No Duh Sherlock!

I always hated when someone retorted that phrase when I was a child, but ever since I was a little girl I loved smarty pants Sherlock Holmes. I watched movies about him sleuthing, read books and comic books, and was glad to see him make a popular comeback with all the new block buster movies about him. I especially love the way the new movies depict the scenes and times of London from way back then...it's very SteamPunk-ish and grungy to me! Gotta love that! So I was thrilled to see Sherlock on an image from last month's new release stamps from Artistic Outpost. The London Elements stamp set has an image of Mr. Holmes, with his pipe of course, atop a plaid printed background, that I used here on this birthday card for my hubby, who is a smarty pants as well!

I used Pumice Stone Distress Ink to stamp background images from the London Elements set on the plaid paper.

I used an embossing pen on the image so the powder would stick then heat embossed. The plaid stripes where added with watercolor pencils, then the outlines heat embossed. The smoke is from a cotton ball.

I was not too happy about the bubbles in this from the glossy accents, but I did like the texture. The outer portion in Wendy Vecchi's pocket watch Art Part, and the handle is a popsicle stick.

This was an old poker chip that I heat embossed the AO image on.

 

I am submitting this card to the Simon Says Stamp & Show challenge of "anything goes", and The Stamp Man's challenge of "vintage".

Supplies:
From My Stash: brown cardstock, plaid washi tape, ephemera (ticket, cigar wrapper, game card), poker chip, popsicle stick, cotton ball

My Mind′s Eye Life Stories Kraft Paper Stack	Idea-ology Journaling Tickets	Sepia Archival Ink	London Underground Stamp Set	Artistic Outpost Steampunk	Idea-ology Long Fasteners
Idea-ology Washers	Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powder	Craft Paper Card	Watercolor Pencils	Pumice Stone Distress Ink	Fall 2011 Limited Edition Distress Ink Trio
Ink Blending Tool	Black Soot Distress Ink	Paint Dabber - Gold	Paper distresser	Paint Dabbers - Espresso	Glossy Accents
Mini Mister	Wendy Vecchi Art Parts Pocket Watches

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!