Altered Box Birthday Gift

Hi all. 

Happy Mother's Day to all dear mothers out there .... (I'm a mother of 3 cats, is that count?). 

My friend Sharon K. had just celebrated her birthday. I asked her what would she love to have for a gift?. She gave me a smile ... and said, "Make me one of your altered things!". I have no idea that my altered things could be a gift :)). So, I made her this altered box;

It is almost like a keepsake box. Like me, she loves hunting for treasures at flea markets. This box is perfect for storing her finds. I prepared the box with gesso & painted it in cream. 

Added some flower patterns with stencil & texture paste on the back & front.   I wanted the front to be looking like a bird house (Sharon loves birds). Hence, the bird decoupage work :)).

The flower is from a broken old ring. I love the peek-a-boo door on the box. Sharon loves red roses. I decoupaged her some rose bushes here and there. I hope she likes this box. Just another storage :).

I'm also playing along and linking up this altered project to Frilly and Funkie latest challenge; 'Alter It'. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!.

XO,
Shahrul

Floral Delight

Great altered challenge again at LESSology. Challenge #10 Floral Delight. Their DTs have designed such heavenly floral projects!. I went 'oooh' and 'aahh' for the whole time I was there. So, I slept on the idea of making my own floral altered project, with some lace and pearls, maybe. 

I got up in the morning and felt ready to enter this challenge. I plan to create a love-theme storage box to keep all my giant ATCs. The things I'm going to use for this challenge are including an old purple box that I like to give a new 'look', some pink hydrangeas that I bought earlier for a baby shower gift project, a piece of old chipboard and lastly some pearls, lace and a skeleton key for embellishments.

My heart is blooming!. I find the stretch of light pink lace & pearls give a subtle romantic effect for the box.

At last, my giant ATCs now have a new 'loving' home. I really love this challenge because I could use as many flowers as I like. It's a Floral Delight after all ... I hoped you'd fun visiting.

XO,
Shahrul