Still Playing with Collage

Images from Lisa's Altered Art

Backgrounds Acrylic Paint

I Won!

I won a delicious box of ephemera from Mel Kolstad at Ephemeraology,  who held a draw on her blog.  (Do check out all the great art and "stuff" on her blog).  I also won a $25 gift certificate to an on-line store.  I chose Silver Crow Creations, but haven't made my purchases yet.

Mel is so generous and kind - she kept thanking me for following her blog.  I'm really blown away by her generosity.

This box contains all kinds of the most delicious papers to use in my collage projects.  I bought a book last year, (a lovely birthday gift from my sister, Dianne), called Scraps: An Inspirational Field Guide to Collage, and I was wondering how I was going to start a collection of ephemera they wrote about in the book.  I need wonder no more.


Thanks so much, Mel!

A Birthday Card

This birthday card is for a dear friend.

5" Square

Stamp by Inkadinkado

Pencil Crayons

I'm liking kraft card stock and square cards this week.

More Vintage Collage

Here are three more Artist Trading Cards using images by Kelly Burton I made for my vintage swap:

Happy Birthday, Sunshine!

My sister, Dianne, is the sunshine of my life.  Happy Birthday, Dianne!!

4 1/2" square
Stamps by Stampendous and Hero Arts

Vintage Collage

I'm starting (finally) to feel more comfortable with the collage process, thanks to a  book I bought recently, Scraps: An Inspirational Field Guide to Collage.  The book contains a large section on composition, one of my weak areas.

Here are three Artist Trading Cards I made for a swap:

Backgrounds:  acrylic paint

Images by Kelly Burton

What Will the New Year Hold?

New Year's Day is what Effy calls a 'big calendar day'.  Other examples would be Christmas, your birthday, or  other days that you celebrate or are important.  These days get full spread in your Book of Days.

Pan Pastels

Heidi Swapp stencils

Octopede Factory images