Easter Project

Happy Easter!  Hope you're spending this day with loved ones.  I made this small project, altering these plastic eggs I got from the 99 cent store.  The diamond etching caught my eye and had the idea to do this....

 

The bird cage is a die from Memory Box-love their dies!  I added some glittered mesh to the bottom, along with some beads and flowers.  The eggs are sealed with glossy accent and decorated with trim and lots of flowers from I Am Roses.

Supplies~
die: birdcage{Memory Box}; leaf{MS}
flowers: I Am Roses
misc: pearl flourish{Recollection}; crystal beads; leaf trim, pearl trim, organza ruffle trim; handmade charms

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Altered Recipe Box

I've had this recipe box for a while and I finally decided to alter it as a gift to a friend.  Instead of recipes, I included some goodies for her to use on her crafting projects.

I love how the box turned out...so shabby chic!  I just wished I had made one to keep.  The edges were inked with Walnut Stain. This is the front of the box...added Prima swirl and TH's bookplate.  The stamp says "friends make life blossom".  I thought it went perfectly since I used tons of flowers.

 

This is the top view and all the flowers are from I Am Roses...I just love them! I used the spiral blossom die for the flower next to the swirl.  It was cut using the same paper collection as the box.

These are the side views of the box.  I added a fabric flower with Prima pearl center and skeleton leaves .

Here's the back of the box...kept it plain.  The trim is beige with pearl in the center of every other flower.  I love this trim...love the details!

For the inside of the box, I just adhered design paper and made a little pocket with a tag.  I wrote a very short message to my friend since the tag was so small.

 
supplies~
dp: Portobello Road{Recollection}
die: spiral blossom{Spellbinder}
embellishments: flowers{I Am Roses}; bookplate{Tim Holtz}; Say It with Pearls & heart rhinestone{Prima}; trim{Suhafuha};
resin mold{whysperfairy.com}; nylon butterfly, rhinestone flower


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Altered Mini Clipboard

This is a mini clipboard I altered for a swap.  I got these at my LSS...super cute! I also personalized each one with their initial using wood alphabets.  I painted them with gold acrylic paint & then sprinkled SU glass glitter{champagne}.  The design paper is also from SU{love letter} & added some embellies {feather, handmade fabric flower & paper flower, leaf, trim}

 closeup pics:

 

back view

Altered Box & Mini Album

This is an altered box and a mini album I created.  The box is by Petaloo and as you can see it's very bright.  I painted the box with black paint...needed a couple of layers to completely cover the bright pink.

After painting the box, I used Shimmerz mist to give it a distress look.  Then added some trim around the box and adhered a picture frame I altered on top. To keep the box closed, I fastened a black rubber band and a hitch post.  The paper roses were glimmer misted and added some glossy accent to look like dew drops.  I love how flowers look when they're wet.  And finally, I glued wooden knobs to the bottom of the box.

And here's the finished box:

supplies~

DP: (Cocoa Mint-Cloud 9)
CS: Very Vanilla (SU)
mists: wheatfields (GM); (Vertigre-Shimmerz Vibez)
photo frame (Michael's)
flowers: (i am roses; Prima)
punches: (SU, Friskars, MS, EK Success)
dies: stamp & tags #4 (Sizzix); Spellbinders (label two)
misc: ribbons, flower punches, stickles(tiara), flourish mask (TH), Rock Candy (crackle paint)

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