Strip Ease - Crusade #42

I've been off all summer and I still managed to be super late with the GPP Street Team July Crusade...Strip Ease. I love this challenge because I always have paper scraps that I can't bear to throw away but can't really use either. Journaling with them makes for a neat page. Since I just started this on the due date it's still drying and not quite finished. I'm going to go back and write in it once it's no longer sticky, but I didn't want to miss the deadline either.

My strips are all recycled from mail, starbucks' napkins, or scraps from other projects. For the left side I stamped the medallion on the napkin with distress ink, got it wet, ironed it until it was almost dry and then tore it as well. For the right side I stenciled words on the page and then covered it with the strips. The piece over the word is also a napkin as well as the leaves in the bottom corner. I love those leaves and had to put them somewhere. It's hard to tell they are leaves in the picture.

I did get to work on some art this vacation, but not nearly as much as I wanted to. Now that I start back to work next week I'm afraid it will be even less. So depressing.