Geared for Success

 

 I want to begin by thanking Elle for hosting last month.  She gave us many wonderful journal pages and left very kind comments to everyone.  Thanks so much, Elle.

Today we welcome a new host as we always do each month to Art Journal Journey.  This month our guest host is the talented Neet from Hickydorums.  Her theme is a bit steampunk oriented she is calling In Gear.

Today we are Geared for Success.  Bleubeard and I have a couple of detail shots, too.

I have Neet to thank for the owl.  She found it on Gecko Galz September Steampunk challenge.  I have my friend and co-administrator Erika to thank for the gear background she sent several years ago. The problem was, the papers she sent (not just the gears) were 8 inch square and square doesn't work well in altered books unless you tear or cut it into smaller pieces.  However, it worked perfectly for this spread.

I printed and fussy cut the owl, but when I laid it against the gears, I wondered if the owl would blend into the background.  I just had to take my chances.  The sentiment was written with my new gold Posca pen that doesn't work as well as I had hoped, even though I shook and pressed the tip several times while making the sentiment.  I had a black oval from a scrapbook kit, so used it for the sentiment.  I outlined the oval in gold because you could see where the oval's perforations had been.

 

Neet, Chris, Erika, Valerie, Bleubeard, and I are delighted you joined us and hope to see you this month at Art Journal Journey as you share your own interpretation of In Gear. 

 

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