Monday Mugshots Collaboration Sept. 15th

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PROMPT: Emotions: What are you feeling, right now, at this moment in your life?
SHOOTERS: Shoot your photo in a mirror, with your feeling written on the mirror.
BOOKERS: Journal it and we will do a packing tape transfer today! yay!

GLENDA
I did a very basic tutorial for any of you that want to try a packing tape transfer! First of all you need either pictures or text from a magazine or from something that was printed from a laser printer, an ink yet printer won't work. I ripped this page from a magazine as I wanted to use some of the words. I then took some clear packing tape and taped over the words and rubbed with a smooth popsicle stick.

 Then I cut out the words I wanted to use

 and placed them into a cup full of warm water and let it soak for a few minutes. Then I gently rubbed off the paper so it was all gone which leaves us with the clear tape and the word!

 I let the words dry for a couple minutes

 and then they were ready to be glued onto my journal spread. I use Golden gel medium to adhere the packing tape transfer images to my pages because it's clear and you can still see through the image.

 

 and here is my finished journal spread!

The thing I love about packing tape transfers is that the possibilities are endless and you can use them in layouts, journal pages, canvases, ATC's and more! I used some fabulous stamps from Viva Las VegaStamps! as well such as the checkerboard border, the the road not taken, the coffee ring stain, the danger skeleton, spotty background and last but not least the super cool pulse rate!

RACHEL
It's been a really weird week for me... so I took this challenge, and I didn't try to lie... I'm feeling pretty "meh" about things. It actually made me feel better to say so "out loud" like this! I took my mirror out into the fall leaves, and sprayed my mirror with water before I took the picture, and then I "wrote" on the mirror using a text layer in iPiccy.com. I faded the font to help it look like it was written on the mirror. I think it came out pretty cool, if I do say so myself! 

SUSAN
 Definitely not my fav pic of myself but I love how this turned out & it was very cathartic. 

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