Steampunk Birdhouse for Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts

It's almost spring so you know what that means. It's time for my yearly steampunk project!

The house was covered with different sizes of squares of 3M foil tape. These pieces were placed  over the surface of the birdhouse. Using a stylus, I made an impression in the foil to create a rivet look. Black acrylic paint was applied over the foil and then buffed off when almost dried.  The gears you see on the front were painted with acrylic paint. The ones under the flowers were glossed  with clear liquid embossing fluid. Glitter in sliver and clear was applied to the gear acting as the opening into the birdhouse.

You can see on the next two pictures that I had applied different sized gears to the back and both sides before applying the the tape. The clock hand was embossed with black embossing powder.

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Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Products Used:
Gears Shape Set
Clock Hands Shape Set

Gina's Designs DT Project: Cat Mask

Thanks for stopping by the blog today! For the month of February, all the designers on Gina's team needed to create a mask using one of the four great designs from her Masks Shapes Set. Mine morphed into a steampunk kitty! I know! I don't do steampunk! This was my first attempt at it.

The mask I decided to use is the one in the top right corner.

As always, I start with a coat of gesso. Next, I cut different size squares of the 3M foil tape. I then place the squares over the surface of the mask. Using a stylus, I simply made an impression in the foil to give a rivet look. I then took one of the steampunk hearts, bent it a bit, covered with the foil tape and attached to the mask.

I covered the mask with black acrylic paint, let it dry for a bit then gently wiped off. I did this several times until I was happy with the results. The clock hands were gessoed and the sprayed with Lindy's. When they were dried,  I brushed a thin layer of red metallic paint over them.

The gear boarder and corners were gessoed, sprayed with Lindy's, then embossed with silver and black soot. I then took an emery board over the top of some of the gears to give it more of a distressed look. I then sprayed them again with Lindy's. The swirl patter is simply colored by a bic marker in black.

After attaching all the gears and boarders to the mask, I finished it off with metal gears, a clock face, feathers and flat back pearls.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today! I have a list of all the products below. For Gina's products, just click on the name below and it will take you directly to that product in her store.

Have a great week!

Gina's Designs
Masks Shape Set
Steampunk Hearts
Clock Hands Shape Set
Gears Borders & Corners Shape Set
Gears Shape Set

Other Products
Gesso
Paint: Black and Red Metallic
Lindy's Stamp Gang:: Whale Watch Blue & Black Orchid Silver
Metal Gears: Tim Holtz & ButterBeeScraps
Metal Clock: Tim Holtz
Flat Back Pearls: Joann Fabrics
Black Bic Marker
3M Foil Tape
Feathers - Stash (they were my dad's, he made his own fishing lures)
Embossing Power: Silver - Stampin' up! Black Soot Distressed- Tim Holtz