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My imagination ran away with the idea of another world while I was art journaling. Perhaps all those sci-fi shows I love like Stargate, Star Trek, and Dr. Who have had a bit of an impact on this page.
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But in true sci-fi fashion, I didn’t start out thinking I would find another language or a door to another world!
It started by randomly stenciling Encouraging Scribbles in a metallic paint. The metallic paint didn’t show up the way I hoped…Oops. Indeed, an Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly to add the white to make the circles pop.
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Earth Song Symbols were randomly stenciled, but somehow, none on the top circle. Not planned, but quite useful.
About this point, my imagination was in high gear with sci-fi themes such as portals in time, worm holes, cultures on other worlds, etc.
I misaligned my Encouraging Scribbles stencil back on top of previous stenciling. Now I have the whirlpool or swirling feeling of my portal.
I wanted touches of book text, but not distracting paper to glue down. I wanted the words to blend with the background. Wall of Words stencil to the rescue! I just added hints of words here and there.
Imagination going full throttle, it was time for the messages on the ancient symbols. I used a fountain pen to do the writing. Why a fountain pen? I am finding they get ruined less often on paint for me. And these are the cutest little pens ever!
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All was going well, until this OOPS! And it was a biggie! I thought a touch of yellow would pop…and it actually just went ugly. But there is an opportunity in this…
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I had to work with that yellow, so I started adding more colors to the page by putting it over the stenciled symbols. And since I did not like the blotch of yellow, I felt free to do just about anything that popped into my head…or landed in my hand.
The swirling circle of words and color now had me thinking of a worm hole. That magical almost instant way to travel between galaxies but mine needed a door. I found just the door I wanted from Tumble Fish Studios at Mischief Circus, in the kit Happy Place. Printed it out on my inkjet printer on Craft Attitude and with a bit of glue stick, I have an image transfer.
Thanks for joining me for this little art journal trip to another world! Now if there was only a time portal…or worm hole…or transporter!
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Love seeing you go step by step!
Love the door….fabulous comeback from the oops yellow…and you have a wonderful finished page!
Striking page and one that brought delight! Loved seeing your process and especially how you approach your OOPS moments. That is truly inspiring – and really helpful in every life situation. I’m wondering if I can find a wormhole that leads to a bigger crafting space….