Shrink plastic ornaments

Yes you can use shrink plastic on your digital cutter!  Using print and cut (or cut by hand with exacto knife) you can use your digital cutter with shrink plastic, be sure to have an extra grippy mat and cut twice using moderate to high force.

Easy magnets

Get any decorative paper that's a bit heavier weight than copier paper, punch or cut circles, purchase the glass gems (floral decorations) and magnets.  Glue the paper to the glass using E600 glue and use it to also glue the magnet onto the paper - that's it!

Custom alcohol gift

Purchase transparencies at any office supply store - watch for inkjet or copier because the high heat of laser might melt the transparency, make sure you are using the right kind.  After you print, layer it with contact transparent paper on the side you printed so the alcohol doesn't make the ink run.  Gently fold it in circle and place it inside the bottle!

Fairy Garden

Soda Can Upcycle card hummingbird

Use your paper punches to punch out soda cans and layer them, color with alcohol inks!  This also works with die cuts!  It also sharpens your punches but be careful opening the soda can.

Vinyl art around the house

melted bead sun catcher with eyelet

I have been seeing all these posts about melting beads 

and I just had to try them!

I made a modification where I added an eyelet to the beads so that we could hang them easily, wasn't sure it was going to work but it did!  Now we can hang these easily!

You just have to make sure to surround the eyelet with beads so that it stays snug!

I also used glow in the dark beads and sunburst bead which was really a great addition and it melts so pretty!

You can see more details here 

I just love the way the beads melt together

Here is what I used:

sunburst beads

glow in the dark pony beads

Transparent beads

Small Wilton pans

Any of these can probably be found at local craft stores and take a coupon!  Any metal eyelet will do.

Use the pan for shape and so that it stays a little thicker, dollar store has small pans sometimes, I only use them for crafting and don't mix with the food ones.  Make sure the eyelet is snug and that beads are close to the sunburst beads, you want them to be close so you don't have gaps.

I used a toaster over that is an old one, only for crafts because this really stinks.  Seriously, I took the toaster oven outside it smelled so bad - yuck.  I also use it for shrink plastic and polymer clay.   Some people have used the BBQ outside.

I had the little oven at 450F and watch them melt, takes about 10 min on mine.

Pour some cold water to make them pop out

Enjoy!