A Bird in the Hand

 

Bleubeard and I are back today with another entry for our recycle, reuse, repurpose theme we are hosting this month at Art Journal Journey.  

For obvious reasons, we named this A bird in the hand.  Because the toucan has a face, we are also joining Nicole and her Friday Face Off.  Since the toucan is a bird, it qualifies for the Triple B challenge, too.  And because the toucan has wings, we are also joining Country View Challenges, whose theme this month is Things with wings.  We even have a few detail shots.

The substrate is new 110 lb. cardstock that accidentally got some of my handmade shimmering mists splattered on it.  Not wanting to let it go to waste, I decided to use it as a background for the toucan.  The toucan was fussy cut from an old gifted calendar page.  Years ago, I printed the hands on cardstock that denoted sign language letters.  They were on a page with other images I had printed, most of which had been used in various previous journal pages.  The cardstock was getting a bit wonky and bent since so many images were gone.  I decided to use all the rest of the images, along with the hands, of course, on this page.  Although technically new, the page had so many empty spaces, I thought it was better to use the images now, than risk them getting even more rumpled.  Consequently, only the toucan was recycled for this journal entry.

 

Bleubeard and I greatly appreciate you stopping by today.  We hope to see you at Art Journal Journey, Triple B, Country View Challenges, and Friday Face Off.