Chinese New Year Chunky

Happy New Year Altered Pages friends! 2014 is going to be a great year for altering your creativity.

I live on the island of Oahu and Honolulu has a flourishing Chinese cultural center with neighborhood Asian markets and festivals throughout the year. Chinatown in Honolulu is a great place to be inspired to use beautiful reds, golds, and floral patterns in my altered art. This time of year paper ephemera, bamboo plants, and lucky charms abound as residents prepare to celebrate with feasting and fireworks.

Altered Pages has so many images to choose from and also has Asian Joss Paper and right now the Asian Dream ready-to-go kit is on sale which includes some beautiful patterned papers. You can pick up a board book to alter (I used the 4 x 4 chunky for mine but there is a red one that is to die for) and be surprised with some Ephemera Treasure Packs and of course lots of glittery goodness and Wink of Stella sparkle!

Spoiler Alert! Even though it hasn't officially been announced over on the Challenge Blog you are going to want to get your orders in now and start creating so you can enter to win some fantastic prizes when the January challenge posts! (You haven't heard anything from me about what the theme could be...shhhhh!)
--xGia

Get on Over!

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Handy Tip for Artists, Recyclers and Neat Freaks! I have a follow-up to the Citra-Sol method for creating fabulous background pages and collages. I bought a big bag of navel oranges and realized I had the ingredients to make my own solvent! Simply take a clean glass jar, peel the rind from the oranges and place all the rind/peels, without the pulp (tangerines, oranges, navels) into the jar. Pour enough vinegar over the peels to cover them. Allow the jar to sit for a week or two and VOILA! You have made your own solvent for literally pennies. You will notice the liquid getting a bit thicker than the plain vinegar and it does not smell bad!!! I now have a HUGE jar on the window sill! Be careful and only use this after testing on a safe spot.

Full Circle

Hi all! Becky here today! I have been in a circle-mood lately & have been doing circles on everything! So why not do some circles with some of my Gelli Prints??? Here's a simple little card I made using 4 different circle punches, a black pen & some previously made Gelli prints! Hope you're enjoying Springtime in your area! Cheers!

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