Doily Transformation

 

 

 

  

Did you know you can color doilies with Alcohol Inks?

 

 Simply place doily in a plastic bag with a zipper top- add a few drops of the Alcohol ink color of choice, close zipper and then 'smoosh' and knead the doily inside the bag until fully coated. Dries instantly.

 This same process can be used to color sand or glitter!

 

 

 

 

Mail and Memo Board Organizer

With Mother's Day right around the corner, we will be featuring quick and easy Mother's Day gift ideas all week long! All you will need are the few supplies listed below and some love to create them for the Mother in your life!

Supplies:

• Burlap 12"x12" Frame (LFA/723)
• Metal basket (YOR/3046)
• Key Hook (YOR/3047)
• Clear push pins
• Zva Clear Rhinestones
• Ranger "Cloudy Day" alcohol ink
• E6000 Glue
• Crate Paper DIY Shop paper Collection & mail stickers

To find more Mother's Day inspiration, check out our monthly ad on our website, here! 

I love to create- day 15 - Alcohol Ink

Every day of the year is a great day to get crafty! In February we are celebrating some of our favorite scrapbooking and stamping products because they make creating more fun, easier, and inspire us to do more. We want to share the love with you, so each day in February (it's a leap year so there are 29 days!) we are picking one of our favorite products to share with you!

Check back each day to see the new product, and learn more about it.

We craft ourselves, and acutally use and recommend these items, becuase we Love to Create!

Todays pick: Alcohol Inks

Color any non-porus surface with alcohol inks. It's fast. It's fun. It's easy.

Color metal, glossy paper, plastic, acrylic, glass, sand, rhinestones, and so much more! Check out this great video by Tim Holtz to learn more.

We offer all the colors, and you can buy them in coordinated 3pks, or individual colors. Look for them at your local Craft Warehouse.

also check out this post about alcohol ink.

Make your own custom color of sand!

OK, I just had to share this amazing idea with you. You can find sand color sand, and white, and black color sand pretty easily but, what if you want colored sand?

Alcohol ink to the rescue! We've been having fun with alcohol ink for several years - using it to color glass ornaments, and glass blocks, and glass marbles, and glossy paper, and dominos, and tile coasters, change plain white pearl garland to the color you need to match your wedding, and really anything non porous.

Alcohol Inks are available in expertly color coordinated 3 packs, or by the individual bottle with 48 colors to choose from.

I just learned that you can color sand too! - and it's so simple.

Just put the desired amount of white sand in a plastic zipper top baggie, and add a few drops of the alcohol ink color of your choice and close bag- only fill bag about 1/2 way with sand. then you can blend the color into the sand by working it (squishing the closed bag) with your hands. Soon you will have colored sand! After you have the sand colored totally- leave the bag open so any remaining alcohol vapors can evaporate - helps avoid little clumps of wet sand. Then you can make fun projects like this clear glass block filled with layers of colored sand and a vinyl saying on the outside to finish.