Steampunk 'Once upon a Time' book

Hello all! I-team member Sonja here with my newest project. A few weeks ago, I made a Steampunk Top Hat that I posted to my own personal blog, Sugar Bean Cards. I had some left over supplies and decided I needed to do a matching book!

I decided the Love Stories 3d book file would be perfect to accomplish my goal. Once I had my file picked out, I grabbed some Tim Holtz trinkets, his Lost and Found stack, and (3) sheets of Bazzill's Milkshake cardstock to get started.

With the Walnut Stain, I threw some ink around the books edges to distress it a bit.

Next, I grabbed a Darice clock embossing folder and my Sizzix Big Shot to emboss the top layer to my book.

Then I put it all together with my fingers crossed that it would turn out somewhat decent!

On the background paper, I took it outside and burned the edges. My husband asked me what in the world I was doing outside (it's freezing here). I told him burning paper. He just looked at me like I was crazy, shook his head, and mumbled something about he should've guessed that that was what I was doing. Well come on now honey, I really should never be left unsupervised.

  I love the spine on these book files.

For the paper gears, I cut them on white cardstock and then used some distress spray to get the colors on them. 

 Materials Used: 

• Tim Holtz
• Lost and Found 12 x 12 double sided stack
• Time Pieces
• Long Fasteners
• Sprocket Gears
• Swivel Clasps
• Walnut Stain Ranger Ink
• Vintage Photo Ranger Ink
• Distress Spray
• Hickory Smoke
• Fossilized Amber
• Twisted Citron
• Bazzill brown Milkshake 12x12 cardstock
• SnapDragon Snippets Love Stories 3d Book Gift Card Box
• Silhouette Cameo 3
• Silhouette Studio~Designer Edition
• Recollections rose gold cardstock
• E6000 Industrial Strength glue
• Aleene's Original Tacky Glue
• Canon 80D