Mixed Media Collage

Yes, I know, I've told mail art pals that I don't usually incorporate ephemera which other people send me into my art.  But this is an exception.  Someone sent me a dictionary page stenciled with acrylic paint.  I was ignoring it, but it started demanding attention.  The result?  The post card below.

 After adding smudges of gold acrylic paint for accents, I glued on the main focal piece and a butterfly.  Next I pushed white paint through areas of a sequin waste "stencil."  A white paint pen gave me dots inside the circles.  Finally, I added a piece of gel-medium-reinforced tissue paper, a postage stamp, a word, and a home-made border sticker to finish my project.   Now out it goes!