If you love vintage papers and vintage design, I’m sure you’ve noticed how beautiful wine labels can be. Maybe it’s even crossed your mind to think about collaging with a wine label or two. My husband often likes to have wine with his dinner, so we often have a bottle or two in the cupboard. …
An interest in aeroplanes
I never realized I had an interest in aeroplanes until I started creating lots of collages with them. Specifically, I find myself drawn to early planes from the WWI era. In the collage below, I used an image of a Curtiss plane as my focal point. Here’s another with a Curtiss image. Sometimes it’s …
The Take3 challenge
What if everyone gets the same three vintage images and is asked to create a collage with them. Would everyone’s pieces look the same? That’s the concept behind the Take3 challenge. Every month I provide a new set of 3 images for anyone to play with. A hashtag is included with the set so that …
Practice with simple collages
Recently, someone shared with me that she was feeling stuck on starting a collage. She said she would “go blank” and was indecisive when trying to assemble a collage. I started a small gluebook with the idea of keeping my collages very simple. I started with some rubber stamping and then kept each page to …
Holiday cards for purchase
It’s December already! Do you have your holiday cards yet? Last year I created some really cool Christmas postcards, all cut down from a large masterboard I created. Now, I’ve taken those postcards and turned them into holiday greeting cards. A set contains 12 cards (2 each of 6 designs). If you are interested in …
