Scraps

Some rubber stamps, coffee filter, vintage wallpaper, and parts of an old money bag.

 

Black Bird and Stars

Here's my first collage in the calendar.  Because the paper is wrinkling on the back from the glue, I'm going to collage only on the right side of the book.

For the bird, I tried an image transfer with Modge Podge. I don't know if I like it since it leaves a shiny residue on the paper. I also used a piece of vintage wallpaper, an old letter and a vintage Hungarian postage stamp. Still needs something....but, you gotta start somewhere.

Spring Butterfly Collage

I thought I'd do a spring-y collage. I used antique French documents including one dated 1898, vintage floral wallpaper and a butterfly stamp from the Republic of Guinea. This collage is available for sale in my collage shop, The Torn Letter.

Ok, here is the last of the blue series.

Tag 92 is made from a vintage letter, an old Japanese label, part of a Florentine design envelope and vintage music.

Tag 92

Tag 93 uses vintage wallpaper, part of an  old letter and vintage postage stamps.

Tag 93

Shades of Blue

I've had these tags done all week but with lots of rain, it was hard to find time to photograph. These 2 tags were done with vintage wallpaper and handmade papers.

Tag 88

Tag 89

Busy, Busy, Busy

I've been really busy collaging and have 4 new ones, all with a green theme.

Tag 47 uses vintage wall paper and handmade papers.

Tag 47

Tag 48 uses vintage wall paper, handmade papers and a piece of an old ticket.

Tag 48

Tag 49 uses vintage wall paper, a piece of ledger paper, and some bits from the spine of an old book.

Tag 49

Tag 50 uses vintage Japanese papers, an old Japanese matchbox cover, and handmade paper.

Tag 50

Birds, butterflies and Flowers

I've been busy this weekend - 4 more tags.

Tag 37

Tag 38

Tag 39

Tag 40

Sweet Music Collage

A jumbo tag is the base for this collage. Vintage wallpaper and a butterfly in shades of peach, vintage music, and a gold border. The string is hand dyed.

Tag 32

Tag Collage Challenge

I am so behind on posting my tags! So here are 2 for this week.

First is Tag 8, a Love themed tag that was intended for Valentine's Day. I used a vintage postcard to make a tag and then added a Japanese washi paper heart, the word "Love" stamped on an antique document and a cute red vintage label with XO.

Tag 8 - Happy Belated Valentine's Day!

Last weekend, I exhibited at a paper show and purchased some cool tags from one of the other vendors, A Stamp in the Hand. (I would link but their website is down). The tags are made to look like old postcard backs and are larger than my usual hang tags. For Tag 9, I used some vintage wallpaper, a fortune from a fortune cookie, a print of a bird and an old postage stamp with a kiwi bird from New Zealand.

Tag 9 - sending good fortune

Tag Collage Challenge -Tag 7

This week, I collaged my tag onto a vintage Reader's Digest book cover. I used some vintage wallpaper, hand made paper and a print of a butterfly.

Tag 7

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 44

This week I used part of an old letter, a vintage perfume label and some vintage wallpaper scraps for this small collage.

collage week 44

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 40

This week's collage is done on birch board. I used some antique ledger paper from 1890, vintage wallpaper, and a bird that I printed on a vintage letter. The bird is printed from my hand carved linoleum block and then embellished with pen and ink.

collage week 40

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 30

A tiny, simple collage for week 30.

collage week 30

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 26

This collage started with a vintage letter bought at an estate sale. The letter begins "My Dear Old Gal" which I thought went perfectly with the vintage photo. I also used vintage wallpaper, misc papers and a rubber stamp.

collage week 26

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 25

This week is another collage cube. I used acrylic paint in the background with a leaf pattern stamp. On top is layered vintage wallpaper and antique documents, a bird stamp that I hand colored, and type stamps.

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sides 3 & 4

sides 4 & 1

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52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 11

Everything is coming up roses! I just purchased a pack of vintage wallpaper from Etsy shop reginasstudio (the ledger paper in the background is from the same shop) and was inspired by a piece with a large pink rose. I whitewashed one of my wood panels and then rubber stamped a pattern with gold ink. The wallpaper, a few scraps of Japanese washi paper and a fragment of a vintage document complete the collage.

collage week 11

52 Weeks of Collage Part 2 Week 10

Spring has suddenly arrived - it went from cold (by Southern California standards) and rainy to sunny and 80 in just a few days. This week is a little bird collage on wood panel - robin red breast to welcome spring. Vintage music, documents and wallpaper plus rubber stamps were used to create the collage.

collage week 10

Very Pink

My collage for week 49 is a cheery combination of pinks and lavender - perfect for a rainy week. I used an antique postcard from Belgium (post marked 1873), a bit of vintage wallpaper, Japanese decorative papers and rubber stamps.

Collage week 49

Paris Perfume

My collage for week 41 started with a vintage Art Deco French perfume label in pink, black and gold. I added some Japanese papers, an old candy wrapper and a piece of vintage wallpaper. Voila!

Collage week 41

Collage Cube

This week, I did something a little different. A collage in-the-round. I got a wood cube from my local craft store and collaged each side. The theme became vintage type and butterflies and while each side could be it's own collage, they all work together when seen at an angle. I used a variety of vintage type, acrylic paint, rubber stamps, vintage wall paper, music and butterflies. The cube measures 3.5"  and is made from a really light wood (probably Balsa wood). This was so much fun to do (albeit time consuming)  that I will create more of them.

Collage week 35