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 …
In Honor of the right to vote
“V is for vote”. Not only is this election the most important election in my lifetime, this year marks the 100th anniversary of women officially getting the vote, across the nation. Like many, I am hyper aware of these two events, and am so grateful for the privilege and the responsibility of voting. I decided …
