What the heck is a Cereal Box Canvas?

"What the heck is a Cereal Box Canvas?" you ask.  I cut a Cheerios box to the size I wanted and then primed it with gesso like it was a real canvas.  I used it to get over my canvas fear. This drip background has been sitting here for two weeks waiting for a focal point.  

I am so excited because my Donna Downey Unity Stamps arrived today.  I knew these large poppies were what I've been waiting for all this time. I stamped them with Versa Mark and embossed with Yellow Commotion Embossing Powder. 

I wanted some large happy words to go with the flowers.  I used an embossing pen and hand wrote the word rather large.  Then embossed them in the same yellow.

Over all, this piece represents happy for me.  Bright colors and big bold flowers and words.  Just looking at it brings a smile to my face.

Link to: Creative Everyday, APR, Art journal Every Day, Anything But a Card