Stamping Binder

This is a binder that I bought from Paperchase for £3.  It is A5 in size and I plan to keep all of my acrylic stamps in it.

I'm into Steampunk at the moment, so this binder will definitely have that vibe.  I haven't decided on the colour scheme yet, but I know I will be using cogs (real ones if I can  get them), charms, chains and the whole thing should have a slight grunge feel to it.

Edited 17/09/2011 to add

I screwed up a sheet of white card and then wiped my "Faded Jeans" distress ink pad over it so that it caught the colour on all of the peaks.  I then used a sponge to add "Broken China" distress ink, spritzed it with water and then dried it with my heat gun.  i then screwed the cardstock up again and swiped it over with Broken China to catch the peaks again.

I put a sheet of grease-proof paper over the top and ironed my card stock flat.  I have added "Shabby shutters" and "Black soot" distress inks and stamped some flourishes in black soot and heat embossed with black embossing powder.  I have added some more flourishes in faded jeans over the whole sheet.  I then lightly inked the sheet in broken china and heat embossed with clear iridescent powder to give the whole thing some shimmer.

I die cut a frame from grunge paper (Yes more Tim Holtz).  I painted it with "Old paper distress crackle paint.  It goes on smooth and with in about 5-10 minutes it starts to crackle.  It's a one step paint and very easy to use.

This is what it looked like 25 minutes after I applied the paint.

I have inked my frame with Tea dye, Vintage photo and faded jeans distress inks and then coated the whole thing with clear iridescent embossing powder which I then heated to get this shimmer effect.

I have added a black organza bow to the corner and loads and loads of flowers.  I have also added green stick on gems.

I have used my snowflake die to make a corroded metal piece from white card stock  I used Vintage photo distress ink to colour it before adding embossing powder.  I have found it gives a better effect than the tea dye I was using before.  I created a swirl using flat back pearls and glue dots.  I stamped the edge of the frame with black soot and then embossed.  I then used a gold leafing pen to highlight the swirls.  The key on the frame came from a cheap necklace that I picked up a few months ago.

More flowers, a hand made cog and green stick on  gems,

This is Atlantea.  She is one of Kenny Ks new Steampunk burlesque range.  Yup, I gave her green skin.  She is coloured in orange and green with silver glitter pen.  There are touches of brown on the areas that look like leather.  I inked around her with Tea Dye then masked with post it notes before spritzing with water and drying with my heat gun.

This is the finished item.  You need to click on it to see all of the features.  There is lace, gold chains and flowers all over.