AlteredPages Artsociates

Vintage Memories are showcased by  the creative supplies of  USArtQuest.com  and AlteredPages.com :  This lone photo longed for a story. I chose Arizona as the locale and the Salt River as the body of water. It may or may not be true, but that is what the picture said to me. I combined many glorious creative tools: USArtQuest Art Paper    USArtQuest Prills    USArtQuest Perfect Pigment Acrylic Paint    USArtQuest PPA Gloss    USArtQuest Mica D'Lights    Ink for Aging    A Vintage Photo    Lace and Fabric and Burlap Ribbon     Film Negatives    Paper Flowers    Splash Inks    Alphabet Die Cuts    Aqua-Flo Water Brush    Embellishments    Adhesive    Choose some textured   USArtQuest Art Paper   and the wonderfully versatile  Aqua-Flo Water Brush  to watercolor a...

Wanted to let a friend know how lucky I am to have her... With some St. Patrick's Day flair and smidgen of Pantone Greenery; the supplies used were: Cardstock    Embellishments    Rubber Stamp    Ink    Metallic Niji Pastels    Gold Stickers    Adhesive    Lots of creative love Stamping my image upon cardstock... Using the pastels on ephemera and stamped image, assembling it all and adhering... Here we have it... Thank you for stopping by and saying hi to the Design Team. Join us and our March Partner for lots more creative fun. Ciao for now, -Trish Alger

Hmmmm, where will all this good stuff lead...? Today I have made a giant tag using the new "Tag Pad"  that Altered Pages now carries.  The paper is quality watercolor paper and  I LOVED working with it.    I am going to keep the commentary as short as possible and let the pictures do most of the talking (this should be interesting.)   A detailed supply list is provided and the end of this post.  Background created first with palette knife, gesso and punchinella.    I was too excited and forgot to snap a pic before I began painting.    Picture all of those circles started out white.  ;-)       The color was achieved by using watercolor and then a bit of   white and black acrylic around the edges.   The acrylic was just finger painted on.  This next pic is the back of the tag.    Now, pretty from both sides.  This is vintage text applied ...

Join me in shaking off those winter blues, cabin fever, or nostalgic mourning, for passing celebrities, with some magic from our February Partner;  Faerie Song Rubber Art Stamp.      Here are the ingredients in my magical recipe: Moon Goddess unmounted rubber stamp     Burlap    Squash Blossom Turquoise Embossing Powder     Dark Blue Pigment Ink    Aleene's Jewel It Adhesive    Sari Ribbon    Various Ribbons & Embellishments     Stickles     Vintage Chalk Paint   Glitter     Watercolor paper Clothespin or hairclip of choice Circle Punch or Circle Diecut (approx. 2")  Floral Diecut Heat or embossing gun Foam block and rounded edge chopstick  Let's ink up: with our  Moon Goddess unmounted rubber stamp  image  with  Dark Blue Pigment Ink  . Prepare to emboss. I use watercolor paper (jus...