AlteredPages Artsociates

Today, I have a quick little post about all the options for you at  Alteredpages.com   if you love playing with watercolors like I do.  Whether you prefer  watercolor pencils ,  Gelatos  or a bit of shimmer like these  Niji paint sets , AlteredPages has you covered.  You can even paint right on  vintage music sheet  like I have done with this butterfly.      Or, use a more traditional approach with this  Prima watercolor pad  like I did with my little cactus friend below.  This piece is not quite finished.  I need to decide what this guy is sitting on...maybe a potting bench or maybe in a garden.  We will see, but for now he is just kind of floating around.   I love to make little pieces like these and send them off to family and friends.  They make great little memories for sharing.   So, give our watercolor supplies a try for yourself and make some...

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...

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. ...

When I think of Peace, Kindness & Love I think of HEARTS.  I decided to try resist painting with embossing powder and Gelatos. Heart shaped stamps Gelatos Water Brush Gold Embossing Powder Red Embossing Powder Ink Cherry Mist Wink of Stella Silver Watercolor paper Heat tool FIRST HeART CARD Stamp with ink, heat emboss with gold powder on watercolor paper. Use pink gelato, rub it on a palate and use the water brush thin it until there aren't any bits of the gelato.  Paint over the gold embossing.    Spritz the card with the red spray.   Spray  with water, wipe the heart with a paper towel. Dry with heating tool.    Love all the effect of the water on the card!         SECOND CARD     Stamp with ink, heat emboss with red powder on watercolor paper.   On this card I first spritzed it with water, then spray...

Journaling has always been important to me. I may forget for stretches of time, but I always land back between the crinkly blank pages; daring me to write or draw.   Then one day I realized if the pages weren't blank I might find it easier to start writing, thus I began altering the black pages (in no real order).    Let me share the supplies and steps I took to Art-Up my Journal.   Supply List: A Blank Journal Splash Inks Muse Hollywood Movies Rubber Stamp Set Acrylic Stamping Block Scissors Aqua-Flo Water Brushes Paint Pots with Lids Pipettes Stazon Ink Water Easy peasy. Let's get going... Here is my Journal cover I made; just for fun:   The  Splash Inks  are fabulous for water coloring. The set comes with Magenta, Blue, Yellow, and Black. It also includes a card of Recipes  for color mixing. So accurate and so many combinations. This set is staying in my basic toolbox from now on. So I ch...