If you are a DIY type of person then the newest products at Clear Scraps are going to become a staple in your crafting! Between BIG Farmhouse Mascils and all kinds of wood pallets, they've got you covered for creating a variety of pieces. Today I have a new Laundry Sign to share with you!
This looks like I spent hours on it, but guess what??? I didn't! This whole thing came together in under an hour (not counting dry time)
First up I spray painted the Rectangle Medium DIY pallet shape.
Then I used the Laundry Mascil with Distress Oxide inks to add the word Laundry. This comes from the new Farmhouse 6 X 16 line!
Finally I added some wood clothespins. I though I could either use these for socks...or maybe inspirational quotes. One way or the other, I've got an adorable new farmhouse style addition for my otherwise boring laundry room. Almost makes me want to go do laundry, almost ;)
I'm all about being creative and I'm also all about practicality. Oftentimes amongst my crafts, I find myself craving doing something that is practical. So when I saw the Regular Phone Stand in the Clear Scraps Store, I knew I had to snag it! If for no other reason than maybe it will save me time every week searching for my phone underneath all my scrapbooking papers! Let's take a look at this useful product!
As I considered decorating it, i had a lot of ideas! This stand is made of acrylic. I could use paint or vinyl or washi....their were very few paper crafting items that I didn't consider! In the end I decided to go with a patterned paper. Specifically a patterned paper that I hadn't used a lot of on a scrapbook layout or card but really love! This way I could look at it for a long time! I added a cut-apart piece with the phrase "Make Ideas Happen" onto the top - figuring that it might provide some inspiration as I craft. I also had some flat butterfly stickers. Anything with dimension was out because then my phone wouldn't lay flat.
You can see that my phone fits on it nicely. I also tried some bigger phones and those were all great too!
One of the details I really like about this is that it comes together very easily - just two quick pieces of acrylic that slide into place. I also appreciate how easily I can still charge my phone thanks to the notch opening you see pictured! Let's take a look at a quick video of how I put this together!
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After playing with the 6 inch Calendar Mascil last month for my Bullet Journal, I knew it was going to be a staple in my monthly creations. Today I am sharing an example of how I used it to create my December Future Log for my Bullet Journal using a couple of different Mascils! I needed to get an early jump on this spread because December is SO busy! Here's how the full spread turned out:
Lots of reds, greens, and gold foil help give the whole spread the holiday feel I was going for! But the real showstopper is the 6 inch Stars Mascil that you can see on the left hand side of my spread!
By doing one layer of red stars and then topping it with another layer of red stars I was able to create a unique background for my list. Distress Oxide Inks worked nicely for creating multiple layers. To keep my stencil in place i used some Repositionable Adhesive Dots. I masked out the area for the list using some old packaging and then drew the lines in following the dot grids already in my notebook. I outlined the whole box with some washi tape.
On the opposite side I stuck with markers and pens using the Mascil as a tracing stencil. I used a fine tip marker for the tracing and then a regular tip one to fill it in. I added in stickers for my borders and numbers. Let's take a look at a process video to show you how I created both sides!
Thanks so much for joining me today - have fun playing with those Mascils!
-Christine
Supplies Used: 6 inch Stars Mascil, 6 inch Calendar Mascil, Distress Oxides (Ranger), Pens ( Marvy), Stickers (Paper House Productions), Washi Tape (Paper House Productions), Soft Cover Journal (Paper House Productions), Adhesives (Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L)
Over the last few months I have gotten more and more into Bullet Journaling. It's an organizational hobby that allows you do some planning and tracking and add as much creativity as you'd like. I wasn't sure if I'd get hooked on it but the more I played, the more I knew I liked it! As soon as I laid eyes on the 6 inch Calendar Mascil, I knew it would be perfect for my Bullet Journal!
A Future Log is a place to keep your plans for upcoming months that you can then use to tranfer to your real time planner at the right time. I knew with the holidays coming I was going to need to get some November dates recorded!
On the left hand side I used the Wood Grain Mascil to create my background. I laid down cardstock to block out the area where I didn't want the ink. Then I did one layer with Distress Oxide and dried it. I took the stencil off and followed up with a second layer of light inking to remove all the white. Some stickers and washi tape finish the whole side off.
The other side is where I used the 6 inch Calendar Mascil! I used that and traced my boxes and letters. I then used stickers to fill in the numbers. Hand lettering and stickers pull the whole thing together! If any of this seems confusing, I've got good news! Here's a process video that will walk you thru the whole thing!
The 6 inch Mascils fit the width of an A5 Journal nearly perfect - I know this is going to be a staple in my upcoming journaling! On to December and tracking all the madness that goes with the holidays ;)
My house is severely lacking in Autumn decor - be it Halloween or Thanksgiving or just general fall themed - it's almost non-existent! Enter the fabulous Tall Pumpkin DIY Pallet to the rescue! Christine joining you with a fun and EASY home decor piece for this gorgeous season!
Tall Pumpkin DIY Pallet
Tall Pumpkin DIY Pallet Close-ups
When I originally started working, I thought I'd use this as porch decor. But when I set it down on my fireplace hearth I really liked how it looked - so it's staying right there! Flanked by a couple of pumpkins and a cute little scarecrow, it really brightens up the room!
Seeing as I can't seem to get fall decor up, this needed to be a pumpkin that could hang around longer than October. Additionally, I knew I wanted to take a slightly less traditional approach to decorating this. Rather than painting it orange, I opted for all white! In doing so I was able to give it that farmhouse feel that I just can't get enough of! I then hustled off to a dollar store and got some leaves. I adhered those to the bottom using Adhesive Dots as well as weaving their stems between the pallets for extra hold. Just adding leaves and avoiding any Halloween specific decor made it so it can last all fall, until I am ready to get out those Christmas decorations!
Painting it white only required two layers of paint. Once the paint dried I sanded it a bunch to rough it up. Then I added some brown paint streaks. I didn't allow those to dry completely before I smudged them up. I wanted to create a distressed look with those so I simply wiped over them with a rag and then once completely dry ran my sand paper over them again. All in all it was a fun creation and I'm really happy with how it turned out! Be sure to check out all the Wood Pallet Shapes over at the Clear Scraps shop!
