AlteredPages Artsociates

One of my favorite parts of art journalling and mixed media art is what I call "following the art." I have talked to the AlteredPages.com owner Jean about this a number of times over the past year. What happens is I will have a plan in my head of how I want something to progress and I will sit down to do that project but the end product that I had in mind is not where I end up...I "follow the art." That is how this project began. I initially wanted to attempt to replicate a technique done with other products and see if I could make it with products available at alteredpages.com. The main difference being that rather than using resin, I was using lacquer. Now before you go and say "well there's your problem," here's my reasoning...I can get the resin look with lacquer successfully, I think in this particular technique it should work in a similar fashion...so let's give it a whirl. I will not dwell any longer on what should have been as that con...

It seems like just yesterday my daughter was born and now, just a short time later, she is turning 7 today. Where did the time go? I started this mixed media page with her in mind. The colors are representative of the two of us and just happened to tie in with the collage page  1662D A Visit to the Dollhouse. In addition to the above collage page I used Punchinella , Crafters Workshop Stencil , Maya Road Pearl Mist from the AlteredPages.com store. Additional supplies included Watercolor Paper, Acrylic Paint, Distress Inkpad and Reinker, Want2Scrap Bling and Buttons Galore Buttons. Lyrics to the ABBA song Slipping Through My Fingers  are printed on tissue and Mod Podged to the page allowing the textures of the background stenciling to show through. Happy Birthday Fancy Pants! I hope you enjoy my Mixed Media Page! Thank you for looking~ leslierahye

Jean recently added Crafters Workshops to the store and I couldn't wait to get some and play with all the different ways you can use them. I started with these below--please know this is merely the surface! For stencil play you will need:  stencils [ I used the 6" Cubist Stencil ] Eco Green Acrylic Paint Artist Spackle and card to spread Paris Trunk Ink brush With one stencil and few different mediums you can attain several looks! Inky stencil Spackled stencil Spackled Stencil with light heating Spackled Stencil with heavy heating Stipple Brushed paint Paint squeegee'd in to Stencil and then heated--to make bubbles After paint is squeegee'd in, turn over the stencil and make a print of the painted side.  All these different looks are achieved with just a few different supplies and the same stencil. Don't be afraid to experiment with your tools! What are some of your favorite ways to play with stencils?? Alter Your...