When you are beginning in collage art, or when you start to get familiar with it, you often develop an idea of the kinds of papers you’d like to work with. For those of us who like the vintage style, it can be hard to find what you are looking for. Where do you find …
The Rolodex art card project
My friend Pamela introduced me to Rolodex art a few years ago. I had never seen them before and when I saw some of her displays, I was amazed and very much inspired. What an incredible idea. Use Rolodex cards as places where to make art, and then have them on display for inspiration later. …
Collage art from a Masterboard
One of the great things about my Facebook group Vintage Gluebooks and Pages, is that I get to learn new things from people who share their ideas and their art. One thing that I hadn’t heard of or seen before now is something called a masterboard. What’s a masterboard and what is it used for? …
Halloween-inspired collages
Yes, Halloween is over and done, but before too much time passes, I want to post a few photos of some collage postcards I made and sent off to postal pen-friends. I’ve never made Halloween-inspired collages before but thought that this year I would attempt it! The first lucky find was an old US postcard …
Using up my vintage ephemera
It’s time to push myself to use up my ephemera. I haven’t been doing a good job lately. I’m hoarding papers and not using, and that’s got to stop. So, for the next month, every day, I’m going to be creating collages with my very vintage ephemera. I’m posting on my Instagram account. If you …
