Magnetic Note Holders

Here's a quick and easy idea for home decor that comes in handy for household communication. Make a magnetic note board for your home to liven up a space and pass along reminders or important messages.

All you need to do is cover up a tin sheet with some cute scrapbooking paper and throw it into a 12x12 frame for a table or desk top note holder. The especially cute borders on these pieces were made using EK Success and Martha Stewart edge punches.

I even made one to hang up. Instead of inserting the tin sheet into a frame, I punched a couple of holes at the top (using the Cropadile) and then strung ribbons through them to use as a hanger. Did I forget to mention that these tin sheets are on sale at our Hawaii Ben Franklin stores until February 24th?

To complete the fancy look, make some coordinating magnets to go along with your note holder. These magnets were made using glass tiles and scrapbooking paper. I think I'll save the magnet making step-by-step for next week's blog, so don't forget to check back.

Thanks for reading!
Puna @ Enchanted Lake

Last Minute Christmas Cards

I don't mean to scare anyone, but did you know that there are only 33 more days til Christmas? For the sake of all those procrastinators out there, like me, here are 3 cute and quick Christmas cards that you can make before anyone says "Holly Jolly Christmas".

Find some brown paper bag card stock or craft card stock to punch this awesomely handsome reindeer out of. The punch is from EK Success and the Christmas ribbon is from American Crafts.

Line the bottom inside of this card with red paper then punch these amazing snowflakes out of the front of the card. This is the scalloped snowflake punch from Martha Stewart's punch all over the page collection. I popped "wishing you joy" out on this one but you don't have to, you could just print it straight to the card.

A few rhinestones in the center of the snowflakes could really jazz this simple card up. I like the clean lines and that supremely cool snowflake border made with the Martha Stewart double-edge punch.

I printed all the sentiments for these cards out on our printer, but if your computer is uncooperative you can use stickers or stamps with the same effect.

I hope this helps; these cards should be great for those mass Christmas mailings.

Puna @ Enchanted Lake

P.S. Please take a look at the previous post - it's Christmas on Crankin' Out Crafts too!

Time to Punch Out (a card)

The new Martha Stewart punch all over the page and edge punches are here!

We are especially excited about the punch all over the page punches because they have nifty little magnets on their bases which enable you to... 

 punch all over the page! You could even punch a design out of the absolute center of your paper (if you can find the absolute center that is). Anyway, Martha has got a ton of new designs made just for Christmas and, with a little bit of layering, they can really add a whole new dimension to your scrapbook pages or cards.

In fact, I made a quick card of my own just to give you an idea. It's not a Christmas card but it does use the Martha Stewart "Christmas Star" punch. What do you think?

Don't forget to look at our previous blog entry for today. It's another fun edition of Crankin' Out Crafts.

Puna @ Enchanted Lake