Crafting Musketeers challenge 9: grunge

Crafting Musketeers challenge 9 'grunge' started at the beginning of the month, but, as the design team have now been split into team A and team B, I'm in team B and our design creations are being shown here today. The challenge is being sponsored by Invisible Image with a prize worth £16.

On the left is a piece of Tim Holtz grungeboard that was run through my cuttelebug with a Sheena Douglass embossing folder which was then swiped all over with vintage photo distress ink. I had a lovely inky time as it came off on my fingers. I buffed with a piece of kitchen towel, but it was still inky to the touch, so I threw some clear embossing powder on it and heated to seal it. The piece of  brown card on the right was run through the cuttelbug with a 'tri-boss' embossing folder. It was sanded and then Papermania copper precious metals was added (using a piece of kitchen towel, but once more producing stained fingers). I then sanded this again in places. The brass cog wheel was one that I got in Wilkinson's sale (had originally been sold as a decoration for the Christmas tree!). I managed to find some old bits and pieces, including the cork mat and stamped the IndigoBlu 'take the time' image, swiping with in places with tthe vintage photo distress ink.

Inspired by the picture given for Craft room challenge:

This is also for:

Totally gorjuss 218: manly
Crazy challenge 162: cards for men
Let's craft and create 86: masculine
Charisma cardz: 2 it's a boy thing
Incy wincy: add texture
Cuttlebug mania: distressed
Sandee & Amelie's steampunk challenge January: use your new stash (Sheena Douglass embossing folder and brass cog wheel)
Loves rubber stamps 86: use metal
The rubber buggy 15: anything goes