Shall we fly?

My inspiration this past week came in the form of an assemblage project.  I chose Fly as my theme which is symbolic for this period in my life.

This first photo is the layout of materials I picked to use resting on top of a 12x12 canvas that I painted and stamped earlier in the week.  I used a variety of Golden Acrylics for the background and Memories black ink for the stamped corners.  I then applied a Tea Dyed varnish over the canvas to seal it.  The paper images are from various companies. 

This next picture is after I grunged up the graphics a bit, glued them in place, applied beeswax and added some of the dimensional objects.

I never used beeswax before and I had a blast.  It took about 90 minutes to apply it using my Melting Pot and tiny long handled iron. 

This last picture is the final product with the addition of a dimensional birds nest at the bottom of the piece.  Now to find a place to hang it...