Today's post is about using collage and decoupage when making cards and it's also the last in my series of posts on different card making techniques.
The term collage comes from the French coller which means "to stick". The Collins English Dictionary defines it as an art form in which compositions are made out of pieces of paper, cloth, photographs and other miscellaneous objects, juxtaposed and pasted onto a dry ground.
According to the same source, decoupage comes from the French word découper meaning "to cut out" and it's the art or process of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper, card, etc.
For both these techniques you'll need to find a source of images you can cut and use. Maybe the most obvious one is the Internet with it's wealth of free images you can print, cut and paste. Other sources are books and magazines and these you can buy very cheap at charity shops, car boot sales, etc.
The books below were all bought at my local charity shop and I've been using the images from them on cards.
The image on the left shows a page from the book "The World of Butterflies". As you can see the images are beatiful and if you want you can also use the text as background for your project.
Here are a few examples of cards I made using the collage and decoupage techniques. I hope they may inspire you to try these techniques.
