Steampunk

 Hi everyone.

 I am back once again with another piece for Neet's challenge at Art Journal Journey. I wasn't certain when I started making pages for this In Gear challenge  how many pieces I would end up having.  I guess I really had fun because I still have quite a few pages to get in before October ends. 

Today's page is a double spread. I'm  loving this  smaller sized journal because it's nice not to have to fill so much space on the page. 😏

This spread began when I  took some old style printed advertisement paper pieces and  used them to cover the background on both sides of my journal. After that I added a couple of scraps of darker paper just for a bit of contrast. Next I took some purple paint and sponged it over my background paper. Once that dried I added  a bit of stenciling  and the bird, which is cut out of a page in a magazine.

The bird was not steampunk style when I added him, but I'm back to that sheet of leftover stickers (that I've used so often this month). I added the little silver dots and half of a hinge. The hat is also a sticker from another sheet. I also gave the bird a couple of legs and an eye, as well as drawing in some lines to stand for feathers on the wing.

I then added the big sticker frame on the left (from another very old sheet that coordinates with all the hardware) and the tab sticker on the right. On the left I added a TH girl, and I gave her some metal style sticker buttons, and also a mask.  I used a couple of flower images to frame her, as well as another sticker  and a chipboard gear that I inked with black, brown and rust ink pads. I finished off my page with more stickers and some lace washi style tape, all oldies from my stash. 

The right side has a lot of stickers  also.

I couldn't find a stamped or sticker quote that excited me, so instead I wrote in "Sassy and her bird love steampunk". I finished by adding some chipboard gears, since this challenge is In Gear. 

It's a busy this week  so that’s  all for me today. Hope your week is going well.