AlteredPages Artsociates

  Journaling with Stencil 1     Cover pages with gesso, spray with misters. Allow to dry.         Use Stencil 1- Repeat Fashion Chains with acrylic paint to add chains to page, dry.  Outline stenciled chain with distress marker, smear with finger (video shows technique).  To finished pages add pictures with gel medium, then stamp words and hearts.       Supplies: Dylusions Journal Altered Pages Angel Voices Collage Sheet Holy Cards Collage Gesso Gel medium Spray mists -Blue & Purple spray misters Acrylic paint Black Staz-on Black distress marker Stencil 1- Repeat Fashion Chains 4-pack Stamps     Visit Karen Conner www.krcmasterpiece.blogspot. com

Happy Friday Again Friends! You might already know that for the month of April Altered Pages will be having fun with Stencil 1 Stencils and you are sure to see numerous great projects.   For my first Stencil 1 project I thought I would just have some fun playing in my Dylusions Journal.  I used acrylic paints, collage and burlap flowers.  I literally had to make myself step away from it as I just kept playing and playing.  Here is the finished page.  I started by applying gesso to the entire layout even though I was only going to be working on the right side of the journal.  I thought I would get the left side ready.  I forgot to snap pictures, but I used the left side to clean my brushes and this started a nice backround in a similar color palette for my next layout...no wasted paint.   Here are the two pages waiting for the gesso to dry completely.   Next, I began adding layers of watered down acrylic paints in teal, tu...

So far this month the Altered Pages Design Team has shared some awesome projects using products from our partnering company DecoArt! I love the quality of all the products I have used so far.  I  look forward to trying everything I had received!     I have always LOVED art journals.    I am sharing one  decorated ... it is the small Dylusions Journal!   I used products from Altered Pages and DecoArt!     What I love about the small Dylusions Journal  is it is a wonderful craft base ready to paint. To start I painted a coat of Gesso on the journal.   Then with a matte Medium from DecoArt I painted on pieces of lace from my stash.  Some lace was white, others were shades of pink.     I painted over the lace using DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics: Primary Yellow, Pimaray Magenta and  Celebration Pink Glamour Dust Ultra Fine Glitter Paint. Let ...