Toadally Love To Craft: Reneabouquets ATC

Good morning! How are you this fantastic Monday morning?!? Today is the start of a very busy week for the Goodwin's. Our oldest daughter is graduating from high school Thursday. A YEAR EARLY! I am so very proud of this girl. She is so determined. Her plan is to join the military. As a Mom, that makes me super proud, and if I am being honest, it scares the crap out of me. I am trying to focus on the proud more than the fear.

Here we go! Today's craft is an ATC. It has been a LONG time since I have made one of these baby's. When an ATC Swap was posted in the Reneabouquets Artist with an Edge Facebook group, I decided I should join.

I tore a page out of an old book and adhered it to a piece of chip board. Then I used distress inks to color the paper.

To color and texture the keys and gears, I used Prima's Rust Effect Paste. I used a combination of the Gold, Red and Brown Rust colors. These pastes give such incredible texture!

Before I colored the background paper, I had picked out this gorgeous butterfly. It fit perfectly with the distress inks and the brownish rust gears.

I had a lot of fun making this! Steampunk is one of my favorite styles.

I'm going to let you in on a little secret...in the future...I will be hosting a Steampunk Mood Board Challenge in the Reneabouquets Artist with an Edge Facebook group. 😄

Here's a list of Reneabouquets items that I used....

Beautiful Board Hardware Gears Set of 4 Laser Cut Chipboard

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-hardware-gears-set-of-4-laser-cut-chipboard

Beautiful Board Beautiful Bits Gears Laser Cut Chipboard

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-beautiful-bits-gears-laser-cut-chipboard

Beautiful Board Clockwork Keys Laser Cut Chipboard Key set of 3

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-clockwork-keys-laser-cut-chipboard-key-set-of-3

Beautiful Board Hardware Keys Laser Cut Chipboard Key set of 3

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-hardware-keys-laser-cut-chipboard-key-set-of-3

Beautiful Board Medium April In Paris Adornment Pattern

https://www.reneabouquets.com/product-page/beautiful-board-medium-april-in-paris-adornment-pattern

Beautiful Beads Citrus Breeze Iridescent Pearls