Candy Box Crafts - 12 ways of decorating MDF Hearts

I am often asked by crafty pals for ideas as to how to decorate the fabulous MDF products made by Candy Box Crafts. Well tonight I have had a little bit of a play with some of the CBC mini hearts  and this is what I cam up with, you can:

Cover them in felt

Colour with a promarker and then cover in ultra thick embossing powder 

Cover them with glass micro beads

Apply a few layers of boot polish and buff until it shines 

Cover with coloured foil 

Apply gilding flakes 

Decorate in designer paper 

Apply shaved ice 

Cover them in decopatch paper

Crackle them 

Paint them 

Stickle/Glitter them 

Candy Box Crafts - MDF Coasters

Having nagged the guys at Candy Box Crafts to death over the past year about how good mdf coasters would be, they have finally made some ... yaaaay! The coasters measure 3.75 inches square and have nice rounded edges.

I painted the coasters with various acrylic paints  in tones from light to dark and left them to dry.Then I dug out a few of the stamps I had bought but not used and stamped them with black Archival ink. I used glossy accents on three of the coasters to highlight certain areas and on one of them I applied several layers of UTE (ultra thick embossing powder). Had great fun and plan to do a few more. Hope you like them.

Easel Style Post It Note - Tutorial

This post it note holder is for post-it notes that measure  3 inches by 3 inches

Cut three pieces of card 3 and a half inches by 5 inches

Cover one side of each piece of card in your chosen paper. When trimming your corners, remember to leave a small gap of about an eighth of an inch - otherwise you may end up with exposed corners.

                                    You should then end up with 3 pieces of cardstock like this

Take 2 of your pieces and attach 3 pieces of ribbon (as shown) with a strong wet glue or red line tape

Keep your cards as close together as you can, but allow enough gap for the ribbon to act as a hinge

Attach the 3rd piece in the same way then cut 3 pieces of your chosen paper and cover the other side

Attach your post it notes (as shown) and fold the other two sides into an easel shape,

Then simply decorate how ever you wish! 

Happy Crafting xx

Candy Box Crafts - MDF Suitcase

This is one one of Candy Box Crafts newer products. 

There are only 5 pieces to assemble, but it builds into a very reasonably sized piece, ideal for keeping all those scrappy bits of paper that we all  have lying about the place. 

With Christmas fast approaching its another ideal gift that can be decorated in so many ways.

I have decorated this one in Graphic 45's "Come Away With Me" collection with the addition of a secret ingredient  -  shoe polish.

I gave the 'frames' which surround the suitcases a couple of coats of brown shoe polish . The first coat soaks in pretty well, so after buffing it up I  gave it another coat, a very simple and very effective way of giving that aged leather look.

Hope you like it!

                                

                                     

Post It Note Holder Swap

These items were made for a Post-It Note Holder swap in a FB group I belong to. The idea was to make a post it note holder to either : a) go in your handbag, b) sit on your desk or c) to hang up somewhere. Me being me, decided to make all three! Hope my recipient like them. I used the beautiful Botanical Tea Collection  by Graphic 45 to make them. The door hanger is made from MDF by Candy Box Crafts.

Kaisercraft Mini Album

I made this album as a small surprise for a friends birthday, I know the papers were from Kaisercraft, but try as I might I can't remember the name of the collection. I must be getting old. Anyway hope you all like it xx

Graphic 45 - 12 Days of Christmas - Unusual Advent

I am a huge fan of  "The Great British Bake Off", but sadly can not bake at all. While having a sort out of my kitchen cupboards ,I came across an unloved and unused muffin tin. I was going to pop it in a box for the charity shop when I suddenly realised that it had 24 spaces. Hmmm, I thought to myself advent calendars also have 24 spaces ... so with the aid of my trusty circle and scalloped circle punches and a few sheets of Graphic 45's "The Twelve Days of Christmas" left over from last year, a few embellishments and a magnetic sheet... I made this ... hope you like it.

Small punched circle were glued to the inside of the muffin tin

A scalloped circle  of magnetic sheet, keeps the lids in [lace