Altered 4th of July Dress

Here are photos of the dress from before and after I jazzed it up. I'm really happy with how cute it turned out, and my daughter wanted to wear it today! I told her she can wear it on Saturday! HAHA! Please feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think! I apologize for the before photo- it was taken with my phone. Have a happy 4th of July weekend!

Patriotic Altered item

Here is another "surprise" I made for my partner. I made something she can use to decorate her home. These used to have bath salts in them. I cleaned them out, and used the same technique I used to decorate my glass ornaments!

I am really happy with how cute they turned out! Please let me know what you think!

I can only Imagine

This is a wooden box I bought from Michael's and covered with cardstock using modpodge. I sanded the edges, and then I cut the word imagine by welding the letters together on my Gypsy. I used the Songbird cartridge for that, and the swirl was from the Cindy Loo cartridge. I then used some Basic Grey pearls to dress up the box. I adhered a few flowers that were clasped with a brad to finish it off. I put one word ideas in the middle so my partner that received this could use her imagination, or get her mojo going to get creative! I think I might need one of these for myself!

 Please let me know what you think! Thanks for looking!

Cassandra's Altered Dry Erase/ Chore Board

Happy Friday Everyone!
Sorry its been a bad posting week. I hope to get more posted next week! Today's post is to show you the Dry Erase board I bought at Target, altered, and hung on my daughters door. She'll like it for now- til it lists more chores! HAHA!

I paid $2.50 for the board, it included 2 magnets, 1 magnetic dry erase marker, and a magnetic eraser.
I decorated the black magnets with Prima flowers and some bling. I covered chipboard letters with MS Garnet fine glitter. Before I applied the glitter I ran it through my Xyron (face down) so I"d have an even coverage for the glitter. After I applied the glitter, I took Glossy Accents and put over the top to prevent a glittery mess, and give the chipboard a nice smooth shine to it. After I let them dry overnight, I applied them to the top of the dry erase board frame using Zots (a very sticky and thick version of glue dots). I then took more primas and some tulle and made a pretty flower to put next to her name. I applied the flower using Zots. Thank you for looking! I'd love to hear what you think! Comments are great!

Swaps Book

Happy Monday everyone!!! Today's post is showing an Altered notebook titled swaps made for the Pay it Forward thread on the Cricut Messageboard. I also participated in the Collectors Cut blog to use my cricut cartridges more! My cartridge pulled for the week is Heritage. I used the font cut at 1 inch, shift and shadowed. I then took glossy accents and went over the top of the letters to make them pop and shiny. I am pretty happy with the end result. Let me know what you think!

Have a great week!

update on my craft show

Hello Everyone! Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! As you all know, I had a craft show this past weekend, and wish I would have done a bit better. I am hoping that next weekends craft show goes better. I did sell some ornaments and some notebooks. Oh, and also I sold a few cards and therapy bags as well. But, I do have to say- it wasn't worth only getting 2 hours of sleep to get prepped for it! At least I know I have things ready and wont have to make any extras!

Here are a few more notebooks I did for my craft show.

Notebooks made for Craft Show tomorrow!

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is having a fabulous Friday!!! I know I will be cramming to get as many craft items made for my show tomorrow! I did get 8 ornaments made and 3 notebooks finished yesterday. I don't think that's too bad. Especially considering I'm still fighting this bronchitis. I did have fun creating. My goal today is to create 4 hot and cold therapy bags, 10 notebooks, and 5 Christmas cards. Lets hope I can stick to that goal! Without further ado- here are pictures of the 3 notebooks I made last night!

You're such a block head Charlie Brown

Happy Wednesday Everyone!!!
Today's post is about another GIBBS 3 project! The phrase used was: "You're such a block head Charlie Brown." I used ALOT of word association with this one! I thought- blocks are made of wood... this shelf is made of wood- hmmm... Why don't I alter this?! I had it for a while- just hadn't had a right spot for it.

I repainted it, sprayed it with Stampin' Up! Smooch Spritz, added some swirls with copper Viva Decor Pearl Pen, added some Prima Flowers, stickles, and lace. I really like how it turned out. The pictures don't do it justice. It was a very hard object to photograph.

I'd love to hear what you think! I love comments!

What Was I thinking? GIBBS 3

I altered a journal for my partner Teri in the GIBBS 3 swap on the Cricut Messageboard. The phrase was: "What was I thinking?" I made this for her so she could write her thoughts down.

I used lots of bling and primas. I'm not sure what brand the paper was that I used to cover the notebook, but I can say that I got the notebook from the dollar bin at Michael's. Please let me know what you think!

Irish Eyes Are Smiling... GIBBS

Good Morning! Happy Monday to ALL!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Today is another project I made for my GIBBS swap on the Cricut Messageboard. The word was "Irish Eyes Are Smiling." I decided to decorate a picture frame and put a computer generated Irish Prayer in the frame.






I painted the frame with acrylic paint. I put Prima flowers with decorative brads, and adhered them with Zots. I tied a brown polka-dotted sheer ribbon to soften and add the finishing touch!

Summer Falls Into Autumn GIBBS

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Today my post is an altered notebook. I really like doing this and intend to make them more often! I made this altered notebook for my partner on the Cricut Messageboard. The word was "Summer Falls into Autumn." She is a teacher, so I thought the computer generated saying "Summer Falls into Autumn, and then starts a new school year" fit perfectly in this situation.





I got a notebook from the dollar bin at Michael's, and covered it with cardstock, chalked it with dark brown cat's eye chalk ink. I created a pocket on the inside so she can store any papers inside, notes or whatever. I took a mini library clip from Stampin Up and put it on the side so it was easy to open, and hold anything important. I had a leaf punch that I used to cut the leaves on the sentiment. I used martha stewart fine glitter to add some bling. I tied ribbons on the side to dress it up a bit. I am very happy with my first try at this!

Please let me know what you think! I love comments and constructive criticism!

Altered Oatmeal box

I gave this to my partner in a Girls I'm Broke Box Swap! I really like how it turned out! The tags hanging are made out of paper bags! I stuffed it with little gifts and goodies! I sprayed it with a high gloss spray. I used K &Co. paper to cover it.