Making Art! Challenge #5 and #6???

Yep, a little behind. Thought I would have a few more projects to post, but with the warmer weather (a big yeehaw there!) I've been busy outside (well, that and getting the vroom vroom going).
So, let's backtrack to last week's challenge on the Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo! Group..which was to use a scroll and some chipboard letters.  I guess I've been following Wendy long enough that I know what scroll means in Wendy terms, but some folks don't. Basically, it's a flourish. The end looks like a rolled up "scroll" of paper, though. You'll see what I mean.
I used one of her new stamp sets, Tools for Art.  Here we go:

See the scroll behind the ink bottle and by the brush? That's what Wendy's scrolls look like.  And, since I was going for the exploding ink bottle (I was hoping the scrolls looked like ink coming from the bottle...no?) I decided there needed to be an "ink spill" under the brush, using black embossing powder, so it's shiny...like...spilled ink. lol.  This would also explain the "oops!" stamped by the brush....also one of Wendy's stamps.....
as for the chipboard letter portion of the challenge...well....it's the word "art", in case you don't have a discerning eye for that sort of thing...lol...

Alrighty, and on to this week's challenge, already at #6! The theme this week is to make a TAG USING ONLY ONE STAMP SET OF WENDY'S.  Yep, you heard me. Use only ONE stamp set.  In reality, this is a little harder than you might think.  I chose to use her new Steampunk Art set.  Now, this set doesn't have a background stamp, a lot of the others do.  BUT, it does have the phrase "steampunk art".  So, I started by applying Weathered Wood and Vintage Photo distress stains to the tag, sprayed them with water and let them bleed into each other, then pounced over the whole thing with Gold Alcohol Ink and Blending Solution. I keep forgetting that alcohol ink isn't just for glossy paper....wanted to keep the metallic theme going. I then stamped all over the tag with the phrase "steampunk art" in Encore copper and gold. Kinda hard to see, but it does add another layer.  And here it is:

Notice how the glossy accents isn't quite dry on the boot....I wanted a black patent leather boot.  And then there's the stinkin' glare on the light bulb, which is made from Clearly for Art modeling film, and filled with watch parts, which are being poured from the boot, get it? And a light bulb above his head for a bright idea? lol!  Here's a side shot, you can see where I hooked a watch spring from the gear in his hand up to under the boot. THAT was fun to glue down. Thank goodness for clamps.

I'll see what other things I might be able to come up with for this week.
And by the way....I suppose technically you don't have to be part of the Yahoo! group to enter these challenges, but the pictures are posted to an album in the group. It just takes you out of the running for a possible random prize draw.  The only hard and fast rule about these challenges is you need to use at least ONE Studio 490 stamp (Wendy, lol) in your project. After all, it is the Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo! Group.
Thanks for stopping by today, any questions, please ask!
Go Be Creative!