May Day, May Day........

I feel like a white rabbit - very late for my DT project for Eclectic Ellapu -Purple Team!

We were given this image to draw inspiration from:

There is an amazing amount of things going on it here - you can use any element, any colour or the colour scheme, the idea, whatever floats your imaginary boat!

I wanted to attempt a canvas so had a go at one purchased from K Mart - 20 cm x 20 cm

I used Distress inks, texture paste and stencils, stamps with various different inks with differing qualities, including stamping and stencilling with Gelato's, sprays, Copics and Distress paints - my desk and floor is currently a mess!

I added some die cuts and stickers and a wooded bird, and some gold texture paste

I am not that happy with it

My asian (Japanese) stamps are limited, and it took me a while to work out how to make a good image, and what ink works best in this setup ie my bridge is in Momento - good coverage but not dark enough. My crane and sages were TH Distress Sotty Black, but not good coverage as I didn't employ a block of wood stolen borrowed from hubby to make a solid backing! I employed a Copic pen to black them up and the black is too dark perhaps!

Guess where the texture paste was used?!!

If you have an idea, and want to play, go to 

Eclectic Ellapu - Purple Challenge 

and add to the linky!

I will enter the following challenges:

Crafty Catz color challenge: I have used all the colours
Stamps and Stencils: Anything goes
Inspiration Destination: anything goes
Southern Girls Challenge: use word(s) I used one