Hello! Welcome to the March 1st One Little Word Blog Hop!
Did you come from Jackie's place? You are in the right place! Thank you for viewing my part of the world for a bit!
Feel free to look around -- but orange colored glasses are required! If you enjoy your stay, feel free to click the "follow button on the sidebar to the right! I would love to have you visit my part of the blogosphere again!
A complete list of participating blogs are listed at the bottom of this post.
Let's get to the photo:
Favorite Part :: the process and the tree.
confession #1 :: I wouldn't have finished this project (by March) if it weren't for the blog hop!
confession #2 :: I didn't really finish it in February (as I type this it is nearly 1:00 AM on March 1.
confession #3 :: It's still wet!!
I used an 8.5x11 piece of chipboard (I think??) that came as packaging or something! I keep things, I find things, I use things, I don't always know what they are. :-) I black gesso-ed (that's a word, right?) over the whole thing as my base, then while it was still wet I painted over it with teal -- this way some of the black is still visible. That was my base, then I just started adding stuff!
Over the last month I have been on the look out for items in magazines to use for this project. Then over the last week or so, I've been ripping them out. Although I would say I am a visual person, everything that spoke to me, that seemed to
want to be used, happened to be words! Well, almost everything. I think that's part of why I put off this project a bit. I was certain it wasn't going to be all that interesting. Although, I'm still not sure it's interesting, the process was fun. My hands (and craft mat) got dirty and it was just overall enjoyable.
confession #4 :: I love my craft mat
Since it was words and phrases that stood out to me, I decided to just go with it. I ended up ripping out a bunch of paragraphs (more words) that have no particular meaning, just to use as background. Then I put all the meaningful stuff over it. :-)
confession #5 :: The tree came in the mail
today. (Well, technically yesterday, either way just hours ago)!
After I was finished gluing everything down with matte medium, I put a layer over the top to seal it all together. Then, I added a little orange (everything is better with a little orange, no?). I used
this cool roller that I got in my February Scrapbook Circle kit, painted it with orange, and applied! Fun!
Still to come:: I haven't decided what I'm going to do with the other side of the page. If you remember from
my first post I decided I needed a title page, so I'm not exactly following what Ali is doing, so I need to fill the pockets on the left side of the page (not shown). I think I will put some fun paper there, and maybe some quotes that I've collected that fit my word (present). Or, who knows, I might even just go for one big photo like I did for my title page! Nothing is speaking to me at this time, so I'll just have to wait until I know!
Next stop,
Paige's place! Thanks for stopping by!
P.S. Today is also the first reveal over at
Scrap Your Story Challenges (of which I just happen to be a member of the Design Team). My post for that will go live at around 8 a.m. (CST). Please come back and check it out!
