Here is the project I was working on today - a Steam punk fat book page. I created this for a swap on AFTCM. I created a steam punk wind screen using items that I picked up on my walk the other day and a few add ons. What did I pick up?? The base - a clear plastic with holes in it and the rusty washer. I added the central piece (inside of a foam brush) from my desk, the little washers and the electronic bits were discovered during a raid of DH garage and the butterfly charm, the rhinestone and the copper piece are from my stash. I wired all of them into place using wire which I had pulled out from ribbon a while back. Thinking about it - most of these elements have been upcycled!! I ended up painting the back of the clear piece after I had started wiring elements into place so I used a variety of mediums until I got the look I needed. On hindsight, it would have been better to sand and paint it beforehand but it sort of evolved so I had to make it up as I went along. I really like the way it looks!! Once the windscreen was finished I started looking for a fall scene, a flying machine and a pilot. The pilot and the windmill I found at Graphics Fairy and the fall scene I downloaded off the internet. I love how it all came together. I had to add some details to the pilot and also created the outside of his flying machine. The back of the page has the fall scene with some verse I wrote about the colours and flying!! I added some coordinating fiber on the right hand side and my page was done!!
The colours of fall are so awesome here. I grew up in the west where fall colours go from green to yellow and if we were lucky brown but more often than not, we would get a hard frost in September and all the leaves would fall regardless of what colour they were!! Bare trees for Halloween and very often snow suits too!!
PS - If you have been waiting for more photos of my craft room - I have uploaded them into the original post - here!!
Therese
