Every now and then I have a friend who goes off on vacation for a very long time. Like, a month. Or two months. If I'm lucky, I get their address. Thus begins the creation of a super cool keepsake, a pick-me-up, a moment of bonding between chums. COLLAGE CARDSSSSS!!!
My usual collage cards are not complex. In the past, I've made thank-you notes that look like this:
Simply find an emotional photograph (ANYWHERE) and paste it stylishly to the front corner of your folded card stock. Add "thank you so much" or "thanks a lot" or just "thanks." Apply this same concept to other scenarios.
Before I got all fancy, I considered thanking my friend for her little card-from-far-away with my usual method. Then, I got to thinking.
With a simple base, one could add ANYTHING to these green hills!
And so, the birth of "What Zoe Thinks Vermont Looks Like." This year, my friend is off to an intense 6-week dance camp in Vermont, which (lets be honest) sounds a little mysterious... a little whimsical. Why Vermont? Is it the land of dancers? The land of rolling green hills, perhaps?
So yeah.
Collage cards.
Tips:
1. Squirt tacky glue into a dish and paint it onto your scraps with a paintbrush. It's way stickier than other glues.
2. Allow paper to hang over the edge of your card as you apply it. You can trim the edges when you're done.
3. Take a photo of your potential collage before you glue everything down, so you have something to act as a reference when actually gluing.
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