A new to me technique

Today I'm once again joining Eileen whose blog is The Artful Crafter.  She is our host this month at Art Journal Journey with her Green (the color) theme.  And because this is a new technique to me, I'm also joining Try it on Tuesday.

I have a ton of old magazine images, and I use them quite often.

However, I never considered tearing the pieces to

turn them into what I call puzzle pieces.  Unfortunately, I tore them before I had a place for them.  If I do this again, I'll tear them to fit where they will do the most good.  Note my 110 lb card stock substrate beneath the torn pieces.

It took me nearly two days to fit these pieces together.  Some magazine images were so thin they were hard to work with, while others were much thicker and more difficult to glue in place.  I even considered coloring around the areas that left white when I tore the pieces.  In the end, I left them the way they were.  It should be obvious, I was looking for green images.

Eventually, the piece was finished and glued in place.  However, it was at that time

I decided to outline the mat around the focal image

with silver leafing.

I did the same around the sentiment.

I thought the leafing had dried and stuck my finger in it (see upper right) as I moved the piece.

For this page, I started by finding and tearing various magazine images to create a background for the focal image and sentiment.  I outlined the focal image, the sentiment, also found in a magazine, and the outside of the page with silver leafing.

Bleubeard and I are thrilled that you visited today. We hope you will also join us at Art Journal Journey with your own art inspired by the color Green and Try it on Tuesday with a new technique.