Dream: Homage to Linda and Eileen

I'd like to begin by sharing my thoughts and hopes for Japan after the deadly Typhoon Hagibis hit Tokyo and other parts of the island on Sunday.

Now to our regularly scheduled post.  It's time to once again join Eileen aka The Artful Crafter our host this month at Art Journal Journey where her theme is Dreams and/or Wishes.  Somehow, this never made it to the AJJ page, so I've loaded it now.

I call this Homage to Linda and Eileen.

This homage goes to Linda at heARTfully Inspired by Linda and to our host Eileen at The Artful Crafter. 

I've been wanting to create something like Linda creates for several weeks, and this seemed like the perfect time to try it.

Of course I couldn't forget Eileen, whose creation one sees on the Art Journal Journey homepage.  It is a tribute to Linda's art.

I've had trouble getting splatters to work in the past.  However, I think I know why now.  I never watered down the ink enough before.

This page is all about the layers and the splats.  I began by gluing a piece of vintage sheet music to my substrate, 110 lb card stock.  Next I painted the sheet music with my copper handmade shimmering mist.  At the same time, I colored the word "dream," part of a book of words and quotes gifted me by Erika who we all know as BioArt Gal.  The next layer was drywall tape, which I painted with my copper mist, too.  The next layer was some of my handmade (by me) paper that I sewed to the drywall tape.  The final layer was the word "dream" that I elevated slightly with glittery white thread.  I sewed this to the rest of the assembly using variegated thread.

Thank you beyond belief for visiting today.  I am very grateful and hope to see you at Art Journal Journey with your own dreams or wishes.