Steampunk It Is

Following on with the Free Theme on JFF this week it is my choice and I chose Steampunk.  I should think by now that most of you will have seen lots of it about and have some ideas on what you can produce.   I have quite a few things on my blog that are Steampunk related and my passion with this began when Sarah did a workshop at Paddy's many many moons ago.

Sarah did lots of research and came up with this taken from Wikipedia

"Steapunk is a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980's and early 90's.  The term denotes works set in an era or world where STEAM POWER is still widely used. Usually the 19th Century, and often set in Victoria era England - but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of HG Wells and Jules Verne."

For my entry this week I decided to make a few tags, not normal sized ones but teeny weeny ones that fit into a matchbox.  Well, not that teeny weeny but still small.

This view shows the matchbox open with the tags inside.  I coloured the wrapping on the box with Rusty Hinge and Walnut Stain and then used Black Soot on the edges to give it a grungy look.

This next view shows the inside cover - as you can see I used some metal which was double embossed to provide the inside cover.  The tags all have part or whole images on them (my Steampunk stamps are quite large) and they hold together with a brad.

The final photograph shows the front of the matchbox - you can see that the drawer has a brad in it to make a handle so you can pull it open to access the tags.  All the tags have a word on the back of them that I think fits in with the theme "Steampunk".

It's a normal tiny sized matchbox (Jo asked in comments below)

Hope this has given you an insight into what you can do and that you enter into the Challenge - afterall it is Just for Fun!