Journal 52

A seed was planted the other day when I visited my friend Dawn at Girl Unwinding.  Then last night  I visited Krisha at Krisha's Keepsakes, whose art spoke to me, and I decided to play.  Then I went to BJ's CCraft Corner and that was the nail that sealed the coffin, so to speak.

Yes, I've decided to join Project 52, where I'm informed we can use anything we choose, and need no new art supplies to start or even complete this project.  Of course, all the people who post their art will do so on Flickr and/or Facebook, and as many of you who are regulars to my blog know, I am on neither of these.

Although I don't have my binder decorated yet, since I just started a few hours ago, I was able to complete my first prompt using an old file folder.  I'm determined to put a dent in the stacks and stacks of these folders I found during my recent basement clean-up, so this project should help.  I'm so glad I can utilize (my 2014 word) these folders for 52 weeks, and I'll still have tons left over.

Instead of fussy cutting everything (a fancy term for cutting as close to the object as possible with tiny scissors), I cut around the images because my scissors are in need of sharpening.

I used acrylic paints I mixed together: sand, suede, pale green.  To blend the images with the background, I gently dry brushed over them.  I found a number "1" and added the word UP using one of my new metallic pens, to signify the first prompt, which is Up, Up, and Away.

Now I'm off to see what week 2's prompt is, since I am playing serious catch-up, something I don't like to do.

I'm also joining Creative Every Day this week.