Creating a mixed media piece for My One Little Word

After looking through the inspiring photos of other One Little Word participants I felt the need to create a piece with my word Simplify. 

I tore out papers from the telephone book I use as a protective surface to spray inks.

Adhere them using matte medium
Note to self:  avoid using black for background papers when using bright paints

Use modeling paste with a stencil.  I chose this particular one because I wanted to create a frame around my word.

When I lifted the stencil the bottom portion looked plain so I laid the stencil down and added small sections of modeling paste.  I allowed this to dry for about an hour.

 I realized at this point I had not thought my process through and was now stuck with figuring out what to do with the center of the frame.  This is when I realized using the black paper as a background was not the best choice.  Aha, paint and learn!. 

It took three coats of white paint to cover that dark paper.

My thought process was to add small patches of white through a stencil to make that center circle less glaring but my lack of experience painting with stencils only created while blotches.
Note to self:  practice in practice book first.

Now left with figuring out what to do with those blotches of white paint.

In the back of my brain a memory popped through of someone using a black pen to define the stenciled image.  Grabbed my Sakura black gel pen and began tracing the outline of the circles.

I was so pleased with myself for saving the white blotches I forgot to snap photos as I continued to work.
Here is what took place:
Wrote my word using a stencil and black gel pen then added this quote which reminds me to KISS.
Traced the circle using a black PITT big brush pen.
Glued on the butterfly I cut out from a note card.
Cut words from a dictionary and glued on.

Went around the edges of the dictionary words with a graphite pencil then smudged with my finger.

The butterfly needed some doodling but my doodling ability is rather lacking so I settled for tracing around it with Sakura Moonlight Gelly Roll pens.

Still not satisfied that it was complete, I decided to throw caution to the wind and try splattering some ink on it.  After seeing other artists do I thought how hard can it be?
Remembering the white blobs of paint incident I practiced in my practiced book first.

Added white circles using cap from white paint bottle.

Happy with it and will call it complete!

After completing this not only do I have a beautiful piece for my notebook but I now have another set of painting clothes!

Note to self: I don't need any more painting clothes.