Cottage Crafting

While away at my sister's lake cottage last week, my niece Erica and I made some collage artwork. Not really sure what they are or what we will do with them, but we had fun and they turned out great.

I brought just a few supplies - my favorite papers, fibers and some vintage image copies. I had a few stickers and some doodads. Scissors, glue stick and some glue dots.

For the base we used folded promotional cards like this.

I got the idea from Pam Garrison who did something similar with a Smith and Hawken flyer.

The stiffer the substrate - the easier this is to do - but seriously - you could decorate a Targer flyer and still get good results!

I used a combination of tissue papers, wrapping paper and ephemera in a pale blue pallet for this one. I added a few ribbons for texture.

This is Erica's - she did all bright happy colours

Here is inside - you can see she used some thin mulberry paper in sections so that you can still

see the original images show through.

She cut two holes to insert a pink silk ribbon.

She chose her papers very carefully to create a patchwork effect.

I used decorative papers from Catherine Moore for this collage.

I added bits of napkins and some milinary leaves and lace to make them pop.

Her Histoire Naturelle cpapers have a lovely mix of ephemera like ledger paper backgrounds with all things birds.

I added a few aviary stamps and a vellum envelope as a pocket for a petite treasure.

Here are all three lined up together. Don't they look like fun!

Which one do you like best?