This collage reflects the simultaneous pull of nostalgia, grief and hope when we look back at the stories we were handed, realizing just how carefully they were arranged for us. #arttherapy #creativity #vintageart #advertisement #papercrafting

Somewhere between reflection and ruin. #collageart #arttherapy #creativity #papercrafts #artworkoflemon8

Trying out some new stamps and turning them into future collage elements using distress crayons and a water brush ✨ #collageart #artprocess #creativity #creativeplay #arttherapy

Just playing with color, texture, and a little holographic embossing. The collage part can wait until inspiration catches up. 💜✨ Do you ever leave a piece unfinished? Let me know in the comments! #mixedmedia #artworkoflemon8 #creativeplay #arttherapy #papercraft

This bird is not impressed but he IS creatively inspired ✨ #mixedmedia #artworkoflemon8 #creativity #artsandcrafts #birdlovers

Built this page around hand-painted steampunk elements and just followed the aesthetic wherever it wanted to go. #steampunk #floralart #creativity #artworkoflemon8 #arttherapy

A little retro romance moment with a side of oversized ice cream 🍨✨ #creativity #icecream #retro #americana #papercrafting

Here I was playing around with more distress inks/oxides, embossing/stamping, slowly adding layers and texture, just having fun experimenting. For most of the collage elements I added on top, I just stamped the images first and then colored them in with my distress watercolor pencils and cut th

A little mixed media tag experiment with distress inks, embossing, and layered texture ✨ Also a friendly reminder that if you mess up one side of a piece, sometimes you can just do the same thing to the other side and pretend it was the plan all along 😂 Honestly one of my favorite parts of creat

This collage explores nostalgia, glamour, and the feeling of stepping into an idealized vintage daydream. It reflects the romanticized beauty of retro Americana through bold color, femininity, and fantasy. Analog Collage 5/18/26 #creative #collageart #mixedmedia #arttherapy #artworko

Products used: Acrylic medium Gold embossing powder Steampunk stencil Coracreacrafts stickers #collageart #arttherapy #papercrafting #creativity #artworkoflemon8

Just experimenting and seeing where the page takes me lately. #collageart #paperart #mixedmedia #arttherapy #creativity

A soft little mixed media moment featuring a floral napkin, paper scraps, and some controlled chaos. #mixedmedia #mothersday #collageart #floralart #arttherapy

Things can appear to be stable long after the pressure has started building underneath. #collageart #arttherapy #creativity #papercrafts #artwork

Like if a museum exploded inside a punk zine and the fragments decided to become art. #collageart #arttherapy #creativity #artistsonlemon8 #paperart

This collage explores how identity is stitched together through inherited memory, history, ancestry, and collective experience. Analog Collage 5/03/26 #creativity #history #ancestralwisdom #arttherapy #collageart

Decided to take a slow weekend crafting off camera and made this layered mixed media spread. 🤎📖 Started by collaging down assorted papers with acrylic medium, then added gesso to soften and unify everything. From there I worked with Tim Holtz Distress Crayons blended with water to create those s

This collage reflects the strange loneliness of modern life, how we can often be surrounded by people and still feel emotionally adrift. Analog Collage 4/29/26 #collageart #embracevulnerability #creativity #arttherapy #loneliness

This collage explores moving through uncertainty, navigating a world that doesn’t always make sense and adapting as you go. It reflects a balance between chaos and play, where you don’t have everything figured out, but you keep moving anyway. Products used: -Tim Holtz Distress Ink: shaded lilac

This collage explores the quiet performance of intimacy, where familiarity is mistaken for something real. Products used: Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen & Vintage Photo, steampunk stencil, ink blending brush #collageart #papercrafts #artworkoflemon8 #magazines #creativi