Christmas Wood Star

 ICE Resin is a fun and versatile product.  Although used mostly in jewelry, there are many other uses for the product and I had a lot of fun showing you a new way to use the product to create a beautiful Christmas Inspired Wood Star for your home.

Instructions:

Start with the wood star, cutting various pieces of paper to create a collage on the bottom of the star.  Once you have it adhered, spray with red color spray to give a nice uniform base to the project.

Cut out Santa, words, postcard or any that you desire and adhere to the paper inside the wood star. 

Also cut out other images that we will also cover in resin to add to the outside of the project.  They also make cute ornaments once you cover in resin, as well.

Mix your ICE Resin and pour a thin layer in the bottom of the wood star.  Use a foam brush to move it around and cover the entire bottom surface.  This will create a base.  Mix more ICE Resin and pour into the wood star and create an even layer of the resin. 

Add your found objects, glitter, mesh, etc as the ICE Resin will serve as an adhesive to hold the items in place.  Keep your wood star flat on your surface, the resin takes 24 hours to set.  Be sure the layer is thick enough that heavier items sit down into it. I have added small real gears into Santas beard to give him a Steampunk feel.

Leave overnight to set.  Then you can use a cream colored paint to give it a distressed look.

- Candy Rosenberg

Joyous Scrapbook Layout by Design Team Member Laura Cook

Can you believe it?.... It's December already!  One month away from 2015! The one thing I like about this cold, rainy season is that it makes me retreat to my crafting corner and get creative! I was so excited to get to play with the new Joyous line from My Mind's Eye. It has that classic, old time Christmas feel with glittery accents.  So.... let's get started...

Gather the following SUPPLIES (see photo below) at your local Craft Warehouse: 

1) file: sanding

2) adhesive: foam pop-dots/square, favorite tape runner or liquid glue

3) paper trimmer

4) paper and accessory(gift label stickers) kit: My Mind's Eye: Joyous

5) glitter die cut pieces (advent tags): My Mind's Eye: Joyous

6) gold glitter letter stickers: American Crafts: Thickers: Fitzgerald

DIRECTIONS:

 
Hand-cut out the flowers/leaves (bottom right corner) and the flourish shape (top right corner) from paper: Joyous: Noel

Hand-cut the border out of paper: Joyous: Postage. Cut around, keeping the 2 post cards (bottom) and doily (bottom left) attached to border.

Cut 7 3/4" by 7 3/4" square matt for behind photo from paper: Joyous: merry,  file the edges of paper 

Layers.... I love LAYERS!  (yes, my albums are bulky.. and I love them that way).

Layer papers and die cuts as seen in photo.  Use paper: Joyous: Flourish as background paper. 

Add dimension to layers by popping up border and die cuts with foam pop-dots/squares adhesive

Fold corner of matt over top of photo, secure with adhesive

Add layout title using gold glitter letter stickers

Now... what to do with all those leftover scraps..?... I have the perfect idea, since I am all about making good use of my paper, even the scraps. Visit my blog here for a tutorial and make a 'Joyous paper tree'.

Slat Wood "JOY" Wall Decor

This is one of my favorite projects because you can create such a cute piece of décor for the holidays just by choosing a piece of your favorite scrapbook paper (My Minds Eye "Sleigh Bells Ring" Collection) cutting it into 3 parts to fit each slat board and then glue it down using Beacon 3in1 Glue! I also added a little bling to the wreath to add sparkle and dimension.

Supplies:

Slat board
Scrapbook paper
Beacon 3 in 1 Glue
Rhinestones

Directions:

1. Cut paper to fit each board.

2. Glue paper on the board.

3. Add bling and hang!

My Minds Eye Sleigh Bells Ring Star Trio

Decorate your holiday decor to match your own style! This unfinished Star Trio kit is ready for you to add scrapbook paper in any design you wish! A perfect home DIY or gift idea!

Supplies:

• Unfinished Star Trio
• Black, Green and Red Acrylic Paint
• My Minds Eye "Sleigh Bells Ring" Paper Collection & Tags
• 1 yard of Jute String
• Tim Holtz Distressed Black Soot ink
• Beacon 3 in 1 Glue

Directions:

1. Paint each star with acrylic paint.
2. Cut paper to fit each star by tracing in to the backs of each paper.
3. Distress all sides of paper with distressed ink.
4. Glue paper on to each star using Beacon 3in 1 glue.
5. Wrap jute around the wood stars and tie.
6. Add Noel Tag on to the front.

Light UP Santa Shadow Box

This project takes under 15 minutes to make, just add scrapbook paper and you are done!
Add 30 count Firefly Lights to make this quick and easy frame decor look extra festive!

Supplies:

• Black or White 12x12 Shadow Box
• 30 count Firefly lights battery or plug in
• 12x12 My Minds Eye Santa Glitter Paper.
• Beacon 3in1 glue
• Black or White Tape

Directions:

1. Open up shadow box and clean glass.
2. Take the square shadow box insert and wrap with lights on the inside of the insert and secure with tape.
3. Cut scrapbook paper to fit the back of the frame and glue to the back of the frame using Beacon 3 in 1 glue
4. Place glass, then insert and then backing and close up tabs. 

* 12x12 Shadow Box Frame $12. 88 (regular $16.99) and 8x8 $6.88 (regular $8.99) choose between black and white on sale until November 27th, 2014

Holiday Paper Mache Cones

Paper Mache Cones are perfect no matter the season! These Christmas cones are perfect for a mantel, holiday craft night, or fun gift! Make them with your girl friends or children! It is fun for the whole family!

Santa Cone

Supplies:

A small, medium & large paper cone.
Red acrylic paint
Martha Stewart glue & fine red glitter
1 yard 1” black ribbon
1/4 yard 1/2” black ribbon
2 yards of white marabou
2 packs of Darice clear square rhinestones
Tools
Scissors
E-6000 glue & glue gun

Directions:

1. Paint the cones with red acrylic paint.  Set aside and let dry.

2. Once completely dry...take the Martha Stewart glue and apply on cone.  From there, coat in glitter.  Sprinkle off excess.  Set aside and completely dry.

3. Take your black ribbon.  Wrap around the middle of each cone.  Glue the ribbon with E6000.  Let it dry.

4. Place rhinestones on card stock paper in square formation.  Cut paper around the rhinestones to create the buckle.

5. Take white marabou (or a boa) and cut to fit the bottom of the cone.  Use up top!  Glue on and then dry!

Christmas Tree

A small, medium & large paper cone.
Christmas paper with 10-12 sheets of paper
Wood Stars
Gold glitter
Martha Stewart Glitter Glue
Red Acrylic Paint

Directions:

1. Paint the cones with red acrylic paint.  Set aside and let dry.

2. Take the scrapbook paper and cut into strips.(3”long by 1/2” wide for the large cone), (2 1/2” long by 1/2” wide for medium  cones) (and 2” long by 1/3” wide for small cones).

3. Make a loop with the paper strip.  Glue gun.

4. Glue each loop, on to the cones.  Let dry.

5. Coat the wooden start with Martha Stewart glitter glue.  From there, sprinkle gold glitter and shake off excess.

6. Enjoy your new paper holiday tree!

* 50% off Paper Mache Cones until October 27th, 2014

Spooky Blocks

Our 6 piece Wood Block Set is the perfect base for multiple holiday projects! You can create any word on the front using chipoboard letters!

Supplies:

6 piece Block Set SCH-368
Black Acrylic Paint
White Web Spray
My Minds Eye “Frightful” 6x6 paper
Darice 3” letters
Darice Black Super Fine Glitter
Martha Stewart Glitter Glue
Orange Glitter Tulle
Beacon 3in1 Glue
Chipboard Letters

Directions:

1. Paint blocks with black acrylic paint

2. Cut paper to fit each block

3. Glue paper to the front of each block using beacon 3 in 1 glue.

4. Paint chipboard letters with black acrylic paint.

5. Glitter 2 layers of glitter using Martha Stewart Glitter Glue and black fine glitter. (Let dry in between coats)

6. Glue blocks together using beacon 3in1 glue. 

7. Spray the blocks with web spray.

8. Add you glittered letters using beacon 3 in 1.

9. Wrap all the blocks with glitter black tulle.

* 6 Piece Wood Block Set $9.99 (reg $14.99) until October 14th, 2014 

Azure Core Kit and Market Street by Craft Warehouse Project Life Design Team Member Meihsia Liu

Hi, friends, Meihsia Liu here today to share my Project Life spread and the process of how I created these pages. I love the concept of Project Life since it is so easy and flexible to work with. Usually I create Project Life weekly but when I am too busy, I only create when there is a special event in the family.

The event of the Project Life spread I am sharing today is based on my daughter's graduation ceremony and party. The kit I used is Becky Higgins Azure edition and both of my page protectors are Design A. I also have some beautiful journaling cards and foil accents from My Mind's Eye to embellish this project.



Usually I print out my photos in 2.75" X 2.75" with .125" border even they are used on 4" X 6" or 6" X 4" journaling card. Another option of the photo size is 3.75" X 5.75" or 5.75" X 3.75" with .125" border. I found this is the easiest way to process all my photos since the 3" square photos (2.75" X 2.75" with border .125") can fit in any sized journaling cards.



The embellishments in the My Mind's Eye Market Street kits are so cute and fun to use. I love to incorporate washi tapes, flair buttons or badges, and die cut sentiments on my spreads. Pasting the foam tape on the edges of the badge when there is a pin will make the badge easier to secure on the card. You can always cut out the sentiments on the journaling cards and paste them on the other cards in the same kit to decorate the photos.



The sentiments here are cut out from the other journaling cards in the same kit.



Here is the LEFT PAGE.



Here is the RIGHT PAGE.



And here is the whole spread.



Project Life is a very easy and fun system for everyone who loves to document life and tell stories even with limited time. Hope you enjoyed the process of my project, and got inspired to create and document your life stories.

My Mind's Eye Mini Album by Craft Warehouse Design Team Member Amanda De Jong

Hello there! I'm Amanda De Jong with the Craft Warehouse Design Team and I am so excited to be sharing a couple projects with you today! I had the opportunity to create with the My Minds Eye Market Street collection, a mix of Nob Hill and Ashbury Heights, and when I was going over all the product I thought the best way to highlight all the bold patterns and embellishments would be through a mini album.

I absolutely love the touches of gold in these collections. So much so that I wanted to bring even more gold in to my album, but in a more subtle way. One of my favorite things to do with mist is to create a simple watercolor effect on my background paper.

I spray and/or tap my mist on to my nonstick craft mat, spray it with water, then lay my paper over this mist and press down. I especially love doing this with gold spray as you get this gorgeous shimmery watercolor look that is subtle but adds shine. You can do this with a mix of colors as well. Play with different concentrations of mist and water and see how they turn out, it's different every time!

Once my misted papers were dry I cut them down to 4x6 sheets along with several of the Ashbury Heights papers I knew I wanted to use. I quickly went through and lightly tacked my photos down where I wanted them to get my pages in order and ready to punch the holes for my rings.

After that it was a matter of adding more accents of the patterned papers and many of my favorite pieces from the chipboard and die cuts in the collection! We had a huge snowstorm in February that was out of the norm for us. We were used to the occasional inch of snow, so when we were snowed in for 3 days and reached nearly 9 inches it was a pretty exciting and fun time for us! This mini was the perfect way to document that.

When I was done with my album and looking over the pieces of the collection I still had left, my eyes kept falling on the globe chipboard piece from Nob Hill. I knew I wanted to create a layout with that as a focal point. I decided to use my Cameo to cut a design directly on to my background paper so I planned the layout in Studio so I could see where I needed to cut. It comes in handy when you can pull in your photo and build around it, there's no guessing game!

I chose these flags and offset them so that I would just get a peek of the paper behind them.

I did end up changing up the placement of the globe, I love it front and center! And decided not to cut out flags on the photo itself. That's the beauty of pulling a photo in to Studio. You know exactly how it's going to turn out!

So there you have it! I hope you've enjoyed my projects and are inspired to go create! Thanks for looking!

~Amanda

Mini Album Supplies: White Cardstock, Twine, Enamel Dots, Mr Huey Gold, Mint Julep and Opaque White Mists, My Minds Eye Ashbury Heights 12x12 Paper, Label Stickers and Flair Pins, My Minds Eye Nob Hill Chipboard Elements, Washi Tape and Foil Mixed Bag Die Cuts
Layout Supplies: My Minds Eye Ashbury Heights 12x12 Paper and Label Stickers, My Minds Eye Nob Hill Chipboard Elements, Washi and Foil Mixed Bag Die Cuts, White Cardstock, Enamel Dots, "Flags" Hero Arts, Design ID:  #48372 cut file from Silhouette