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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI entered three of my Steampunk cards to our local county fair and won!
Last edited Fri Jul 14, 2017, 12:32 PM - Edit history (3)
I'm just stunned. I never expected to win anything, let alone a blue and Grand Champion!!
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,783 posts)Your cards rock. Well done.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)lapucelle
(18,238 posts)Time to open an Etsy shop or contact a gallery.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)they have a wider appeal than just friends and family. I do a series for each holiday, and then specialty series like Steampunk, Western, Glitz, Floral, etc... Tri folds, Bi, Step and flat.
Skittles
(153,138 posts)I send to family, friends, soldiers overseas.....I would buy those cards for sure; yes INDEED
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,546 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)I am intrigued by the possibilities of the eclectic steampunk motif in design. I saw a scrapbook album at our fair that featured a similar steampunk treatment and made the paper cover look like aged metals and leather, it was stunning.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)It's my favorite theme as of late, but it's also the most complicated and time consuming in both design and labor.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Congratulations!
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)SamKnause
(13,091 posts)They are beautiful.
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(11,761 posts)niyad
(113,232 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)blaze
(6,354 posts)Congratulations!
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Well deserving of the awards. Congratulations, just beautiful.
chowder66
(9,066 posts)any other's I think would appreciate them.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)I have a few others left in the series and when you want, I can post or send photos of them also.
BlueTexasMan
(165 posts)Wow!!! Such wonderful craftsmanship. Visually stunning!
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)and congrats!
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)angrychair
(8,690 posts)Well deserved.
There is a video game called 'Dishonored' that is done in a steampunk motif and I like the game mainly because of that theme and that you are a good guy and game outcomes and interactions are all based on how much of a good or bad person you are (better you are as a person the happier an ending you get the worse of a person you are can lead to very dark and ugly outcomes).
So steampunk with a positive message
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(11,761 posts)GentryDixon
(2,948 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)No Vested Interest
(5,165 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)japple
(9,819 posts)let us know. Would love to see more. Always looking for unique art.
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(11,761 posts)FM123
(10,053 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)gademocrat7
(10,653 posts)Congratulations, MerryBlooms.
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(11,761 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)Have you considered jewelry design? Those would be stunning broaches, necklaces, etc.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)onecent
(6,096 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)irisblue
(32,961 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)democrank
(11,092 posts)I hope you're as proud as can be. Wonderful work.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)of support... I've already sold two cards. I'm almost in tears. I just can't believe it.
sinkingfeeling
(51,444 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)That's incredible! Congrats!
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,583 posts)I love the mechanisms. I have bought several watches that are transparent and you can see the moving parts. I love what you have done. Where do you get your parts from? Thrift shops?
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)CrispyQ
(36,446 posts)Love the owl. Congrats on placing!
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)lostinhere
(78 posts)Congratulations. I haven't read the thread yet, so I apologize if this is repetitive. How would I learn how to do art like this? Thanks.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)I was flat broke when I first started... I had water colors and paper, so that's how I started. I've branched out over the years. Now days there is a ton of info online and on youtube.
Have fun!
a kennedy
(29,644 posts)Congratulations, and again, they are a w e s o m e.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,580 posts)These are so gorgeous!
Yes, you should enter them in the next fair............and make jewelry and whatever else you can think of!
You have a great talent.
Wow!
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)I cannot tell you how much I needed something positive in my life right now. I feel so honored and grateful... lots of giggles and tears today.
sprinkleeninow
(20,235 posts)You are indubitably a gifted artiste. Wowza!
Etsy is a wunnerful suggestion, IMO.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Wish I'd seen this before the cut your photobucket connection!
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)Boomer
(4,168 posts)Same frustration here. My entire internet history has been wiped out by Photobucket's extortionate image hosting prices. Years worth of posting images on forums is now erased. I would have been willing to pay reasonable fees for this service, but $400/year is waaaay out of my budget. I'll host my own photos from now on. Less convenient, but a fraction of the cost.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)randr
(12,409 posts)Just an ad for photobucket upgrade
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)third party hosting without a $400 membership. Any suggestions on a free hosting site?
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MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)I don't know what I'm doing wrong. This is getting very frustrating.
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MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)Mosby
(16,297 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)(thanks)
NeoGreen
(4,031 posts)...https://postimages.org/
I usually use the 640x480 size and no expiration.
Upload and click to copy the second option (direct link) then paste into your post here at DU.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)NeoGreen
(4,031 posts)...all good.
Maybe keep post image as a backup, just in case.
Love the cards! Nice work.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)"Please update..."
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)I'll find another hosting site and then update here on DU. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Kali
(55,007 posts)welcome back!
congrats on your win!
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)Thank you. Now I just need to keep moving forward and then get my star back.
Kali
(55,007 posts)you truly deserved the ribbon. we were figuring out imgur at the same time, that was my first upload with them.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)Beartracks
(12,806 posts)Congratulations! Well-deserved.
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(11,761 posts)catbyte
(34,367 posts)You're very talented. Thank you so much for sharing and congratulations!!
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)get the red out
(13,461 posts)Just beautiful!!!!
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(11,761 posts)GatorDem82
(36 posts)They look amazing!!! And you also introduced this cyberpunk to steampunk. I think I'm in love!