Altered Craft Caddy Guest DT Project for Fernli Designs

 

Good morning Fernli Designs Fans!  I am so excited to share my second guest design team project for Fernli Designs. This time I have created one of their fun storage caddies. This one will hold glue or paint or even paint brushes. This is the wonderful thing about these caddies, they are so versatile.

 

 

I assembled the caddy and gave it a coat of beige paint and mod podged some fun heart themed paper on top of it.

 

 

Next, I got out lots of Fernli goodies and gave them a coat of blue paint with some of the matching beige paint as well so they would match the caddy.

 

After the paint dried, I gave them a coat of glossy accents for some shine, and also added some gold micro beads for added shimmer and texture. I set these aside and let them dry completely.

 

Once the wooden embellishements were dry, I continued on with the caddy, put on the paper and gave it a trim with some white Chinese braid, and a small ivory trim along the edges.

 

 

 

Now it was time to add the embellishments I created. I used the goggle wings  (one of my favorite Fernli pieces),  and the smallest clock from the Treble Clock Faces set as a focal piece on the front of the caddy, adding some seam binding to the goggles to mimic he ties that would attach them to a head.

 

 

I added metal corners and a few flowers to soften the look, and lots of tiny metal gears to the front of the caddy. I added some of the tiny hearts, and then a metal sentiment and that finished off the front.

 

 

Now it was time to work on the side embellishments. I added the Linked Hearts and the Heart Flower Scroll to the sides of the caddy for some fun and interest. I then added a fun metal door knocker to the top to look like the handle had been riveted on. 

 

 

 

Lastly, I added two of the one inch hearts to either side, inside the caddy.

 

 

I hope you like my finished caddy, it will be a great addition to my craft room for sure!

Thanks for stopping by today, I have a complete list of Fernli Designs products listed below for you.

 

Fernli has also been very gracious and has offered a Discount Code for the month of April to me.

 

  KSF10OFF - this will give 10% off all orders over £25 (not including shipping) You can use this from April 1st to April 30th

 

 

 

Fernli Designs Products Used

Linked Hearts

Heart Flower Scroll

One Inch Hearts

 Caddy 2

Goggle Wings

Treble Clock Faces

 

Stencil Storage with The Crafters' Palette

Good morning crafters! I am here to share a fun and easy storage idea for you today, featuring items from The Crafters' Palette.

 

This month we are all about storage at The Crafters Palette, and I am a self admitted stencil hoarder!  I am always looking for ways to keep my stencils organized and this was a idea I had a few years ago, and as my stencil stash grew so did my need for storing them. 

 

 

Start off with some chipboard a little larger than the size of your stencils to allow for the pages to open and the rings for attaching the front and back cover.  I gessoed the chipboard and then punched holes in the side of the pages to add the metal rings.

 

I used some of my favorite paints from Dylusions, Vibrant Turqouise and Crushed Grape. I brushed them on in a random pattern and then I added some tissue paper over top. Once the paint was dry I got out my Bo Bunny Stamps and again randomly stamped on the background to add more texture. I used multi matte medium to decopage the tissue paper on the covers.

 

 

 Here is how the covers looked at this point. I got out my Distress Ink Sprays and used the Brushed Pewter and Evergreen Bough to add splotches to the background. Now it is time to embellish.

 

 

 I used various wooden pieces and metals from my stash, however you can find lots of great pieces to embellish your book at The Crafters' Palette Store .  I used the Distress Inks again to colour the wood and metal to give them an aged and distressed look.

 

 

 

 

I plan on making more of these books to house my stencils and the great thing about these is you can make them anyway you want, simple or fully decorated like this one, I hope you will give it a try!

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and don't forget to check out The Crafters' Palette Blog to keep up with all the new things the team is up to!

 

Crafters' Palette Products Used

Multi Medium Matte

Distress Ink Spray Brushed Pewter

White Primer Gesso

Silicone Glue

Distress Sprays by Ranger

Dylusions Paints

Bo Bunny Stamps

Black Stazon Ink

 

Other Products

Wooden Goggles, Paintbrush, Cogs and Letters from Fernli Designs