Was teaching some students last week and thought I would get them started with collage art! We created serendipity collages for card making!! The students enjoyed creating their collages with scraps of paper and were very happy to see how cool their cards looked using their own art. We used a variety of accents with a layer to really show off the mini works of art!! Some added greetings using embossing powder!! To the uninitiated, that is always a huge wow!!
For those of you who may not be familiar with serendipity collage it is very easy and can be done in several different ways. In this case, we used scraps of paper in several coordinating colours. These ones used blues and golds. They were all different - teal, green, reds, purples, etc. Using a quarter sheet of cardstock - can be a rejected card, a commercial card, a poorly stamped image or just junk mail - just glue ripped pieces onto to it until it is completely covered. We used pieces about 3/4" - 1" so when we cut our collage we would still see a good amount of different pieces!!
We cut our quarter sheet into four pieces - in half one way and then those in half again. The little collages were layered onto coordinating paper - in this case gold gift wrap - and glued to the front of the card. If you want to add a greeting using embossing powder it is best to do that before you glue your collage to the front. The 3D embellishments varied from metal charms to layered accents which I created with punches and some fun accents!!
This is a great technique for creating a set of cards which can be given as gifts by just varying the accent and greetings!!
Therese
Another serendipity collage card!! For the cardmaking class I created black & white collages with just one more colour - silver, gold and tan. It is nice to use textured cardstock with these collages!! You can refer back up a couple of cards for more information on the collages and the cards!!
This is the most fun card I have made in quite a while! It uses a little ziploc with a bit of hair gel in it to create a window that looks like it has water in it. I just folded back a flap on the front where I captured my little ziploc after I punched a circle for the window. I stamped the little fish inside the card so it would show through the window!! 
This is another relatively easy card that can be made in any colour for any occasion!! This one features nice soft colours that are great for Spring!! I used scrapbooking paper and created my own 3D embellishment using a plastic butterfly charm, some embossed metal and a scallop punch!! I used a strip of cardstock across the cards but you could easily use ribbon instead.
Hey! The next time you are strolling through the home improvment store with time on your hands check out the wallpaper aisle see if you can find some of these Wallies. They are small little wallpaper accents!! Very cool!!
I know that Valentine's has been and gone!! I did get my card made in just the nick of time for our Valentine's celebration! We have started the tradition of cooking a meal together for Valentine's. Always a great way to spend time together and eat good food. We went out and bought some really special ingredients and had a great meal!! 
Was teaching some students last week and thought I would get them started with collage art! We created serendipity collages for card making!! The students enjoyed creating their collages with scraps of paper and were very happy to see how cool their cards looked using their own art. We used a variety of accents with a layer to really show off the mini works of art!! Some added greetings using embossing powder!! To the uninitiated, that is always a huge wow!!
I created this card for a friend of mine who just bought her first house! They are excited about it and looking forward to moving in and having their family and friends over!! I thought this card would work very well as an invitation for a housewarming party! She thought it was a great idea!!
A fat book mingle page! This is the final installment for this mingle! I created two similar looking pages - one in red and one in pink! I will be sending both of them out to the recipients tomorrow!!
My postage box with a new book for storing my correspondence items like stamps, return address labels, etc.