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Are you familiar with the art of Charles Gesmar?  I wasn't. Until I found a collage sheet full of his poster art at Altered Pages, that is.  He was a French costumer and poster artist for most of the stars of the Paris Music Hall  and his artwork was big in the 1920's. Today I'm using Gesmar's poster art of Marion Forde on two cards.  I love this playful image.  Because it is filled with pink, I started with the Saucy 6x6 paper bundle by Authentique.  The pink floral background really stood out to me.  While I was flipping through the pad I found the "Domestic Goddess" saying and knew I had to use it.  There are also pink papers in the Fabulous paper bundle.  The individual 6x6 sheets of Fairy Tale Rose would also be cool. I liked this pink Bazzill Edge paper border to bring the two floral pieces together and a pink Dew Drop gave it a touch of shine. And since I had printed two of the collage sheets, I made a sec...

Hi Everyone, Danie here with you today sharing a little shrine project perfect for Christmas using the Blue Angels Collage Sheet from Altered Pages and a few of the other great art supplies you will find in store. Here's a summary of the steps I used to make this piece. Paint Chipboard in Desired Color Teal Making some Marks in a darker color ink and with a home made stamp Choose background paper and image for focal point of shrine Cut paper to size and work out placement and glue in place   Add further marks with Gold Ink and using Circle Background Stamp Add text with stamps Add further embellishment with Bling and a Pearl Pen Supplies Used: Chipboard Shrine Blue Angels Collage Sheet Circles Background Stamp Delicata Gold Ink Teal Paint Cobalt Blue Archival Ink Gold Bling Sunny Yellow Pearl Pen Other Misc. Stamps

Hi Everyone, Danie here today with a ATC Post using some of the wonderful products available from Altered Pages. I started where I often start by applying torn paper to my ATC back.  I chose some neutral and vintage papers from some of the Glitz Paper Collections and Vintage Text Pages , which I adhered with Gel Medium hence the shine you can see in this photo. Next I added a lot coat of Gesso . It's Spring here in Australia so I was drawn to work with my Gelatos in the Paper Flowers Kit which come in four different Spring like Shades, Lemon, Snow Cone, Metallic Grape and Metallic Melon. Apart from the Gelatos, this kit comes with lots of paper flowers for you to artfully color and add dimension to.  It's worth checking out. While the Gesso was still wet I added some of each color to my fingers and rubbed this randomly over the backgrounds of my ATC's.  After doing so I took a little bit more Gesso and lightly brushed this across the surface...

Hi everyone!  Barbara here with my last post as part of the  Altered Pages  design team.  I am saddened to leave this fabulous group, but never fear, I've been asked to come back on occasion as a guest designer, and I happily agreed!  I decided to make a cute little accordion style mini note book with tags using simple coin envelopes. And, best of all, these are so quick and easy to make.  I love quotes and used some on the back of my tags, along with some fab collage images for the tag fronts.  Altered Pages has a great selection of collage images, too!    Cut a strip of gray card stock 2-1/2" wide by 11" long.  Use a scoring tool, like the  Scor-Pal , to score at 1", 1-3/8",  5-1/2", 5-7/8", and 9-3/4".  Cut off excess paper at the 9-3/4" score line. Fold top flaps to inside and place double-sided tape down the center of each coin envelope.  Adhere coin envelopes together.  Make su...

Hello everyone!  Barbara here today with a really fun project using  Dixie Bell Paints , our partner this month.  I am so delighted with this product, and I want to share how easy it is to use.   I love working with chipboard because it allows me to add wet and heavier objects to my pieces.  So here goes. I started with this  Laser Cut Crests  chipboard as my base.   I painted the chipboard with a coat of  Liquitex Gesso .  If I were working on wood or furniture, I probably would not have used the gesso with this paint, but I like to save my expensive paints from soaking into the very porous chipboard, and the gesso does give it a nice base to work on.  Plus, your color will be truer if you have the white base beneath the paint. I printed my collage images and, using a soft brush, coated them with the Dixie Bell Clear Coat Satin.  Since I only have an inkjet printer, this will keep the ink from running while ...