Gone Fishin

I decided this month for my project at Altered Eclectics to do a mixed media piece using a favourite picture of my dad.  The picture was taken a long time ago about 5 years before he passed away.  I loved the smile on his face.  One of his favourite activities was fishing thus the theme of my piece.

I wrapped my board with some textured paper I rescued from my girlfriends recycling bin.  It was used to wrap stained glass. I then used 2 different stencils to add more texture before adding my findings. my findings. I used things in the piece that reminded me of him including real fishing lures, feathers, shells, button and bits and pieces found in a shop.  

The chip board fisherman and fish were finds of a girlfriend who was thinking about me and the project I wanted to do. 

closer look

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Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Remember to pop over to the Altered Eclectics Challenge Blog to view the beautiful projects of the rest of the design team. 

I am entering this mixed media project in the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes
Mixed Media World - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes
Mixed Media Mojo - Sentiment - no red or green