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How time flies when you are having fun stamping!  We are half way through the month using the amazing stamps from Lost Coast Designs.  We hope you have enjoyed the projects so far!     I am using the unmounted Winged Girl from   Lost Coast Designs .    Supplies: Lost Coast Designs Winged Girl Stamp Acrylic Block Black Ink Embossing Powder Watercolor Paper Cardstock for mat Waterbrush Gelatos assorted colors Spray Mist Double-sided Tape Niji Paints Gold Pen Flowers   To start wet a piece of watercolor paper using a  Waterbrush . Scribble Gelaltos on a craft mat using it as a paint pallet.  With a waterbrush apply Gelatos to the wet paper, as pictured above.  Blend the colors as desired.  Let dry!     Once it is dry gently mist with a coordinating color.   Mount the Winged Girl stamp on an Acrylic Block  with Dou...

By now you have heard that Altered Pages has partnered with Lost Coast Designs.  The Design Team is busy working with Lost Coast Designs amazing red rubber stamps to bring you inspiration this month!  Today I am experimenting with FLYING MONA! Supplies: Lost Coast Designs Flying Mona stamp Acrylic Block Black Ink Brown Ink White tissue paper Embossing Powder Black Glue Stick Double Sided Tape Vintage Text Paper Card Base - Cardstock Pens Gold Niji Paints Water Brush Use the   Lost Coast Designs Flying Mona stamp on an Acrylic Block  and Black Ink . Stamp Flying Mona on White Tissue paper.   Heat embossed the image with Embossing Powder - Black .    Paint Flying Mona with Niji Paints  using a Water Brush .  Be careful not to saturate the tissue paper with water or it will tear. Let the paints dry.    Wet the area around Flying Mona, then gently tear the paper around. ...

Christmas the silly season is upon us, so I don't have a project per say however I had a few moments spare finally to break out a product I have had on hand for some time but hadn't yet played with.  Creative Paper Clay is an air dry modelling material which you can use with suitable molds to create your own embellishments for a wide array of projects you make or simply shape into your desired embellishment by hand and etch pattern or details into it, etc. Start by breaking off a piece in the size large enough for your chosen mold.  Knead and warm it a little in your hands to make it more pliable and then fill and work it into the mold.  Smooth off the clay so it is level with the top of the mold and then set aside to dry.  Usually allow 24hrs for this. Be sure to place and store immediately your left over clay in an air safe container such as Tupperware so it doesn't dry out. There are various molds on the market that are suitabl...

I am loving these little stamps  from Rubber Stamp Depot!!!  What fun for to use them for card making, ATC, Inchies, Twinchies and Moos! Supplies: EchoArt Board  1 1/2 x 1 1/2 Rubber Stamp Depot - La Boda Sabor Amor Cutouts Sabor Recuerdos Amor Black Ink Embossing Powder Black NIJI Pearlescent Paints Tacky Glue Double stick tape Foam Dimensionals Card Base Lace - Black   On 1 /-1/2 x 1 1/2  EchoArt Board  stamp  Rubber Stamp Depot - La Boda  with black ink , then emboss with black Embossing Powder . Add  little bit of color and sparkle with the NIJI Pearlescent Paints ! Ink the edges with black ink , let the ink set for a minute   I love the Sabor Recuerdos Amor  cardstock sheet for cards.  Each section makes wonderful backgrounds or individual cards!     ut desired section from the Sabor Recuerdos Amor  and adhere to the Card Base   with Do...

More art with my Mailbox Muse stamps  and NIJI Watercolors .  For this project I used images from two different sets of Mailbox Muse Stamps, the Muse Architecture Stamps and Muse Gothic! Supplies: Mailbox Muse Stamps: Muse Architecture  and Muse Gothic Niji Watercolor Paint Set Echo Art Board Waterbrush VersaColor Black   Gelatos Craft paper Smooch Spritz - Frosted Grape On the Craft paper with VersaColor Black  stamp the Gargoyle from the Muse Gothic  stamp set, fussy cut the image. On the Echo Art Board  stamp the column from the Muse Architecture  stamp set with VersaColor Black , repeat as pictured above.  Paint the Gargoyle and Echo Art Board  with Niji Watercolor Paint Set  using a   Waterbrush . Spray  Smooch Spritz - Frosted Grape  on craft mat and water down a bit.  Add a little color to the legs for shadowing, the wings to pop the body and the eyes..... ...