Easy COLLAGED SILHOUETTES that really pop! ~

How can you easily (and I DO mean EASILY!) make striking collaged elements for your junk journal in any silhouette shape you can possibly imagine? In this video, you’ll learn how.
Here’s my inspirational friend @julietorrens and her instructions on making silhouettes with acrylic paint and magazine images: • 😁Junkie Junk Journal +...
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[@timshuman5464]

Because of your inspiration, I plan on pulling out some children's plastic stencils to use for this silhouette style collage. I also have a coloring page I don't like, but now plan to use the dolphins as silhouette creatures. I am so glad I found your KZbin channel. - jo shu

[@Judymontel]

Oh now that's a brilliant idea!

[@annekenlon]

Jo, I'm so delighted that you started viewing some of your own supplies in ways you can apply to this technique. Thank you so much for letting me know, and thanks for watching! I really appreciate your being here!

[@bhornannawindeedeigh5007]

Stencils! 😃 That's a perfect idea to make silhouettes with!

[@jodyniemojuski4021]

Love this. I have stencils that I can use. Thank you for the idea.

[@ilakaiser3778]

This is a brilliant idea. Other ideas for patters would be children’s color books and for images like your mushroom, appliqué patterns would be a great segue. TFS.💜🐞

[@pampirtle6348]

Yes, I was having the same thought. Children's color books often have great basic shapes. Quilting applique books are absolutely perfect. I was also thinking stained glass pattern books would also be a resource.

[@annekenlon]

So many sources for interesting silhouettes - so glad you see the potential in new places! Thank you so much for watching!

[@mrscomarte3248]

Hi Anne! More one brilliant idea: Collaged silhouettes! So many uses in journals! Thank you so much for sharing your talent and knowledge with us! Now I have a brain storm: Cats, birds, flowers, butterflies clouds, hearts, stars, fishes silhouettes!🤔🤔🤔🤔🩷🩷🩷🩷🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@annekenlon]

My dear Marcia, thank you so very much, as always! Your projects will be fabulous!

[@CraftingandRelaxing]

I’m not sure I realized we were so close to each other! I loved her books! Pick of the Litter thrift store is irresistible to me when I’m in Newport. Thanks for the lighthouse example too! 💙💙💙

[@annekenlon]

Sarah, how lovely to hear from you - I'm honored to have you watching! We have come through Salem twice over the past month, both times on our way home from camping. I think we're staying put for the rest of the summer. If you make it up to Portland, let me know and we can go to SCRAP together! ([e-mail]) - take care and stay cool!

[@JulieTorrens]

❤❤❤I love this twist on a favorite! The calico cat is fantastic! When you mentioned the head silhouette with a thought bubble, it made me grin! 😁 Thank you for the information about Beverly Cleary books. My client just turned 7 years old and I read nightly. I found collections of the books used on Thrift Books. Many Thanks! Fantastic work. ❤❤❤ Hugs heading to Oregon!

[@annekenlon]

Thank you so much, my friend! The inspiration was YOU, of course! Talk to you soon!

[@user-xg5vv4bz8c]

Love love love this video mostly the birds thank you Anne you always have great ideas😊

[@annekenlon]

You are so welcome, Sharon - I appreciate your watching so much - thank YOU!

[@junkjournalsvideos1649]

An excellent idea. Thanks for sharing.

[@annekenlon]

My pleasure! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[@stephaniepedersen6051]

I absolutely love these! Thank you for sharing and for the inspiration. 😁

[@annekenlon]

Thank you, Stephanie! I'm excited to have you try it, too!

[@Fit_Kitty]

These are adorable, Anne. I have never seen anything like this before. The cats are my favorite but they are all amazing. Thanks for continuing to inspire us.

[@annekenlon]

Thank you so much, you're so kind! Of course I could not resist doing a cat - and of course you'd love it, too!! 😸 ❤️

[@lloydg8273]

Hi Anne. Your video popped up on my KZbin feed and it caught my attention. I enjoyed watching you make your collaged silhouettes as well as your stories about your family and Beverly Cleary. Such fun. I've now subscribed and look forward to see what other interesting things you've created. Thank you!

[@annekenlon]

Thank you so much! I'm so delighted to have you aboard here. I do try to find new ideas and present them here in ways that are easy and fun. I'd be so happy to hear any feedback you have. Again, welcome!

[@jennifermackinnon7870]

Such a great idea! Thanks for sharing!

[@annekenlon]

Thank you, Jennifer! I hope you try it!

[@nadyneingrassia1479]

Loved the cat, cool look.

[@annekenlon]

Thanks so much, Nadyne! Yes, cats are always cool!

[@Judymontel]

I get the most inspiring ideas from your videos, Anne! I was just at the point where you were making the bird journal card and I had the most BRILLIANT idea - to have the pocket be its nest!! Can't do it at the moment, but I wrote it down (along with the other ideas from this video) in my crafting ideas notebook. Thank you! PS I had no idea the location in the Beverly Cleary books was real, let alone in Portland. Wow. Triple thank you. I also grew up reading those books...

[@annekenlon]

Oh, Judy, what a fabulous idea! I love pocket/tag combinations like that. I'm really delighted you enjoyed it. And glad you remember the Beverly Cleary books, too. Yes, we cross Klickitat Street several times a week going to our daughter's house! Oh, what times those fictional children had there! And a city park a few miles from us has beautiful bronze sculptures of all the characters - even Ribsy!

[@PatriciaFrancis-ck9xo]

So cute and so many uses in journals. Thanks.

[@annekenlon]

Thank you, Patricia! It really is fun and relaxing!

[@DonnaJo3452]

Hi, Anne, I was just looking at some of your videos! And saw you have a new one! I love the silhouettes. I’m sure my sister and I did the same thing as kids. She had mentioned not long ago doing them for her grandkids. I’ll have to remind her. I enjoyed very much your description of what you did last week going to the aquarium and mosquitoes and reading from that book and playing the games with your grandson. I’m glad y’all had a good time. See you next time!

[@annekenlon]

Good morning, Donna Jo! I'm so happy you are watching - thank you so much. I did have a lot of chatter in this one, but that's me, I suppose! I appreciate your watching - I usually drop a new video every Tuesday and Friday. See you soon!

[@user-bt7ns2or9z]

Hi, Anne. Love this, especially since I once lived in Ithaca and visited Cornell’s Ornithology Lab and Sapsucker Woods often! For sure, I will be making a few of these. Thanks for the awesome share! Luv, Gladys Ward. 💕💕💕

[@annekenlon]

How nice to hear about this, Gladys, thank you. Oh, how we loved Sapsucker Woods when we lived in Corning and used to drive up to Ithaca. We saw our first rose-breasted grosbeak there and will never forget it! Thanks for watching!

[@MarisolNoriega-yz1zb]

Hello Anne What a Wonderful idea as always.. You have a very creative mind. You have me working these days making some of the beautiful things you are teaching. What a great way to use all those scrap we have..Thank you.

[@annekenlon]

Marisol, thank you so very much! I do love a good scrap buster. I'm so delighted that you are putting some of these ideas to use, and I know you will put your own twist on them to make them very special.

[@pampirtle6348]

Hello Anne. What an absolutely wonderful idea to create both journal page and journal card embellishments as well as journal cards. Old calendars may also be a resource for animal shapes. I am trying to catch up on your lovely videos I have missed lately. You know it's summer and time to be on the go while the weather allows so many more out of the house activities. Your camping trip sounds like a real memory builder. BTW I hope you include the Ralph Mouse books in your collection. My 3rd grade classes always enjoyed them. Another author I really enjoyed ( and still read his new books even though I'm retired) as well as my class is named Roland Smith. He did an author visit to our school district and was a wonderful speaker. While here he found an interesting idea 💡 and wrote the book Zach's Lies centered in our small town.😊

[@annekenlon]

Pam, thanks so much for catching up! I'm glad you're out enjoying the weather (truthfully, so am I, fitting filming in around gardening and camping!) Thanks for the book recommendations - Barney enjoys so many different kinds of books, both for his own reading and as a family read-aloud event - I'll look up those collections as well! Take care, Pam!

[@suzyallen1726]

Ive always loved silhouettes. I had my girls silhouettes done at a craft fair. It was fascinating to watch her cut them. My oldest daughter has them now😊❤Ramona!!!!my oldest daughter ate those books up. Now thats a calico cat😂I saw a tshirt (I should have saved it) it reminded me of you. It was a simple black tree with tucans on the branches and they looked like they were put together with different size circles mixed up it was so cute😊

[@annekenlon]

That's such a sweet memory about your girls' silhouettes, Suzy - I think we quietly disposed of them when clearing out my mother's things 20-plus years ago, but now I kinda wish I'd kept them. Glad you have fond thoughts of the Beverly Cleary books as well! Thanks as always, Suzy!

[@bookshopshelli]

Great idea! Very inspiring.

[@annekenlon]

Thanks so much, Shelli! I appreciate your watching!!

[@Ann-eh7ii]

You come up with the best ideas so thanks. I love the Oregon coast. Many fun things to do along the way. ❤❤❤

[@annekenlon]

Hi, Ann, and thank you so much! Glad you could "travel" to familiar places with me in my verbal wanderings!

[@user-lm9yy1re5u]

You have a talent for storytelling in your art. Chapter one of a novel, perhaps? Those trees are also called Japanese maples in Canada.😊

[@annekenlon]

Thank you so much, you flatter me! Although I am a business writer, I never aspired to fiction-writing - but I do appreciate your listening to my thoughts as they spill out while I craft!

[@heatherparry3159]

Great technique! Thanks for sharing.

[@annekenlon]

Thanks for watching, Heather, I appreciate you!

[@tammygifford7831]

Love the idea, I’m always looking for new things to put in my journals

[@annekenlon]

Oh, good, Tammy, I'm glad this one clicked for you! I'm honored to be on your idea list!

[@YvonneCook-gv5pq]

I love this! It's really effective! 😊❤

[@annekenlon]

Oh, thank you so much Yvonne, I really appreciate that! Take care!

[@bettylongshore9594]

Great video, tons of ideas!!!!!!!

[@annekenlon]

Thanks very much, Betty - I'm delighted you're finding some useful inspiration here. Appreciate your watching!

[@gabrielegermaine2337]

.... And I thought I have seen all the possebilities already. 👍Watching from Germany ❤️ 🙋 already

[@annekenlon]

Thank you so much, Gabriele, I'm honored to have you here! Danke!

[@heathersullivan8494]

Hello. I happened to come across your video, because I thought it looked interesting. What a great idea! I am working on a flower journal and just a simple daisy would look quite nice. Thanks for the inspiration. 😊

[@annekenlon]

Heather, thank you so much! I really do enjoy sharing new ideas as I discover them. I really appreciate your being here!

[@eternitywithjesus777]

Red-winged blackbirds are one of my favorites. We get them in Alabama in the winter as large flocks. FYI...females are heavily streaked brown with a pointed brown bill and white eyebrows. But, as a silhouette, you can't tell, LOL.

[@annekenlon]

I’m familiar with RWBs! Thanks for watching!

[@helenredfern8453]

Absolutely fabulous!!! A great idea for kids as well … ❤️❤️❤️

[@annekenlon]

Oh my, yes, kids would love this! Thanks for watching, Helen!

[@carolyndaughton3373]

Beautiful art and lovely video. Thank you for sharing your talent.

[@annekenlon]

Carolyn, many thanks to you! I hope you'll have a great long weekend!

[@judyharmon4586]

Oh, Anne, now you've done it 😮. I just HAVE to do collage art on a silhouette...I just HAVE to!!❤ You mentioned your pieces being small, and I see they're torn not cut; but could give me an estimate of how big the pieces really are, please? O. M. GOSH. I can't wait to start collecting "fodder" 😃

[@annekenlon]

Judy, so proud of you! You'll have such fun with it! There is no real measurement but if I had to choose an average on the little pieces, about an inch square is a good place to start - round up or down, they should be fabulously irregular!

[@znico788]

love the cat, thank you for the idea

[@annekenlon]

Thanks, Zora, I hope you have fun with it! 😀

[@nfender3436]

What a fun idea! Thank you for the inspiration ❤🎉

[@annekenlon]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I really appreciate it!

[@sandyvanderlinde237]

Hi Anne, love your working and deciding voice. So natural. Wow, you are so lucky to have your hands on all those birdie books. Having a heavy rainy day today, after all it is Winter, best time to make all these creative goodies.

[@annekenlon]

Sandy, you're so kind to comment, thank you so much! Stay warm in your wintery weather - we've got the heat now in Oregon!

[@sandyvanderlinde237]

@@annekenlon Hi again, yes thank you. I live in South Africa , great city of Cape Town. Still very cold, cannot wait for Spring. Not a Winter person at all. Should of been a bear, could hibernate. Love your videos, take care and have a lovely day.

[@missmitsi1]

Love this one! Ps I've done a few similar ones but never used bird magazine for inspiration. Thank you so much! ❤🤗🐦👍 Xx

[@annekenlon]

Thank YOU so much! Delighted you found something fun here - I appreciate your watching!

[@suzanneoffer3577]

This looks like so much fun! I am going to subscribe.

[@annekenlon]

Suzanne, thank you so much! I hope you try this soon - I really appreciate your being here! Lots of fun new little projects coming up, too!

[@linaleblanc8288]

That looks really nice . I happened to see this video as I was scrolling, im glad I did. New sub 😊❤

[@annekenlon]

Oh, Lina, I'm so happy I showed up in your feed, and so happy you clicked! I'm delighted to have you here, and hope you find lots of new ideas. Thanks so much for joining me!

[@junkjournalmavenwannabe]

Such a very cool and creative idea!

[@annekenlon]

Thank you! 😊 I really appreciate your watching!

[@mkaysartfuljourney1239]

Oh my another inspiration so cool. ❤

[@annekenlon]

You're so kind, Mary Kay!

[@sueparker3287]

Adorable! Great job

[@annekenlon]

Many thanks, Sue, I appreciate your watching!

[@marlenegura1161]

Why have i never thought about doing this!!!!???? Thank you for sharing your talents with us!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@annekenlon]

Thanks so much for watching, Marlene - have fun making some!

[@Barbarachocolate1956]

This is ABOVE AND BEYOND AwEsOmE!! What a great idea!!!!!! I never thought of collating on back of subject. Genious!!

[@annekenlon]

Barbara, you started my day off with such a smile - thank you!

[@janekrut2799]

Great idea! Thanks.

[@annekenlon]

Thanks so much, Jane!

[@thelmahall2593]

NEW SUBSCRIBER what a neat idea !! ty for sharing Anne

[@annekenlon]

Thelma, thank you so much - I'm so delighted you are enjoying yourself here!

[@susietruelove3657]

These are cute

[@annekenlon]

Thank you so much, Susie! Cheers to you!

[@sandrasmith7267]

😊good idea

[@annekenlon]

Thank you so much, Sandra!

[@marylinemonfroy7730]

Bonjour Anne je découvre votre art que je trouve magnifique merci pour le partage ☺️ J'habite le nord-est de la France 🤍

[@mkaysartfuljourney1239]

Oh I am totally inspired ❤

[@annekenlon]

Thanks so much, Mary Kay! I love how we can all trade ideas!

[@mkaysartfuljourney1239]

@@annekenlon I had so much fun making these. Then I got distracted by someone else’s idea ….i will spotlight you on my show❤️😉

[@christinecrow1410]

Good morning, Anne. Nice video. Julie Torrens is my dear friend. She's a wonderful artist. Thank you for mentioning her. ❤❤❤

[@annekenlon]

Thanks so much, Christine! I'm so lucky that I've met Julie - I admire her so much and she inspires me daily with her creativity, skill, kindness, and warmth. To use a phrase my mom used, "she's good people!" In fact, I'll tag her here - @julietorrens - just so she sees us singing her praises!

[@christinecrow1410]

@@annekenlon Thank you, that was nice.

[@kathysunshine699]

I am 70 and my brother and I had the black silhouette done for my mom when I was 6 and my brother was 8!😂 that was at the Ohio Stare fair in 1960, they are still somewhere in my house😊❤ Edited to add, we use old phone book pages to roll up, very tight and weave things, you can seal them,…make boxes or pouches, lots of things, even glue them to round containers as well!😂fun with children. They paint them , when the object is finished, before sealing.. Also my brother had a crew cut❤

[@kathysunshine699]

Did Henry have a donut machine that went crazy and filled the town with doughnuts?…and a growing ball of string?

[@annekenlon]

@@kathysunshine699 Maybe, I don't remember those parts and we haven't gotten all the way through the book yet. But those kids were always up to some sort of wackiness on Klickitat Street!

[@TheCrabbyCrafterlol]

Fun, they turned out so cute! But why not make a masterboard and then cut out silhouette shapes? Seems less tedious 🤔

[@sherrybarfield8446]

Great idea!

[@annekenlon]

Actually, I didn't find this process tedious at all, but if the end result with a masterboard is what you seek, by all means, try it! Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!

[@lorimorgan7891]

My sisters and I are in our 50’s and 60’s and our parents still have our child silhouette cut outs in oval frames hanging in their house 💕

[@annekenlon]

That's so sweet. I'm glad they kept them. Now that I'm a grandmother, I would absolutely get a silhouette made of my little Barney if I ever ran across a place that did it! Thanks for watching, Lori, I really appreciate it.

[@TheCrabbyCrafterlol]

As for the lighthouse "mishap" you could ink in the railing and some of the details on the collaged side in order for it to read as a lighthouse again. Simple fix 🤓

[@annekenlon]

Great idea! I'll try it! Nothing ever goes to waste, does it? 😀

[@denisegardner2373]

Hi Anne. I'm with you. I can remember doing my silhouette in grade school as a mother's day gift. My mom treasured it. I live in Blair NE....what town did you grow up in? TFS ❤

[@annekenlon]

Hi, Denise! I grew up in Auburn, which had the only stoplight in Nemaha County! My brother and I got our silhouettes done at the old Southroads Mall south of Omaha - those were exciting times for us! What fun to hear from a fellow Nebraskan. So glad you are here, thank you!

[@bettylongshore9594]

Born: April 12, 1916, McMinnville, OR Died: March 25, 2021 (age 104 years), Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA one of my favs

[@annekenlon]

Thanks for looking up the details, Betty. What a treasure she was, in Portland and everywhere else, too! I love how she portrayed children - not as perfect angels, but as ordinary children who got into scrapes and then learned something in the process. Still, she was never preachy about it.

[@diananighswonger441]

oh I love dolphins. is there trick to making these look nice. like have the shading dark light etc in certain places,?

[@annekenlon]

Thanks for watching, Diana. That’s an interesting thought about bringing shading in with collaged silhouettes. I’ve never tried that, but I think you’re on the right track. I hope you give it a try!

[@debbierinier2704]

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[@annekenlon]

Interesting - thanks, Debbie!