Saturday the 14th is Flag Day- so in honor of that- I thought,hey! time for more garden/deck art- Steampunk style!
What not a better way to go than with Artistcellar’s new and may I say- Way Cool- Mini Steampunk Pocket Stencils- Absolutely!
This is how it all began- I used manilla envelope paper for my substrate (found a big pile of it at a garage sale in the free bin! SCORE!) 
A quick coat of gesso
Next applied with mattte gel medium were strips of pages from a 1926 Groiler World Book Of Knowledge-another garage sale find! Another coat of gesso applied and then a piece of crumpled tissue paper blotted off the excess gesso.
Once dry, I cut my flag banner shapes and sponged some Dina Wakely~ Lapis with a makeup sponge for the background for my Mini Steampunk Mini Gears “stars”
Next, I used the Mini Steampunk Deco Wing pocket stencil along with PaperArtsy~ London Bus -these made up my stripes portion of my design. I flipped the Deco Wing back and forth to make my stripes- making sure to use the whole wing when I could- I love this stencil!
After this was dry ,I stenciled using the Mini Steampunk Mini Gears in using Folk Art~ Wicker White. These Steampunk Mini Gears made up my steampunk “stars” portion of my design. oops! missing photo
I’m really digging this,but,thinking it needs distressing- so I scuffed up all the edges,then used – Distress Ink-Vintage Photo to give it that aged look. 
Now I wanted a bit of texture- so here I used Translucent Embossing Paste and embossed in a few stars. After this was dry, out came the Stickles in DiamondDust, which I brushed over the edge’s that were raised-this of course was applied with my fingers! (one of the best tools available! teehee)
To finish-I added a few grommets and jump-rings along the tops of the flags and strung them on some twine with some beads and knots. Also added was a bitty star hanging off a jump-ring on the point of each flag.
My Flag Day Banner-Mini Steampunk Style!
thanks for joining me~ Jackie “)
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