The new "alterd project inc" DESIGN TEAM !!

Please welcome the new DESIGN TEAM girlies x x

Holly Connors {australia}
Heidi Bound {new york}
Jennifer Hottinger-sloan {canada}
Cynthia Renaud {brazil}
Yatie Tajudin {maylasia}
Sue Kithcar {new york}
Michelle Viaje {canada}

I cant wait to show you what these talented girl's have been up to but for now check out thier blogs!!!

Sarah x x

Oooh i been surfing again, look what i found!!!

I found some really nice bits to show you & today i know where they come from, lol

Here is some cute little glass jars made by sarah

Check out her blog http://scrapcetera-scrapcetera.blogspot.com/ check her out!!

I found this beautiful alterd cover by sasha

Check out her blog http://www.sassysasha.typepad.com/

Look at this bright & beautiful lamp shade, perfect for a little girl's room, by Lisa Falduto

Check out her blog http://lisafalduto.blogspot.com/

Happy Day's
Sarah x

Calling shop's & manufacture's!!!!!!

Alterd project inc is looking for sponsor's for august & september, & future, we are a fast growing blog with lots more to come & expect, we have a design team call out that with end soon & the ball will be rolling faster!!! Please check us out & if you could sponsor the blog in anyway please email me sarahslade77@gmail.com, thank's x x

An altered note book

Hey girl's, im going to show you how i altered the front of this note book today.

Im so a list person & im always having bits of paper lying around, so this note book is literally for all the "notes" that i make, at least now they'l not get lost or accidently thrown away!!

First, i tyed a knot in my cotton.


Then i started to weave the needle through the middle of the ribbon.


Pulled it until it ruffles to my liking, & using fancy brads, i pinned them to the book page at either end.


Now im going to add any decorative pieces/embellishment's that i have & like to go on this book, i used bling frames, the letter "a" for altered & some other decorative stones.


I also added "star dust" stickles to the rose brads for extra sparkle!


& some MM butterflies with some more rhinestones to finish


I hope you find some inspiration here & dont forget to link back your project's!!

Sarah x

Ribbon Topiary Tree

Hi guys, im going to share with you today, this beautiful topiary tree that me & my DD have been working on.


I will use it for decorating the house when it comes to birthday's, anniversary's, easter, valentine's, the list is endless as it can be so versatile!!! I will be making a few more of these also, maybe in different colour's, i did think of doing some black ones for halloween!! They are so simple & easy to make.

You will need...
Some strips of ribbon
A polystyrene ball
A chipboard plant pot {or other?}
A wooden rod
White paint
Some pins
Sequins &/or other type {buttons?}
Floral foam or oasis
Needle & thread


Take a piece of ribbon & fold it in half, do not crease!


With your cotton thread, double it through the needle & tie a not at the end, so your thread doesnt come all the way though the fabric, kwim? Now start to thread the needle in & out of the ribbon


You can pull as you go, just to size up how much ribbon you'l need or to cut off any access


When you finished, pull tight & stitch the ends together




Once you have done this with all of your piece's of ribbon you can start to put together your tree, with a pin, sequin & flower, take the pin & thread it through the sequin, then the flower.




& push it into the polystyrene ball


It will look like this


Do this covering the whole of the ball, leaving a little gap for the wooden rod to be put in place, If you have any smaller gap's, you can fill them in with a sequin of bead as i have done here.




{I had picture's for this part, but accidently deleted them} I then painted my chipboard plant pot & wooden rod in white, but you can choose your own colour's, to what you have?

Using the end of a pair of sissor's carefully counterfit a hole into the ball & add your rod, you may need to use a bit of glue?


Add your floral foam/oasis into the pot & push the rod down into, you may want to use glue, but i found you dont really need to?


So now im left with this & i was going to add some fake moss, but as my tree is all white, i found some creape paper {which i already had anyway} & did this


This is where i did use glue to keep the paper in the pot, & to finish the tree


Hope you like it & if you decide to do somthing like this be sure to post it here or leave a link!!

This month there will be a "my scrapbbok nook"
http://alterdprojectinc.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-scrapbook-nook.html
may kit to win, so come on girl's get creating!!!

Sarah x

I been Inspiration surfing...

...& look what i have found!!! WOW







I found these by googling them, so if any of these projects belong to you, or you know who's they belong to, please come forward & recieve your praise, these are amazing!!!

Sarah x

Meet tanya tahir

She has made this this fantastic frame with the "my scrapbook nook" may kit, for a chance to win this kit, all you have to do is spread the word about this blog & dt call!!


Hi everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying the gorgeous May kit. Today I decorated a frame and I have put together a little step by step for how I put it together.

You will need the May kit plus a frame


First I took the insert from the frame and traced it with pencil


Next I trimmed it just outside of the pencil lines


I hand cut some flowers and leaves from the floral paper


Next I arranged some die cuts onto my paper piece


I then added some white ink splatters


and then my title and once I was happy with the arrangement I adhered the piece to the back of the white frame insert


the rest of my pieces were adhered over the top of the white insert


Here's a tip when using brads - I chopped off the ends and then used glue dots to adhere them


then I added the rest of the embellishments - flowers, butterflies and a small phrase sentiment from SRM Stickers




Here is the finished frame


I hope you enjoyed my class and if you create a frame, be sure to come back and add it to this blog & the nook forum would love to see it also!!

Thank's tanya

Dont forget.....

THE DESIGN TEAM IS STILL OPEN
until 28june!!!
http://alterdprojectinc.blogspot.com/2011/05/alterd-project-dt-call.html

Sarah x x

My Scrapbook Nook

Im really excited to introuduce you to our VERY FIRST & our june sponsor

Here's what one of you lucky people will be winning, ooh the scrumptious ness, i tell you this kit is A-MAZE-ING!!!!!...i know!!!

So what do you have to do to get your hands on this kit i hear you ask??

Its simple really, all you need to do is spread the word!!! Facebook it, Twitter it, upload a post to your blog about this place & the design team call, visit your forums, you can even pay a visit to MY SCRAPBOOK NOOK & find out just how fab & friendly they all are!!! Leave a link to this blog, share out the button's, tell everyone!!!
Visit & you can also leave a comment here link us up to your blog so we can leave love back. At the end of june i'l draw a name & that lucky person get's the booty, I'l also be excited to announce the new design team!!

Happy Day's
Sarah x x