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I love to take photos of texture in architecture; creating altered art; decorating; knitting and using the arts as therapy and stress relief. I love to lose myself in art and creative ventures....

Lately I have been working on DESTASHING MY CRAFT SUPPLIES by creating Altered stART Kits --- so much fun!

To sell these kits and various items - I have started an Etsy Store and an Artfire Store - links to the right =>

I have been and will be posting on my blog, different items that I have made, or altered with items that are found in my kits. What I have made does not even scratch the surface on the possibilities ....

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Altered Book Page Examples





Here are 3 examples of pages in one of my altered books.  Some supplies used were: handmade paper scraps, vellum, chip board letters, tags, ribbon, dictionary pages with stamps to distress, rub on letters...

Pockets were created either by adding additional paper to a page and adhering it, or by tearing pages within the book and gluing edges together.

Art and Adoption



Just an FYI - any money that I receive from the sales of any of my Altered stART Kits on my Etsy Store will go toward the adoption of our first child.



Altered Book Pics





This altered book is my art therapy!! Its always a work in progress. So much fun....
I started to take classes 2 years ago from Frenzy Stamper in Scottsdale.

Some Altered Items that I have created...

Front and back about 4x6 made from a collage sheet that I made with the theme of One.

The Power of One
The Love of One
One Heart
One World

I distressed it with Tim Holz stamps, spray glitter, and crumbling the paper. I created a pocket to hold the 'N' and added a ribbon. This was used for a swap with the number theme. I also mounted this piece to a small canvas that I altered, as well.




STARTED AN ETSY STORE

I started an Etsy store called alteredstart.

In this store are kits packaged to help start an altered art project, whether its a book, mixed media, collage, scrapbooking etc. See the pics - if you have any questions or would like some ideas, please let me know.

Also, if you have ideas - I love new imput!!!


 

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