Trick-or-Treat!

Boo! I'm finally back! It's that time of the year again where the kids (and sometimes kids at heart) play dress up and go around malls or their neighborhoods for some trick-or-treat fun. This year, I decided to do some recycling and altering by joining the Artz de Scrap Altered Metal Tin Challenge. I have lots of these rectangular shaped tin cases (they're a packaging of a certain pill which we sell at our store) so I thought of ways to make these tins useful by creating a Halloween inspired mini album case. I haven't started with the mini album yet since I'm still waiting for this year's Halloween pictures. But for now here's what I've done:

I sanded the tin and then painted it with some orange paint. I used a foam brush to dab the paint so it could have that distressed look to it. Decorated it with black patterned paper with the edges torn, and some halloween stickers. The chipboard house was painted brown and then topped with clear crackle glaze.

Will post more pics after tomorrow's Trick-or-Treating. And hopefully, I'll get to finish the mini album soon. :) Happy Halloween everyone!

Sharing some of my projects

Been a little busy over the past week. After I gave a family friend an altered clock as a gift last week, they liked it so much that they asked me to make two more to give as a gift for their friend who's leaving for London tomorrow. I was flattered that they really appreciated my gift.

Safari Clock:

Rhianna's Clock:

She also asked me to make a small framed keepsake for her niece's friend.
And I also made these small gift tags to match the clocks and the frame.
TFL! Happy Weekend everyone!

Holy Cow!

Holy cow! I didn't think this would be real but it actually is. :) I submitted to a DT call for Purple Cows a couple of months ago. Unfortunately, I didn't make it in the team but a few days after the DT members were introduced, I received an e-mail from Purple Cows and they told me they would be sending me a 2-in-1 combo trimmer as a token of appreciation for me because of submitting to their DT call. They also asked me if I could be a guest designer for them in the future. Wow! That's great news. And unexpectedly, this afternoon, Mr. Air 21 rang the door bell and I was surprised to see a huge box for me.
I immediately saw the label Purple Cows on the box and that's when I knew I wasn't actually dreaming when I read their e-mail. lol.
Thank you Purple Cows!

Oh and I just wanted to share this simple altered clock I made. It's a gift for a debutante which my mom asked me to make as one of her gifts for the 18 treasures. I also made another clock for another birthday girl but wasn't able to take a photo of it because after I finished it, it had to be wrapped right away. Hehe.
Gotta go now to try my new trimmer. TFL!

Banana Muffins and Recycled Projects

My mom brought home a couple of over ripe bananas yesterday which she got from my grandmas house. She said they would be perfect for baking banana muffins and asked me to bake some this afternoon. I added some oatmeal and chocolate chunks for added flavor and texture to the muffins. I also baked a loaf of banana bread using the same recipe but baked longer. I enjoyed taking photos of them as much as we enjoyed eating these yummy treats.

Hot and fresh from the oven:

2 dozens and a half:Let's have a close up:

A loaf of yummy goodness:

Want a slice?And if that wasn't enough, I also created some projects to go with the muffins. I made some altered projects and some cards using some recycled materials.

First was this altered can (it's an emptied chocolate wafer sticks container) which can be used as a gift container for these muffins. You can fit up to 4 muffins in the can. It can also be used as a container for trinkets or other goodies too.

Here's a closer look at the can:

Another recycled project which I also made on my previous post is the altered toilet paper roll. This one can be a gift card holder:

And last but not the least are these pair of cards (I had some left over pps from the can and the gc holder so I made some mini cards from them to maximize the use of the pp):
TFL! Have a yummy week ahead!

April Showers Bring in May Flowers

My has the weather here been weird lately! It's usually super hot in the morning and it suddenly rains so hard in the afternoon. While it's supposed to be summer time this time of the year, we've been getting a lot of rain for the past couple of days. Blame it on global warming. We sure need some earth lovin' nowadays. Speaking of earth lovin'... we just celebrated Earth Day 2 days ago and I did make some Earth Day projects that day but I haven't really gotten the chance to post them yet. I made some gift card holders made from recycled empty toilet paper rolls (you know that brown roll that holds the toilet paper). They're so fun and easy to make too. Maybe I'll post a tutorial here one of these days. I made 3 but I still need to embellish the remaining 2. Here's one of the finished gift card holders:

Altered Toilet Paper rollWill post the others when I'm done with them.

Then I also made this distressed card for Hero Arts challenge:
Lots of flowers huh? I guess April showers do bring in May flowers. lol.

Altered Door Hanger

This month's challenge for Artz de Scrap is to alter a door hanger. I got a flower on a pot door hanger from Liza Yet since I was one of the first to register for their free alterable item for March. That's the nice thing about Artz de Scrap. They are so generous that they even provide the item to be altered to the 1st 8 registrants.

I used Fancy Pants Sweet Spring line for this project. Just perfect for a spring theme (Even though we really don't have spring here, it actually rained pretty hard this evening while we were at church). Added some lace and a little wooden clothespin with that cute lady bug where we can clip on some short notes too. :)

TFL! Have a blessed Sunday to all.

Love

I know Vday is over but I still have a few projects from last week which I wanted to share. First is my entry for Cookie's sketch challenge over at Mystical which I also gave to my parents as a Valentine gift.
I'm sort of into the "distressing mode" so I did a couple of distressing on my layout. I also made an altered file folder for Artz de Scrap's February challenge which also had some distressing in it. I used a regular sized Manila folder for this project and Sweet Spring Papers and cards from Fancy Pants Design.

Cover:

Inside Panels:

Overview:
TFL! :) Spread the love...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Vday to everyone! Hope everyone's day is filled with love. My day has been nothing but ordinary. Had to do lots of house cleaning and hubby has to work so no date for me. It's just gonna be me and my little girl tonight.

I mentioned on my last post that my Mojo was MIA (Missing In Action). Gladly I found it! Lol. I have been busy creating layouts, cards and projects throughout the week. I was able to work at night only though. My mornings were always busy. I only got to take a photo of them today so I'll be sharing my layouts once I have them uploaded on my PC.

For now I'll share my altered cans with a love theme. :)

Altered Love Can 1:

Altered Love Can 2:

Oh and this little girl wanted to strike a pose too...

And one more thing... (found this RAK announcement from my friend, Tna) ... Christine has a yummy RAK up for grabs. Just hop on over to her blog where she'll tell you about her Scrap Retreat House! Yup she has one. Wouldn't it be nice to visit that place or maybe even own a place like that! Hmm... maybe if I win the lottery.

Enjoy the day! TFL!

Thankful

As we celebrate Thanksgiving Day, I thought of making an altered notebook where I can write all the things I'm thankful for everyday. I painted the notebook with white & then blue craft paint. I used some left over scrap papers which I cut into 1 inch squares for the patched look. The flowers were dry embossed with Fiskars scrapboss & then cut to their shape. I added buttons for the centers. For the letters "thankful" I used KI Memories alpha stickers. Below each letter is a word which is something I'm thankful for. I aslo added other words on the sides. The pink rik rak were added for the finishing touch.

T-talents
H-home
A-art
N-nice things
K-kindness
F-family
U-understanding
L-love
Other things I'm thankful for: friends, scrapping, food, time, knowledge, health, music, education, fun times, lessons learned

Purse album & Prizes from Artzdescrap

I received my purse album materials from Artzdescrap last week together with my prize from the altered felt challenge from August. (Thank you Artzdescrap for the fab prizes! ) =)

I finally had the time to start with the album yesterday. (I've been slowing down with my scrapping this month... so busy with the business & the house as well.) I'm done with the album's base but the pages will have to wait for now. I made a baby themed album & I used mini baby alphabet block beads for the purse handle where I spelled out Marcie's full name (Mari Ciella Angelique David Tan). I also embellished the album with pink buttons, flowers, ric rac & brads. I made a small pocket where a tag is inserted & a cut out of a little teddy bear. Did some stitching on the pocket too. Finally, I took a picture of it with a cute white teddy. And of course Marcie had a little bit of participation during the pictorial too... See that little hand trying to grab little teddy? Yup! That's Marcie's hand. Hehe. Hopefully I could finish the whole album soon.