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Chinese New Year Chunky

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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


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  1. Melanie Statnick Thursday, January 02, 2014

    out of sight! this is beautiful! such creativity.

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  2. LeslieRahyeThursday, January 02, 2014

    awesome! love it!

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  3. Steph S.Friday, January 03, 2014

    Gia, this is amazing. So many layers and such love put into this. I absolutely LOVE it!

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  4. Barbara RankinFriday, January 03, 2014

    OMG, Gia, you have set the bar really high. Now I have to work even harder to come somewhat close. :) This is awesome.

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  5. Gia LauFriday, January 03, 2014

    Y'all are good flatterers! Thank you!!

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  6. DIYDesignStudioSaturday, January 04, 2014

    Such a masterpiece! all those layers and special touches make it amazing!

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