AlteredPages Artsociates

At AlteredPages we are having a blast with  Lost Coast Designs Stamps . The variety and quality of the stamps are so able to fill your head with artistic ideas. I went out of my comfort zone and picked some stamp images I would not usually choose. They made me conjure up new project ideas. This post is a tale of two Cowboy Dudes who meet up after a trail ride. The Saloon was THE meeting place and welcomed all sorts of miscreants.   Dusty and tired, they gathered for some drinks, dancing and companionship.   I started by Stamping the image with my Donna Salazar Mix'd Media INKX black stamp pad.  I then fussy cut the images,  I am a bit OCD about that so I had to get out my Exacto knife too.  I used my KAI scissors which I have been cutting with for 7 years and they are still amazing!  I wanted to play with colors and mediums, so I got out my metallic wax, inks, and stamp pads.   I added gold Delicata ink...

A couple of days ago I posted my Foundations Décor Floral Wood Butterfly . You have heard it before, I think outside the box! I kept looking at the butterfly and kept saying to myself something is missing.  This is a dimensional butterfly, it has a bare back.  The gears in my brain started churning, "what could I do without taking away from the stained wood?"    Add text, not just any text, butterfly related text.   One of my favorite themes is ALICE...  she has a conversation with a caterpillar... that was what lead to the text used for this project!         Supplies: Foundations Decor Wood Butterfly Clothes Pin Dixie Belle Van Dyke Glaze Metalic Rub on Adhesive Argyle Amber Florals Text Foundations Décor Floral Wood Butterfly Click on the above link to see how I stained the Foundations Decor Wood Butterfly  with  Dixie Belle ...