New Distress Ink Color - Mermaid Lagoon

Ranger and Tim Holtz are excited to reveal the next new color in our “Year of Distress”.

Introducing, Mermaid Lagoon – a rich turquoise hue reminiscent of tropical waters.  Mermaid Lagoon compliments the existing Distress colors continuing a whole new way to Distress.

The entire color assortment of products above is expected to ship later in the month to our store. When this gorgeous new color arrives, we will let our customers know via this Blog, Facebook and Twitter postings.

Distress Inks of the Month by Tim Holtz

 Every month in 2015, Ranger will add one new color to the Distress product line.

We will be stocking each new Distress color and starting with February's Abandoned Coral color, we will sell the following products;
 Ink Pad, Reinker, Marker, Spray Stain, Paint and Marker. 

 January Color of the Month: Cracked Pistachio

 February Color of the Month: Abandoned Coral
March Color of the Month: To Be Announced

January Color - Cracked Pistachio - We stock the pen, reinker and inkpad in this color. Cracked Pistachio products are on reorder and will be restocked soon. I can update on our Facebook page when the products have arrived at our store. 

February Color - Abandoned Coral This color is the perfect blend of pink and orange.  We have these products in stock now and all are available in the back of the Paper Crafts Demo Counter. This will just be a temporary location for now. 

New colors are announced every month on the first Friday of the month. Products begin shipping in the last part of the month.

Slat Plaque Project Ideas

The newest product we have are Slat Wall Plaques. Each project sample began with the same Slat Wall Plaque but all are decorated a little differently; some with various kinds of paint, stain, patterned paper, adhesive fabric and stenciling. Which one is your favorite?

 Happy Joyful Slat Plaque

 House Numbers Slat Plaque

 Hello Slat Plaque

Live, Love, Laugh Slat Plaque

Win- it-Wednesday: Keep Calm & Sparkle On project supplies

Welcome to another WIN IT WEDNESDAY! This week our Win It Wednesday Giveaway is all the supplies to make this Keep Calm and Sparkle On sign (wood board, vinyl saying, paint, Mod Podge, glitter, gems, foam brush).
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Remember - to be entered to win - go to our Facebook Page and COMMENT & LIKE the Win It Wednesday post to get yourself in the running to WIN! Good Luck.

*A random winner will be announced Thursday, July 17th, 2014. (Facebook has complete release by each entrant or participant. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.) Winner will be announced on our Crafts Direct Facebook page and has 14 days to claim prize before it is considered void.

Wood Surface Projects

There are so many unfinished wood surfaces available - just take a walk down aisle 20!
Here are just a few of the new project ideas that we have come up with for these surfaces. You can find links to the supply lists and project instructions for each of the frames by clicking on the project names below.

Monogram 12x12 Wood Canvas Panel

Snap Tray with 20 Compartments

"Enjoy The Journey" Coasters

Keep Calm & Sparkle On board

Summer Wooden Plaque

True Love Plaque

25 Days of Christmas 2012: Day 2

Day 2: "Joy" Reindeer Canvas

The project that I have to share today has been a very popular project here at the store! Sarah created this amazing piece by painting a reindeer and the word "joy" onto a piece of burlap - then adhering the burlap to a standard canvas (which she also painted the same color) and adding a few embellishments to the piece. We do have a template available for the reindeer as well - you can find it in store or we can email it to you - just leave a comment if you would like a copy. (It will also be put online with the full project sheet shortly.)

New in Beads & Basics.

Yesterday I shared some of the changes that we recently made to our Beads & Basics department...today I want to share some of the fun new products from around the department!!

We will start with some fun new items for the kiddos - if your kids are like mine you've maybe already heard those dreaded two words of summer break - "I'm bored." If that is the case you may want to stop by and check out this endcap in our Beads & Basics department...we have color by number sets, dry erase marker sets, puzzles, plastic bowling sets...etc. all in fun characters and themes.

We also just got in some of the new sets and boards of the Biggie perler beads. These are perfect for the younger kids that might have a hard time with the smaller perler beads. This is a great activity to keep the little ones busy! (Of course, you can also find the small perler beads in store as well.)

If you have a Webkinz fan in your house - they will be excited to see this new line of Webkinz Rockerz!  We have four of these "Rockerz" available and they are all adorable! Plus playing Webkinz online is always a favorite activity once you get a new animal!

Our jewelry section of the department has a few new items also - including these new Crystal Strands available in a huge selection of colors for only $4.99. You can find them on a middle endcap in the department.

We also have a lot of new items now available with the Snap-n-Style line of jewelry. If you're not familiar with this line - it is jewelry making at its simplest - you purchase the jewelry piece (ring base, bracelet, bobby pins, etc) that you want and then can just interchange the pieces on the base by snapping and unsnapping them on.

 

 

Here is a peek at some of the pieces closeup - so for instance you could purchase the bobby pins on the right and snap the green fabric flower onto them - then just switch it out with the floral piece with your next outfit. Very fun - and very easy!

 In aisle 20, you can also find a few new pieces from Darice, including these fun Pocket Watch pieces.

Finally, a few aisles over (in aisles 15 & 16) you can find some new painting products too.

They include:
New "DecoColor" Paint markers in a wide variety of colors:

Chalkboard paint in a rainbow of colors as well:

 

 Additional colors of the 16oz. studio acrylic paint are now available in aisle 15:

And some new styles and sizes of painting palettes are in aisle 15 as well:

Hope you can make it in soon to check out all the new things in Beads & Basics!!

Paint Projects.

Recently one of our very talented crafters, Sarah, completed some fun projects using a few paint products from our Beads and Basics department.

To create these project she used Porcelaine 150 Paint and Paint Markers, or Vitrea 160 Paint. Each of the projects below have a link to a project sheet which will indicate which type of paint she used, as well as give you instructions on how to create the project yourself!

There are definitely a few I want to make myself too (I'm loving the Happiness Frame and the My Stache Jar cracks me up :). Which ones are your favorites?

Blossom Mug

Altered Redneck Stemware

Decorated Glass Bottles

Painted Redneck Stemware

Go Twins Stemware

Happiness Float Frame

My Stache Jar

Painted Jar

Painted Tumbler

Polka Dot Stemware

 

14 days of love - Heart Garland.

Today I want to share with you this super simple Valentine Heart Garland. For this piece I painted a few wood hearts (from an assorted size pack), covered them with Basic Grey:Kissing Booth pattern paper and then linked them together by punching holes and adding some ribbon. I think this would be a great addition to a door or door way orwould look really cute added to a mantel or fireplace!

A project sheet for this project can be found HERE.

14 days of love - Valentine Tree.

Today's Valentine project is a fun way to show off some of your favorite valentine photos or valentine notes. To create this Valentine Tree I used one of our unfinished wood jewelry trees- painted it pink and then embellished it with a few simple pieces of pattern paper from the Fancy Pants Love Story line and chipboard pieces from the Crate Paper line.

A complete project sheet for this project can be found HERE.

14 days of love - I Love You Plaque.

Today's valentine project is this cute "I Love You" wood plaque.  This project only requires a few supplies and is a simple way to add a little handmade valentine decor to your home. I think it would also be cute to add a photo to this piece of the one you love (or you together) and display or give it as a valentine itself.

A project sheet with directions on how to make this project yourself can be found HERE.

14 days of love - Tweet Hearts.

Hi Everyone and Happy February!

I'm excited to kick off this month with a new blog series to share with you some of the fun Valentine themed projects we have created here at Crafts Direct.  We have quite mix of items and all of them would be perfect to create for yourself or to create for that special someone as we count down to the 14th!

First up, this 'Tweet Hearts' Photo Holder. I love what Megan did with this simple wood block (it comes with the holes pre-drilled) and some wooden dowels and hearts. The Tweet Hearts image and words is actually a vinyl saying that comes as one piece so it is very easy to add to the block once you have it covered with the pattern paper. You could also easily add the same vinyl piece to any other decor piece that you wish - I had shared this particular sample with the same vinyl piece also.

A complete project sheet for this project can be found HERE.

25 Days of Christmas 2011: Day 17

Day 17: Burlap Pillows

I love these burlap pillows that Megan created recently! The only supplies you need are a pillow form, some burlap and fabric paint. Such a lovely, rustic decoration to add to your home at Christmas! You can find a project sheet for the burlap pillows HERE.