:( Sad. :( Sad. :( Sad. :(
:( This week is the last week for Make My Monday's steampunk month. :(
I have to admit--I really was thinking about passing up the whole steampunk thing. I'd never done it and was wary of buying stamps I thought I'd never buy. BUT--I'm so glad I didn't! I've learned so much this month and I've had such fun! Plus, everyone I've shown my creations has loved them and so I know that people will continue to love steampunk cards from me!
Anywho, I REALLY enjoyed this week's challenge (found
here). It was to make a creation using steampunk and the creation could be anything...except a card!
I had an empty nut jar, and I knew that it was fate!
Here's the project~
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zHk7PzzUKD2yqFfv61kAxDNQkYhuzBSPFAc0YBmKjzyQsf2XNfe3njZKKb4QgelC8AD9t7jRtg9GfiY9RioRJsRA8RwyohfOZeDNpgqssvwiKEs8nLNvFoidSH310d7rrtevDpH1FmCZ/s320/Steampunk+Jar.jpg)
I used an interesting color scheme--gold, silver, brown/yellow, and blue. I wanted to make the jar into something I could give away as a gift to someone. I used the sentiments "hello" and "time flies" so that I could give the jar to a friend I haven't seen for a while. :)
I used ribbon around the lid and as a bow...I think ribbon is very Victorian, don't you think? I also used lots of metal on the project--especially to accent the dry embossed gears. Since I used the sentiment "time flies" on top of the jar, I put clocks around the whole jar.
Close up of the front panel~
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLZD5WW1YmT0IU1UoUjc-xOfg_rPQbF0mpnNYv2VsUAT3S0DLmfHrigZB8igIRDyaYBdGRuZi9K78QHJ_Ipk2Vjot-eIfJyrWUGR5yAg2DrUNBWc-wr_1uEWoy3atulddki4fzR7Yj9Iv/s320/Steampunk+Jar+front+panel.jpg)
Close up of the clocks around the side~
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyErWHRgUZApGG_td9NfqRLYZErdNhfIOGJS1JBdi52Ixtk0wTVC19mMiHaSyiNxfkqodI5Wc3Pyn2YgfkJm1Ipwp3SddPnqgmSwJjRGEvykDLAqWGFl2UQNJAiNwhUyPREh9Dz_vW2w6/s320/Steampunk+Jar+clocks.jpg)
And more details~
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDazCtT20KhhiJ3xHzvkDtk4sV_UareSbN6ggaBBRw9-TXE8xEQ2KjNbA6TgUK2gc6mN3I54lWn_q2nHlKsIEdq8b-9YWkwfwJ9N1Jw9-pyqYjWbNT87Wn6aHvv8GEoWjc-3iHpHzKE_n/s320/Steampunk+Jar+details.jpg)
I wanted a cool top, so I used paper to create a rosette with a sentiment on top of it. Rosette are
trés Victorian, non?
Close up of the top~
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIPXd9CQNkdUtf9z3tC7s0Xh7SrBRDNQnzzMw4PvLY8qfyaRr9rSgxwBiguHFnIRkiE_BXcLV-uhyc1J_st9lRvhWSXLxuBnzUua7EeOnHLsjLPxC_FDURHmBZdcRV0pyIFUuVbTsz2KL/s320/Steampunk+Jar+top.jpg)
What do you think? I was so pleased with how it turned out!
Thanks for looking--I appreciate you!!! Thanks, gals MMM, for another fabulously awesome challenge--cannot wait until next week! Happy crafting!