Game Day Bottles

Happy Labor Day! When a friend came over with a thank you gift for us, I knew I had to share it! He brought over a bottle of homemade Bailey's Irish and Creme. Oh. my. dearie. The bottle is what got me (hey, blame the crafter in me)! It was a snap lid bottle and I thought right away of Craft Warehouse's snap bottles and got excited about the kind of gifts I could give this fall! Craft Warehouse carries these 12" beautiful clear bottles so you can see what is inside. They also make the best backdrop for a belly band, label, or tag and are food safe!

I also knew this would make the best drink to bring over to a friend's house for Game Day! Here is the supply list to create your own!

Homemade Bailey's Irish and Creme

2 cups of whiskey

2 cups of vodka

2 Tbsp instant coffee

2 Tbsp chocolate syrup

2 cans sweet condensed milk

2 cups heavy cream (can use 1% fat free milk)


In a large stock pot, combine ingredients and then carefully pour into bottle. Refrigerate. This recipe can fill one bottle with a little extra for you to drink at home.

Here is a Vegan Non Alcoholic version I found to share.

Decorate the Bottle

Supplies:

1 12" Snap Lid Bottle
WeRMemory Keepers Homemade Die Cut Set
Chalkboard Sticky Back Paper
American Crafts Ribbon and Twine
Card Stock
Bistro Chalkboard Marker
Clear Snap Color Box Rubber Stamps (available in NW teams)
Kraft Tag
Ranger Ink Archival Black Ink
Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Machine

Directions:

1. Stamp image on to tag. Mat the tag by cutting card stock a little larger than the tag and keep together. Punch a hole in the card stock at the same place the tag's hole is in.

2. Tie bow to the top of the bottle. Run twine through the tag and tie to the back of the bottle and let the tag hang in front.

3. Die cut the label from the chalkboard sticky back paper. Use the marker to write on the chalk board paper. (Or use pre-cut chalkboard labels *)

4. Place the label on the jar making sure the jar is dry before applying.

Give and drink!

* Removable Chalkboard Labels 50% off regular prices (reg. $4.99) until September 21st, 2014

We R Memory Keepers Indian Summer Collection Tutorial

Today's tutorial will help you create a fast and simple layout using our new products from We R Memory Keepers! Their new Indian Summer collection is perfect for summer photo as well as feminine and masculine projects! I loved the turquoise, black and white, along with the gold hues that I decided to also use their new dies in gold too! Grab your supplies and let's get started!

Supplies:

We R Memory Keepers Indian Summer 12x12 Collection
We R Memory Keepers Indian Summer Wood "Life Is Beautiful"
We R Memory Keepers Indian Summer Wood "Doily"
We R Memory Keepers Indian Summer Wood "Feather"
We R Memory Keepers Indian Summer Chipboard Alphabet Stickers
We R Memory Keepers Embossing Folders "Feather"
LifeStyle Crafts Cutting Dies "Feathers"
White Cardstock
Gold Vellum 
American Crafts Gold Glitter Paper
Tombow Xtreme Adhesive Runner
Scallop Punch 2"
Big Shot Die Cutting Machine by Sizzix
Rhinestone Stickers

Directions:

1. Cut  two pieces of patterned paper to 10"x4" (black with white dots) and another 10"x5" (feathers). Glue them down on a 12x12 piece of paper about 3/4" from the top. Punch three scalloped circles from a piece of patterned paper and set aside.

2. Cut 10"x1/2" of turquoise paper and glue to the bottom of the feather paper. Cut 10"x1 1/4" strip from pattern paper and add it to the bottom of the page. Mat your photo on white cardstock and place at the top left hand corner.

3. Using scissors, cut the peg hole off the "Life is Beautiful" Wood Veneer and glue it with the Xtreme adhesive to the top of the Wood "Doily". Make sure the peg hole is facing down on the doily. Add more adhesive and place at the bottom right corner of the photo.

 4. Emboss a 3"x4" white cardstock with the "feathers" embossing folder. Die cut feathers from gold vellum and gold glitter paper.

5. Layer at the bottom left corner of the photo and page the 3"x4" embossed card, wood feather (remove peg hole with scissors), scallop circle, and feathers. Add a number to the card. 

6. Place two more scallops on the page and add three rhinestones. 

7. Use the dots in the Alphabet set to create bullet points on the page for your journaling. 

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Paper Bow using We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

 

 Once I made one bow I was sold! This is such an easy project and I love that I can use my punch board for other things! Thanks to our Gresham store that had this figured out the moment they got the board. Here I have listed simple steps on how to create your own paper bow!

Supplies:

• We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board
• Paper Cutter
• Scrapbook or Cardstock paper
• Beacon 3in1 Glue

 Directions:

1. Collect everything on your supply list.
2. Cut paper into 3 strips: 1 - 1"x6" and 2 - 1"x5" strips
3. Match up your 6" strip to punch board at the 3" mark and punch.
4. Flip over and punch the other side.

     5.  Take the ends of the paper and trim edges like shown in photo 5

     6.  Repeat steps 3-5 for one 5" strip

     7.  Repeat steps 3-4 for the other 5" strip. Then punch a notch in each end shown in photo 7

     8.  This is what your pieces should look like in photo 8

 

    9.  Place dot of glue on the back side of large strip, then fold over to adhere paper
   10.  Repeat this step for the smaller strip
   11.  Glue one bow on top of the other and glue paper strip to the bottom
   12.  A perfect bow!

Make a Wish Wooden Canvas

Our new wood canvas boards open a whole new world of possibilities! Since it is made of wood, the surface is more stable than a regular canvas which makes this project easier than ever!

Supplies

• 16”x20” Wood Artist Panel Canvas
• Vinyl Words Vinyl “Make a Wish”
• Drill & Small Drill Bit
• Darice Deco Teeny Lights Battery Operated
• Hot Glue Gun
• Black Paint
• We R Memory Keepers Crop n Dile

Directions

1. Punch holes with the small setting on your Crop n Dile where you will want the lights to be on your vinyl.
2. Decide and measure where you are going to make your 20 holes and drill  a small hole through the wood board.
3. Spray paint your canvas black. 
4. Apply your vinyl according to package directions. 
5. Poke teeny lights through the nail holes.
6. Use a hot glue gun to hold the wires down in the back of the canvas. 
7. Hang and enjoy!

We R Memory Keepers Instagram Album by Design Team Member April Joy Hill

Hi everyone! It's April Hill, here again for Craft Warehouse.  I got really lucky and was able to play with some newly released goodies from CHA Winter that are already at Craft Warehouse!  The new items from We R Memory Keepers are awesome!  The 4x4 Instagram Album is SO adorable and the Inky Rose collection was actually my favorite from their new collections, so yay!

In case any of you want to pick up the album, but aren't sure how to get photos sized to fit the pockets, here's a little tutorial on how I created a 6x4 print using an iPhone app called PicFrame and printing my photos wirelessly to my Canon Selphy printer.

On the PicFrame start screen, the top right button defaults to 1:1, but if you click that button, you can select 3:2 (which is equivalent to 6x4).

For 2x2 sized photos, swipe your screen from right to left to get to the third page of templates and select the template that has space for 6 photos.

This template defaults with white borders (which I leave for my photos), but if you wanted to remove the borders, you can click the "Style" button on the bottom and slide the "Width" lever all the way to the left (and if you wanted to add a thicker white border, you can slide it to the right).

Double click into the gray areas of the template to add your photos.  Once you have all 6 photos selected, click the "Share" button to save the photo to your camera roll so you can print it later.

For 4x4 sized photos, you will do something similar, but from the main screen, you will select the two-photo template from the first page of templates.

For 4x4 photos, I don't add a white border, so I move the "Width" lever all the way to the left.

Here is where it will get a little tricky with this sized photo.  After putting your photo in, you want to move the horizontal line so that it sizes the photo to 200-100.  This is roughly equivalent to 4x4.  [With a Canon Selphy printer, the photos are slightly smaller than 6x4, so it's not going to be perfect, but I promise.. it's close enough! ;)]

From there, you would save it like you did the 2x2 template.  And hopefully you found that tutorial helpful, so you can head on over to Craft Warehouse to purchase a We R Memory Keepers album for yourself!

And now, here is the start of an album I put together to document the places my husband and I have been lucky enough to travel together to!  It's titled "Hello World - Our Travels Together."

For the cover page, I loved the die-cut journaling cards that came in the Inky Rose collection, so I used the die-cut "Hello" as a starting point.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you enjoyed my little album as much as I loved putting it together! :)

Maggie Holmes Mini Book

When I got the chance to take home Maggie Holmes' NEW collection with Crate Paper, for Craft Warehouse, I was beyond excited! To make a simple mini album cut paper to size, layer the embellishments, and then bind the pages together!

The fun stickers and ephemera along with the 12x12 paper pack make this project a snap! It was easy to trim paper to size and just stick them on and go! I could also attach these flower clips to everything; they are so pretty!

The inside pages were filled with photos or even more die cuts from the Card Stock Die Cut pack.

 

Everyone I talk to loves these little mini Fabric Bows. I have to say that I do too! I need to go and pick up several packages before they fly off the shelves! They are perfect for every paper crafting project. 

Lastly, I love the Washi Paper so much! It is a 12x12 adhesive sheet filled with strips of different patterns. Just trim, remove the backing, and stick it on your project! It is perfect if you want lots of different washi tapes patterns without having to pay the cost for a roll of each!

When I was finished with each page, I used the We R Memory Keepers Cinch Book Binding Tool to  bind it together.

Magnetic Twist Trimmer by We R Memory Keepers

The Twist Combo Trimmer by We R Memory Keepers is a strong magnetic cutting ruler that is safe and quick to use! It comes with 8 blade designs!

 To see how it works, watch this We R Memory Keepers tutorial video.

 

* On sale for $18.88 (regular $24.99) until December 16th, 2012.