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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
(16,786 posts)Your cards rock. Well done.
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)lapucelle
(18,275 posts)Time to open an Etsy shop or contact a gallery.
MerryBlooms
(11,770 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
(153,169 posts)I send to family, friends, soldiers overseas.....I would buy those cards for sure; yes INDEED
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,770 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
(11,770 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!
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(11,770 posts)SamKnause
(13,108 posts)They are beautiful.
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(11,770 posts)niyad
(113,348 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)blaze
(6,362 posts)Congratulations!
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(11,770 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Well deserving of the awards. Congratulations, just beautiful.
chowder66
(9,073 posts)any other's I think would appreciate them.
MerryBlooms
(11,770 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
(11,770 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)and congrats!
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(11,770 posts)angrychair
(8,702 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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(11,770 posts)GentryDixon
(2,953 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)No Vested Interest
(5,167 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)japple
(9,833 posts)let us know. Would love to see more. Always looking for unique art.
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(11,770 posts)FM123
(10,053 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)Congratulations, MerryBlooms.
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(11,770 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)Have you considered jewelry design? Those would be stunning broaches, necklaces, etc.
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(11,770 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)onecent
(6,096 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)irisblue
(32,981 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)democrank
(11,096 posts)I hope you're as proud as can be. Wonderful work.
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)of support... I've already sold two cards. I'm almost in tears. I just can't believe it.
sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)That's incredible! Congrats!
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(11,770 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,611 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?
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(11,770 posts)CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)Love the owl. Congrats on placing!
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(11,770 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
(11,770 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
(29,673 posts)Congratulations, and again, they are a w e s o m e.
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 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
(11,770 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
(20,252 posts)You are indubitably a gifted artiste. Wowza!
Etsy is a wunnerful suggestion, IMO.
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Wish I'd seen this before the cut your photobucket connection!
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(11,770 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.
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(11,770 posts)randr
(12,412 posts)Just an ad for photobucket upgrade
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)third party hosting without a $400 membership. Any suggestions on a free hosting site?
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MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)I don't know what I'm doing wrong. This is getting very frustrating.
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(11,770 posts)Mosby
(16,319 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,770 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
(11,770 posts)NeoGreen
(4,031 posts)...all good.
Maybe keep post image as a backup, just in case.
Love the cards! Nice work.
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)"Please update..."
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)I'll find another hosting site and then update here on DU. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Kali
(55,014 posts)welcome back!
congrats on your win!
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)Thank you. Now I just need to keep moving forward and then get my star back.
Kali
(55,014 posts)you truly deserved the ribbon. we were figuring out imgur at the same time, that was my first upload with them.
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(11,770 posts)Beartracks
(12,816 posts)Congratulations! Well-deserved.
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(11,770 posts)catbyte
(34,403 posts)You're very talented. Thank you so much for sharing and congratulations!!
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)get the red out
(13,466 posts)Just beautiful!!!!
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(11,770 posts)GatorDem82
(36 posts)They look amazing!!! And you also introduced this cyberpunk to steampunk. I think I'm in love!