Steampunk Hop ...Yay!

Today's the day & it's a great day for a Steampunk hop!

A hop chocka block full of amazing mixed media creations by talented artists & amazingly generous sponsors who are donating fantastic prizes & we all love prizes right!!
All you have to do to be in with a chance at grabbing some of them, is to follow the hop & comment on what you see. The hop is not just on Blogger, the links will also take you to Instagram & YouTube too. 

Hopefully, this hop will 'wet your appetites' for this style of craft, seeing what the artist's have created to showcase & inspire you to give Steampunk a try for yourself, assuming you aren't already enjoying this genre art of coarse!?

We have gang of very talented Mixed Media Artists taking part in the hop showing you a variety of styles & designs, if you think that Steampunk is limited in its design, then you will be very surprised at what you see during this exciting line up. If you want to do the hop from in order from beginning to end, then you simply click on the 1st link below & follow the links through, leaving comments on each blog as you work your way through. You have 3 days to get your comments on all of the artists blogs to entered into the draw for a prize from one of the fantastic sponsors, listed further down this post!

Any comments on my blog, will go into a separate drawing for a prize (Prize TBC) 

Please remember, you need to leave somewhere in your comments, where or how we can contact you to inform you if your a prize winner. If we can't contact you, no prize!

Please join us & invite your friends, most of all have as much fun as we will & good luck in the prize draws

It's Oddly Appealing - https://www.itsoddlyappealing.com/2020/06/steampunk-man.html

Ink Stained Roni - https://inkstainswithroni.blogspot.com/2020/06/creatively-curious-steampunk-blog-hop.html

Electric Pandemonium- https://electricpandemonium13.blogspot.com/2020/06/steampunk-blog-hop.html

Crafts From The Fairy Den - https://craftsfromthefairyden.blogspot.com/2020/05/steampunk-blog-hop.html

Chaitali Dekhtawala - https://mycreativecolorpalette.blogspot.com/2020/06/its-time-to-fly-canvas-steampunk-layout.html

Nellys Artistic Creations - https://youtu.be/-O-0TGJi9U8 *Arrived from here*

Jane Austin - https://islandcreativity.blogspot.com/2020/06/steampunk-hop-yay.html *You are Here*

Priya Mishra - http://quillingbypriya.blogspot.com/2020/06/dragon-steampunk-blog-hop.html *Next link*

Archana Sehgal - https://youtu.be/4hn9zesZRK4

Bhavani Balaji - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBzf2GOfCe10TZqgzGpcIQg

Cassandra - Scrap Savvy Creations - https://scrapsavvycreations.blogspot.com/2020/06/steampunk-blog-hop.html (if posting on IG can tag me at @scrapsavvy )

Shraddha - https://youtu.be/JJJrIYNsIL4uA

Amy Love's Designs - https://amylovesdesigns.blogspot.com

Kanika Jain- http://youtube.com/c/HandmadeByKanika

Empire of the Cat - https://empireofthecat.com/blog/2020/06/19/the-curious-case-of-the-time-travelling-cat-steampunk-blog-hop

Shwetha's Art - https://www.youtube.com/c/ShwethasArt / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGMiHfy6V4o

Sonika Agarwal - https://youtu.be/5iUVNmnF6Q8

In Search of my Creative Side - https://insearchofmycreativeside.blogspot.com/2020/06/steampunk-blog-hop.html

The Journey is the Start - https://thejourneyisthestarthere.blogspot.com/2020/06/steampunk-blog-hop.html

Crea-Red- https://youtu.be/aRVAjouXzQI

Orquide'art - http://orquideart.canalblog.com/

Juli Loves Paper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j00nRK-X33E

Kim Slade-Fuller https://angeldreamcrafts.blogspot.com/2020/06/steampunk-blog-hop.html

Leslie Lineberry: http://www.artfordinner.gallery/blog/2020/6/focus-on-time-travel

Linda Simpson: https://lindasimpsoncraftypieceofheaven.blogspot.com/2020/06/steampunk-blog-hop.html

Jessica Larios - https://youtu.be/LN8ikGhbCc8

Riddhi Jani - https://youtu.be/Zx8nDVUloTA

Lynne Joncas https://scrappysquirrelsnest.blogspot.com/2020/06/steampunk-blog-hopgypsy-time-machine.html

Zoe Bateman http://zazzcreative.blogspot.com/2020/06/steampunk-blog-hop.html

Pooja sharma https://youtu.be/CFDE7c6rtnI

Nicole Palos - http://fiveluckyclovers.blogspot.com/

A Vintage Girl https://candyscraps.typepad.com/scraps/2020/05/steampunk-blog-hop.html

WOW! What a line up, did you visit them all?

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We have 16 prize sponsors for our Steampunk Hop - we're proud to say these are small businesses run by artists. Let's show them some love!

1) A Vintage Girl (https://www.avintagegirlshop.com/) - $20 prize package

2) Angel Dream Crafts (https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/AngeldreamCraftsKim) - $20 gift certificate (shipping not included)

3) Linda Israel Art (https://lindaisrael.com/art/) - $50 gift certificate (shipping not included)

4) A Matter of Crafts (www.justamatterofcrafts.com) - $20 gift certificate (shipping not included)

5) Expressions Craft (https://www.expressionscraft.com/) - $25 gift certificate (shipping not included)

6) Nellys Artistic Creations (https://www.instagram.com/nellys_artistic_creations/?hl=en) - original artwork (see link for examples of her work)

7) Gecko Galz (https://www.etsy.com/shop/geckogalz) - $25 in digital products

8) Creative Embellishments (https://creativeembellishments.com/) - $50 (shipping not included)

9) Emerald Creek (https://emeraldcreek.co/) - $25 gift certificate

10) Electric Pandemonium (Etsy.com/shop/electricpandemonium) - choose a $45 original artwork piece (shipping not included)

11) Thompson's Craft Supplies (https://thompsonscraftsupplies.com/) £20 (approx $25) (shipping not included)

12) It's Oddly Appealing (https://www.pinterest.com/itsoddlyappealing/its-oddly-appealing/) - original artwork (see link for examples of her work)

13) The Funkie Junkie Boutique (https://www.thefunkiejunkie.com/) - $25 gift certificate

14) Hobbilicious (https://www.hobbilicious.com/) - £15 (approx $19) (UK shipping free)

15) ITD (https://itdcollection.com/) - prize package worth £25

16) Stamperia (https://stamperia.com/) - a pizza box prize pack

To have a chance of winning one of the 16 coveted prizes, leave a comment on this post, along with your email address or social media contact (IG, FB, etc) and what country you're from, from now through Monday, 22 June. Sixteen winners will be picked randomly from all comments left from all of the artist's participating! The winners will be contacted via email/social media so it's important you leave your address/social media contact! Good luck and enjoy the hop!

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Good luck & most of all have fun, you are all very welcome & remember, comments equal prizes 😉

Let's get this Hop started by showing you the piece that I have made ....

I have had this Madhatters kit in my store cupboard forever, taking part in this blog hop made me feel it was the right time to give it an airing! Now I am not one for following instructions on how to put kits together, I like to use them as a starting base & do my own thing with them & that's exactly what I did with this one. 

After priming my pieces & sticking them firmly into place, I gave it a good coating of bronze paint using a brush, when dry I added some more of the paint, using the dabber to give some texture.

For the nail heads & studs I used some good old flatback pearls, I am so pleased that I didn't give them away when I stopped paper crafting. They look odd like this, but once painted over they look fine.

Next, I secured everything where I wanted it to go, then set about adding colour! I know that with steampunk, often the first thing you think of is early industrial steam powered machinery & cogs etc, but Steampunk is actually retro futuristic, think science fantasy & fantasy is colourful right!?

See how those flat back pearls turned out, not bad huh? Just shows in Mixed Media art there is a use for everything & how cute is that opticians glass!?

I love the clock hands by MitForm & that opticians lens found in a junk sale, I love finding unusual bits &bobs

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today & I really hope that you find the time to join in & visit my fellow hoppers, don't forget to comment so that you will be eligible to be entered into the global prize draw.

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Also, every comment left on my blog within 24 hours of this post going live, will go into a prize draw that I am giving away to my personal viewers. that gives you at least 2 chances at winning a prize!

To have a chance of winning one of the 16 coveted prizes, leave a comment on this post, along with your email address or social media contact (IG, FB, etc) and what country you're from, from now through Monday, 22 June. Sixteen winners will be picked randomly from all comments left from all of the artist's participating! The winners will be contacted via email/social media so it's important you leave your address/social media contact! Good luck and enjoy the hop!

Enjoy 

Jane x

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

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