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We hope you had as much fun as the Altered Pages Design Team making your Altered Pocket Pages during the month of June!!!  We want to thank all those that participated in our swap this month.  Please share pictures of your pages in our Facebook group HERE !  Today is mailing day for swappers.... that is if you haven't already mailed yours out.  Mine is being mailed today... I will be sharing pictures once I know my partner has received it!  No, I didn't send one that I had previously made.  I created a special one for my swap partner.   A BIG THANKS to Corinne Marie for coordinating the Swap.  We couldn't have done it without her!!!   A few weeks ago I posted a peak at my Vintage Hawaii page.... HERE !   It still is a work in progress on my work table, but it is taking shape!!!       I still need to add DEW DROPS, paper flowers and Ribbons.   ...

The Altered Pages &  Mailbox Muse Kit Design Teams   Wish YOU, JEAN  A Very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!             Altered Pages is partnering with Pan Pastels this month....   The card was created using PanPastels for the background and Graphic 45 Bohemian Bazaar 8x8 pad . The Pan Pastel colors are perfect with the Graphic 45 Paper!!!   MOCK CAKE with Burning Candle - created using ATB Wood Block , Art-Anthology Acrylic Paint , Altered Pages Collage Images from Cocktail Party  and Dancing Shoes      If you look closely you will see a bit of shimmer on the candles ( Wink of Stella ).  The block and ladies dancing were misted with Shimmer Spritz !      We can just imagine you dancing your birthday away!!!! Have a great day and year to follow!

Now that we have sufficiently distanced ourselves from Halloween I am sharing a Shrine that I made for Day of the Dead.  Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) has NOTHING to do with Halloween. There. I said it. But given the symbolic skulls and the temporal proximity (it is celebrated Nov1-2nd) the confusion is understandable.  I used an Altered Trading Block as the base of my shrine. I also used the Graphic 45 Bohemian Bazaar collection of patterned papers to cover the wooden base and chipboard. Skeletons and skulls symbolize our fragile mortality, but when they are colorful and dressed up festively they are not macabre and indicate we should not fear death, for it is part of the cycle of life. Brightly colored patterned paper Catrina, by Jose Guadalupe Posada Day of the Dead is a celebration to honor those who have passed and who not only are remembered, loved, and missed but are still a cherished part of the community.  Since we...