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Hi Everyone!  Danie here with you today sharing a snippet of a page I have been playing at in my Art Journal.  Do you ever have those days where you start with an idea and you run with it only to be lead elsewhere.  That's what pretty much happened with the this page. I started with some Vintage Text Pages and Glitz Papers  which I had used last week to make a Valentine's Day Card with along two Chipboard Scroll Corners all Altered Pages Products and my Faber Castell Gelatos in two colors.   I covered the Scroll Corners with the Rose Paper and wanted to use them to frame my stamped LOVE which is from the Glitz Love Games Clear Stamp Set also from Altered Pages.  I was sort of going for something a little Shabby Chic/Romantic which is totally not my usual style. Some Vintage Lace, Pearl Dew Drops, Roses from my stash and some further stamping embellish this page further along with a few hand drawn hearts and some basic faux stitching....

It is time to make some  old fashioned Victorian Valentines! Give a special someone in your life a handmade Valentine! With lace, paper doilies, glitter and a sweet image. Did you know,  Valentine's Day reached its height of celebration during the Victorian Era?  Or that some Valentines were so thick with layers of paper and embellishments they were given in presentation boxes.   The image for this Valentine is from the Victorian Valentine collage sheet. It was first adhered to a thin piece of chipboard  (about the thickness of a cereal box) and then  fussy cut.  Also cut a heart from the chipboard slightly smaller than the largest doily.  Adhere the large  doily to the chipboard, glue lace around the backside edge of the chipboard. Add lace around the backside of the smaller heart.  Attach smaller heart to the larger heart. Use a black marker and carefully edge the fussy cut images.   Attach  la...

All of us here at Altered Pages have been having fun creating projects for January's Snow Dancing Challenge , myself included!  Here is the card I made.... Dance like nobody is watching...   It may not look it but the skater and the background are actually two separate images.  I started off by printing and painting the background with Pearlescent Watercolor paints by Niji.  They are an amazing watercolor paint with I think mica mixed in.  They give you an amazing shimmer and shine that is so hard to pick up with the camera.   Next I colored the skater with my Sectrum Noir markers and added a bit of Flower Soft to her costume (bottom of her dress, sleeves, neckline & hair piece).  I then cut her out and mounted her to the card with double stick foam tape to make her look like she's leaping right off the card!   The flourishes were cut using some of the Glitter Silk Paper and I have to tell you it's beautiful stuff!  T...

Hi everyone!! Today, I am going to share with you my entry into the challenge we have going on.  The theme is "Snow Dancing".  If you click the tab at the top of the page, you will see one for the challenges.  Click on that link and have a look!  There are prizes!!!  Which is awesome!!! I used an Altered Pages collage sheet, and a cool blue frame I had that reminded me of ice.  I used ephemera that I got from Altered Pages as well, and some gauze, flowers, a straight pin and some toulle attached to the bottom. I've added my piece to the design team part of the challenge page.  I hope you will follow me to the challenge page of the blog!!  You will have a really fun time joining us!!! Thanks so much for visiting us, do something creative today!!  And remember, you are awesome!! xxDaniella

I'm Baaaaack! Becky here, finally! After a long hiatus from the team to move 30 miles across town & get settled through the holidays, I have finally unpacked my studio & ready to play with you all again! I don't know about you, but once the New Year is over, I start thinking "Valentines!" My sister & another gal-pal & I were saying that we love to make Valentine's cards, but hardly ever send them out to anyone other than our significant others & then we never see them again...they end up in a box for other loved ones to find when we're gone! Well, phooey to that! So, I decided to make an altered spool for my Valentine that can sit atop his desk for a bit {before it's placed in a box somewhere! LOL!} Altered Pages has so many wonderful images to play with for Valentines & other "Love" occasions, like weddings & anniversaries. The 2 images I used on this project are from the " Young Lovers ...

What do you know about Chinese New Year? It is a happy and fun celebration for ALL. 2013 is The Year of the Snake.    There is actually a week long celebration called the Golden Festival in China for each New Year.   Red and Gold are the colors associated with the celebration and for good luck and prosperity in general.   The Chinese New Year, which is the first day of the first month, in the Chinese calendar is assigned to an animal. According to one belief, Buddha promised gifts to all animals that would pay him homage. Only 12 animals came to honor Buddha so, to favor these 12 animals, each one was given one of the 12 years of the Chinese zodiac. People born during one of the animal's years are said to inherit distinctive characteristics of that animal. The signs repeat every 12 years.  We will post the 12 animals on the challenge page in February. Chinese New Year is the most important and longest of all Chinese festivals, cele...

Are you making Valentines this year?  Here is a tiny one--it actually does open, like a "real" card, but this is atc (2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches) size.  You'll find a wide array of goodies perfect for Valentine making at Altered Pages, including a kit with supplies to make atcs similar to this one.  And this postcard kit , one of my favorites, great for some Valentine's Day mail art! Now if you'll excuse me, I have a Snow Dancing piece just begging to be finished--you have until January 31st to join in this AP Challenge , and there are some great supplies up for the prize.   Have a wonderful Saturday, everyone! :)trisha