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Shh...this is my first try at Pocket Pages. Really, it is! Now I am addicted to this super-fun ATC sized art. As you can see there can be an abundance of materials: Paper    Gel Prints    Paintables    Vintage Images and Text    Paint    Ink    Rubber Stamps    Fibers    Flowers    Embellishments    Pocket Page    I tried out some images: Then I really went wild: The Paintables worked well with many mediums: Here is each one individually; #1: #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 Here they are all together again: I sure hope you have enjoyed the floral journey: Ciao for now, -Trish Alger

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

HELLO LOVELY READERS ~ I AM SHARING CREATIVE SPRING THEMED WOOD BLOCK PROJECTS TODAY.    We had a class for Spring wood blocks this past week.  I was blown away by the creativity of the participants.   We provided the basic parts and pieces and let them have at it!   One of the girls is so afraid of creating and wound up with an awesome out of the box creation!  This is one of my projects ~ We began with raw wood blocks  3.5" x 4.5"  I also added a brand new copper penny and a yellow ceramic butterfly plus the glass knob.  More blocks, with a Shabby look The wood was painted in an array of Spring colors using  DecoArt / Americana paints . Some girls used sandpaper to soften the edges of the blocks after paint was applied.  This provided a lovely shabby effect. Die cut adhesive letters were prepared using our double side adhesive specialty paper.  Assorted precut papers were availabl...

Welcome!  I was just playing around the other day with my cool water color pencils  and  water brushes from Royal & Langnickel .  I created a few ATC's with the above supplies along with collages from Alteredpages.com.   I had the thought in mind that I could add them easily to a card for future use.  There is no theme here, just fun painting, paper piecing and assembling...on a small ATC sized scale.   And, here they are...     I lightly colored areas of each collage image with the water color pencil to emphasize one or two focal points.  The pencils gave me the preciseness of a pen or colored pencil with the end result...water color.                          In each ATC I embellished with stamping and embossing,  gold leafing,  layering vintage text and tags within the ATC.  All the ...