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Recycled Gift Box by Debi Tullier I am the queen of  using all kinds of throw away stuff for projects. This time I had a very stiff chipboard tube from a wide tape. I knew it had greatness in its future. Join with me in my journey to change its life.   I had a real challenge. I was away from home with very limited supplies. Thank goodness I brought several from AlteredPages in my survival kit. Supplies: Box Aleene’s tacky glue Decoupage paper (on Hand) Molding paste (on Hand) Dixie Bell Paints Crystal Lacquer and mica mixers Gypsy Soul Laser Chipboard Metallic marker (on hand) Fabric (on hand) Stencil previously from AlteredPages Join me next month!

Hello everyone!  Barbara here today with a really fun project using  Dixie Bell Paints , our partner this month.  I am so delighted with this product, and I want to share how easy it is to use.   I love working with chipboard because it allows me to add wet and heavier objects to my pieces.  So here goes. I started with this  Laser Cut Crests  chipboard as my base.   I painted the chipboard with a coat of  Liquitex Gesso .  If I were working on wood or furniture, I probably would not have used the gesso with this paint, but I like to save my expensive paints from soaking into the very porous chipboard, and the gesso does give it a nice base to work on.  Plus, your color will be truer if you have the white base beneath the paint. I printed my collage images and, using a soft brush, coated them with the Dixie Bell Clear Coat Satin.  Since I only have an inkjet printer, this will keep the ink from running while ...

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts chipboard was great to work with!!!  During the month of June the Altered Pages Team create some awesome projects. Today we would like to take a look back at the teams work!     A Marie Style Doll by Trisha Neal     Journal Box by Debi Tullier     ATC SHRINE by Steph S     Time Flies by Lyneen Jesse   Fathers Day Card by Barbara Rankin   Sari Necklace by Steph Siatta   Steampunk Mixed Media Canvas by Barbara Rankin     Steampunk Altered Bottle by Trish Alger Independence Angel by Robin Horasanian     ATB by Jean Moore        

I love all these great gear shapes from Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts.  Large, small, thin, chunky, smooth, teeth...a little bit of everything.  Our Design Team has shown you several ways to decorate your chipboard.  My favorite way is to paint them.  I have several bottles of metallic color acrylic paint and I painted several gears in each of the colors. So bright and shiny!  Well, that won't do.  Some brown StazOn ink and a cotton swab makes these chipboard gears look aged. For the background of my card, I chose a gray pattern from the 6x6 Authentique paper pad Durable.  I chose two pictures from the Fly With Steam collage sheet for my Steampunk theme.  Two stencils and more of the same brown ink from the gears help blend the image into the background. And now the fun part!!  I grabbed my Tacky Glue and layered the gears all around the image.  Everything was adhered to a black card base and it's done! Suppli...

Hi everyone!  Barbara here today with a fluttery-steampunk-style mixed media canvas using  Altered Pages  products and our those from our partner,  Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts ! First, I grabbed a 6"x9"  Canvas Panel Board  and gave it a light coat of  Liquitex Gesso  before I added a bit of molding paste through a stencil.  Then I laid out my Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts chipboard pieces to see how they will look.  I always give my chipboard a light coat of gesso before adding color.  In this case, I used the  Chalk Paints  in Brown, Romance, and Heritage.  I used a sponge or  Ranger Blending Tool  to pick up the colors and dab them onto the chipboard.  I find this works better than a brush because it does not fill in any of the small openings in the laser cuts. I was going for a rusty look, and I even added some brown to the  Pen Nibs  to make them look old.  Set these aside to dry...