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Monday, January 23, 2012

Monday Funday: Hearts a' Flutter Bugs

By: Candie Cooper (See more projects from Candie on her blog, Candie Cooper's Journal)

What do you get when you put two hearts together? Wings! And love, of course which is what these little Hearts a' Flutter Bugs are all about!

Here are the basic supplies, but you'll also need some Mod Podge, paint brushes, buttons, sticky dot magnets, pink paint and thick glue.

Paint each heart silver and then decorate in a variety of ways. One way is by sponge painting as seen here. I'm using the Martha Stewart sea sponges with Metallic Pink Folk Art paint. This is one of my favorite ways to add surface decoration because it's so easy!

These craft sticks came decorated like this, but you could always cover plain ones with scrapbook paper. I'm using love themed K and Co. die cut strips to jazz em' up even more. Look for them in the scrapbook section of the craft store and use Mod Podge to adhere them to the stick.

Another way to decorate the wings is with Hologram Extreme glitter. Oh yeah!

Or with the Martha Stewart pink glitter paint that I used in last weeks, "Sweet Heart Art" post. I put it around the edge and a little in the middle. Glue the heart wings to the upper half of the craft stick followed by two magnet dots.

Fold a pipe cleaner in half and twirl the ends to create antennae. Use thick or cool temp hot glue to attach to the back of the head. See the picture above where I added mini pom-poms and big sequins to the end of the antennae for more pep.

You can also add a few buttons on the wings. These bugs are easy going and perfectly ok being decorated with the extra craft supplies you have laying around. Glue two wiggle eyes and suddenly your Flutter Bug is alive and ready to fly, spreading love to all!

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Friday, January 20, 2012

Freelance Friday: Crayon Organizer from Monkey See, Monkey Do

All month we here at Plaid have been doing our best to give you some tips on how to organize your craft room, and supplies. Kids need help also organizing, their craft materials. As we all know it can be a little difficult at times to get kids to clean up after themselves, but here is a project that might make it easier for them. Jennifer from Monkey See, Monkey Do created these crayon organizers. She used a few craft supplies including, paints from the Martha Stewart craft line. I love this project, and it is a great way to help keep your kids' crafts organized. To learn how Jennifer made this click, here.

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Teaching Thursdays: Love Bug Frame

Decorated frames make for a great gift anytime of year, especially Valentine’s Day. Show the one you love how much you care by giving them a nicely decorate frame filled with your loved one. This Love Bug Frame was created by, Julie Lewis. Here is a great simple project that you can make with your kids. This Love Bug Frame also could be a great class projects for teachers to use with students.

PLAID Supplies

· FolkArt ® Extreme Glitter™ - Red, 2 oz.

· FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Lipstick Red, 2 oz.

· FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Licorice, 2 oz.

· &VALUE FRAME HEART

Other Supplies

½” Fat brush
1 ¼” Foam spouncer
Wood love bug appliqué
Glue

Instructions

1. Base coat frame Lipstick Red. Let dry.

2. Apply several coats of Red Extreme Glitter paint to frame.

3. Create Licorice dots with spouncer.

4. Glue wood appliqué to frame.