Steampunk Princess

 Here is the new project for Faith Pocock Craft Studio.

I began with a blank MDF head shape and wooden cogs. These can be purchased from Faith's website.

I played around with the positioning of the cogs on the MDF head.

Using diecuts I covered the face and neck of the MDF head. I then painted the whole head with black gesso and then I painted the face an neck area with Blue Bayou chalk paint. Once that was dry I drybrushed over the top with Art Alchemy waxes - Copper and Vintage Gold

For the cogs I painted them with black gesso them some of them I painted again with the Blue Bayou chalk paint. I then layered the cogs on the back of the head where the head would go.  I glued a couple of cogs over the eye area,  I then added small metal cogs, wooden Kaisercraft pipes and taps, screw split pins, and other small metal pieces and a chain.  I used silver, gold and copper wax on the whole piece and highlighted the taps and pipes with silver wax.

I then diecut some pieces from card, layered them up, coloured them the same as I did the main piece and then put them behind the back of the head to balance the piece out.  

This was a fun and quick project to make.  

Gothic Romance Journal - Faith Pocock Design Team Project

 Another month and another project using some of the fabulous designs from Faith Pocock Craft Studio.

For this project I used a Halloween frame and put it on the front of the cover of a journal.

The journal itself is made from a recycled cereal box and has 9 signatures of dyed 120g copy paper.

To begin I assembled the cover and then covered it with calico and painted it red with black highlights.

I then added spider web die cuts and dribbled red paint down from the top of the cover on the front and back.  I panted a piece of calico black and glued it to the spine of the book. I used red Inca wax on the spine to tone down the black.

On the inside I glued dyed paper towels. I love the texture it gives the journal.

I painted the frame with brown paint and then used Crackle glossy accents over the top to give a crackled effect.

This was adhered to to the front cover. 

Because the spine of the book was so wide I needed to find a way to close the book so it would not keep gaping open once the signatures were sewn in.  After a bit of thinking I decided to add four posts to the front of the book and I cut up an old belt made from soft leather. I punched holes in the end of the leather that slide over the top of the posts.  On the back of the journal I glued the belt and then used brads pushed through the filigree circles to make sure it was adhered securely at the top and bottom.

Once the cover was completed I then added the signatures, I dyed the paper various colours using food colouring and coffee. I also added in some printed digital papers from 

Artfanaticus - Bloody Horror

Digital Curio - Vampire Romance

Chubby Eyes Digital Red Heart Gothic Digital Papers

There are nine signatures with 8 pieces of paper in each signature giving a total of 144 pages.  The signatures are sewn in with a straight pamphlet stitch and I added a hanger and charm to the top of the spine.  

Thanks for checking out this project and  I hope it inspires you to try something similar.