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Are your May flowers blooming?  If not, never fear, we've got plenty of spring blooms here at Altered Pages!   These blush beauties inspired my latest little book.  It has an origami pocket center signature, with a vellum stitched liner and heavy cardstock cover.   If you're interested in instructions for the origami guts, you'll find them HERE .  You can see that the inside of the pocket pages was white, but I lined them with deli paper gel plate  prints:   You can see I added ink and stamping and some spray inks to the cover and origami signature. To add vellum and cover, sandwich the signature, vellum, and cover together, clamping them all together, open, with clothespins.  Cradle the spine of the papers in the open center of a phone book or magazine, and poke a hole using a pokey tool or darning needle about 1 inch from the top and bottom of the folded spine.   Then, using a darning needle threaded ...

Lots and lots of photos today--less talking, more pictures! the tiny books inside the book all open to reveal a sentiment there is room on the back of each tag for a photo or journaling the plum folder is just right for a wallet sized photo you can see from the penny how small the book is The Sabor papers are a wonderful weight to work with, very sturdy and versatile, perfect for filling the pockets of a book like this with pieces that will be handled again and again. Supplies = Click on each one to see them: Sabor Papel-- Sentimentios Amor y Ramitos adhesive silky seam binding tiny ink pad for edging pieces

 The cover of this tiny book is made from a bit leftover from the same backgrounds as the fairy trio . The cover has a bit of texture, thanks to an embossing folder , highlighted with my favorite Delicata gold ink.  All of the images are from the Mailbox Muse ATC stamp set: (If you are interested in the construction, there is a link on my blog to the binding method.)  Thank you for stopping by, and have a wonderful Thursday!   :)trisha

Hasn't this year already been flying by, it only seems like yesterday we were celebrating the New Year and here we are celebrating it again.......well the Chinese New Year that is.  If you haven't noticed around here lately the team have been sharing a gorgeous array of projects for this celebration marking the start of the 'Year of the Horse' as part of our January Challenge Theme.  So be sure to check both here and on the Challenge Blog for all the fabulous art from the Altered Pages Team.   I love all oriental inspired art and decor so having all the wonderful Oriental Collage Sheets already out along with a few other bits and pieces from Altered Pages, I decided to work some more on my little ATC Book.  I had started this a few months ago.......it's my little book of Geishas and I thought I would share it with you all today.    Altered Pages has a wonderful selection of Oriental Collages Sheets featuring Cherry Blos...

Yes, it's time for another fun challenge here at Altered Pages! This months theme is " Colors of the Season "... Now that's not to say it's only red and green for Christmas but it could be whatever the season means to you.   For me though I did stick with red and green because Christmas rules our home in December!  I love the whole deal, the lights, baking, being with family, the tree, singing, etc....   It's always been a big part of our year even when I was a kid.   So here is the project that I was inspired to make...     I started off with the book covers which are the 2"x2" pieces of Eco Board .  Great little pieces for making books, jewelry, embellishments and so much more!   I then added pieces of the Hello December line of paper and Chevron Tape from Glitz on each page plus various images from the Holiday Postcards collage sheet plus a little holiday poem from my collection and ended up with this little boo...

It's that time of year again, with the back-to-school, getting ready for fall, and Halloween fun.  The fall kits are coming out at Altered Pages, and here is a peek inside a Poe mini book (it's seriously tiny, about 2 by 2 inches): Lots of classic Poe photo images, and of course there has to be The Raven. Plus plenty of ephemera and other goodies! Everything you need to make your own tiny treasure is in the Altered Pages E.A. Poe Mini Book kit . And don't forget about the Altered Pages GREEN challenge this month: an atc featuring an Altered Pages image You have until the end of August to join in, and the prize package includes a Ranger Ink Blender, Fancy Buttons and Bazzill Chipboard Embellies. Have a great weekend, everyone! :)trisha