Recently, I wanted to make a small flip book made up off collaged cards. I had in mind that I could sandwich two cards together with a hinge between to make pages. That’s all the detail I could imagine at first, but thought I would experiment and see what I could put together. Where would …
Collage with wine labels
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 …
