Joy, an AJJ circle entry

Today I'm once again joining Rosie, our host at Art Journal Journey.   Bleubeard and I have been significantly absent, but only because we've been a bit busy this month trying to play catch up on the thousands of photos I took in April and May. 

Rosie's theme at Art Journal Journey is "circles," and I've finally come up with something to share.

Once I printed this word, which is supposed to be JOY, it looked a bit like TOY to me.  Have I not mentioned I hate my hand writing?

Some of you may remember the Chevron stamp I made back in April.   I finally got around to using it on this project.

What took so long to make this entry was I had to wait for each layer of inky handmade shimmering mists to dry.

I know you can't see the shimmer and sparkle, but it is there.

Even the ink pen is metallic and shimmers.

For this journal page, I began with a sheet of standard 8.5" X 11" heavy card stock.  I first applied the copper mist and allowed it to dry.  Next I added the turquoise shimmering mist that I also stamped the chevron with. 

I tried to make circles, but the more I worked them, the more the "circles" turned to splats.  I finally allowed these to dry, then used my blue (which looks suspiciously turquoise on the page) shimmering mist to create circles using various plastic circle pieces.  Plastic and shimmering mists do NOT act or stamp like paint, so that was also a challenge.  But once everything was dry and the word was printed, I was happy with it. 

I also LOVE my chevron stamp.  Even though this looks less than perfect, I applied some Staz-on and stamped it on a piece of scrap paper.  The shimmering mists spread differently than the Staz-on, and the chevron stamp works very, very well using real ink, but less so with my hand made shimmering mists.  Two different looks and two different outcomes.  Both pleased me, though.

Thanks for joining me today.   I am grateful for your continued support of my art.  Now let's join Rosie at Art Journal Journey.