Playing with paper

My paper making continues, and with it comes a bit of skill development.  I have planned my first mixed media piece using my own paper.  Actually, I've fallen in love with it, and can only hope that my physical skills live u to expectations--not always a sure thing at my age. As you will seein the picture, my paper making skills aren't good, and the edges are very, very feathery.

Here is the basic design, laid out on a piece of paper the exact size.  I plan to use a very light beige silk noile for background when the actual piece goes together. The small stitched squares are used tea bags on which I have sewn a circle of fabric and added hand stitching for emphasis.  The green/brown paper is left over from the latest batch of ATC's, that I finished yesterday.  I can't wait to get started on actually putting it together.  I have a suitable frame waiting.

Now, as I mentioned, I have finished a set of ATC's for the meeting at the end of the month.  I also mentioned the feathery edges of my hand made paper.  I decided to use those feathers in the ATC's.
I cut off the edges of a very poorly made piece of paper, and added them to a piece of watercolour paper that had been coloured with Distress ink, and then spritzed with water.

The theme of the meeting is re-purposed art, so using the watercolour paper, and excess edges of the hand made paper, fits right in, especially as I used the leftovers from this in the piece pictures above.  The cards are as plain as they appear.  I thought about covering them with a thin coat of GAC100, to give them a good shine. But then, the aesthetic of hand made paper is the texture, and muted colour, so leaving them au naturel was a design decision.  Knowing the group I trade with, they will be well accepted.