Inspired by CJS2014

Today, I've been playing around in my mixed media stuff trying out some new ideas from Creative Jumpstart, using some new stash like Tim Holtz Distress Paints fall colors, and pulling out old stash too. Here is the layout I created, which I am also going to enter into SanDee and Amelie's Steampunk Challenges here.

In CJS2014, which you can find more information about here, I am learning to look at ordinary objects in new ways, and to improvise. For example, one lesson involved a gelli plate which I do not have, but I made do with a plastic board. I found a number of household items to use to create texture, like cardboard and bubble wrap.

Look at what you can do with a little paint and these items,

Next I found an old comb and half a cork.

Added to my background with the cork...

...then ran the comb through to get this.

Adding some distress ink into my background, then stamping and a bit of whitewash, and white splatters.

Some stenciling...

Inspired by the book "Gilt Trip" by Laura Childs (a stamping adventure) that I am reading right now, I dug deep into my stash to find some gilding leaf to add. This little saying fits in beautifully.

More detail...

And more...

Needed some dimension, so cut out some images to pop to add to my steampunk adventure. A bit of Tim Holtz tissue tape, some white pen work ...

Interesting...you can still see echoes of the background I started with, but we end up in a completely new place...or the further adventures of art journaling.

I have enjoyed my steampunk play today, and I hope you have too.