My piece is representing the word "happy", I think I did a good job representing this word because I used bright colors, interesting patterns, and even wrote the word in a interesting way to draw attention in different directions.
1. The first later was newspaper, I tried to find happy articles and then pasted them in different directions for the background.
2. Then I made a cool pattern with tape over the newspaper and painted over it, when I was done it had bright colored triangles with newspaper coming up between them.
3. I used the ink and stamped with a solo cup and bubble wrap.
4. My fourth layer was a sponge, I used the sounds to make a large swirl of yellow across my whole piece. This made a focal point for the piece in the center of the swirl.
5. My fifth layer was sharpie, where I handwrote the word "happy" in a interesting way.
http://pinterest.com/jjncdance/art-1/
This is my Pinterest link above for where I got inspiration, and techniques.