Distressed Countdown Advent Cabinet

I had so much fun making this project. This Advent Calendar Cabinet is the perfect holiday decoration. Drawers are just big enough to hold little treasures so excited keiki's can count down the days until Christmas arrives.

Distressed Countdown Advent Cabinet by Beth

Tim Holtz Distress Stain

30143784 - UNF Cabinet 24 Drawers w/ Shutter

77501692 - Mod Podge

30141040 - Americana Multi-Surface Paint (Vanilla Shake)

30145457 - Joyous Tradition Paper scrapbook paper

30136620 – ½” EK Tools mini punch

James Button

Paint the cabinet with the color of your choice. Measure each drawer and cut 24 pieces of patterned paper to fit, mixing patterns and colors as desired. Punch a half-hole in the top edge of each piece to match the notches on the drawers. Use the stain to ink the edges around the cabinet. Mod Podge the cut paper to the drawers. Cut paper to fit the sides and back of the Advent calendar box; ink and adhere with Mod Podge.

Happy Crafting! Beth @ Mapunapuna BFC

Alcohol Inks and Bells!!

Colorize your Jingle Bells to ANY color you want using Alcohol Inks from Tim Holtz! 

Alcohol Ink “Stains” the metal with bright or subtle colors depending on the one you choose. It’s a great way to customize your decorations.

These bells are great for the upcoming fall, put them in a bowl for a modern yet classic look, or tie some in a wreath. These Alcohol inks give a great Antique / rustic look 

Supplies: Alcohol Inks (Copper, gold, reds, blues, purples)

Felt pads and tool

Jingle bells (silver or gold)

Step 1: Use the Alcohol Ink Tool and Felt pads. Squirt a few drops of the ink onto the felt pad.

Step 2: Blot the felt pad on the metal bells to transfer the ink, set aside to dry for a few minutes and you now have custom Jingle Bells!   

Thanks for looking and CRAFT ON!!! ~Deborah @ Market City

A Pallet-able Project

There are a lot of people out there right now on Pinterest and all over the web who are making astounding things out of pallets. Of course one thing leads to another and the love for making things using pallets has turned into simply a love of pallets. To help spread a little more pallet love, today's blog topic concerns making something into a pallet. Well, making popsicle sticks into a mini pallet coaster, to be exact.



If you want to make this pallet project for your own home, you're going to need a few things first. Popsicle sticks are the main ingredient but you'll also need something to cut them with and something to stain them with. I used some heavy duty tin snips and Tim Holtz's Distress Stains respectively. To round the project off, you need a length of balsa wood - square shaped, not circular - a hot-glue gun, and an Xacto or utility knife.

I then cut both ends off of the popsicle sticks to give them straight edges. You can also find popsicle sticks ready made without the rounded ends, but I used what I had on hand. I also cut the balsa wood into pieces that were roughly the same size as my popsicle sticks. Then I used the Distress Stain to give the wood pieces a rugged, weathered look. Last, I hot-glued the popsicle sticks to three pieces of balsa wood.

Keep in mind that these coasters are supposed to look raw and used, just like those life-sized pallets. Don't worry if your popsicle sticks hang over too much or if a couple of your pieces have some rough edges. In fact, you want these cuties to look as imperfect as possible. The less refined the better, I think, and they're great for adding a fun, rustic touch to your home.

Drop by our Enchanted Lake store during July for demonstrations on how to make some pallets of your own.

See you soon,
Puna @ Enchanted Lake

Personalized Wood-grained Planter

Aloha Crafters ~

Today's Idea & Inspiration is a Personalized Wood-Grained Planter. This is yet another quick & easy idea for a wedding shower or reception center piece. What's really fun about this project is the ability to personalize it. Pictured is a heart with initials, but names, dates, phrases are just a few other ideas.

Supplies:

• Qt Paint Can (16067)
• Sizzix BIG SHOT (30083658)
• Tim Holtz WOOD GRAIN / BRICK Embossing Folder (30103725)
• Encore SILVER INK Pad (77890590)
• CREATIVE VERSA-TOOL (30012657)
• 13 ¼ x 4 ¾ White Cardstock
• Double Stick Tape

Instructions:

1. Using the Sizzix BIG SHOT,emboss White Cardstock with the WOOD GRAIN Embossing Folder
2. Pat embossed cardstock with SILVER INK Pad
3. Using the wood burning tip on the CREATIVE VERSA-TOOL, personalize Cardstock
4. Adhere Cardstock using Double Stick Tape to Paint Can

Happy Crafting!
Robin @ Kahului

Crankin' Out Crafts -ep222 Cherry Blossom Fan

Learn how to decorate fans with cherry blossoms using Alcohol inks with JFlo.

Check out our new fans! Ready-to-decorate with a variety of materials.

Watch our Fan-tastic episode here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 222 Cherry Blossom Fan

Supplies:

White or black paper fan

alcohol inks: cranberry, shell pink (or any two pinkish colors), copper, pearl

alcohol blending solution

Tim Holtz alcohol ink applicator

five petal flower cut out of felt

Ribbon

Stickles (glitter glue)

fine-point paintbrush

Pearl City BFC also holds Fan Make 'n Takes every Saturday from 11am to 2pm (Fee $5 each). You can create your own designer fan for a special occasion! See store and this blog post here for more. 

Crankin’ Out Crafts: Episode 152 - Inked Poison Bottle (Alcohol Inks)

Puna is back again today for this week’s last Crankin’ Out Crafts episode. She’s going to show you how to make some cute and spooky Halloween themed bottles.

Crafted Inked Poison Bottles make a great Halloween decoration!

Watch the segment here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 152 - Inked Poison Bottle

Supplies:

Glass bottle with cork stopper

Alcohol Inks

Alcohol ink applicator

Chalkboard cardstock

Scissors

Baker’s twine

1/8” hole punch

Stickers or chalk for tag embellishment

You can easily make a beautiful and eye catching centerpiece with these poison bottles by arranging them on your mantle or end table for Halloween.

*Scroll down and read today's earlier post on Shell Drilling by Lynn from the Mapunapuna Bead Shoppe.

Crankin’ Out Crafts: Episode 151 Inked Tin (Alcohol Inks)

For today’s episode, JFlo shows you how to make elegant gift tins using alcohol inks.

Decorate tins with alcohol inks to create unique designs!

Learn how to do today's project here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 151 - Inked Tin

Supplies:

Tin container

Alcohol inks

Alcohol ink applicator & Felt

Ribbon or buttons for further embellishment

These tins are great to hold gift cards or magnets and can be decorated to match any occasion.

Crankin’ Out Crafts: Episode 150 - Inked Heart Ornament (Alcohol Inks)

Welcome to the Alcohol Ink themed week of Crankin’ Out Crafts. For the first episode, Puna is here to show you how to use these versatile inks on a glass ornament for a beautiful look.

Decorate ornaments with alcohol inks!

Watch our newest episode here: Crankin' Out Crafts: Episode 150 - Inked Heart Ornament

Supplies:

Clear glass ornament

Alcohol inks

Alcohol ink applicator & Felt

Paint

Ribbon and paint pens for further embellishment

Use the alcohol inks to make ornaments to fit in with any theme for Christmas décor that is absolutely your own.

*Also, don't forget to read today's earlier post by Puna from Enchanted Lake. She'll introduce you to the new embossed tin strips that you can use to embellish your craft projects with.

Altered Box

Hello again everyone! I wanted to show off my latest vintage piece using our brand new Tim Holtz line of embellishments. These little findings are so fun to use that I can't seem to stop making things. First, I painted the box a dark brown color with acrylic paint, then I decopaged our new line of SEI paper to cover. I also did a top coat of decopage over the whole box as a sealer. I attached the ornate metal labels, knobs, and corners with E6000 to finish off the piece. I think I need to make one of these for myself; it would make a beautiful jewelry box.

Thanks for stopping by! Next time I'll show you how I made the "dream" label with a neat trick that I learned using packaging tape.

Puna @ Enchanted Lake

Idea-ology

Our stores have recently brought in a brand new product from Tim Holtz and I couldn't help myself, I needed to show it to everyone.

The line is called idea-ology and it has some great metal pieces that you can use on scrapbooking and wood projects. For my first piece I decided to make a wood frame with a vintage farm house kind of feel to it.

To start I used an RTD wood frame, two colors of acrylic paint, Ceramcoat sealer and crackle, and the idea-ology foliage, corners, and ornate plates.



I used one coat of sealer on the frame before I started to paint, to cut down on paint coats. Then I painted one pretty heavy bottom coat of sandstone paint. After the first coat dried I applied the crackle medium in a medium layer. When the crackle had dried for about 10 minutes, I used a light antique white color for my topcoat.

This is what the crackled frame looked like after everything had dried. I have to say that I had a lot of fun with the crackle medium. It was kind of exciting waiting to see how the crackle would turn out.



To finish up the piece I added just a little bit of the Tim Holtz idea-ology pieces to help the vintage feel. All the metal pieces are in a matching distressed copper color. I put the corners on the outer corner of the frame, added the ornate plate under the picture, and placed two leaves and a flower from the foliage set just above the picture.

Now that I finished my first piece and saw how nicely it came out I'm itching to start on another one. Maybe I'll make a box next.

Thanks for reading!
Puna @ Enchanted Lake