The Paris Index Card Collection

Another yearly collage challenge

that I am belatedly joining in with

is hosted by the Paris Collage Collective. 

My substrate for this challenge

will be index cards,

together with the challenge image provided.

If you are on Instagram

you can follow the challenge hashtag to see

the collages from all the participants.

Week 1

Late Again

Week 2

Follow the Signs

Week 3

Rising Star

Week 4

Free your Mind

I have used collage paper from

the Collage_This 01 publication

from Contemporary Collage Magazine.

I debated with myself

whether to add a week number

to each index card &

finally decided to print some numbers out

to add to the collages that I had already made.

I think I made the right choice.

Deck of Cards Collage Challenge

Rather belatedly, I decided to take part

in a year long collage challenge,

hosted by Melinda Morgenstern.

Using a pack of playing cards,

the challenge is to create a collage

using a specified card

& if you want to,

follow an additional,

yet optional, prompt.

If you are on Instagram,

you can follow the challenge hashtag to see

the collages from all the participants.

Week 1

The first card picked was the 8 of Clubs.

Week 2

The card picked was the 5 of Diamonds

& the prompt was Stripe.

Stand Tall

Week 3

The card picked was the 9 of Diamonds

& the prompt was Catch.

The Juggler

Week 4

The card picked was the Q of Diamonds

& the prompt was Waiting.

Asking the Question

Source materials include:-

The 2022 Artist Almanac,

Collage_This from Contemporary Collage Magazine,

images from The Graphics Fairy

& Joseph Cornell

with my own printed number labels.

Wanderlust 2022

For 2022 I have enrolled in the

Wanderlust art journal course

for another year.

The course is run by Everything Art.

The course this year is also

based around materials,

rather than themed,

which appealed to me.

This will be my fifth year,

but last year I fell behind

& have yet to complete the lessons.

To help me this year,

I have made a small junk journal

made from an old book,

with old book pages,

some printed papers

& even fabric.

There are three signatures,

with pages no larger than 4 x 6 inches.

I am hoping that starting each week

with a smaller page,

a page that is already imperfect,

will help me to not be too precious

about whatever I create.

I have chosen a word for the year

& using a background image from 

Eulalia Mejia

have created the first page

in my little junk journal.