More Collage!

Yes, more on collage...my favorite (for now) technique....this is also for an ATC Swap I am in called vintage Pierrot Collage. I didn't even know what a Pierrot was until I signed up! (BTW, a Pierrot is basically a French, Creepy Clown.) Here is my card.

I LOVE COLLAGE!

I just LOVE making collages...there is something great about getting my hands sticky and full of ink and glue. I know, I know....it may not seem appealing to all of you, but I am sure there are more than a few who love this feeling as well. Anyway, I am in an ATC swap and the title is Vintage Collage - Just Pink...here is my interpetation of this topic. (Notice the "score" paper in the background...)

WTA Cards!

Winner Takes All....on one of the several groups I belong to, you can participate in a WTA (Winner Takes All) swap. WTA is basically an ATC (Artists' Trading Card) raffle. Here are the two I made for the winners....do they look familiar? I just get on a roll with an idea and can't turn it off...it is like a sickness!

An Artists' Alphabet Book Swap

Been away from blogging for a while, but I haven't stopped creating art....soooooo....here are few of the things I have been working on!

This page is for a Chunky Book swap I am in called An Artists' Alphabet....my letter is "E" so I focused on Ephemera, as you can see! It was so much fun looking for cool vintage paper items to include.

The page is 4" x 4" and I justed used items I was collecting for a few years....old, paper tape measures, vintage stamps, old photos (copies, not originals) and other items.

3" x 3" Purple Page

And finally . . . I just finished these today and they are going into the mail to my fellow swappers on Monday . . . my PURPLE PAGES! I just love this image and had to use her. I glued old phone book pages to card stock, then covered them with many different purple inks. After that, I stamped a diamond pattern with silver pigment ink over the top. . . .letting it dry overnight. I then adhered my girl (Violet, I like to call her ;-) ) on top. I just had to embellish Violet's hair with a little gem and voila! Oh . . . .almost forgot . . . there is a tab on the edge. I just got a tab punch (Stampin' Up!) and had to use it.

My Green 3" x 3" Page

Here is my green page. Okay, this one was a little more involved. I first altered green paper by using Elmer's Glue dabbed on. I let that dry overnight. Then, using Ranger Distressing Inks, I covered the background with many different colors. Over the top I used Stampin' Up! ink (Forest Green). . . . THEN I tore paper from an old butterfly book. After that I cut butterfly images and adhered them on. The antenna were too delicate to cut out so I drew them on with a fine tip black sharpie. This was a fun page to help get me through this loooooonnnngggg New England winter! Think Spring!

3" x 3" Green Mini Book

This is the cover of my Mini GREEN book . . . I used some inchies (1" square altered art bits) and adhered them onto the front. The background is a great green leaf print from the cover page of an old, old book. I have been hanging onto it for a long time now for the PERFECT place to use it. I then stamped the word GREEN on the bottom.