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!

Easter Topiary

Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderfully blessed Easter! I know I did! It was a very fun filled weekend spent with many of my loved ones! Todays post is to show you the topiaries I made for my mother in laws as an Easter gift. They took me about a month to complete- but it was well worth it in the end. I got ideas from two other blogs. The complete topiary idea is from my friend Colleens blog. And the hibiscus flowers are from this awesome blog!
On with the photos!!!

I am really happy how they turned out- and would love your opinion!! Let me know what you think!

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!

Gibber's Do It OLD TOOL STYLE

Here is another GIBBS 3 project I made.
The phrase is : Gibber's Do It Old Tool Style

I used Smooch Spritz for the shimmer, viva decor pearl pen in copper, and brown stazOn ink for the stamped lettering. I didnt use ANY cricut in this whatsoever. I used stamps, MS punch, stickers, and OLD tools to make these for her and her family. I thought it'd be nice for her to use them on scrapbook pages or something of that sort.

Hangin Out with friends

I made this layout for my daughter's scrapbook that is WAAAAY behind. I hope you enjoy it! I had a lot of fun making it! This is from when she was in first grade. She is going into 3rd grade now! My goodness, how time flies! My daughter is the one with the yellow t-shirt under the black and white vest.

I used SU ribbon, MS butterfly stamps with StazOn ink, a making memories premade tag that has the saying "Hangin out with friends," and DCWV papers. I am unsure of the brand of pearls for embellies.

Please feel free to leave ANY comments! Thank you!

HAVE A FABULOUS MONDAY!

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!

My first set of twinchies

Here are my first two sets of twinchies I made for a swap on the Cricut MB. I used Bazzil Cardstock for the "Thinking of you" Twinchies, and Bazzil Cardstock and MS Paper for the "buttons" Twinchies. I chalked the "Buttons" twinchies with Versamagic Dew Drop chalk ink. I used stickles to dress up the buttons. I punched the buttons with the MS punch.




I used Timber Brown StazOn ink to stamp the thinking of you image on the "thinking of you" twinchies, I also inked the edges with the same ink. I used pop dots to raise the sentiment, and used my white sakura Gelly Roll Pen to add some doodle dots to the dark purple part of the twinchies.



If any of you are wondering what twinchies are, they are 2x2 squares decorated, and used to embellish scrapbook pages or cards! I plan to use mine for cards! Especially if I am in a hurry!

Sympathy Card

I made this card for a friend of mine. Her mother passed away last week after battling cancer. She was a very strong woman, and I have sent her mother a few cards to cheer her up after chemo and radiation treatments. I used the Martha Steward Ladybug Edge punch, white Gelly Roll pen, Epoxy recollection stickers, a mulberry paper flower (unsure of brand), and an SU stamp for the sentiment. The inside says "so very sorry." It was very hard to make a sympathy card. I hope it brings a smile to her face. That's all I am shooting for!

Thanks for looking! Leave a comment to let me know you stopped by!

Happy Tuesday!

Winter Layout

Hello everyone! I bet you've been wondering where I have been lately! I've been here- just staying busy! I've been working on swaps for the Cricut MB. I love that place! I just finished a swap and thought you all would like to see!

This is for my high quality layout swap. it has to be a double page- and you basically need to put all your heart and soul into it. It took me two full days to assemble- but it took me two weeks to decide what I wanted it to look like. I think I've succeeded. My thoughts to get across on this layout were snow- snow with some sparkles, and white. I used the Storybook cartridge for everything on this layout. I used DS to weld the word WINTER together. I chalked all the pictures and embellishments with Dew Drop Versa Magic Chalk Ink. They are my favorite, and I can't seem to buy those colors here anymore! :( I used Martha Stewart glitter on the word WINTER, and I used Polar White Flower soft for the snow effect. I had some mini stars from something that I threw in the snow with to help sparkle. I used stickles to embellish a word from each torn edge on the left side. I also used Recollections Pointsetta 3-d stickers to add that pop. I welcome any comments! I used Bazzil Basics for the base cardstock and the white card stock. You will see in one picture that has the flash- there's a pearlized look to the background. Then without the flash you can see alot of other details.