gsm and envelope
Sent 1st Class

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