I was inspired by Karen at this link.......

http://artinthegarage.blogspot.com/2009/03/tuesday-tutorial-complex-backgrounds.html

She puts tutorials out and this one shows this fun technique to recycle emptied cereal boxes!
The first picture is the plain box, then primed with gesso undiluted.

Then papers are added with gel medium and then a watery wash of gesso over the top.

Then stamps are used to stamp out a fun background. All the boxes can look different depending on how they are stamped.

Then color is added with a brush, I did shades of green and orange and pink on different boxes. This blends the stamping and maks it look more apart of the whole thing.

Then some light overstamping with paint on top, is the finishing touch! This comes out great because it is stiff and will make nice backgrounds or atcs.

I like how they turned out! Thanks Karen for the inspiration and check out her blog......very fun!