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Beautiful Glamper  from Foundations Decor. This wooden shape is solid, well made, and accepts mediums well.  I wanted to use fabric and fibers . Into my stash I go: Tracing for sizing. Fabulous: One adhered  for each side and piping around the edge.  I did the other pieces as well, but ended up liking this shape the most. Thank you for joining our Design Team and our Product Partners for the month of June: Ciao for now, -Trish Alger

Recycled Gift Box by Debi Tullier I am the queen of  using all kinds of throw away stuff for projects. This time I had a very stiff chipboard tube from a wide tape. I knew it had greatness in its future. Join with me in my journey to change its life.   I had a real challenge. I was away from home with very limited supplies. Thank goodness I brought several from AlteredPages in my survival kit. Supplies: Box Aleene’s tacky glue Decoupage paper (on Hand) Molding paste (on Hand) Dixie Bell Paints Crystal Lacquer and mica mixers Gypsy Soul Laser Chipboard Metallic marker (on hand) Fabric (on hand) Stencil previously from AlteredPages Join me next month!

Using our May Partner Stamps, Debi created this WOW video project.   Read on to see it... I love fabric so much more than I like washin g dishes.. so a new use for dish detergent is for me. I love making my own decorated fabric for many purposes. Well when  I heard that you could use dish detergent to mask or create a frisket on fabric, I was sold. This detergent is brushed on and when dry keeps the paint from coloring the fabric. So I wanted to use some of my AlteredPage products to see what I could accomplish… Please I hope you enjoy my video.  Supplies: muslin (on hand) Splash Inks   Paint Brushes (on hand) Acrylic stamp squares Heart stamps from the Rubber Stamp Depot available at AlteredPages StaZon Ink Pad thick dishwashing detergent bowl water (to rinse) Iron to press with airbrush (optional) dye fixative ( on hand) See you next month!

Howdy to you and  to a beautiful month of May. My name is Jean and I am addicted to the colors of Spring! Hello dear friends and followers.    May Day is filled with flowers and the promise of summer breezes to come.   Everything is blooming, yes even in the desert.   May gives us, in the USA, Mother's day, Cinco de Mayo, and Memorial Day.  Many other international holidays take place in May as well, such as Orthodox Easter, Flag Day and Holocaust Memorial.   I am getting ready to change out the decor and felt a bit patriotic for Memorial Day. So the candlesticks and sofa pillows will be stars and stripes and the outdoor welcoming will be red, white and blue.    I wanted a new piece for outside and created my Blog project for today.       I started with a piece of wood, however, a Canvas Art Board would be perfect too~  I coated it with chalk paint , ...

Good morning from Jean  I thought I would show a tutorial of making fabric roses which are wrapped and then can be used on your wrapping! We love these because they are multi purpose items, perfect for embellishing any art project, add a pin back and voila you have a brooch, hot glue onto a plastic hairband for some glam, add to a manila or decor tag and you have a lovely one of a kind gift tag for bag. I start by choosing a fun fabric pattern, polka dots are a favorite of mine.   This a fabulous way to use up those fabric scraps that are far too small to save for anything else.  AND our TWILL TAPE TRIM plus other RIBBONS  are Perfect for making the roses.  For my first example, I decided to use ORANGE fabric since we are moving into Fall.   You can do two different things....snip your fabric and rip it (giving a textured raw edge) or carefully cut it into a piece approximately 1 foot long by 1 inch wide.   You can fold the fabric str...

Altered Canvas Rigger Bag! Debi Tullier here today.... I just love AlteredPages Stamps! I also love the Ink Effects by our great partner for this month, DecoArt. I love the way that I can use this product on a sheet of paper and then heat transfer it to my cloth! I used Rubber Stamps from AlteredPages.com  & DecoArt Ink Effects! AlteredPages stamps used: Time on your side Muse Dragonfly All Great Stuff  Have a great month! debi

Jean here, with a few words.  I am so pleased to feature not only a fantastic artist, but a friend and neighbor.   Martha and I met through a mutual friend who has also appeared on this blog, Ingrid Vient. We are also mutual friends with Carolyn Addie, another Featured artist from our Blog.  I am blessed to be surrounded by so many talented and inspiring people. It brings joy to see their varied creations and enjoy their friendship.  And with that..........Meet Martha..... Martha Walker  owner of Wagons West Designs.   I always enjoyed drawing in grade school, but the thought of becoming an artist as a vocation first popped into my head on a trip to New Orleans in the Fall of my 4th grade year. Around the courtyard of the St. Louis cathedral were artists with their paintings hanging on the wrought iron fence surround. That looked like fun! I proclaimed my newfound goal of becoming an artist to my parents, who took that to heart, and for my...

Jean recently added Crafters Workshops to the store and I couldn't wait to get some and play with all the different ways you can use them. I started with these below--please know this is merely the surface! For stencil play you will need:  stencils [ I used the 6" Cubist Stencil ] Eco Green Acrylic Paint Artist Spackle and card to spread Paris Trunk Ink brush With one stencil and few different mediums you can attain several looks! Inky stencil Spackled stencil Spackled Stencil with light heating Spackled Stencil with heavy heating Stipple Brushed paint Paint squeegee'd in to Stencil and then heated--to make bubbles After paint is squeegee'd in, turn over the stencil and make a print of the painted side.  All these different looks are achieved with just a few different supplies and the same stencil. Don't be afraid to experiment with your tools! What are some of your favorite ways to play with stencils?? Alter Your...