Collage Style

I bought both the Vintage Backgrounds and Fanciful Vintage because I just loved Barb Foster's sample cards in the Serendipity Magalogue. I'm intrigued by the idea of collage style cards but they are a little bit scary to me! While I waited through tumbling practice, I thumbed through some pretty old magazines for collage ideas. I also wanted to use Gesso as my base - another neat item I found out about through my friend Juliet. She is the true artsy-fartsy type and I've been wanting to give it a try myself!

For this card I painted white Gesso on some textured blue Bazzill paper (from our monochromatic packs!) with a foam brush and let it dry overnight. Then I randomly stamped my images with Palette Noir ink and came back and laid some color down with my Tombow markers on select areas. I could move the markers around with my aquabrush to give it a watercolored look.

Stamps used: Gerbera Daisy (now marked 25% off since it's retiring!), Vintage Backgrounds and Fanciful Vintage (which is the Stamp of the Month for April so it's on sale for just $14.95)

Hope this encourages you to give collage style stamping a whirl! It was easier than I thought and I can't wait to play some more.