Steampunk tag

Here is a tag that I made using another wonderful image from the blog Crafty Moments, this one is labeled simply as "Steampunk Lady".  I had grabbed this image and the Steampunk Mary when working on the thank you easel card but decided to go with the Mary image.  However, I loved this one so much that I had to do a project just to show it off.  Again the image came colored and non-colored and I took the non-colored then used the colored as an example to color with my Polychromos pencils.  The clock inside was a free clip from the internet to which I added some colors to bring it out and the gears are from the Tim Holtz die "Gadget Gears".  I don't know where the bling came from as it was an extra in an ebay buy and had no label.  The yarn is from my stash (which no longer has a label and I am afraid I don't remember - do know I got it from Michaels though).

Here is the front of the tag.

Here is a closeup of the lady and the gear.

An even closer closeup.

And here is the back.  I don't like leaving backs blank.  I read this quote from Edgar Allan Poe and absolutely loved it - seemed to me to go so well with the image.  It reads:

"She has halls and she has castles and the resonant Steam-Eagles follow far on the directing of her floating dove-like hand" - Edgar Allan Poe

No idea what Steam-Eagles is supposed to mean but I just love it!

Steampunk thank you easel card

Our friends recently let us stay with them when visiting the Bodensee area.  I managed to leave my glasses there, and as I am blind as a bat, they were kind enough to send them express.  They are steampunk lovers so I wanted to make them a thank you card that was special.  The image was taken from the blog Crafty Moments.  The image is the steampunk Mary.  He has a number of free digi stamps that are free - all his own art and they are really great.  As a new blogger I hope I am referencing him the right way?  The digi stamp came colored and non-colored.  I used the non-colored but then used his colored one as a reference for coloring using my Polychromos colored pencils.  I used a free clip art image of a circuit board as the background then used Ranger Liquid Pearls Hydrangea and Key Lime to add some highlights on the nodes.  Those are actual chips (don't know what they are though) that my husband gave to me - makes an interesting and unique embellishment.  This is an easel card and since the message inside was personal I'm not including that picture.

Here is the front of the card.

Closeup of Mary.  Sorry not terribly focused.

Here is a bad closeup of Mary.  I used Glossy Accents on the goggles, the eye glass, lapels, and on the boots.

Yes those are real.

Here is the card standing up.