Collage Snippets
We buy so many craft tools, materials, supplies and equipment to enjoy designing, creating and making our arts and crafts. We become interested in what we are attracted to and begin learning about our chosen activities and we draw, cut, paint, sew, experiment, trial, evaluate, appraise and assess our results. We become designers, creators, inventors, craftsmen and women, artists and artisans. We focus on significant interests and activities that give us the most pleasure and we often engage with like minded people and can become fascinated and absorbed by what we do. I know that is what has happened to me over the years and I love being totally wrapped up in creating and hours can pass by without me noticing what else is going on around me. I get totally engrossed and lost in my thinking, research and experiments. When I've finished, nothing pleases me more than that feeling of being happy and satisfied with what I am holding in my hands.
Having said all that keeping up with all the new trends and products can be difficult as everything gets so expensive and we all love to try out new and different things which can cost a fortune. But there are many ways to help us achieve the looks and designs we are happy with without necessarily going for the most expensive all the time. So ...........
Imagine - you're at the point of pulling a design together and for me that often would mean adding a collage to a project to get the desired vintage/shabby/artistic feel that pleases me. BUT I have almost finished that pack of Tim Holtz snippets that I love to use and I haven't ordered a new one yet from Country View Crafts. What can I do as I desperately want to get it finished and not put it away to have to come back to? I have a couple of tricks up my sleeve - one is I have bought some sets of Tim Holtz stamps that will allow me to recreate some of his snippets for myself (see supplies below). The ones I stamped recently are just black permanent ink onto white card so they can be used on their own or can be coloured up to fit any project.
Brilliant - I create some backgrounds, stamp and cut ready to use. That helps tremendously but they are not always on the right colour background etc, they just don't fit the bill on this occasion. Hmmm ok my next port of call is go to a bag of snippets that I have called 'Household Snippets' and see if there is something there that will make me happier. I peruse through all the small pieces that have been cut from ....
Old Maps
They can't be classed as vintage (old books can!) but they are great fillers for when you need them.
What do you use to create little fillers like this?
xxSupplies
TH - Stampers Anonymous -Tidbits CMS488, Curator CMS493. Paint by Numbers CMS483, Correspondence CMS225, Ornate Trims CMS326
