Pond Life: A New Perspective

Supplies: watercolor paint from Angora; cardstock from Bazzill; patterned paper from Elle's Studio; stamps & green ink from Hero Arts; grey ink from Stampology; mushroom stickers & border sticker negatives (upcycled as stencils) from Doodlebug Design; label stickers from October Afternoon; alphabet stickers from Echo Park; spiderweb trim from We Call Her Happydaks etsy; chipboard from Scrapmatts; rhinestones from Beads by Dee; Liquid Pearls paint from Ranger; pens from Zig.

This page started with an idea from Once Upon A Sketch.  I like their multi-photo sketch this month (since I rarely do single-photo pages), and I also like their prompt: "An event that changed my life..." 

My albums are already full of pages that document the bigger events in life, so I knew that I wanted to do something different this time: I wanted to create a page about one of those little learning experiences in life that changes your perspective.  Life is full of such moments, and I wasn't sure about which one to choose for my page, until I saw this inspiration image at Cupcake Inspirations:

We had a rainy spring last year, and I remember seeing lots of toadstools at the nature center when my family took a class there.  The topic of the class was "Pond Life," and I decided to make this the subject of my page. 
 

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When we scooped up some pond water at the nature center, we found lots of tiny creatures living in it!  At first I thought they would be icky, but then I became fascinated by these tiny lifeforms.
 

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My perspective changed, and here is what I wrote about it:
 

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To mimic the look of the pond, I used green watercolor paint, lots of tiny animal stamps, toadstool stickers, botanical chipboard, "water droplet" rhinestones, and shiny Liquid Pearls paint.  I kept the design loose, organic, and flowing.
 

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I hope you enjoyed today's visit to the pond.  :)  Thanks for dropping by my blog.