Spreading My Wings

January 14 is Fall Fearless & Fly's 8th (and last) challenge:
Headline prompt:  Radical to Mundane and to Radical Again:  What once seemed new that now feels old and boring?  How can you see it as new again?  How do you "jump charge" creativity when you're feeling stuck?
Color:  black & neons - bold contrasts
Quote:  Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.  Bill Moyers

Wait until you see the amazing journal spread Nathalie Kalbach did for this challenge at Artists in Blogland!  

Here's what I did:  This bristol paper had been underneath my journal as I worked on other projects.  (Following a great tutorial from Jennibelle Studios, I never use a craft mat anymore - just heavy weight paper I can then use in other projects.)

I also had this paper left over - a piece of the New York Times that protected my dining room table when I prepped the cards for Seth Apter's 52 Pick Up Class.

 

Working off the quote, "Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous," by Bill Moyers, I wondered how I could use these leftovers to create something new and exciting. 

I cut out strips of the New York Times paper and glued them onto the bristol paper.  I also had a silhouette of one of my jumping girls, made when I was experimenting to create the Jump Stencil.  For some reason, I had never thrown her away, even though one of her legs was a little askance. 

I also had a bunch of vintage book pages I had torn out of old books from a book altering project I'm working on.  I randomly cut out words that spoke to me, and glued them down on my girl to create a poem.  Then I used my fingers to rub fluid acrylics around her.  I also glued down some netting from fabric my grandmother gave to me.  She died in 2003, and I love having pieces from her in my work.

Inspired by the color prompt, I added black, some neon yellow and orange, and found some more book words to make the poem a little more grammatical.  (My mom was an English professor so it's genetic!)  In the end, I really like this girl.  I feel free just looking at her.  "Seed Traveler" seems an apt name.  It was so much fun to take these mundane materials - scrap, leftovers, and waste paper - and challenge myself to make something creative with them. 

Make sure to visit Artists in Blogland for Nathalie's great post, and Carolyn Dube to see her take on the challenge.  

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And the winners of the ATCs in this post are:  Judy Shea for the Adore and Soul cards, and Bunco Buddy for Flight and Simply. Email your snail mail addresses to jessicabethsporn (at) gmail (dot) com and I will send them right to you!

Linking up to Create With Joy, Anything But a Card (things with wings), Mandarin Orange Monday, Make it on Monday, Simon Says Stamp and Show (embrace the old), City Crafter Challenge Blog (use book paper) and Frilly & Funkie (follow your muse).

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