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Hope you have enjoyed all the ideas our design team has been sharing this month for our theme "It's a WRAP".  We still have a few more days to go! Trims can be used to wrap around a gift box , tie on the handle of a gift bag , attach tags and more!!! Sometimes all a package needs is trims and ribbons to dress it up... See these trims & ribbons  and more at  AlteredPages.com    Floral Flat Jute              Silk ribbon 1/4 inch wide Ivory, Champagne and Pink   Cotton Ribbons Musical Notes, Bees, Crowns and Fleur de Lis   Hand Dyed Ribbons   Shear Ribbon Lavender Daisy Ribbon     Baker's Twine Great color combinations!     Festive Trims Red or Green   And That's a WRAP!    

The focus at Altered Pages this month has been gift containers, wraps and tags. With the upcoming Halloween season, I couldn't help but thinking of the most final of packages and the tags that go with them. Yep, you guessed it! Today's post is all about toe tags! Bringing you this creepy post is Betsy Skagen of Paper Calliope . Just think of the head-to-toe tingles you can create when you give a present adorned with the kind of tag hung on bodies at the morgue (or at least a spookified version of one). Each hair-raising tag shows a toe, of course. They also feature pictures of the deceased, as well as hints about the creepy cause of death--whether it be zombie, werewolf, vampire or...you get the picture.  Tutorial: How to make Toe Tag Altered Gift Tags Use a blending tool to ink the edges of a manila tag with brown ink. I own a plethora of vintage tags and thought my "Returned Part" tags were perfect for my toe tag theme. As you can see above...

This week I was in need of gift wrap for a house warming gift!  Today I have the bag I created for my gift.  I cannot share what is inside because the person receiving it is a member of the Altered Pages Facebook group!     I wanted it to look like a house... the blue pattern paper topper is the scalloped edged roof and the pink area is similar to a wall paper!    With the bag flat adhere the pink pattern paper using a glue stick.  Arrange items you would like to embellish your bag: Gold Opulence Stickers  (clock and "Time to Celebrate"), K aiserCraft Embellishment Bingo Card Pack ,  and Glitz Whatnots ~ Yours Truly  (frame and queen with heart staff) Using tacky glue attach the Petaloo Flowers.    Fold the blue paper at 8 inches, measure the width needed to fit over the handles of the bag.  Cut a slit 2 inches longer than your measurement and an inch wide. ...

When creating your wrap for your gift add interest and textures with embellishments!!!!  Add flowers, papers, fabric, metal, ribbons, buttons and more! All are available at AlteredPages.com ORGANZA FLOWERS   PETALOO FLOWERS     CHIPBOARD   SARI SILK BURLAP BURLAP FLOWERS FELT FLOWERS     ADHESIVE BACKED CORRUGATED PAPER   GLITTERS       Find all of these and more at AlteredPages.com The products you can use are endless!!! And THAT's a WRAP !      

I thought I would "go back to the past" and find a few posts that we could revisit that are perfect ideas for  I T'S a WRAP!!!     Click on the links below the pictures to see the original posts.       Danie May's Beautiful Gift/Thank You Tags     Jean's  Small Gift Box Filled with Tea Bags     Stephanie Siatta's Halloween Gift Bag     Tonya's Spooky Gift Tag       Robin Horasanian's Up-cycled Box     Lyneen's H alloween Treat Pillows!   Debi Tullier's video of her Up-cycled Gift Box       Lyneen's Tussie Mussies can be made for any season!    Come back tomorrow for more great ideas from the Altered Pages Design Team!     AND THAT'S a WRAP!    

At  Altered Pages We have been busy WRAPPING  things up!!! The Altered Pages Design Team has been creating things for wrapping.... gifts, surprises, books, tags, bags and more!  Today I am sharing a few products available at Altered Pages that could be used to "WRAP IT UP"   Paper Mache Box Blank Board Blocks  Cones - for Tussie Mussies Tins Pretty Pots   ALTERED TAGS.....   There is a wide variety of tags to choose from ! and AWESOME TRIMS for the finishing touch! Printed Ribbons Hand Dyed Ribbons Sheer Ribbons Other supplies you may need Pattern Papers Embellishments Charms  Chipboard Adhesives AND "THAT'S a WRAP"