Gothic Arch Attempts

The girl is from Paper Whimsy, the flower and birds are mine.

I was able to use more of my new tape here. I love the metal corner pieces.

Another Paper Whimsy girl and more flowers and birds. I am trying to use up all my scrap with these.

I worked with this young woman's image in photoshop before printing her out and using her. I hated the background on this one till I just kept playing.

This is the first Gothic Arch. Dealing with the top space has been a real challenge for me. The girl is from Paper Whimsy.


This past Sunday I was traveling around the blog world. When I was finished the two things that really stuck in my mind were a Gothic Arch challenge and the second was an artist who was trying to make a collage a day. Having never done a Gothic Arch, and loving to collage I thought I would give it a go for a couple of days. I have realized that even to committing to something once a week can be hard { I did an ATC a week in 2008} - one a day even harder. I decided to start with small ambitions.

First I had to make or find a template for the Gothic Arch. Googling it I found several different styles and was able to come up with several ideas for size and type to make my own. I decided to mount mine on 4" by 6" card stock or heavy watercolor paper - postcard style. Then I could make a book, send them out into the world, etc...Here are my first five Gothic Arches. I am finding it an odd shape to work with an admiring all the Gothic Arches and their makers much more than before.