Let's smear some ink!

Here is my Smeared Ink project for the week.

I am only a few pages short of completing my very first art journal (thanks, Suzie!),

and I thought this would make a neat page.

I used the digital versions of the empty specimen jar, specimen label,

and the elephant from the Circus Procession set. 

I turned them into png images using Gimp, meaning I made the 

backgrounds transparent so that I could layer them into one complete image.

I covered the jar with Glossy Accents, but apparently the medium wasn't

completely dry, which I learned after putting a heavy object on top

of it to make it lay flat. When I pulled up the object, part of the elephant

was stuck to the bottom. I added more accents to the ruined spots and

let it dry overnight. 

I used the same process for this little bear, and even

used the no-lines coloring technique on him as well.

I was hoping it would make him look more realistic.

 No Glossy Accents on this one. I didn't want to take a

chance on ruining this one once it was colored.

Same technique here as well, using the Death Cab Hearse #1 image, 

and some of my favorite medium, Crackle Accents from Inkssentials.

I made the background using Dylusions Spray Inks, and a couple of 

Tim Holtz stencils, and a stamp. I used the water spritz technique to remove some color,

and I drew on a little spider web, and attached teeny, punched spiders all over. 

That's it for me.

I have three Mother's day cards to make today.

Not feelin' it, but that's not their fault. I miss my Mom worse

this year than I did last year. Been plagued by random tears yesterday

and today. Weird how the subconscious works....