Journal 52, Week 38: Calendar

Over at Journal 52 this week Chelle's prompt was Calendar.  I was certain I had a few of those left over from my Time Altered Book, so went looking for them.

I found calendars as far back as 2001, and probably would have found more had I looked harder.  However, I thought the page had enough calendar pages on it, so left it the way it was.

I began by coloring the background using a metallic silver acrylic paint.  While that was drying, I sprayed two gifted die cuts and allowed them to dry.  The colors were too subtle for my taste, but after spraying them three times, I gave up, and added a silver outline using a Krylon Silver Leafing Pen.  I added the word "THEN," but the T bled an oily residue from the pen onto the cardstock, often a problem I've found when trying to write words with that pen (as well as the copper and gold ones).

I raised the "NOW" slightly, thinking I should have added an "AND" between the two words.

The only other decorations I used besides the die cuts, were the flowers that looked like springtime, rather than September.  At least, my journal page represents many years and various months.

Did anyone miss the "38?"  I hope not.  I used it enough times to denote that this was Week 38

One final overall view shows the silver background I painted onto my used file folder substrate.  I used several calendar pages, many from previous years, to which I added spring tulip stickers in various sizes.

It appears that Mr. Linky is back (hopefully, as Chelle put it), so this is NOT the only place you can see my Journal 52 calendar entry this week.  Regardless, I appreciate your visit and your always generous and thought provoking comments.