Week 12 of
100 Days
of Daily Collage
2021
Day 78
Que Sera
Day 79
Travel light
Day 80
Take a break
Day 81
At Peace
Day 82
Going forward
Day 83
Goodbye
Day 84
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31 March 2021
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Wanderlust - Serendipity
The third theme on Wanderlust 2021 was
Serendipity.
Serendipity.
Week 9
The inspiration was from
Kasia Avery.
I started with a layer of white gesso
& acrylic paints,
then added some ephemera.
I built up layers
using rice paper by Stamperia
& added the face
from the Graphics Fairy.
& doodles with a white paint pen.
Finally washi tape
a dictionary definition
& a remnant rub from Tim Holtz.
Week 10
The inspiration was from
Carolyn Dube.
Carolyn showed us how to plan serendipity.
I grabbed what was closest to me,
copied ephemera from Kate Crane’s lesson,
bandage that was on my desk
(after sorting out my bathroom cupboard),
a watercolour pencil
(from the tin that always sits on my desk),
white paint pen from my drawer etc.
I started by ripping another page
out of my old Jo’s Boys booklet
(which I have been using as a starter background in this journal)
& my eyes fell on the words
Daisy rejoiced
in the fulfillment
of her own hopes
so that was my jumping off point.
The hydrangea card,
from the Graphics Fairy,
became a removable journal card.
The end result was nothing like Carolyn’s page,
but I think that was the whole point of her lesson.
Week 11
The inspiration was from
Kiala Givehand.
The main idea from Kiala's lesson
was to create a pocket on our journal page,
to hold journal cards.
Kiala talked us through how to draw out memories
&/or develop our story in a structured way,
which was very interesting.
There is a page full of writing underneath this all,
written in a black Stabilo All pencil.
I used rice paper by Stamperia,
Tim Holtz Remnant Rubs,
a pink brad &
Dina Wakley Media Tape
(which I had used to mask off my page in Week 7).
I used a copy of Week 5's page,
which was created in Week 7's lesson with Kate Crane.
There are words cut from an old novel
& bandage left on my desk from Week 10.
The overall effect is one of cohesion with previous weeks
& the underlying message is that
we evolve through all that has gone before.
Week 12
The inspiration was from
Mary Beth Shaw.
Mini collages using scraps from my desk
& words found after I had cut out the stamped images
on pages picked randomly from an old copy of Jo's Boys.
The face is from the Graphics Fairy
(the body was used in week 9).
The coloured card for the found text
was printed leftovers from my colour palette in week 7.
The phrase "stolen moments" was from Kiala's
lesson in week 11.
Next week we begin a new theme.
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25 February 2021
Wanderlust - Ephemera
The second theme on Wanderlust 2021 was
Ephemera.
Ephemera.
Week 5
The inspiration was from
Kasia Avery.
A collage page.
A study in mixing realistic imagery
with abstract elements.
Week 5
The inspiration was from
Kristin Peterson.
Another collage based lesson.
I normally create my collages intuitively,
so this page felt contrived & stiff.
Kristin then went on to use
paints, inks & stencils to cover over her collage,
but as this theme is about ephemera,
I decided to leave my page as it was.
Week 7
The inspiration was from
Kate Crane.
Lots of ideas from Kate about
creating & organising collage elements
using personal ephemera.
I used a few of her elements,
but created some of my own
from previous pages in my journal.
There is a copy of an old photograph of me,
a torn scrap from an old book,
a kraft tag from a workshop I went to last year,
old sheet music from my childhood
& paper from a used teabag.
Kate introduced us to Canva
& the Palette Cam app
which have palette creator sections.
The background is acrylic paint
with white gesso.
The top layers are Posca paint pens
& Tim Holtz Distress Crayons.
I also used a piece of hessian
& two types of washi tape.
Week 8
The inspiration was from
Renee Mueller.
Her lesson was about creating a collection of ideas.
By building layers
& telling a story by the items included.
The Bingo card image is from RedLead
(a reminder to make time for fun)
& the library card image from ClothPaperScissors,
which I used to journal on.
There is a page from an old book
& words cut from another.
There is a piece of an old denim top of mine,
a piece of aida from an abandoned cross stitch kit,
a clear button backed with a copy of
one of my earlier pages from this course,
threaded with thread from the denim fabric
& a piece of old dress pattern paper.
Under the Tim Holtz slide mount is an acetate image,
backed by more sewing pattern paper,
which covers up my inky handwriting on the library card.
The image of the building is from an old
National Trust handbook & is reference to
where we might spend our retirement years.
There are copies of other ephemera
created in the previous week's lesson with Kate.
There is also pieces of underpainting paper from my desk,
which hold the echos from many previous projects.
All finished with a dab or two of soft pastels & a safety pin.
Next week we begin a new theme.