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Queen Victoria deserves her own regal turn at an ATC. This crazy idea came to me after I watched a demonstration on bead gel medium. What if I could stamp an image on the 1st layer of color; would it show through the cured bead gel medium? Well, let's see how it came out. The ingredients list included: Gel Bead Medium  (substitute  Gel Medium ) ATC Paper, Board, Etc...   (3.5" x 2.5") Art Anthology Paint    Queen Vee Rubber Stamp   Stazon Ink    Splash Ink    I cut a piece of watercolor paper to the 3.5" x 2.5" ATC standard size and scraped an even layer of Fiesta  Art Anthology Paint   and set aside to dry.    Using the  Stazon Ink   I stamped the  Queen Vee Rubber Stamp   Nice and crisp we could stop right there, BUT I couldn't. I scraped bead gel medium over the image and set aside to dry overnight. Okay, here it is dried. You can see I couldn't r...

Today I have used Dixie Belle Paint   and an Altered Pages Lighthouse to create a beach canvas. with a lighthouse in the background.  After I started creating it I remembered I had some beach glass I collected at Glass Beach in Port Townsend, WA. When I went on my hike to collect the beach glass we couldn't see a lighthouse, but there isn't one too far away! Supplies: Dixie Belle Paint  Sea Glass Dixie Belle Van Dyke Brown Glaze Dixie Belle Swamp Mud Texture Medium - White Altered Pages Lighthouses Collage Sheet Canvas Burlap Gel Medium Tacky Glue Dew Drops Charms Sea Glass Shells Canvas for this project is 4x4.  Rip the lighthouse image from the Altered Pages Lighthouses Collage Sheet .  Apply a light layer of Gel Medium  on the canvas, lay image on wet gel medium and add another layer of Gel Medium  over the picture.   Let Dry.   Paint edges of canvas and around the image of the lightho...

Need a rustic looking bottle, no need to look any further than your Dixie Belle Paint !!!  The Altered Pages Design Team will be sharing projects created with Dixie Belle Paint  all month!!  I loved how the paint went on the glass bottle I altered for my project today. Recycling bottles are great for making a large number of center pieces.  After I made this bottle I was thinking of tons of occasions you could make center pieces for using this tutorial!   Supplies: Dixie Belle Paint  Sea Glass Dixie Belle Van Dyke Brown Glaze Altered Pages Victorian Labels Collage Sheet Bottle - Brown Beer bottle Painters Tape Burlap Gel Medium Charms     Clean bottle and remove any residue from labels. Apply painters tape to areas you don't want painted.  Paint the bottle with Dixie Belle Paint  - Sea Glass.  Let dry.     Over the dry Dixie Belle Paint  - Sea Glass w...