Altered 3 x 5 Notebook ~ Hooah style!

Ok, so I'm finding out that I am starting to get addicted to finding anything to alter! And I just love these cute little Soldier/Military rubber stamps I found online here at The Greeting Farm. I realize they are not "serious" stamps, but sometimes I like the fun ones more :) So, while I was on post the other day I got this idea.....why not alter some notebooks and give them out to the Soldier's in my DH's unit? Some are "girly" for the Female Soldiers, and others are more masculine for the guys. Here's the first one I made for a Female Soldier. Let me know what you think :)

Supplies Used: 3 x 5 spiral notebook from dollar store, vellum, "Hero" Stamps, cardstock paper, ribbon, score tape, watercolor pencils, blender pen, brads.

*Note- The Soldier Stamp was embossed.

Mother's Day Projects

Happy Mother's Day!! I had to come up with an idea for a Mother's Day gift, and when I saw a version of this Flower Pot on SCS, I knew I had to make it. I chose to add a lot more to mine, but I wanted it to have that filled in look and not be so bare. This was my first attempt, and I must admit that it took me a while to complete and tweak it, but I am happy with the way it turned out, and it was super fun to make :)

Supplies Used: Clay pot, acrylic paints, mod podge, ribbon, embellishments, card stock, scallop punch, cricut, wooden skewers, score tape, stamps, cricut, paper pups cartridge, ink, decorative tan mossy grass, and styrofoam to hold flowers inside pot.

I first painted my clay pot with an aqua acrylic paint on top, and sage green paint on bottom. After 2 coats and drying time, I added mod podge over the entire pot. I then added ribbon & embellishments around to the top. The ribbon was attached with score tape & mod podge. For the flowers, I cut some out with my cricut expressions, and the rest were punched using a non SU! scallop punch. Once punched, I went every 2 scallops and cut to the center. I then folded the 2 in half, doing this for every 2 scallops cut. I used 2-3 scallops for each flower to give it stability, depending on your card stock. Brads were attached on inside of flower, score tape was used to adhere the flowers to the wooden skewers. I then finished off the flowers with ribbon tied to the skewers, and added a cute wooden frog I picked up at wally world in the clearance section for 25 cents :) I also used my cricut to add "Miss You" from the Paper Pups Cart and mod podged it onto the frog, then tied a bow on the frog's head.

Flower Pot Cards

Here's my take on the Flower Pot (with pull-out) card. I got the technique from the SCS website, but cannot remember where! Sorry :/ This was simple and I think is a very cute and versitile card for any occasion :)

Note: I did add flower seeds inside of a jewelry zip lock baggie, along with 1/2 of a top note cut with my cricut, and a stamp from SU! You Are My Sunshine.