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Hi Everyone,   Jess  here with an art journal page for you today.  Since it's below 100 degrees it must be Fall in Arizona! Time to break out the scarves and pumpkins.  I made this creepy journal page just for you.   To start my page I used several colors of  mists.      I used one color at a time, drying between layers to be sure I didn't make mud.   While the page was drying I used my watercolor paper and  Stazon  ink to stamp my images.     I hit the images with the heat gun because they are about to get very wet.  I wanted to be sure I used my watercolor paper for this part since it hold up to lots of water and doesn't peel up like other cardstock might.       I used my Distress Markers to color my images.  For the main part of the skull I used Antique Linen.  I scribbled some on the craft sheet and used my  water brush  to pick up the...

Hey there, Barbara here with an extra project to share with you this month.  For this post, I wanted to share some tips and techniques using a new product at Altered Pages called Art Anthology Sorbet dimensional acrylics.   I started out with a blank manila tag, but I could not stop at just showing you the techniques on the tag.  I had to finish it, and here is the result. Supplies: AP 467 Mystic Asian collage sheet Vintage Text Pages Art Anthology Sorbet Dimensional Paint :  Kenyan Copper, Blue Eyes, Mint Julep, Kona, Red Velvet, Orchid Dylusions Diamond Border stencil Manila Tags The Robin' Nest Chocolate dew drops Blue/green cardstock (8" x 9-/4") Distress ink:  Vintage Photo Punches:  Hydrangeas, Mini Butterflies, Sakura (Martha Stewart) Brush a coat of Kenyan Copper over tag and let dry.  The little flecks you see in the photo are glitter.  (TIP:  I found that dampening my brush with a bit of water allowed me to ...