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Hey, let's just have fun and experiment!  We are going to play with a trending art form  that you may have seen a bit about;   String Art.  It is fun and easy and the results are pretty incredible. You will want to use a watery consistency of medium  as your "ink".   You can use diluted  acrylic paints, Gelatos or Splash inks .  You then s aturate pieces of  twine  in the colors of your choice.    I prefer using gloved hands for the next few steps.  Sometimes I like messy artsy looking hands, but I had literally just had my nails done this day and did not want to lose my French mani. ;-)  Now, lay the twine in a meandering pattern from the top to the bottom of your paper.  You can use an art journal , as I did here with my Dylusions journal, card stock or even a premade craft card .  You basically just need two pieces of paper to sandwich over your twine.  ...

Hi, it's Jean I am so enjoying our PRIMA month.  It has truly made my creativity spark to life.   Flowers, papers and YES ~ Sandra Evertson's Relics and Artifacts are among my playthings this month.   I started with a white relic and started adding stain and color with my Splash Inks.  The composition of the relics allows the inks to slightly absorb, allowing time to rub and move the ink around. The reverse side before I started adding layers to the front.   Each color added another dimension, I rubbed magenta and then Azure and even mixed some together and rubbed them on.  Then I used the Liquid Delicata for an extra royal touch. I also adore the Delicata gold ink you have seen me use before, it is from Imagine Crafts.   The richness of color is astounding as you layer the inks.  With Splash Inks , you make any color you want.   You can add it to a water brush or place it in a spray bottle or simply a bot...

We adore the Jule Nutting Prima Tag Pad. Here are some experiments using Prima products that made me happy.   Using the PRIMA tag pad,    Prima florals,  some Splash Inks, alcohol inks, seam binding that I dyed, pen, gold ink and stamp pads.   I  will carry my Prima Tag Pad with me everywhere, so easy to create when traveling, or in a free moment.    Since watercolor paper absorbs, I tried simply dropping ink onto the paper and watched it flow.  I think it was pretty OK.  The inks absorbed beautifully on the seam binding.  I also dropped some ink onto some of the flower stamens to make them pop. I was 5 years old in this photo.   On this tag, I dropped ink and then used a stamp pad to color the white areas.   I used gold ink (on my finger to edge the paper).  I wrapped some gold thread from my stash too. Truth be told, I used my label maker to create the words. ...

I am very thankful for Creative Arts. My life would be quiet empty and lacking color without art.  I felt this tag represents a flight of fancy.   The sketch (coloring collage sheet) moving from a coloring book look, to colored image to an actual "flower" is how my world is. I think many forget that everything was a "sketch" before it took shape and became "real".  I am so thankful to AlteredPages for allowing me to have this fun forum to express myself. I am also delighted to use the wonderful rubber stamps from Lost Coast Designs.  I used one of their Whimsical bird stamps but please check out their diverse catalog of  stamps.   Supplies used were: Gel Press Splash Inks brayer palette acrylic paints Black-eyed Susan handmade flowers Watercolor Pencils  Pan Pastels 3061 Coloring Flowers Collage sheet Random embossing folder for patterning with Gel Press Stencil with celestial elements Aleene's Glue Scissors Misce...

Happy 4th of July to all of those from the USA!     This month Altered Pages is partnering with Lost Coast Designs... our design team hopes to inspire you to try new techniques rubber stamping.  Lost Coast Designs stamps are high quality rubber with great detail!   The Lost Coast Designs Party Hat Cat  has decided to celebrate this 4th of July!!!     Today I will be sharing a watercolor technique using washi tape.   I am using the unmounted Lost Coast Designs stamps this month, I use Double Sided Tape to attach them to my Acrylic Block !  Stamp the Party Hat Cat with Black Ink  and heat embossed with Embossing Powder Black Supplies: Lost Coast Designs  Party Hat Cat stamp Acrylic Block Altered Pages Americana Collage Sheet Black Ink Embossing Powder Black Glue Stick Double Sided Tape White Cardstock - stamping and painting Card Base - Cardstock Splash Inks...

I like to have a package of COLOR ME CRAZY Paintable Flowers on hand for the times I need flowers and don't have the right color! flowers.  I am planning a patriotic project and need red, white and blue flowers!  I couldn't find any flowers that were the right color.  Most of the blues were a shade of dusty blue.  Today I am painting flowers with my GO TO paint SPLASH INKS !         The Color Me Crazy Flowers at AlteredPages.com more than paintable.  You can stamp, chalk and ink the too!       Today I am using SPLADH INKS and the Color Me Crazy Flowers !   Use them on paper and porous surfaces. Rich pigments last forever. Mix with mediums, glitter and more . Only four colors come in the package of SPLADH INKS  Yellow, Magenta, Blue and Black.   With SPLADH INKS you can create over 100 colors using the recipes included in the package!   MAGENTA FLOWERS ...