Altered Bird House and September TAC Contest Winner

This is a small wooden bird house that I finally took the time to play with and altered.  I love the finished project.  I used cardstock from the Mia's Cottage Collection from The Angel Company, acrylic paint and buttons.  This really is a quick and easy project. 

I also found out earlier today that I was one of the September contest winners for The Angel Company.  I've included the link - I hope you will take a moment and check out my winning entry and the other contest winner projects as well.

http://www.theangelcompany.net/CW_Sept09_ThisisUs.html

Thanks for looking!!

Altered Coasters

These are some old ceramic coasters that I found at a thrift store. I scooped them up and finally decided to take the leap and altered them. I am really torn on whether I am totally happy with the finished project or not. The coasters on the top right and bottom left are my favorites. I kind of wish I had stamped more images on the other two. I can't make any changes now but that's okay. I will probably use them as paper weights anyway. Your thoughts??

The TAC products used in this project are:

"Amberley Grace" cardstock from the Soar With It Collection

"Swirlies" stamp set

"Life Thoughts" stamp set

Palette Ink - Burnt Umber

and finally Mod Podge to seal the tops and sides of each coaster.

100% Boy

I finally got this old canister altered this afternoon. All products (except the canister) are from The Angel Company. I used the following products:

Kaleidoscope Boyz Cardstock (V921)

Hoppy Everything Stamp Set (T2732)

Wonder Tape (F241)

Palette Noir Ink (T220)

Miscellaneous red ribbon.

I wrapped the paper around the canister using Wonder Tape. I attached the red ribbon around edge of lid. I stamped the little frog on green cardstock, cut him out and attached him to the bottom of the canister using mounting tape. I used the cardstock stickers to spell out my grandson's name. I think it turned out really cute. What do you think??

Altered Recipe Box #2

This is another recipe box that I altered last weekend. Although this box was already cute with the bird on it I really wanted to change the look with some pretty cardstock. but I decided I really wanted to use some TAC papers instead. I attached the cardstock to the box with Wonder. Stamped with images on cardstock and punched them out. Attached to box and added the button.

This really is a quick and easy project. I think I will finish altering all the other boxes I have and use them at workshops.

TAC Products Used:

"Angelee" Cardstock from the Soar With It Collection

"All Things of Nature" - Stamp Set

"Life Thoughts" - Stamp Set

"Jumbo Java" - Versa Magic Ink

Mega Scalloped Circle Punch

Giga Scalloped Circle Punch

Wonder Tape

Miscellaneous Products:

Ribbon

Buttons

Lace

Recipe Box

Altered Recipe Box

Here are before and after photographs of another item I altered this past weekend. This is a recipe box that I found on clearance for 50 cents a while ago. I thought it would be fun to give it a new look. I decided not to use any stamps and just use cardstock and miscellaneous items. This is another quick and easy project. I had so much fun making this one that I made another one which I will post at another time. I just wish this cardstock wasn't discontinued.

A Sneak Peek.....

Here is a before photo of something that I altered this past weekend. I thought it would be fun to give you a sneak peek at this before I post the finished project in a few days. This is another dollar item I found at a craft store (a long time ago) that I have been wanting to alter. I just haven't taken the time to do it. In case you can't tell what this item is - it is a 4.25" by 6.25" wooden placque. I think the princess is cute but I am really excited about my finished project and can't wait to share it with you. This was a quick and easy project.