Keep Calm.... It's Tea Time Somewhere

As you know this month Altered Pages is pairing up with Unruly PaperArts, a blogozine filled with creative ideas, art and inspiration. Each month they cover a different theme ~ Aprils theme is Mail Art & Moos with a creative prompt of Teacups & Tiaras. Altered Page Artsociates are also incorporating laser cut chipboard from Leaky Shed Studios. If you've been following along this month I think you can tell we're all having great fun with it.

Here is my offering for you today...

a very British Postcard....

The teacup was painted with gesso then covered with two layers of the Silks Acrylic Glaze. I used the Inca Gold Guilders Paste on the crown, rim of the tea cup and saucer.

To make the thin gold line around the outside edges of the postcard I used a scrap sheet of paper and positioned it so only the very edge of the postcard was showing. I then rubbed the Guilders Paste over this exposed area and repeated for each side.

I used a floral image from the Tea Party Flowers collage sheet for the pattern on my tea cup. I further embellished the tea cup with a bit of pen work using the Micron pen. I works wonderfully over the Silks glaze. To finish off the postcard I stamped the saying...

Altered Page Supplies:

701 Victorian Tea

3032 Tea Party Flowers

Guilders Paste - Inca Gold

Silks Acrylic Glaze - Grapefruit

Gesso

Aleene's Tacky Glue

Micron Pen (.05)

Leaky Shed Chipboard Crown & Teacup

Stickles Glitter Glue

Other Supplies:

Black Ink

Alphabet Stamps

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Ink Stained Roni

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Handy Tip for Artists, Recyclers and Neat Freaks! I have a follow-up to the Citra-Sol method for creating fabulous background pages and collages. I bought a big bag of navel oranges and realized I had the ingredients to make my own solvent! Simply take a clean glass jar, peel the rind from the oranges and place all the rind/peels, without the pulp (tangerines, oranges, navels) into the jar. Pour enough vinegar over the peels to cover them. Allow the jar to sit for a week or two and VOILA! You have made your own solvent for literally pennies. You will notice the liquid getting a bit thicker than the plain vinegar and it does not smell bad!!! I now have a HUGE jar on the window sill! Be careful and only use this after testing on a safe spot.

Full Circle

Hi all! Becky here today! I have been in a circle-mood lately & have been doing circles on everything! So why not do some circles with some of my Gelli Prints??? Here's a simple little card I made using 4 different circle punches, a black pen & some previously made Gelli prints! Hope you're enjoying Springtime in your area! Cheers!

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