Whimsical Collages Using Tim Holtz Paper Dolls

I was at Michael's the other day and found this pack of 107 pieces of vintage photos all individually cut out - nice!

 

So, I couldn't wait to start making something with them. For this set, I used various envelopes and followed a style that's similar to Lynn Whipple and techniques I've learned from Robin Marie Smith.

This is the first one I created and after that, I quickly brought out more envelopes to collage.

 First, I added some neutral vintage text paper to each envelope.

If you follow me, you know I love this metro issue paper, so I tore bits and pieces of that and glued them onto the envelopes.

Then I added some pieces of colored tissue paper to each envelope.

 Followed by some random pieces of black and white accent papers.

Last step was to add a white wash with some gesso.

Then, I glued on one of the images from Tim's pack of vintage photos and just added white dots and accents to each of the images. Adding fun hats, wings and a red nose makes for a whimsical collage.

These put a smile on my face and I feel so free and easy to create these when you know the sillier the better.  :-)