Wonderful Mother Altered Note Books

Hi, everyone! Good day! I made these two books this past week. I altered two note books for the bride-to-be. She is giving one to her mother and one to her mother-in-law. That is so sweet of her.

This book above I stamped the Baroque stamp in a lighter brown colour for the background of the cover. Tied a long tulle up and down the middle of the cover.

The cover was decorated in red and pink and a flower at the top.

For the this one above I stamped the background in a darker brown colour.

This cover was decorated in blue with a flower at the top. This one is my favourite because it is blue. I like anything blue.


Thank you for your visit today! Happy stamping!

"Honour thy father and thy mother..."

Exodus 20:12

Deanna

Anina's Paint Can

 Good day! Here is a paint can gift set I made for my friend's baby girl. It is a wonderful baby keepsake can. I decorate the can using the colours of the hat I crocheted for baby Anina.

 The front of the paint can. The beautiful frame shape under the name is for Anina's picture. I made a template for the mother to trace the shape for the picture so she didn't have to guess the shape.

 Back of the paint can. I went crazy putting flowers on the can. A girl can never have too many flowers. My friend love the flowers.

I added a flower on top of the lid. I used green ribbon for the leaves. I think they look like leaves.

I made an album for pictures of Anina. I love this little album. It is so cute. The colours are so pretty.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a good day!

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Proverbs 22:6

Deanna

Blessings Book

Good day! I made this set for my kids' piano teacher. This is her last year teaching them as she is going off to Bible college. We are happy for her new adventure and will miss her dearly. She's such a sweet girl. She has been a great blessing to us over the years. I remember her as a little girl when she first move here with her family as a missionary in Burnaby and now she's all grown up. Time sure flies. Here is their church website Metro Baptist Church if you are interest in knowing more about their church.

I made a card to match the book.

This is an altered composition book. I used one of my favourite colour combos to decorate the book.

If you would like to make the ribbon flower you can find the tutorial here.

Thank you for stopping by today!

"I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth."

Psalm 34:1

Deanna

Altered Soup Can and Paper Flowers

Happy Wednesday everyone! Hope you all had a great Valentine's Day yesterday. My husband cooked a delicious surf and turf dinner for Valentine's Day. He was so amazing! He made shrimp, scallop, fish and potato soup and oyster for appetizer and lobster, fish and steak with vegetables for the main course. It was so yummy! I was so stuff I couldn't move after that. Thank you honey for the wonderful Valentine's Day dinner!

A few weeks ago a 10 years old girl came up to me and asked me to make some decorations for a going away party. It took me awhile to figure out what to make for her since she didn't have any idea what she wants.  

I altered a soup can by covering it with pattern paper. I went looking for all the pink/red pattern papers that I have. I have quite a stash of pattern papers that I have not use for a long time. Now they are all gone after making these flowers. I made 12 of these flowers and altered 4 cans. I also shredded the pattern papers and then crimped them and put them in the cans. This helps the flowers to stay put inside the can.

I die cut the flowers with the Fun Flowers Die, tape them together by threes and then curled the ends. Sandwich two flowers together with a skewer in the middle as a stem.

"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."

Isaiah 40:8

Deanna

Altered Gum Tins

Happy Monday everyone! I altered a few of these gum tins over the weekend. I'll be altering a lot more of these this coming week. My brother gave me a box of these tins many years ago. I move them with me to every house I move too. I could never think of what to do with them until now. They were filled with gum that tastes okay but they stick to your teeth. I emptied them and will be filling them with other kind of treats. These alter tins will be for my sisters to give away this year. I made Christmas favours for them every year to give away. They always enjoyed them and of course the recipient love them too.

I measured the tin to get the measurements so I can cover it with Designer Series Paper. I used all the retired papers I have on hand for these tins. I die cut the snowflakes using the Northern Frost Die. Such a nice snowflakes die. The little flowers are made using the Trio Flower Punch. I punch a hole on each side of the tin with a Crop-a-dile. So easy with the Crop-a-dile. I don't have to drill holes anymore. Yay! These tins can also be hang on a Christmas tree as ornaments. Now I'm off to finish altering the tins.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

Deanna 

Altered Art Journal

 Hey everyone! Here is an Art Journal that I finally altered. Stampin'Up! doesn't sell this size Art journal anymore. I'm so sad about it. Anyway. I covered the journal with the Nautical Expedition Designer Paper that is no longer available too. I forgot to order more before it was gone. I also stamped few images from the The Open Sea stamp set and adhere them onto the journal.

 I covered the back of the journal too but didn't decorated a whole lot on it.

I also stamped inside every single pages (yes, every single one) of the journal with different colours and images from the The Open Sea stamp set. A lot of work but it wasn't that hard to do. It made the journal very pretty inside.

Here is a picture of the whole sailboat/sea theme creations I made awhile ago with the journal. I'm giving this to someone that I don't know at all. I want this to be an encouragement to this person who just went through a tough time and had a good spirit about it. I know this person is an encouragement to me for sure.

If you would like to see close up of the other creations in the picture just click the links below to see them.
Altered Wooden Box
Altered Wooden Box: inside
Open Sea Cards

Thank you for visiting today! Have a good day!

Happy Stamping!

Deanna

Altered Wooden Box - Inside

Hello stampers! Happy Saturday! Here is the finished creation of the altered wooden box. I made 3 sets of notes cards to go into the box. Great gift for Father's Day.

Here is the inside of the box. I covered it with the Nautical Expedition DSP.

Here is a picture of the note cards inside the box. The inside of the box is shy 1/4" for the cards to stand up so I had lay them down. If I stack the cards neatly to one side I can add something small in there.

Hope this gives you an idea for Father's Day gift. I really love this box. It is so pretty. I might be able to part with it. My youngest daughter said that I can put jeweleries in there. I just laugh at her. Now she want me to make her and her sister one in girly style so they can put their jeweleries in. When I do I'll show you my creation.

Thank you for visiting me today. Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Stamping!

Deanna

Altered Wooden Box

Happy Friday everyone! Hope you are having a wonderful Friday! Love the sunshine outside. Weird that there are still snow up on the mountain in June here in Vancouver.


Here is the before picture of the box I've altered.


Here it is after I altered it. I had this wooden box for ages and finally decided to cover it. I love, love this box! It is not done yet but I just can't keep it away from you. I just had to show you the outside first. I'll show you the inside when I'm done with it and what will go in it. Makes a great Father's Day, graduation and birthday gifts for those masculine people in your life.


I love the Nautical Expedition Designer Series Paper. I might have to order more of this pack of paper. I use it so often.


I used the The Open Sea stamp set to decorate this box.


Well, I better go and finish the inside of this box. Thank you for stopping by! Have a nice weekend!

Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Pink Bliss Note Book

Happy Saturday everyone! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend so far. My Family is out and leave me home all by myself. Really rare I get to be by myself after having kids. I get a lot done today and I'm very happy about it.


Here is a composition book I altered for a friend. Now I just have to mail it to her. She reads my blog so I'm not going to say who it is for.


I don't know her favourite colour so I hope she likes pink.


I put a rosette flower in the middle of the chocolate chip ribbon. The rest of the flowers I added half pearls to them. Love those half pearls.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Enjoy Life Altered Composition Book

Hello, everyone! No church this morning due to snow so here is a Sunday post for ya'll. Vancouver is NEVER ready when it snows. The city doesn't plow the streets fast enough. Sky train and buses are not running. Can't really get around even if we want to.
I live at the bottom of a hill so trying to get up the hill is not so easy. One year it snowed so bad and we tried to go places. Got stuck many times and at many places. Not going to try it this time.


Here is the altered composition book I made for my sister for attending the Regional with me. We had a great time learning and seeing new things. She love this book very much cause I made in her favourite colour.



Thank you for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Bliss Altered Note Book

Happy Friday everyone! I need a note book to take notes at the SU Vancouver Regional event on Saturday. It is a white note book (you can see it where the coil is) that I had for awhile and never decorate it. Finally decided to alter it.


I decorated the book with my favourite colours. I used Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake colours.


Here is a close up of the ribbon flowers I made. I gathered on one side of the ribbon with a needle and thread. I then put a pearl on each of the flower. I like how it turned out. I didn't use the pearl from SU. They were too small for my flowers.

I also altered a composition book for my sister to use at the Regional. She's not a demonstrator but she can use it to write others things she desire. I'll show you the book another day. Not quite finish.

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend. I know I will cause I'll be at the Regional having fun.

Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Decorative Chocolate Bar

First time to decorate a chocolate bar. This was much fun and so fast to make. I took the wrapper off an Aero bar (one of my favourite) and measure the wrapper. Then I cut the designer paper according to the wrapper measurement and wrapped it around the chocolate bar. Then I wrapped a ribbon around and decorated.


Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Decorated Dixie Cup

This is a very easy project to do. First, take apart a cup then cut off the top and bottom where it was folded. Then used the cut up cup piece and trace onto a pattern paper. Next, tape the pattern paper onto another cup and decorate.

I used a Crop-a-Dile (which I got from my upline Caroline) to punch the hole through the cup and the handle. This tool can punch through metal, too. Awesome!

Can you see the beautiful brads on the punched out snowflakes. It is the new rhinestone brads SU carries. I just love them. I tied the new Satin Ribbon (available to purchase from now till the end of November) around the cup.



a close up of the cup
Materials Used:
Stamp-The Snowflake Spot
Papers-Designer paper, chocolate chip, soft sky, blue bayou
Ink-chocolate chip
Accessories-1/4" grosgrain and satin ribbon, twine, crop-a-dile, cello bag, tag punch

Happy Stamping!
Deanna

Memory Paint Cans

I made these paint cans to give away to all the babies born this year and more to come next year. The moms can use it to store all th precious memories through the years for their child.
I put clothes and other baby stuff inside the can. If I have the time (I usually do last minute things) I would make "Thank You" cards to go with it. All the moms loved the cans.

Front view

Boy top view

Boy can back view

Girl can back view

Girl top view

Materials Used:
Papers-Special Delivery Boy and Girl
Accessories-grosgrain ribbons, double-stitched ribbon


Happy Stamping!
Deanna