Hi Playmates!
Conkers at the ready! We're doing it the old-fashioned way without any safety goggles or gloves!
For the next fortnight, I'm hosting the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND challenge. So take a look at your pile of snippets (I KNOW you have some), make something with them, then come and play - and remember to bring your best conker on a string!
I have been messing about with some of my junk journal snippets and made this collage which I then added to a card front.
I created a 5" x 7" WHITE card blank, then covered the front of it with brown parcel paper (as I didn't have any Kraft card at the time).
I was inspired to use the parcel paper after absent mindedly putting the collage down on top of a Kraft envelope that was lying on my desk, while I was searching for a suitably coloured background to add the collage to!
Turns out brown parcel paper was the perfect choice as nothing else "worked" as well after I'd seen it sitting on top of the Kraft envelope!
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| 5" x 7" card |
Materials:
- Lots of snippets from the shoe box where I keep my Junk Journal bits and bobs. The collage includes a stamped and cut out Aall & Create heart; gelli print piece and torn snippets of random stamping and papers.
- The hand painted circle was the starting point of the collage and I just keep adding little bits to it, here and there, until I was happy.
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| Close up of the collage before I glued it to the card front! |
This was really fun to make and I keep practising piecing these little collages together, so expect to see a few more cards using collage!
I really like it, and what a happy accident!
ReplyDeleteAwesome collection of artwork for your collage Sarn, and a happy accident with the envelope! Xxx
ReplyDeleteI'd say you had fun putting this super collage together from some of the bits in your shoe box - proves we should never throw anything out 😉.
ReplyDeleteAs mentioned over at the Playground, love the abstract feel today Sarn.
ReplyDeleteB x
A fabulous collage, very inspiring too.
ReplyDeleteThis is so imaginative Sarn, you have a superb eye for putting these random bits together to form an artistic and cohesive whole .. it looks brilliant! Xx
ReplyDeleteFabulous colourful collage and looks perfect against the background-great use of scraps too.
ReplyDeleteCarol x
Agreed, Kraft absolutely rocks the project and well done on using so many of your accumulated snippets too
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Kathyk
This is such a creative collage and it looks great on the parcel paper too. Great use of snippets Sarn!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful collage Sarn, everything goes to well together to make an abstract design.
ReplyDeleteMy conkers are ready, baked in the oven and string put through. Little bottle of Amaretto in my bag to sneak into the hot chocolate.... if you don't tell Di, I won't either. 😉
Sarn this is so lovely great use of snippets lovely design l am waiting at the treehouse sipping hot chocolate see your there x
ReplyDeleteWow Sarn - what a fabulous card! Almost like an abstract painting - Picasso would be proud of you kiddo. I love it!
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Di xx
This collage looks great Sarn..a wonderful mix of stamped shapes and interesting and colourful patterns which look so pretty together, and perfect with the brown kraft coloured paper background. x
ReplyDeleteGreat junk journalling, but if you're playing with conkers, REMEMBER THE BUBBLE WRAP, you're really not safe without it 😁😁😁
ReplyDeleteA lovely collage Sarn - great colours!
ReplyDeleteKath x
Brilliant design Sarn - love that you were absent-mindedly inspired by the Kraft envelope! So many times I've been inspired because something accidentally lands upon something else on my messy work space - it's just one of the excuses I use to avoid cleaning up after finishing one project and moving onto the next 😜
ReplyDeleteIsn't that a happy accident. Lovely work!
ReplyDeleteWhat a work of art Sarn and gorgeous against the parcel paper background! You are always inspiring me with your use of snippets and recycled bits and bobs. Sending hugs, Vicky xxx
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