Paper Scraps- Repurposed

It was craft night last night and I got some solid hours of cutting and pasting.  I used about a fiftieth of the paper scraps that I have but really like what came of it.  Very strongly graphic.

Design: Announcements

I recently finished creating and printing some baby announcements for my friends. 
Now I have a lot of paper scraps from cutting them to size. I have a few fun ideas for how to use the scraps.  Another post on that soon!

Temporary Compositions

I've recently started using Instagram @amdesign and realized that it would be a fun and easy excuse to put together quick, impermanent collages (#noglue). Doing collages in this manner means I can do them everywhere and often.  I also loaded some of my already established (with glue!) collages.  It's fun to see what other collage art is posted too.
Here are a few examples:

Earrings!

It was time to refresh my earring collection because sadly I have slowly lost one half of my favorite pairs. I enjoyed making these today rather than cleaning up my backyard.

More Zines!

One from a visit from my high school girlfriends... It is so awesome to have them still!
As you can see, I used some of the papers I made in the last post.

 And then Maggie's 2 year Maggie-zine!

Pavilion

This collage is one that I made awhile ago but let sit because I didn't feel it was complete. Looking at it again, I am not sure what I would add... so here it is!

Paper!

I was getting tired of the stack of papers that I had to pull from in my crafting stash and the Archiver's store went out of business here in Denver not leaving too many options for unique papers. I decided to make my own. Here is a sampling:

Forget me Not

Oddly Ironic... I forgot that I made these. It was a subconscious effort from the beginning I suppose. Another shot at a Valentine card... for no other reason than it was the season and there are hearts on them.

Royal Secrets

These were the closest I got to making Valentine's cards this year. They have the appropriate amount of hearts curly/frilly things and X's and O's so I think they pass the Valentine's test. I especially like the softness of the color pallet in combination with the soft curves of the lady. Enjoy!

Man and Beast

Looking back through my flash drive archives and I realized that I haven't posted here since late last summer. Picking back up from where I left off... I made these gems in October, right before Halloween though I don't believe I had any specific intention to combine Man and Beast for the holiday. A lot of the background material for these came from "Office Ephemera" meaning I cut out pictures from junk mail I received at work and used the insides of security envelopes. I am amazed at how many different pieces of paper pass over my desk that I am inspired to incorporate into collages.

Washi Tape ATC- a forgotten one

A forgotten ATC... kind of, I just didn't have it when I was scanning in the other Washi Tape ATC's. It is a straggler in part because I did not feel that it was finished. But the more that I visit it the more that I like the simplicity of it. Kind of like the idea of the body shaper in the piece, keeps things smooth and simple and pleasing to the eye... of course I say this of a piece that is made up of polka dots and neon so...

 

Mountain Series Collection- Second Set

A second set of Mountain Series ATC's. The last picture is the tryptic all together, as the piece was originally started before I cut them up into ATC size. I like the idea of working a bigger piece and then cutting them up to smaller pieces then adding more. I am really enjoying the layering to create patterns that mimic landscapes.

I am still feeling pretty inspired by this route and will probably have another series to add to the collection. I figure if I can't be in the mountains I can dream about them!



 

 

as usual higher res files of these are posted on my Flickr account.

Girls Gone Rx- T-Shirt Design

This past weekend I participated in a CrossFit event, Girls Gone Rx, to benefit Barbells for Boobs
This is the second year of the competition and the second year I participated. It consists of teams of three women that complete four work outs throughout the day. I had great fun with my two team mates and am sufficiently sore, still, two days later...
This year I was going to screen print shirts for us but quickly realized I wanted to have more than three colors in the design and that several screens to do three shirts wasn't exactly needed. So we went the iron on transfer route. It actually came out really well, we will have to see how well it lasts though.

Here is the design.

 

 

 On the T-shirt

 

 

 and in action!

Washi Tape ATC's Continued

I went to visit my friend in Idaho and toured the beautiful state not too long ago and found much beauty in the mountains and the water. This next set of ATC's were inspired by my time with her and my trip. We visited a couple of hot springs, one of them along what seemed to be a turquoise river. We hiked around some mountains and drove through plenty of valleys.

The mountains in these scense are actually Colorado ranges from a very old scenic photography book. Again the washi tape is great in creating layers, like landscapes, and shapes.

 

 

Each one of them has the post card template on the back of them in case I want them to be multi-purposed.

Washi Tape ATC's

It's safe to say I am addicted to washi tape... who isn't. It's pretty irresistable, especially en masse... Yeah? You agree?

 

Any way, once I got my first round of tape home I laid out several layers on a sheet of paper and then cut the page down into ATC size. From there I went crazy. I think the most appealing part of washi tape for me is how it layers and tears.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the first round of washi tape ATC's. These are available... anyone want to trade?

 

Collage Themed Zine- Spiro Love

I followed up my last swap with this one that was a collage themed zine swap. I started making a few collaged zines here and there and was looking through my collage elements I keep on hand both physical and digital and I came accross my spiro collages. Instead of mining them for elements I decided to straght up use them from their original state. For one of the panels and the front and back cover I did take parts from other collages to make new ones coming up with this latest spiro collage

Again, I had a lot of fun creating this one and look forward to more projects coming down the line. I am appreciating that I can find the balance between combining material, in person, original elements and then taking them to the scanner and creating more from there. It provides great flexibility, possibilities, and a more polished look. I am still a major fan of cutting and pasting with paper

though!

 

The zine layout...

 

Next swap I signed up for is to create a zine kit so someone can build their own zine!