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While some people are getting out their sweaters and boots, we are still way over 100 in Phoenix in the lovely month of September.   It makes for strange clothing combos.    We should wear white, as it is still summer weather, ties, pantyhose?  Are you kidding? AHHHH But Art can be for any season, any color, any style and that is the BEAUTY of it.   Some artists are amazing, some are just learning, some just want to be able to have a lovely scrapbook or send a card.   They are ALL Artists!   When you allow your soul to create visual beauty, you ARE an artist.   What then, is visual beauty? Famous Artists and Works can be visually stunning but not 'beautiful'.   One of the famous paintings that many people often see commercially is  The Scream  Edvard Munch (Norwegian)  1863-1944   A Painter and Printmaker ****************************** John Singer Sargent  (January 12, 1856 – April...

Halloween in Wonderland Tags from Graphic 45 were used to create this "Alice in a Tin" along with a few items from The Mailbox Muse Kit "Alice's Utterly Mad Party" The tin is colored with alcohol ink. Front: From Altered Pages Halloween in Wonderland Tags , From the   The Mailbox Muse Kit "Alice's Utterly Mad Party" : Tea bag charm, chip board tea cup. Inside: From Altered Pages Halloween in Wonderland Tags , Craft Clock face  in the background.  From the   The Mailbox Muse Kit "The Drink Me" label on the bottle. From my stash: Robins Nest Dew Drops, Bottle, "W" Scrabble piece, Hat from Monopoly, heart and skull beads.  Halloween will be here before you know it!!!!

Happy Friday everyone! I have been doing a lot of cards for my other crafty obligations lately and just needed to get painty and misty! There is a group of crafters making altered journals for soldiers and while THIS journal is not for that, I did want to practice doing some journals in this style in preparation for a future soldier journal. THIS journal is for a friend of mine. They are super fun to do--collect your trinkets and trims, collage glue and dimensional glue, gesso, and mists. I began by crumpling up some packing paper that came with my most recent AlteredPages.com order and gluing it to a composition journal with some Beacon Fast Finish Decoupage. I then added some doilies [both paper and fabric] to the cover with a dimensional glue to hold the heavier objects. I continued adding my flatter embellishments to the cover of the journal--chipboard, metal, bling. I coated this first layer with Gesso. Next I added more!! I clustered dollar store flowers and felt coa...

Have you seen The Mailbox Muse Kits?  The last kit was Alice's Utterly Mad Party which is still available.  The kits are packed with themed items and instructions for several projects.   Here is a card using supplies from the Alice's Utterly Mad Party, plus the Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland tags from Altered Pages. Supplies from the  The Mailbox Muse Alice's Utterly Mad Party: Red Background Paper Chevron Paper Tea Cup Graphic 45 Paper Vintage Playing Card Image of Alice Words "It's Always Tea Time" Ribbon Other Supplies Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland tags from Altered Pages Adhesive Foam Dots Staples Cardd Base   You can preorder the new kit All Things French now at The Mailbox Muse   I am really looking forward to the new kit!!! 

Don't you just love little bits of this and that to add to your mixed media collages? I know I sure do and in addition to collage sheets Altered Pages  offers up loads of little bits to help you add just that special little something to your art.   (This is a little tid-bit from a kit coming soon!)       Ephemera Treasures   Mica   Tiny Specimen Bottles / Glass Vials   Glitter & Micro Beads Leafing and Foil   Pen Nibs   Bingo Markers   and   so much more!!!   Take a trip around the store and I'm sure you'll find loads of little treasures you can't do without!

   Oh Golly Golly Golly!!! Where do I start? What an honor it is to be one of the newest members of  such an amazing design team!! I want to congratulate the other 2 new members and am soo excited about all the goodies you are going to be seeing here on the AP blog. If you haven't  already noticed there is some amazing art happening here by some very talented artists using some amazing products from AlteredPages.com!! Right now with the holidays so close I can bet you are going to see even more awesome goodness or maybe I should say some SPOOKY goodness over the next few weeks!! I am getting chilled to the bone (in a good way of course) just thinking about it! Speaking of bones, Have you checked out the wonderful Halloween collage and stamp sets? If you haven't you really need to check them out, I did and looky looky what happened!!        I love old bottles and what better way to decorate for the upcoming ...

Hello friends!!  SOOOO much amazing stuff going on at Altered Pages I don't know where to start today!! You saw we have 3 new AWESOME designers!!  I hope you join us in welcoming them!! You know we have AWESOME  Dylusions  products!! You know we have  Big Brush Markers !! You know we have  Washi Tapes !! And a HUGE assortment of Halloween items!! So, what is left for me to tell you? I am knee deep in Halloween items myself right now.  And I got most of them from Altered pages!   I got some  Stencils,  some  Coffins,  and  Halloween Collage Sheets !  The prices are crazy awesome and you never have to pay shipping on digital orders! So, what are YOU doing for Halloween?  I hope you will be creating with us!! xxDaniella