Collage Challenge - Weeks 20 & 21

Week 20 

Prompts:

1) thread(s) or piece(s) of a fabric (yellow print fabric on left side of page)

2) a famous person (Penelope Cruz)

3) something you see through the window (flowers & bird)

4) postcard or letter (postcard at top)

5) a date written out (on blue invoice at bottom)

Bonus: something blue (blue invoice, ticket & stamp)

Week 21

Prompts:

1) a zoo animal (zebra)

2) portion of a food/drink label (Tony's chocolate label)

3) handwriting (on pieces of paper at upper right and lower left)

4) a sticker (Goldbelly sticker, lower right)

5) something found in doctor's office (not used)

Bonus: something in three (three puppies)

I added some thin washi tape to finish off the collage.

May Junk Journal Page

Because I was out of town part of May I only signed up for one swap this month - the Vintage Junk Journal Page.

This is the front of my page. I used Tim Holtz packaging as the base and left the flap at the top intact.

There is a flip on the right side for which I used more packaging as the base.  Attached to the flap with a tiny paper clip is a paper and fabric cluster with a small flower.

When the flip is opened, there is a pocket at the bottom made from part of a paint "chip". Inside are two tags - one is a book page collaged with scraps and cut into a tag shape; the smaller one is a clothing tag which is also collaged.

On the actual page, I collaged book pages on part of the base, used a strip of the paint chip on the left side and added a floral image as the focal point.

The back page is very simple. I covered the base with tea-dyed paper and a few strips of

drywall tape. The I created a tuck spot diagonally across the top left corner with a piece

of "snippet roll" I'd made previously. I tucked in a small fold-out booklet.

This is the little booklet, made from one piece of paper. It's a tri-fold with pockets. I decorated it with a bit of lace and a vintage image.

Here is the right flap open.

And this shows the entire inside with two pockets in the middle and on the sides, two side pockets.

I added more vintage images and two journaling cards with vintage and floral images.

 

London/England Travel Journal

 Since returning, I have been compiling my travel journal to document the memories of our trip and using much of the ephemera I saved. (It's interesting that there are not many paper tickets anymore - everything is bought or reserved online!)

I made a travelers' notebook-type journal, about 8" tall by 4" wide because that was the approximate size of many of the brochures I picked up. I had bought a cheap shopping bag as a souvenir that I intended to use as the cover. My son and husband used online map apps with their phones but I had to buy a paper map - I have recycled it for the inside covers.

Once all the pages were assembled, I stitched them into the cover with the 3-hole pamphlet stitch and a fine black thread. I used the same thread to use as a closure.

I will be happy to look back at this in the future and remember the fun times we had.

I'm back and catching up!

 We had a lovely time in London and England and now that I've re-acclimated to being home, I'm ready to get back to making art.

Here are a few more weekly collage challenges.

Week 17

Prompts:

1) something round (the die cut cogs)

2) a piece of map (background)

3) a shoe (pair of shoes at bottom of page)

4) a tool your grandparents would have used (vacuum)

5) a postal litem (postcard and stamp)

Bonus: one of the elements torn apart (the map)

Week 18

Prompts:

Find a special photo that can serve as the focus of your collage.

Look for additional papers that can enhance what you see in the photo.

The photo I chose is a photo of Paris my son took a few weeks ago when he

was visiting France. I used an old map of  Paris, a vintage postage stamp, an image of the Eiffel Tower, a portion of a guide book for the Eiffel Tower and a few rubber stamps to add to the collage.

Week 19

Prompts:

1) dancing (vintage image of couple dancing)

2) a label (Louvre label)

3) the next noun you hear someone saying (I didn't use this prompt)

4) something in black and white (tissue paper background, dancing image)

5) a geometrical shape (honeycomb shapes)

Bonus: something stapled (the dancing image stapled to page)

I added the vintage car and bees to balance the collage.

Collage Challenge - Weeks 15 & 16

Another scheduled post while I'm gone...

Week 15

Prompts:
1) a photo or portion (vintage photo of four men)
2) a ticket (bottom)
3) a bird (magazine image sitting on ticket)
4) a date (on label)
5) water in some form (magazine photo of river)
Bonus: circled (background paper)

Week 16

Prompts:
1) something round (gear die cuts)
2) a piece of map (right side of page)
3) a shoe (bottom of page)
4) a tool your grandparent would have use (ad - vacuum)
5) a postal item (portion of postcard, stamp and postmark)
Bonus: one of the elements torn apart (map)