Imagination is more Important - Bloggers Challenge

It's that time of year again, school bells have rung!  Yep, you guessed it, this weeks Bloggers Challenge theme is Back to School!  Thanks to those who played along with last weeks Texture Challenge, it was wonderful to see so many entries and how you incorporated the challenge into your projects.

I don't have a ton of school related images, so instead I reached for some stencils and my favorite children from the Artistic Outpost Think and Wonder plate to create my mixed media card.




I started off by spraying Dylusions Spray over the Number Stencil on Watercolor paper, then blotted try.  The text is from the Artistic Outpost Geek is Chic (now retired) set, stamped in Black Archival.  I used Blue paint and a stencil to apply to dots.  The children were stamped in Black Archival on a leftover piece of the BG, thus the overspray in certain areas. I cut them away from the alpha background and adhered them so their feet just touched the bottom of the stenciled panel.

Details:
Stamps - Artistic Outpost Think and Wonder, Geek is Chic
Ink - Ranger Black Archival, Ranger Gathered Twigs Distress Ink
Card Stock - Black, Marina Mist, Watercolor
Other - Blue Paint, Numbers Stencils, Dylusions Stencil, Dylusions Spray, Non Stick Craft Sheet, Ink Bending Tool

Keeping with the BTS tradition, I did the annual BTS photo session, except this year it was just Joe in the photo.  On the left is his first day of Kindergarten, on the right is his first as a Senior.

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Have a great weekend!