I ❤️ Hats.

“How a hat makes you feel is what a hat is all about.” Philip Treacy

Voodoo Hat.
Inspiration

Supplies:  Halloween Hat from a Dollar-store.

Halloween bracelet and necklace from a Dollar-store.
Ribbon, feathers, elastic hairband, etc.

Planning.

Steampunk Hat. 
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Steampunk Hat.

“The game is afoot.” – Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes

Cape Spear Lighthouse (2019)

“Lighting up the dark so bright…
For all of those who sail by night.”

St. John’s, N.L. (2019)

“A vibrant, historic, colourful, and contemporary city – 500 years young.” – Newfoundland and Labrador. 

Quidi Vidi Village. (2019)

“Hiscock says there are stories from Italian and Portuguese that claim Quidi Vidi got its name for meaning ‘what a beautiful sight’ or ‘here is the divide for the land.’ (Ted DIllon/CBC)” – C.B.C. 

Signal Hill (2019)

Newfoundland-“The place where land, water and sky embrace like old friends.”

Steampunk Heart.

“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched,
they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller

Close up.
Canvas 9″x 12″ (23 cm x 30.5 cm)

Close up. 

Steampunk Heart
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My Inspiration:

♡ Steampunk Heart ♡ Mixed Media Canvas – Step by Step Tutorial by Auermedia Arts & Crafts

Supplies and Tools:
Circle punches, stencils, card-board (Old Calendar/legal pad backs), paper edgers, templates, hole punch, acrylic paints, metallic acrylic paint, craft knife, pencil, ruler, Texture Medium (I used Pollyfilla), Modge Podge by Plaid, palette knife, hot glue, glue gun, glue, paint brushes, wooden numbers, chipboard letters, foam brush, key, washers, chip-board shapes, Ranger Ink – Perfect Pearls Mists, Memories™ Mists Merlot, Color Factory’s Pearlescent paint, Metal Gears Found objects by Bead Landing, Vintage Elements Sticker by Forever in time (Gears), Memory Makers set of 3 scrapbook templates, etc.

Fiskars Circle Shape Template

TECHNIQUE:
DIY Cogs and gears for cards, scrapbook, art journals, mixed media projects, etc

DIY Cogs and Gears

Mixed Media Steampunk Style.

Paper Dolls.

paper doll
noun
Definition of paper doll: a paper or cardboard representation of a person usually in two dimensions for children to play with.

Art gives me Wings.

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
― Pablo Picasso

Cattle Dog.

“Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.”
– Orhan Pamuk (author, My Name Is Red)