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It is said that.... In our waking state, colors stimulate emotions.  Similarly, colors also stimulate emotions in dreams. Scientific REM studies have proven that we tend to dream in colors but we do not always recall them. The meaning of colors in dreams is not just indicative of the dreamers’ emotional states but also one’s personality traits. Our focus is on RED so here is a bit of history. The Meanings of Red. Red is the color of extremes. It's the color of passionate love, seduction, violence, danger, anger, and adventure. Our prehistoric ancestors saw red as the color of fire and blood – energy and primal life forces.    Red is also a magical and religious color. It symbolized super-human heroism to the Greeks and is the color of the Christian crucifixion. Red was almost as rare and as expensive as purple in ancient days – a fact that may explain its magic and power. Paradoxically, today’s intense red dyes come from crushed insects (the lac beetle and t...

We have some TAG fun for you! Through the end of September, you can join the fun with us. We will host an interactive event here on the blog and on the AlteredPages Facebook page. Here is what you can do.   Create a tag, any size, any medium  Post your tag on our Facebook page Win GIVEAWAYS of tags, stamps & ?? Share your art and win some cool stuff.  We will have 5 winners. We will showcase your tags here on the blog  and on social media.  One tag per day gets you a prize drawing entry and if you use any AlteredPages products you get two entries into the drawings. To make it REALLY great for you, any mailable order we receive through 9-22-2017, will have 5 assorted tags added for FREE . Supplies for the tag above, click on each item for the link: Julie Nutting tag pad   (SALE) Assorted colors of inks and inkpads 12 x 12 Paper from our Paper Pack PPA Glue Dyeable Seam Binding Any questions on the creati...

I was so excited to hear that Altered Pages and Lost Coast Designs are partnering this month.  They have fabulous stamps!!! This is my finished journal page using the fabulous Lost Coast Designs stamp 'Art Deco Face'.  I could not be happier with the results of my page!   Products used : Journal book   Lost Coast Designs  stamp Recycled white tissue paper  Coloured  inks or  markers White pen (from my stash )  black pen   Scraps of recycled wallpaper and paper Copper paint   Steampunk gears Tacky glue   Glue stick   Begin by stamping the gorgeous image of the 'Art Deco Face' on to white tissue paper, it stamped perfectly first time.   You can see the fine detail of the image on the tissue.   Let the ink dry on the tissue before adhering to the page. Then colour the background on the journal page using inks and pens.  This could also be do...