Loving this technique so I have decided to make my exchange cards for February using it!! For this one I used letters for my collage. I dug out a large red envelope and created a black card to fit inside. I used red paper scraps from my stash to create a paper pieced background. Next, I found a gray scrap on which I created the collage for my focal element using letter punchies and die cut from my stash. For this one I chose mainly red, black and white ones. Again, I used large, medium and smaller letters. I added some white tissue paper strips to tone down the contrast a bit. To finish it off I used a large letter S which started life as a chipboard letter and had been stripped of its beautiful outer layer. I coloured it with watercolour crayon, washed it out a bit and added some red watercolour until I was happy with it. Next, I sealed it with a layer of white glue. When it was dry I mounted my collage to a dark gray layer. As I was auditioning it on my card front I wanted to a "bit of something" to add some texture and interest so I layered two red circle die cuts, die cut a star from the middle and then cut it in half. I mounted each half to the top and bottom of my collage on opposite edges. I added two little punchie circles next to them. That was better! I adhered this large focal element to my card and finished it off by adding faux stitching to the edges of the half circles with a black marker. Therese
