Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Hazel and Ruby Handmade "You are My Sunshine" Plaque


Handmade projects don't have to be complicated to be impressive! Join us through out the month of April for ideas that are easy DIY, that will satisfy your desire to create, and will wow your family and friends! Customize your own sign for any room in your home easily with our NEW Hazel and Ruby Stencil Masks. 


 Supplies:
  • Wood Oval Plaque on sale 40% off
  • Sea Glass Acrylic Paint
  • Gold Acrylic Paint
  • Foam Brush
  • Sanding block
  • Gold Dot Washi By We R Memory Keepers 
  • Hazel and Ruby Handmade Mask Stencils Childs Play
  • Hazel and Ruby Handamde Mask Stencils Dear Ruby Alpha

 Hazel And Ruby Handmade Childs Play Mask Stencil
Hazel and Ruby Handmade Dear Ruby Alpha Mask Stencil

Directions:
  1. Paint wood plaque with sea glass acrylic paint. Let Dry.
  2. Place mask stencils on to plaque where you would like them.
  3. Paint 2 layers of gold acrylic paint.
  4. Peel off letters before paint dries.
  5. Wipe of mask with baby wipes.
  6. Lightly sand the top after all paint has dried. 
  7. Add washi tape around the edge of the plaque.

 
To see how easy it really is to use these Hazel and Ruby stencil masks by watching this video! 

Mason Jar DIY Crafts


Handmade projects don't have to be complicated to be impressive! Join us through out the month of April for ideas that are easy DIY, that will satisfy your desire to create, and will wow your family and friends! Check out this new book, DIY Mason Jars, with 35 projects to do using the classic container! We learned a few tips or two ourselves! See all the mason jar inspiration below to kick off your creativity!







Tuesday, April 29, 2014

DIY Love You To The Moon and Back


Handmade projects don't have to be complicated to be impressive! Join us through out the month of April for ideas that are easy DIY, that will satisfy your desire to create, and will wow your family and friends!



Supplies:
  • 12x12 finished burlap board. on Sale $9.99
  • Basic black Thicker stickers
  • Gold Sequins
  • Chunky Gold Glitter
  • Martha Stewart Glitter Glue
  • Beacon 3 in 1 Glue
  • All Night Media Mini Glue Dots
  • Gold Leaf Pen
  • Cereal Box
  • Gold Glitter Spray
  • Painters Tape


Directions:
  1. Start of by taping of your frame with painters tape, then spray your burlap surface with glitter spray.
  2. While that is drying cut out a moon from a cereal box. Then glitter it with Martha Stewart Glitter Glue and Gold Glitter.
  3. Peel off painters tape once the burlap surface is dry and use the leafing gold pen to out line the frame. I did this in a couple of different spots.
  4. Place Thicker letters were you want them on the board. Glue the moon to the burlap using beacon 3 in 1 glue.
  5. place the letter N on top of the moon using Beacon 3in1 to glue it down.
  6. Then finish off adding sequins to the top of your project using glue dots.

How to Prepare for a Scrapbooking Crop by Design Team Memeber Elizabeth Wiederspohn




Back by popular demand, is this outstanding article by Craft Warehouse Alumni and Design Team Member, Elizabeth  Wiederspohn! It is one of our top five blog articles and I know it will help get you organized as you prepare for this upcoming National Scrapbook Day!


How do you get ready for a scrapbooking crop? Do you pack your whole car up with supplies? Do you page plan? Do you get frustrated that you don't get as much done at a crop?

 Photo of basics bag

Getting ready for a crop is something that took me a really long time to wrap my mind around. The first couple of times I brought two rolling suitcases with a bag over my shoulder which was pretty much my entire scrapbooking supply collection just in case I needed something. This drove me crazy not because of the mass amounts of stuff I had to crawl through to find things but because when I got home, I had to reorganize everything put everything away and much like my filing it never got done. Plus I didn't get much done because I spent most my time trying to figure out what I was doing and where to find things.

So after a few of these times not knowing where anything is and spending most my time organizing my stuff at the crops instead of scrapbooking I created a system. This system allows me to scrapbook mass pages during a crop and have to put away very little when I come home.

First of all I pack my basics bag (see photo above). This bag has the basic pens, cutting board, scissors, adhesive, ribbon, and tons of letter stickers in it.

Then I pack a bag of all my favorite embellishments. My current bag is a Clinique giveaway. (On a long trip I might pack two of these bags.) When finished this bag stays packed on my desk for me to pull from at any time. Pulling embellishments from a small bag saves me tons of time on my layouts.



Then I start on my photos. I take my memory cards in once a month to get pictures printed. Immediately after getting them printed I place each event in a 2.5 gallon resealable bag.



Then I place them in a Ikea storage cube until I am ready to make page kits. Sometimes I will have an idea or a piece of paper that really fits these pages right away and I slip those ideas and products in the bags before I even start making page kits.



Next, when I run out of page kits or before a crop I do a mass taking over of my living room and layout all of the bags with photos in them.



I start in one corner and work my way down the lines filling each bag with an idea from a magazine or printed online.



Then after all the bags have ideas I match the ideas and pictures with patterned paper. Making sure to Look at the idea I have and determining if I could use scraps or if full sheets of paper are needed



Then lastly I add my basic solid paper to all the bags.



There is one more step but I rarely get to it and that is journaling. I try to journal on all my pages and journaling is one of the hardest things to do at the crop. So if I am very organized I will look through all my page kits and write down the subject of each kit in a small notebook. I slip the notebook in my purse and while waiting for appointments or during breaks at work I bring out the notebook and pre-journal for the page. then I bring the notebook with me to the crop and I will have both journaling and titles for the pages ready to go. Like I said rarely does this step get finished but I try and when I have this done, that is when I can complete 10-15 pages in one night.



So in all the only things in my page kits are photos, ideas from magazines or printed online, patterned paper, and solid paper. Now when I am ready to crop I grab a bag, some page kits, and my embellishment bag and I am ready to go.



On a short trip I can get away with just bringing my one bag and a cutting board. That is a big difference from the two rolling totes and and shoulder bags.

Chalk Board Heart DIY Shadow Box


Handmade projects don't have to be complicated to be impressive! Join us through out the month of April for ideas that are easy DIY, that will satisfy your desire to create, and will wow your family and friends!                                          Paint the plain wood heart template with chalk spray paint. Then doodle on the hearts or add words that describes the person in the photo. Then add a special photo of who you would like this to represent and cut your photo in a heart to go on the piece of wood. Because its chalk you can always wipe off and start over. In this project I used a bistro marker.


Supplies:
  • 12x12 White Shadow Box
  • 12x12 Dear Lizzy Wood Cut Out
  • Black Chalkboard Spray Paint
  • Bistro Marker
  • Chalk
  • Heidi Swapp 12x12 teal scrapbook paper
  • Beacon 3 in 1 glue
Directions:
  1. Paint your heart surface with chalkboard spray paint in a ventilated area.
  2. Spray 2 coats letting the surface dry in between sprays.
  3. Open up the back of your shadow box and throw away your glass and take the middle section out.
  4. Glue the heart to the inside of the front of the frame using Beacon 3in1 glue.
  5. Put the middle part of the shadow box back into the frame.
  6. Cut your scrapbook paper to fit the backing on the frame and glue paper to the backing using beacon 3 in 1.
  7. Close up your frame and know you are ready to add your photo and doodle!




Monday, April 28, 2014

Diy Paper Mache Washi Tape Monogram


Handmade projects don't have to be complicated to be impressive! Join us through out the month of April for ideas that are easy DIY, that will satisfy your desire to create, and will wow your family and friends! 

These are so much fun and create a huge statement for a Party, Wedding, Baby shower or just as a decorative monogram. Simply spray paint a color of your choice and add washi tape to the sides.





Personalize Rustic Barnwood Frames



Handmade projects don't have to be complicated to be impressive! Join us through out the month of April for ideas that are easy DIY, that will satisfy your desire to create, and will wow your family and friends!

These personalized frames will give your home decor a professional look in minutes! 

Add a labeled drawer pull the a rustic barn wood frame with chalkboard paper and a bistro marker add a name or date to personalize your photo.


Place a drawer pull upside down to hold your chalk!

Friday, April 25, 2014

Graphic 45 Envelope Mini Book by Design Team Member Keri Sallee


Hello Craft Warehouse Friends!! Keri Sallee here and I am so excited to be here with you today. One of my favorite things to make is mini-albums and when I saw what was in my Craft Warehouse box, I knew exactly what I wanted to make.

In my box was: 

Graphic 45 "By The Sea" Paper Pad


Matching "By the Sea" Chipboard 


 Teresa Collin's Basically Essential Stencil in "Scallop"



OTHER MATERIALS:
* Aleene's Tacky Glue
* Modeling Paste
* Acrylic Paint (Navy Blue)
* Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Walnut Stain) 
* 6 x 9 Manila Clasp Envelopes 
* EK Sucess 3-D Dots 
* Fiskars Scissors 






To make the base of your album, grab your envelopes, glue and scissors. You can make this album with any number of envelopes. For the completed project, I used 4 envelopes (for this sample tutorial I used 3.)

Cut the flap off of one of the envelopes and set that envelope aside. 


Taking the rest of your envelopes, lay them end to end, with the opening pointed towards the left. 


Apply adhesive to the envelope flap on the right and then lay the next envelope on top. Be careful not to cover the flap crease (it will make it difficult to close your album if you do.) Continue this process until you have used all of the envelopes (except for the one you cut the flap from.)


Now grab the trimmed envelope and turn it so that the opening is facing the right. Add adhesive to the envelope flap and adhere your final envelope to the beginning of your string of envelopes. 



Fold your album in an accordion shape. 


For your front, cover your front envelope with the Graphic 45 Seashell paper. To make the scallops on the cover, mix equal parts modeling paste and acrylic paint. Using a small spatula, scrape your mixed through the Teresa Collins Scallop Stencil. (NOTE: This stencil is thin, so if you have a stencil adhesive available it is very handy.)



To complete your album, fussy cut shapes of your choice and add chipboard shapes from the Graphic 45 Chipboard embellishments. I chose to use Tim Holtz Distress ink in Walnut Stain to give it a vintage feel and EK Success 3-D dots to add dimension. 






The envelope pockets allow for TON of extra space for journaling and pictures!


I hope you have enjoyed seeing this project come alive as much as I've enjoyed making it. I can't wait to see how it inspires you!

Until next time friends...remember to make your art intention...not an afterthought.

XOXO,

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