Valentines Day Ornament Cluster

I hope you've hit the Christmas sales because those red, purple, pink and even silver closeout ornaments will make for great Valentines Day decorations! All you have to do is get crazy with embellishments and remember to use your Get-It-Straight laser square as a visual reference so that you get the perfect line every time! I promise you will be in love!

 

Supplies:

• 4 different color and sized Christmas ornaments (14 total)
• Foam sticker hearts
• Rhinestones
• Hot glue
• string in 3 different colors
• Safety pin
• Ribbon

How to get a straight band around the center of your ornament. 

1. Rest your ornaments on the laster square and place the laser in the middle of the ornament. Use this as your visual guide to adhere a band of embellishments around the center. 
2. Go crazy with embellishments!

1. Tie different length strings to your ornaments. Grab the end of the strings in one hand and gently pull your ornaments to desired lengths.
2. Once you are happy tie all the strings into a knot and hang on a hanger or safety pin. 
3. Add a thick bow for extra va-va-voom!

 

Word of The Year Sign

I realize I'm a little late to the game but I figured that shouldn't stop me from picking a word for 2013. Nor should it stop me from whipping up this super simple word sign using poster board, alcohol inks, poster letters and of course my Get-It-Straight laser square. One could say my 2013 will be laser focused ;)

Supplies:

11x16 piece of poster board

Xacto knife

2 colors of alcohol inks I used Tim Holtz

2 sizes of pouncers

Paper poster board letters with self adhesive back or double sided tape. 

Instructions:

1. Use your laser square to make your poster board cut lines. Cut out with Xacto knife. 
2. Align your letters about a half in from the bottom of the sign. 
3. Add some purple alcohol ink to your pouncer and work the heavy amounts around the edges of the frame. As the ink gets lighters work around the letters, making sure they are flat and secure in place. 
4. Add a second color (I used red) with a smaller pouncer but in the same fashion as above. 
5. Remove letters and pt your sign in a place where you will always see it!

Festive Thank You Card

When you are making your holiday cards this year don't forget to make a few holiday "Thank You" cards too! Here's my simple and sweet version using the popular houndstooth pattern and some buttons!

 

Materials and Tools

• KellyCraft Laser Square
• Westcott precision scissors
• Thank You Stamp
• Beacons Zip Dry Paper Glue
• Azule ink by Stamping Up
• Theresa Collins Spring Fling Houndstooth scrapbook paper
• Creme card stock
• Green paper
• Blue and green buttons in various sizes

Directions

• Cut scrapbook paper in half and fold into a 6x6 square card
• Cut a strip of green paper 1.5 wide by 6 long 
• Line green strip strip of paper in the middle of the card and glue down
• Stamp "thank you" onto scrap piece of card stock (no need to line up here) and cut out
• Line up "thank you" paper in the middle of the green strip and glue down
• Add buttons to your liking
• Glue a 4x5 inch piece of creme card stock inside of the card. 

Done! Project by Andrea Currie

Sweet Treat Bag

Project by: Andre Currie

  

I decided to take all of our leftover Halloween candy and make cute "Just Because"and "Thank You" sweet treat bags, using my KellyCraft Get-It-Straight Laser Square and a few simple supplies!

What I Used

KellyCraft Get-It-Straight Laser Square

 Stampin' Up Rose ink pad

Pink, Blue ad green striped washi tape 

Westcott Scissors

 Sandwich Bag

"You're So Sweet" Stamp

5.25 x 6.5 creme card stock

1. Fold 5.25 x 6.5 card stock width wise and fold

2. Now unfold and line laser in the middle of the bottom half of card stock

3. Stamp your image/message

4. Fold card stock around top of bag

5. Use laser square to lay down straight lines of washi tape along top and bottom

5. Use laser square to make "suspenders" along the bag all the way up and over the folded card stock

Continue to embellish with washi tape until desired design is achieved! 

Using the washi tape as "suspenders" ensures your card stock top won't slip off of the treat bag! 

Easy peasy! I know some neighbors that will love this!

Foam Stamped Baby Onesies

Project by Andrea Currie

Getting acrylic stamp letters lined up perfectly can be hard, even with the acrylic block grid lines! However, if you have a Get-It-Straight laser square you will be lined up and stamping like a pro in no time. In fact that's exactly how I made these foam stamped onsies with ease!

Materials

White Cotton Onesie
Foam shapes and letters (creatology)
Fabric paint (I used Tulip)
Painters Tape
Parchment paper or cardboard
Double sided sticky tape
scrap paper

Tools

KellyCraft Get-It-Straight Laser Square
Foam brush
Acrylic block

Directions

• Insert parchment paper or cardboard into onesie.
• Tape onesie down to surface.
• Turn laser on and arrange your letters exactly as you would read them on the onesie. Then arrange your other shapes around it.

• Adhere double sided sticky tape to acrylic block.
• stamp acrylic block down onto they design you just arranged.
• Peel off sticker backing from letters and shapes.
• Dab paint onto stamp and wipe off excess paint off the acrylic block with a damp towel. It's ok if you have some paint on the acrylic but not a lot.
• Test stamp on scrap paper for crisp even design and adjust accordingly for your onesie.
• Line your laser to the location on the onesie that best suites your design and then stamp!

For more fun design ideas check out this video of me demoing the Foam Stamp technique on San Diego 6 News!

Glittered Stripe Vase

Now that I have a no fuss way to get straight lines using the "Get-It-Straight" Laser Square - all of those "blah" vases hiding in the back of my cabinet are getting glittered stripe makeovers! Here's what you need if you want to update your vases this holiday season -

Supplies

• "Get-It-Straight" Laser Square
• Recollections Glitter  
• Mod Podge 
• 1/2 inch double sided tape 
• Foam brush 
• Vase (Dollar Store)

First cut your double sided tape to the diameter of the vase. Then using your laser square to lay your tape sticky side up every half inch. The laser square makes this easy peasy to get the stripes straight! Once you have your tape straight and spaced out you'll place your vase on top of the tape and roll it along the tape. Be sure to start in the corner of the laser square as that helps you roll the vase straight.

Use a sponge brush to add Mod Podge in between tape lines and then sprinkle your glitter on. 

Alternate colors. Once dry you can then take off the double sided tape protective film and glitter the tape too. Then voila!

 

Aren't those the most perfect stripes?

Announcing the KellyCraft Design Team

 We are pleased to announce our first ever KellyCraft Design Team:

Ann Butler - Design Team Lead:

Ann Butler is a mixed media artist, designer, author and instructor for the creative industries. She works with a variety of mediums and loves testing new products.  Her designs appear in multi-authored books, magazines, booklets, manufacturer tradeshow booths and websites. 

Teaching others to craft is one of Ann's favorite things to do which is why she has been teaching workshops locally and nationally for the past 20 years.  She is currently teaching online classes at Creative Workshops and appears regularly on Cool2Craft Web TV.  Ann has a featured column in Scrap and Stamp Arts Magazine called "Back to Basics" and also writes a craft column for a local newspaper.

While Ann designs for several manufacturers she is also a craft industry consultant specializing in Social Media, Marketing and Blogging needs.  She is an active member of the Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) and serves as the current CHA Chair of the Designer Council.

Andrea Currie:

Andrea Currie is a craft industry industry personality, designer, inventor and "Champion" on TLC's new hit show Craft Wars. Whether she's designing innovative new craft products or demonstrating clever projects and tutorials, she always bring an intoxicating mix of artful moxie and pure glee to her work.

Andrea and her husband Cliff founded HandMAKEMyDay.com, a kicky creative blog where they chronicle their “he said, she said” adventures in crafting, cooking, home improvement and product development. When they aren't covered in glitter or sawdust they are playing with their dog Gracie and drawing up plans for their sustainable dream home.

Candice Windham:

Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Candice Windham is an award-winning graphic designer and fine artist, working in watercolor, acrylics, colored pencil, fabric, mixed media and paper and altered arts.

She studied design at the University of Memphis and retired from her graphic design work at Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division to open Candice Windham Design Studio, providing design, layout and illustration for brochures, fliers, annual reports, CD covers and other printed materials, as well as display design for various trade shows. She is also curator and designer of the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Historical Museum

Candice is the author of Scrapbooking for Home Décor from of Fox/Chapel Publishing. Her work has appeared in a variety of paper arts and crafts magazines, including Make it Mine, Stamper’s Sampler and Today’s Creative Home Arts. Her work also appeared in Make It In Minutes: MiniBooks, Make It in Minutes Party Favors and Hostess Gifts, Make It in Minutes Wreaths and Make It in Minutes Last Minute Gifts, a book series from Lark Books, a division of Sterling Publishing Co. She is an instructor in rubber stamping, scrapbooking, mixed media acrylic collage and altered arts.

In addition to receiving numerous design awards from the Public Relations Society of America - Memphis Chapter, the American Water Works Association and the International Association of Business Communicators, her fine art has been accepted and won awards in local, regional, national and international juried exhibitions. Candice is past-president of the Memphis/Germantown Art League (MGAL), a group of more than 350 fine artists.

She was the recipient of theCraft and Hobby Association’s Designer Press Kit Award in Orlando, 2009.

Candice and her husband Larry have a son, Michael, and reside in Brighton, Tennessee along with pups Pete and Sam.

Cindi Bisson:

Cindi Bisson specializes in creative design with a focus on unique combinations of mixed-media; She enjoys working with paper, clay, resin, fabric, paint, metal, and more. Her wearable art, home-decor, paper crafts and upcycled projects have been featured in books and magazines, at events and trade shows, and online in craft TV programs. Cindi’s crafting series “Behind These Eyes with Cindi Bisson” can be seen regularly on www.WhenCreativityKnocks.com.   Cindi is an active blogger and is a CHA designer member. You can also find her on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Linked-In. An experienced media spokesperson, educator, project and product designer and more, Cindi’s style is diverse and ever evolving. If you are looking for an artist who “dares to be different” - you’ll find her BEHIND THESE EYES™ - www.fatcatcreations.blogspot.com

Lisa Rojas: 

 

Lisa Rojas has been a rubber stamp artist and instructor since 1995.  Lisa began designing for publication in 2000, with her work appearing on the web, national advertisements, and in various craft and home decorating magazines including, Scrap and Stamp Arts, Crafts n’ Things, PaperWorks, CardMaker, The Rubber Stamper, Stamp It!, Craft Home & Style and Aleene’s Craft Club. She also has designs published in seven multi-designer books. She has over 150 of her designs published to date. Lisa works with many manufacturers, using their products in her work. Lisa is also an active member of the Craft and HobbyAssociation and serves on the board of the Designer Section.  Stampin Queen Creations - Give the Queen a Call!

We are so excited to have these talented designers join us on our team....we know they are going to create some awesome projects and have creative uses to share with you for the "Get-It-Straight" Laser Square!