Art Journal Journey - Mousey Antics

Here is another Journal Page for the challenge at Art Journal Journey where I am guest host for this month,  This one features the mice again and the top hat from the Steampunk range at Lavinia stamps.  It looks as if the naughty little mice are having a great time with those top hats.  Again it was inspired by the work of the lovely talented Jo Rice who heads the team at Lavinia Stamps.

I think someone is going to have a tumble if he is not careful and if the other one blows his penny whistle hard I think he could 'become a cropper' too.  Just look how precariously the hats are balanced and on gears as well.

Again I took inspiration from one of Jo Rice's designs, with her permission, but made one or two slight adjustments from her brilliant idea,  My background was lightly coloured with Versafine Clair Morning Mist ink through the Red Brick stencil and all the images were stamped with Versafine Nocturne ink,  The butterfly and the steampunk roses were coloured with Inktense watercolour pencils and the laces in the top hats were coloured with a red and a gold Posca pen.  I used brown and grey pastel pencils to colour the hats very lightly.

All the stamps and the stencil are from the Lavinia range.  I think it is Moo who is hanging on to the brim of the hat and I am sure that is Bibi who is playing the penny whistle, the pocket watch is called Tock.  

I do hope you like the little mice along with the birds and the spider who seem to be having a great time rolling along on the gears and the pocket watch and it inspires you to join us at AJJ.  Please check the rules before you join us.