Wish Collage Card

I really love collage.  I am taking a course online from Claudine Hellmuth on Composition so that I can have a better understanding of why some of my cards look "right" and others don't.  It's been enlightening.  During June I am sharingthe cards and compositions that I make during my class. Today's card is an Asymetrical Collage.

The card is called "Wish".

I like the way this card came out for several reasons.  I like the pink accent gems on the card.  You may not be able to see it but there is a very light pink swirl design in the background paper that I used and the gems pick it up.  The gems and the pink of the background relate back to the dark pink ribbon I used at the bottom.

The tag and sign post are made from kraft paper, I added some victorian violet and old paper dye inks to them.

Close Up!

I punched out a border design: one in paper and one in gold glossy.  I offset them so the gold shows through a little.  I think this gives them just enough gold accent. The paper I used to punch my border is from a black and white flower pattern.  It really worked out well because the pieces of flower pattern that show seem to look like "rays" which fits really well with the gold accents behind.

I hope you enjoyed today's card!

Lis

Pen Nib Butterfly Collage Card

I have been wanting to take some art classes so that I could learn a little more technique, rather than just winging it.  I found this great online class for Composition by Claudia Hellmuth who is a well known collage artist.  The class has been really fun AND very informative.  I am learning alot.

Anyway, each week I do one project to practice the new topic studied and then I do a card with it.  The following is my card.  The topic we studied the 2nd week in June was the horizon line.  I thought I would share my cards with you as I learn about composition!

Close Up!

I love how my butterfly turned out!  I added a pen nib for the body and added a few gems and a pearl.  Do you see the little brown butterfly on the wing of the bigger one?

Of course if I have something flying on my card, I need to have some swirls of bling! It kind of looks like the pen nib is writing in crystals too.

I used one of the new texture trades of Tim Holtz to emboss my "Post" flower. (The other one was embossed with one from the same set.)

I hope you enjoyed this card.  I look forward to sharing another one from my class!

Take care, Lis