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What a great gift for a friend who loves STEAMPUNK...  Home décor made with Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts and Altered Pages products!   This frame came with a back ground piece, frame, easel and attachment to use if hanging from the wall. Supplies for this project: Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts - Frame  & Butterfly Steampunk Female Unmounted Embossing Powders  - Pirates Gold, Midnight Black & Rusty Penny  Resin Molded Flowers Pen Nib   Black Ink Delicata Gold Ink Black Chalk Paint Tacky Glue Double stick tape Flowers     First ink the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts - Frame with black, then emboss with Midnight Black Embossing Powder .  IR took three layers to get the enameled look.     Then ink the edges with Delicata Gold and heat emboss with Pirates Gold Embossing Powder .   Paint the back ground with Black Chalk Paint , let dry.   With Black Ink flowers with a pattern stamp. ...

MD Hobby and Craft Metal Sheet Roll is perfect for your Steampunk projects.  I wanted to try putting it through my die-cutting machine.  I worked perfectly, once I got the shims correct. The dies cut through the metal sheet just like paper!         Carefully cut pieces of metal from the 12 in x 30 in roll, just large enough for your die.  I was able to cut the metal with a regular pair of scissors.  For the card I die-cut two small gears and one large gear.      Pictured above the dies just before adding the shims and running through the die-cutting machine.     Gears Cut from MD Hobby and Craft Metal Roll.         Color the metal foil gears with Gilders Paste and irRESISTible spray, set aside to dry.     Stamp image on pattern paper, layer on black card stock with glue stick. Adhere to brown card base w...

By now I'm sure you know that the AP team is sharing projects created using DecoArt products during the month of January.  I am so happy and excited about this as DecoArt has a newer product line called DecoArt Media which is an entire line dedicated to mixed media artists. I decided to start off by making an Artist Trading Block ... I used several products from the Media line and thought I'd share a bit about each....   I started off by gluing down my vintage text and collage images to the block using DecoArt Media Matte Medium .  It can be used as a collage glue, photo transfer medium, a clear ground and more. The consistency of this medium is very nice - it's slightly thicker than most of the thinner "white glue" like collage glues on the market which makes it far easier to control and I found it to be less messy.  I love the matte finish - it's great as a "clear gesso" and doesn't dry "slick" or glossy like ...

As you know this month Altered Pages has partnered with The Artists on the Block to share our Altered Trading Block creations using Eileen Hull's Sizzix Block dies . I was so excited because ATB's are so much fun, like an ATC on steroids! I knew immediately that I wanted to make a Steampunk theme block because AP offers so many great collage sheets that can be paired with that theme... so I got started and just couldn't stop at one! I ended up making a whole tower of ATB's! The bottom block was painted then covered with pieces from a glassine envelope that I disassembled, inked and stamped.  The center block was painted black and a different "Frankenstein Experiment" diagram was affixed to each side.  The top block was painted then I added torn bits of cork here and there.  I then applied Duo Adhesive to all the corners and sprinkled on metal leafing flakes. After all of the blocks were dried I cut out and applied various images and lab...

Here we are the last day of March and the end of our cross promotion with The Robin's Nest.  We sure hope your were inspired by the projects we shared this month.  If you didn't please take the time to visit The Robin's Nest Blog and see the projects their team created with Altered Pages collage sheets. Today I am sharing an "Alice" card. Supplies: Malibox Muse Kit-Alice's Utterly Mad Party collage sheet Medieval Cards Collage sheet (queen) Kraft Clock Pen Nib Robin's Nest  Gold Glitter Fleur De-li Cardstock Robin's Nest Dew Drops Red Glitter Swirl Paper Doily Red Stickles Ribbon

SOME OF MY GO TO SUPPLIES for EMBELISHING  ALL AVAILABLE at ALTERED PAGES Altered Pages - French Postmark Stamp   White Pen Kraft Paper Clocks Pen Nibs Gold Leafing Duo Adhesive for Gold Leafing   German Scrap   Washi Tape & Twine   Altered Pages - French Postmark Stamp   Pen Nibs   Gold Leafing   German Scrap   White Pens    Washi Tape   Be sure to spend time looking through all the wonderful products at Altered Pages to embellish your projects with!   Share with us in the comments some of your favorite go to supplies are when embellishing your projects!          

If you have a gift for the hostess of your   New Years Eve Party,  add a beautiful gift tag to give it a personal touch!  Supplies: Altered Pages Ring in the New Year Collage Sheet Wink of Stella Kraft Clock Glitz Large Rhinestone Pen Nib Glitter paper Large Tag Fiber Foam Dots Glue Chipboard Swirl  Adhere glitter paper to large tag. Paint chipboard black - dry - paint with  Wink of Stella .  Paint  Wink of Stella  around the edge of the  Kraft Clock . Adhere chipboard and clock with pen nib to tag.   Print 2 copies of the  Altered Pages Ring in the New Year Collage Sheet . Paint the first image with  Wink of Stella . Fussy cut the image of the couple dancing from the second image adhere to thin chipboard. Attach the couple to the first image with foam dots. Adhere to tag.     Add sparkly fiber &  Glitz Large Rhinestone   and you have a beau...