Recycled Crayons

As a teacher I always end up with broken and gross crayons at the end of the year. Yes, I could use them for my class the following year, but I enjoy giving them new materials to work with. I decided that I wanted to find a way to recycle my crayons.... so I visited my favorite website (Youtube) to come up with ideas. So, here we go.... recycled crayons! I melted the crayons down over the stove, and then placed them in candy molds. They were left to cool... and VIOLA! New crayons! I made more colors but only took pictures of the purple crayons. I hope you enjoy! I apologize for the poor quality pictures... I took it on my camera phone.

Quick Thank You Card

I needed to whip up a quick thank you card for my soon-to-be in-laws! They purchased us the most amazing suitcases off our wedding registry. Now we will actually have something to pack all of our honeymoon goodies in.... we were a bit worried since neither one of us previously owned luggage. So anyways, used Wild Card cart for the scalloped circle and Accent Essentials for the middle circle. The stamp is an old one that I think I bought at Target for about $1.00! The butterfly paper is from a new DCWV pack that I recently purchased. Love the paper! I hope my future in-laws enjoy the card. They are amazing and have done so much for us. Wedding countdown: 63 days and counting!

-Cassie

Jungle Diaper Cake

My good friend Jenny is having a baby in July, but her baby shower is coming up in a few weeks. I am hosting the shower and trying to make things vs buying things for it. I want it to really have a fun personal touch. Here is the diaper cake that I made for the shower. I have never made one before, but once I got started I realized it was quite easy! It's not perfect, but it still looks really good. I used my Create a Critter cartridge to create all of the animals around it, and made some pinwheels to stick on the top. The "cake" has a few baby items within that you can't see from the outside. I am actually very proud of myself! I didn't think it would work out well, but it actually came out great! I hope you enjoy looking at it!

-Cassie

Hello Kitty Notebook

I finally broke down and purchased the Hello Kitty Cricut cartridge. Now, I am not the biggest fan of Hello Kitty, but I figured I would know enough people who would enjoy the images to make it worth it. This is the first project I have completed using the cartridge. Surprisingly enough the layers are really easy to put together! The notebook was assembled using my Bind It All system that I purchased about a year ago. There are 25 blank sheets inside and the notebook itself measures 4" by 6". Not too bad for the first cut I've made with this cartridge. It could definitely use some more decoration, but all in all I think it came out okay. I hope you all enjoy!

-Cassie

Tree Hugger

This image was just too cute! I cut it from the "Give a Hoot" cartridge at 3.75". The paper is from a DCWV stack that I had laying around. I'm not sure what they name of it was called. The sentiment was stamped using individual alphabet stamps. I was surprised I managed to line them up so straight! Haha. I inked around the edges to give the image more depth. It is simple yet super cute. I hope you enjoy!

-Cassie

Wedding pomanders

For those who don't already know, I'm getting married in June. The stress is starting to take it's toll and I still have 3 months! Geebus! Tonight I decided to get started on some pomanders that I will use to line the aisles at the wedding. I was able to get the silk flowers at the Dollar Tree and the styrofoam balls at Walmart for cheap! The ribbon was the most expensive part... haha. Anyhow, I LOVE how these came out. I was so nervous to do these, but now I realize that I was just being paranoid. I have some more to make and I will post pics of those when they are all done. :-)

-Cassie

San Francisco Layout

It's been awhile since this trip, but I'm just finally making myself sit down and get all these photos scrapbooked! Of course getting new paper and embellishments make it so much easier! This layout was made using the American Crafts Travel page kit. I had actually went to Marshall's a few days ago and they had a ton of American Crafts kits for less that $5 each! It was such a steal! Anyways, I love how this page turned out. The colors are awesome, and the foam letters could not have been more perfect. Love, love, love this!

My poor blog!

Ugh, I've totally neglected my poor blog! Things have been pretty busy lately, and I have not been staying on top of my crafting. It's a sad thing too! Aside from working 40-60 hours a week, I'm attempting to plan my wedding that is coming up in June. It's amazing how much work goes into one day of an event.

Anyways, I am making myself a promise right now to stay more on top of my blog and my crafting. I absolutely love doing it and need to stop pushing it aside. So, here's to a "new" blog. Cheers!

-Cassie

Pics are too small..

Sorry about that, the pics came out really small. Here are some better ones. Enjoy!

-Cassie

Valentines Cupcake Toppers

Just for fun I made some cupcake toppers. They came out sooooo cute! They were cut from the Simply Charmed cartridge at 2.5". Each one is on a "child-safe" stick- meaning no sharp points. :-) Not sure what I plan to do with them yet, but I sure do love them!

Quick and Simple Card

I've been working like crazy on Valentines treats for the past few days and decided to take a quick break from that and make a card. This card is a pretty simple design, but I love the combination of colors. I am really trying to break out of my shell when it comes to combining colors. I'm not very good at it and I often stay where it feels "safe" to me. These colors were definitely outside the box for me (or at least the combination of these colors.) The tag with the bird on it, and the paper, are all scrap items I've been hanging onto for quite some time. I'm not sure what collection they're from, or even when I got them. Sometimes it's fun to just use up the random stuff that is laying around. Tomorrow I plan to work on some notebooks with my Yourstory Photo machine. We'll see how that goes! Until then, good night!

Valentines Treats #1

Since I have 1 week left of winter vacation I thought I would get started on my Valentines goodies. I decided to make sour cream containers filled with tootsie rolls. The skunk is cut from Create a Critter at 2", and the scalloped shapes are cut from Accent Essentials at 2 3/4" and 2 1/2". These came out so stinkin' cute! (No pun intended!) Hope you enjoy. I'm sure there is more to come.

-Cassie

Monster Card

Apparently Blogger is having some issues. Hopefully this time it will post...

Here is a card that I made for my parents foster child's birthday. I don't know her very well so I figured I would go with something cute and pink! The paper is from My Minds Eye "Party Time" paper pack. The alien image was cut from my "Mini Monsters" cartridge at 3 1/2". The stamp is from my Hero Arts stamp set that has a bunch of birthday sentiments. I hope she enjoys this card. I though it came out really well! Thanks for looking!

Now off to get showered and ready for the birthday party today...

-Cassie

Halloween Decor

Here is a frame I made for the holiday coming up. The diecuts and paper are from K&Company's Spooktacular line. The "Happy Halloween" cut is from Mini Monsters and is cut at 4". This picture isn't the best, but it did come out pretty darn cute!

Critter Swap

It has been a busy couple of weeks. Haven't had the opportunity for much crafting since I started teaching my 2/3 grade combo class. It's been hectic! Well I signed up with Paper Crafts by Candace for a critter swap. The rules were that the cut had to be a critter of some sort, and around 3". So I decided to cut the skunk from Create a Critter at 3" and use 3D paint for their little noses. They came out so cute! I hope the others who receive one of these little skunks like them as much as I do.

Puppy Surgery

I am really trying to catch up on my dog's scrapbook. I know it's weird that I've created a scrapbook dedicated to my dog, but she is my baby. I couldn't imagine life without her. This page is from when she had to get spayed a few years ago. Poor little thing had to wear a cone for 2 weeks, but she was such a trooper through all of it. I used the Don Juan cartridge to cut out the font, and used my Cuttlebug to emboss the shadows on the pictures using the tiny dots folder. The flower embellishments are random chipboard flowers I had laying around. I thought this came out pretty well. I did not put a lot of stuff towards the top of the page because I felt the bottom had enough going on already. The paper has some glitter to it which gives it a little bling.

-Cassie

Composition Books

Well school is getting back in session, so I decided to customize a few notebooks for my younger siblings and a few friends. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of all of them before I gave them to their new owners, but they all came out SOOOO cute and are very loved. I used Create A Critter to cut the little animals for each notebook. I covered them using coordinating paper that I had laying around. Sorry, I do not know which stack they came from... I just wanted to use up some of the paper I had laying around. I hope you enjoy these. They were a lot of fun to make.

-Cassie

Cupcake Toppers

I am so in love with my Mickey and Friends cart! I just love the die cut of Mickey's pants, and decided to use it to make some cute cupcake toppers. Not sure what I'm going to do with them yet, but I just couldn't resist making them. I will be working on matching invitation tags later this afternoon, and will post them when they are complete. Enjoy!

-Cassie

Notebooks

It's been awhile since I last posted. I have been pretty busy with job interviews and all sorts of random stuff this week. This week also brought the delivery of my Bind It All system which I excitedly used to create a few small notebooks. Here are just a few pics of what I made. The Mickey notebook was cut using the Mickey and Friends cart, and the Snail was cut using the Paisley cart. The other one was decorated using chipboard cutouts I got at Target for fifty cents! Anyways, enjoy! More to come....

Tea Party

I went to Michael's a few days ago and was able to get a really cute stack of DVWV paper that had a lot of stitch patterned paper with birds, tea cups, and sewing themes. The best part was that the stack only cost $5! What a steal. So I decided to use it for my first attempt and this type of folded card. I think it came out really well. I just love the colors of the paper! :-)

-Cassie