"Peace" Cotton Banner

These banners are a perfect "canvas" to create your holiday bunting for either a mantel or party decoration! Just add your favorite scrapbook paper, letters, or even vinyl to customize your look! Here is how I created this "Peace" Banner!

Supplies:

• Cotton Banner
• 7 - 12x12 scrapbook paper of your choice (My Minds Eye collection was used)
• Paper Accents Chipboard Letters
• Black Acrylic Paint
• Beacon Fabric Glue
• Beacon 3in1 Glue
• Black Bling

Directions:

1. Cut paper to fit each triangle pendant.
2. Glue using beacon fabric glue
3. Paint chipboard letters with black acrylic paint
4. Glue Letters to the front using Beacon 3in1 glue
5. add bling in each corner

* Six Pennant Canvas Banner $8.97 (reg. $14.99) 4 feet long on sale until November 27th, 2014

Echo Park Stacked Holiday Tree

Decorate this unfinished stackable wooden holiday tree and customize it to fit your decor! Easy to create for a homemade gift too!

Supplies:

• Crafty WoodCutouts Unfinished Wood Stacked Tree
• Echo Park Paper Collection "Home for the Holidays"
• Tim Holtz Distressed Ink Vintage Photo
• Beacon 3in1 Glue
• 1 yard of jute string
• 2 Small Gold Bells

Directions:

1. Paint all wood with white acrylic paint.
2. Cut paper to fit the front, sides and back of each block.
3. Distress all sides of paper with distressed ink.
4. Trace Star on to paper and cut out.
5. Distress all sides of the star.
6. Glue paper on to blocks and star using Beacon 3in 1 glue.
7. Wrap jute around the wood star and tie.
8. Add bells at the bottom of the jute string.

* Stacked Tree Block Set $9.99 6 piece set includes star for the top (reg $12.99) and 30% off all Christmas scrapbooking supplies until November 27th, 2014

SeaHawks Fleece Hat

This fleece hat is fun, fast and super easy to make!  Because fleece is so wide you will get 2 or 3 hats out of this much fabric, depending on the size of your head.   

 

You will need:

·          

       2/3 yard of fleece 

·         Tape measure to measure the circumference of your head

·         Sewing machine with thread to match your project 

       Scissors

Directions:

1. Cut a piece of fleece the circumference of your head by 24”.  For example, my head measured 22”, so I cut my fabric 22” going across the width of the fabric and 24” high.

2. Pin the 24” sides together creating a tube, with the right sides together of the fabric inside.   

3. Sew the tube together using a zig zag stitch and a ½” seam allowance.  If your fabric has a design, make sure it’s going to be right side up before the next step. 

4. Fold 4” of the tube up creating a cuff, matching the side seam.  Pin in a few places and zig zag stitch the cut or top edge of this cuff in place, stretching it ever so slightly as you sew.  Place the cuff away from you.   

5. Every half inch, cut down 4”- 6” to create the fringed top.  Turn your hat right side out.  Center the seam in back.  Tightly tie the fringe together with a piece of fleece, ribbon, or yarn cut 10” x ½”.  

 GO SEAHAWKS!! To get directions for these 12 Man Mittens and Scarf visit our Learning Center at our website here! 

* SeaHawks printed fleece $15.99 a yard until November 27th, 2014

                   

Marquee "Joy" Sign

Create this trendy Marquee sign without breaking the bank! It will be the highlight of your holiday decor!


Supplies:

• Fiskars Fingertip knife
• Montana Red Acrylic Spray Paint
• Drill
• Drill Bit
• 3 sets of Globe lights
• Glue gun

Directions:

1. Start by marking where you want your lights to go on the front of your letter.
2. Drill holes where you have marked.
3. Gently open the back of the letter using Fiskers finger knife, leaving an edge so you can seal it back together.
4. Spray paint the outside of the letter.
5. Take bulb out of the strip and place globe light socket coming through the back and placing in the hole in the front.
6. Secure light socket using glue gun around the socket inside the letter.
7. Repeat for the other letters then put bulbs back in the socket.
8. Plug in and you have a Marquee Joy Sign 

Quick and Easy Christmas Tablescapes

These table centerpieces will look festive with out any work at all! Your guests will have no idea that it took less than five minutes to make! Holiday decorating like this will give you more time to do the things you love on the holidays - like spending time with family!

Directions:

1. All you will need is your choice of two fillers.

2. Mix together and pour into the tray.

3. Add your choice of embellishment in the center. (In the above centerpiece we added a lantern.)

Here are some other options!

Here is a floral piece and candle holders!

Make a winter wonderland with Christmas trees and a figurine instead of a lantern or candle holders! The possibilities are endless! 

* Rustic Wood Tray with Iron Handle (photo 1) $29.96 (reg $39.99), Rustic Metal Lantern (photo 2) $20 (reg $34.99), Black Metal Tray (photo 3) $29.96 (reg $39.99), and Mesh Wire Tray (photo 4) $29.96 (reg $39.99) on sale until November 27th, 2014

Lawn Fawn Snow Day Holiday Cards

Hi Crafters! Amber here and I'm so excited to be designing for Craft Warehouse! I have three very different Christmas cards to share with you today. I got to play with items from Lawn Fawn's Snow Day collection. This line is just way too cute! First up is this layered patterned paper card.

  

I love layering patterns like this and working with paper kits makes it easy because I know all the papers coordinate. I grabbed three different papers and cut some panels to layer on my card base. My card is a standard A2 (4.25"x5.5") so I cut the panels at 3.75"x5", 3.5"x4.75", and 3.25"x4.5". Now if you have some perfectionist tendencies then by all means line these up and make them completely concentric and perfectly centered! I, on the other hand, like them a little wonky and askew. For the sentiment I cut down one of the tags from this sheet and inked the edges with Distress Ink in Pine Needles (it matches that dark green paper perfectly!) I thought it needed another punch of color so I stuck in that red and white paper strip along the edge. Then just finished it off with a piece of flair from the same kit.

My next card is a little more classic.

I loved this Merry and Bright image from this sheet so I made it the star of the card. I centered it on a white panel, tied a bow around it using this fun Snowflake ribbon from Darice and adhered it to a black card base so it would all pop. To finish it off I added this row of gems from Triveni Craft. These things are so easy to use. They already have adhesive and they are in rows (already lined up!) so I just needed to cut the length I needed and stick it down.

And my last card might just be my favorite. I plan to mass produce a few to mail out. These are perfect for mailing since they are so flat (no flair or bows to hike up the postage!)

I used a panel of watercolor paper cut down to 5.25"x4". Using the Snow Day stamps from Lawn Fawn and clear Versamark ink I stamped the sentiment and both snowflakes on the panel. Then I heat-embossed it using Zing Clear embossing powder. I hope you can see it in this photo. 

 

Next I made my faux watercolor palette. I used Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Peeled Paint and Pine Needles. You will need either a craft mat or an acrylic stamp block (just something smooth) to smear some ink on. I placed white cardstock under my acrylic block just so you could see it better.

Then using a Niji waterbrush (these things are great by the way, get one immediately! The water is IN the brush. You don't need a cup. A cup that will inevitably be spilled all over your craft table and ruin something. You'll thank me! They are also great for traveling or art journaling on the go.) pick up some of the ink and begin brushing the lighter color on the top half of the panel. Then brush the darker color on the bottom. Overlap the two colors in the middle to blend. If your inner perfectionist is screaming for straight lines then feel free to mask off a rectangle with some washi tape before you paint to make her happy.

Now you have this wonderful watercolor resist. Your friends and family will be so impressed and won't know how easy it was to do!

I decided to attach this with foam tape to a black card base for some contrast. It would also look great on a coordinating green card as well.

If you still haven't seen enough of this Snow Day collection, stop by my blog for even more card ideas from this kit. Thank you to Craft Warehouse for having me!

Holiday Deco Mesh Wreaths

All you need to create your own Deco Mesh wreath is a wire wreath form, chenille stems, and on roll of Deco Mesh!

1. Start by twisting chenille stems onto the entire wreath frame about 1 1/2 inches apart.

2. Pinch the end together and tie it down to the wreath form by placing it in the middle of a chenille stem and twist the chenille stem close.

3. Now pull the mesh out about 5 or 6 inches from the twisted chenille stem and gather it together with your hands. Find the next open chenille stem and place the pinched piece into the chenille stem and twist. This will make a natural little bubble of Deco Mesh. Keep going around the form and voilà!

You are done! Hang and celebrate!

* Deco Mesh Rolls 50% off regular prices (reg price 10 yards for $14.99) until November 27, 2014