AlteredPages Artsociates

Spring has sprung, the weather is warming up, flowers are getting ready to bloom and birds are singing in the morning! Today I have a beautiful tag created with the Music Sheet Stencil , on the Large Watercolor Tag  and Little Birdie Medley . Supplies: Music Sheet Stencil Altered Pages Collage Sheet - Little Spring Birdies Large Watercolor Tag Little Birdie Medley Gelatos Metallic Rub Water brush Mist  Brown Tacky Glue Ribbon - Seam Binding Spray water on   Large Watercolor Tag , add color to tag with Gelatos  (blue and yellow) with Water brush  blend colors on the tag, let dry.  Spray with Mist  Brown on the tag, let dry. With Metallic Rub  and  Music Sheet Stencil  add the notes to the top of the  Large Watercolor Tag .  Apply a little rub around the edge of the tag. Cut image from Altered Pages Collage Sheet - Little Spring Birdies , use in the cente...

I am always using brown bags for gift bags.  Today I am using a tag made a month ago to embellish a brown bag I have dressed-up for a gift today!   Altered brown bags make the perfect gift bag!       I used this tag made in December to embellish the bag... more details on creating the tag HERE!       Supplies to decorate the bag: Red Paper Brown Mist Paper bag Doubled sided Tape Luster Rub Stencil Lace Tacky Glue Tag     Cut Red Paper to the size of the bag, spray with Brown Mist , let dry. With stencil randomly apply Luster Rub  to the red paper. Attach red paper to the bag with  Doubled sided Tape , add Lace  with Tacky Glue .   Attach tag to bag!     Visit the blog often this month for more RED inspiration!    

Follow us on Bloglovin! With Valentines just around the corner... a small Valentine canvas would look great on my desk! Supplies Altered Pages Collage sheet : Always in Love Small Canvas or Art Board Chalk Paint - Timeless Chalk Paint - Rouge Gel medium Cherry Mist Black ink Ruby Red Glitter Flowers Glue Start off with a blank canvas and paint it with Chalk Paint - Timeless  and Chalk Paint - Rouge While the canvas is drying fussy cut image from Altered Pages Collage sheet : Always in Love With gel medium adhere small doily, then spritz with Cherry Mist , let dry. Adhere fussy cut image with gel medium, let dry. Then with Black ink   on finger  go around the edge of the canvas to frame it. Add just a touch of glitter with glue to the corners and adhere flowers! Love the vintage look of the canvas. Hope I have inspired you to create your own Valentine canvas!

items used in the creation of this journal page: book paper paint pens, felt-tip and ball-point pens white glue, Miracle Tape,gesso Gelatos EcoGreen Acrylic Paint Maya Road Mists Andy Skinner Stencil Collage Page Phrenology AP-900 Happy Friday everyone!! It's the last Friday of the month and I wanted to quickly share the above journal page that I created for myself using a ton of AlteredPages goodies. The image on the bottom right serves as a small pocket to hold a letter I've written to myself about the impact of the ImPACT [a cognitive testing system used to determine if patients have suffered a concussion] on my life over the last 8 months. The journaling lists the symptoms and restrictions of our concussion patient. We lived through this not once but twice in the past 8 months--you could say it's had an impact. The phrenology collage page was perfect for this page as well as the transparency of the gelatos and the textures achieved with the mists ...

Inspired by the recent trend in mixed media of altering embellishments with paints and mists to create a unified assemblage, I attempted this on a small scale with pieces of ephemera and left over embellishments from my AlteredPages.com stash. I stenciled artist spackle with the new Crafter's Companion Stencils and stamped into spackle with Mailbox Muse wings. I then layered pieces of torn book paper, canceled postage, German Scrap, trim, chipboard, mulberry flowers, and frayed fabric. I coated this layer with Gesso and after drying this layer, I misted Copper Maya Mist and homemade spritzes to form a base layer. After drying this, I adhered metal pieces, plastic shamrocks, paper embossed butterfly and fabric ribbon roses with E6000 and then once again applied gesso. I then applied a final layer of mists and heated the ATC to dry. I finally dry-brushed white gesso over the top of the entire card to highlight the textures of the assemblage elements. closeup of top of ...

DO YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES? DO YOU HEAR THE EXTRA NOTE? DO YOU ADD YOUR OWN IMAGE TO WHAT YOU SEE? YOU ARE WHAT IS CALLED AN ARTIS T.   Jean here on Sunday.  I was journaling and looking for images to fit my mood.   While I am not necessarily a Fairy person, I was struck by the ethereal beauty of the  AP collage 514 Fairy Dreams .   Fairies tell us anything is possible and even probable!      The book is hand sewn using waxed threads and heavy weight watercolor paper.   A recycled hardback book cover is used as well.   The Fairies were cut from the collage and applied to fabric which I misted with the Maya Mists and then outlined with our Micron Pigma Brush Pen .   I used old torn sheet music on which I used an ink sweeper and Paris Trunk Walnut ink to help age the paper.   I really do like the soft effects Paris Trunk inks give, they can be dee...