Steampunk Puzzle Art

A dear friend purchased a children's puzzle with pretty large pieces.

She sent puzzle pieces to various friends and asked them to customize the

pieces and send them back so she could put them all back together in

one large art puzzle. Kinda like ATCs, but they will all interconnect.

Cool, right? The only limitations are your edges. You don't want to overlap

onto someone else's piece. 

Wanna see what I did? 

I got two connecting puzzle pieces to work with. This allowed me to expand

quite a bit, and make a pretty good sized piece. 

I reached for one of my unused Stampotique stamps

called, "Oh Boys". I felt these guys deserved a good inking.

And in keeping with my 2015 goal of using any previously

unused images or products. I'm doing pretty good so far.

The boys fit perfectly in the little chipboard peephole/label that I added some

plastic packaging to the back of, to mimic glass. 

I used different embossing folders (diamond plate, rivets, gears)

to give the industrial/Steampunk feel I was going after for this project.

I used cardstock and some aluminum tape I picked up at the $Store. 

Worked great! I colored it with various alcohol inks, and then splattered some

black and white Dylusions on everything to make it really grungy. 

I used Crackle Accents and Glossy Accents on a few gear die cuts,

and used the Glossy Accents to glue down the actual metal bits I used. 

I mounted the peephole using foam tape for dimension.

I'm pretty thrilled with this piece. Great fun to create!

Thanks for the chance to play along, Kristy. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:  

Stampotique Designer's Challenge - New Year's Resolution
(to use previously unused stamps like "Oh Boys!")

Left of Center - Three or more layers 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Kraftin' Kimmie - All About Boys

Inspiration Emporium - Fresh Start