Creating with Warm Wax

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Paula

I just can’t seem to stay away from the craft iron these days. Here’s some of the latest out of the studio.

This was one of those pre-printed pieces of wood from JoAnn’s. I added the background first, then it was like “paint by numbers” filling in the design. Super Easy!

I started this by stamping an image on a simple wood circle shape from JoAnn’s, then I just used the encaustic paint to color it in.

Cecilly Hart has been playing in the studio with me and created this fun tag using the wax pen/stylus tip. I love the texture!

This was a collaboration. Cecilly created these beautiful little flowers with phonebook pages and I spread some wax around the stamped image and the papers. We threw in some burlap and feathers and hit a home run!

Posted in Creative Inspiration, Encaustic Kit, Hot Tools | Tagged cardmaking, Cecilly Hart, creative, encaustic, Melt, mixed media, Paula Nelson-Hart | Leave a comment

Not Just a Doorstop

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Paula

I was tripping over the new phonebook the other day when I realized how great the pages would soak up encaustic paint. Voila!

Pages were torn from the phone book and covered in Purple Cows encaustic paint, then punched with the soon to be available Tonic Flower Punches.

The petals were curled on the edge of some scissors like ribbon.

I think I like it!

Posted in Creative Inspiration, Encaustic Kit, Hot Tools | Tagged creative, encaustic, flowers | Leave a comment

Get Ready for Spring Planting

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Paula

I just came across this fabulous post from Scrapbook Your Treasured Memories. Seriously brilliant way to welcome in spring with your Purple Cows Laminator!

Purple Cows Laminator and Hot Pockets make great garden markers

Brilliant Idea! Laminated seed packets for garden markers!

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Warming Up for the Weekend

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Paula

Recycling Magazine pages with Tonic Punches and Purple Cows Encaustic Paint.

We are warming things up in the pasture this weekend with some soon to be released Tonic Studios Punches, encaustic wax paint, the Melt Craft Iron and some old magazine pages.

Check out the finished project next week!

What are you doing this weekend?

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Spring Decor with Pattern Paper Scraps

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Paula

For a quick fun and kitty loving project, shred some cute printed scrapbook paper scraps and curl. Great for Easter grass alternatives and a fun and festive basket filler.

Our kitten decided she wanted to play with the festive paper curls

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Shamrock Block’s ~ March Madness ~ with Lynette Southwick

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Grandma Nettie

Happy Wednesday!

Lucky you, I have another fun St. Paddy’s Day decoration to share today. A lot of what is needed to make these are in your scraps basket. So get digging (you might get lucky) and get get busy!

“For each petal on the shamrock
This brings a wish your way -
Good health, good luck, and happiness
For today and every day.”
~Author Unknown

Purple Cows designer Lynette Southwick created this project with the Purple Cows CraftGeek 2 in 1 Combo Craft Trimmer and the Wind It wire # #7119 Green and the Tonic Kushgrip 6.5 Ulitiy Craft Scissors #835

13″2 in 1 Combo Craft Trimmer #1040

Click here for a full supply list and instructional PDF to Lynette Southwick’s project.

Posted in CraftGeek, Creative Inspiration, Holidays, Spring, Trimmers, Wind It | Tagged Holidays, Lynette Southwick, Purple Cows CraftGeek Trimmer, Purple Cows CraftGeek WInd It, St. Patrick's Day crafts, St. Patrick's Day shamrocks, Tonic Studios, Tonic Studios Scissors | Leave a comment

Let the “Shenanigan’s” begin! March Madness with Lynette Southwick

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Grandma Nettie

Hi! It’s Grandma Nettie here making up some fun St. Patrick’s Day decorations for you!

I started collecting wood shamrocks last year in the intent of adding them to the bazillion other decorations I have for St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t know why, but I really like St. Patrick’s decorations even if it isn’t really a big holiday. I had fun hunting for them at thrift stores and at garage sales. I finally got around to doing something with them this week and here are the results!

Before:

After:

For my refurbished Shamrocks I used the Purple Cows CraftGeek Wire #7118-Bronze on two of them. On the remaining two, I just left the wire that was original to the shamrocks. I also used the Purple Cows CraftGeek Roll It #7300 to help with the shading.

Click here for a full supply list and instructional PDF to Lynette Southwick’s Refurbished Shamrocks project

Now get out there and start looking for your lucky 4 leaf clovers to redo!

Check back tomorrow as more St. Paddy’s Day ideas to follow!

Posted in CraftGeek, Creative Inspiration, Holidays, Home Decor, Roll It, Wind It | Tagged Door decorations, LynetteSouthwick, Purple Cows CraftGeek Roll It, Purple Cows CraftGeek WInd It, Recycled wood decoration, Refurbished wood shamrocks, St. Patrick's Day decorations, St. Patrick's Day shamrocks | Leave a comment

And the winner is…………………….

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Grandma Nettie

Carla Hundley!!!

We’ll aren’t you somethin’ !

Congratulations Carla you have won the package of our Purple Cows 100 count Laminating Hot Pockets!!! Whoo-Hoo! You are going to have plenty of pockets for that Easter project you have coming up.

A big thank you to the others that left comments to enter our Hot Pocket give away. We appreciate your ideas and participation. We love hearing what you are up to!

For the record it’s still snowing around here {sigh}….Good excuse to hunker down and make some more fun projects to share.

Only 22 more days until SpRinG!!!! Yes!

Posted in Creative Inspiration | Tagged Purple Cows CraftGeek Hot pockets, Purple Cows CraftGeek Laminator | 1 Comment

5 Hot Projects to Warm Up Winter and a Giveaway

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Paula

It’s snowing outside– AGAIN — so we wanted to warm things up a little with some fun laminator projects you can do this weekend and a Hot Pocket Giveaway to get you going!

#1 – Scrap Up your Leftovers and Decorate your Fridge

Using scrappy leftovers, create mini artwork pieces to brighten up your kitchen.

#2 – Use your Laminator to create custom embellishments

Using embossing powder, on the inside of the hot pockets before sending it through the laminator created this cool effect.

Designer Tanisha Long created these fun embellishments and used them on this layout.

#3 – Make a Dry Erase Clock

This is a cute way to create a learning clock using the Purple Cows Laminator and Hot Pockets. It would also make a great reminder!

This is a cute way to create a learning clock using the Purple Cows Laminator and Hot Pockets. It would also make a great re-useable reminder!

#4 – Laminated Genealogy Cards

This is a great way to create fun and memorable family “trading cards” by Lynn Warner.

#5 – Snowflakes (If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.)

CraftGeek Punch It designs are great for intricate snowflakes

Punch some snowflakes, then laminate them to preserve a little winter fun.

Now the Giveaway– Leave a comment here about what you will laminate for a chance to win a Hot Pocket 100 pack. We will randomly draw a winner on Monday, February 26th.

Good Luck!

Posted in Hot Tools, Laminator | Tagged creative, giveaway, hot pockets, Laminator, Lynn Warner, Tanisha Long | 3 Comments

Office Valentines

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Grandma Nettie

HaPpY VaLeNtinE’s DaY!

The other day Paula set up a table in the workroom and had everyone in the office make a Valentine using only the Purple Cows CraftGeek Pin It #7100 , 9 Blade Trimmer #7600, and the Tonic Studios Victorian Border #763 & Doily Strip #766 Gear punches & Duo Corner Punches and whatever else was on the table, nothing else!

This is the result of our Valentine Synergy!

Paula's card, using Purple Cows CraftGeek Pin it, Tonic Studios duo-corner punch

Paula’s card, using Purple Cows CraftGeek Pin it and the Tonic Studios duo-corner punchMona’s card using the Purple Cows CraftGeek Pin It.

Lynette’s card using Purple Cows CraftGeek Pin It and Tonic Studios Simplicity Border Punches #766 Doily strip, and #763 Victorian Border

Deb’s card using Tonic Studios #763 Victorian Border Geared Punch, Purple Cows CraftGeek Pin It

Jake’s card using Tonic Studios Heart punches

Lacey used the Purple Cows CraftGeek 9 blade trimmer deckle blade on her card

Rick used the Purple Cows CraftGeek Pin It. He shows us just how easy it is to make a Valentine in 2 seconds flat!!! He didn’t mess around.

Now go out and tell everyone you love them with a card made with Purple Cows and Tonic Studios Products!!!

Purple Cows 9 Blade Trimmer #7600

Tonic Studios

Duo punches

Love, from all of us at Purple cows, have a great day!

Posted in Card Making, CraftGeek, Creative Inspiration, Holidays, Papercrafts, Pin It, Trim It, Trimmers | Tagged Lynette Southwick. Paula Nelson-Hart, Purple Cows CraftGeek Pin IT, Purple Cows CraftGeek Trimmer, Tonic Studios, Valentines Day cards | 2 Comments

There’s a “Ro-bot” of love going on around here!!

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Grandma Nettie

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of our craft buddies out there!

I have been busy making robot Valentine’s from an inspiration robot I found on Better Homes and Gardens website. I made the small robot’s then I decided to SUPER-SIZE them!! It was so much fun. I used the Purple Cows CraftGeek Wind It for the antenna on each robot. It was the perfect tool for the job.

Check out my cute Robot family. They were made for each other!! Get it?!

Newly built robots

So simple even a teenage boy can make them! This is Jake’s here at the office.

The original size using Hershey mini bars.

Purple Cows CraftGeek 2 in 1 Combo Craft Trimmer and Wind It

Click here for a full supply list and instructional PDF to Lynette Southwick’s Robots

Posted in Creative Inspiration, Holidays, Papercrafts, Trimmers, Wind It | Tagged Better homes and Gardens Robot Valentine, Lynette Southwick, Paper crafting Robots, Purple Cows CraftGeek Trimmer, Purple Cows CraftGeek WInd It, Robot Valentines, Valentines | Leave a comment

Wax Works Class at CHA

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Grandma Nettie

We had a really fun and amazing Encaustic class at CHA in Anahiem, CA in January. The talented ladies from Wax Works West Daniella Woolf, Judy Stabile and Wendy Aikin “melted” our hearts right away as we jumped right in using the Melt tool and Wax from the Purple Cows Sizzle and Melt hot tool series and Tonic Studios accessories.

Everyone was hooked right away!

Getting our WAX groove on!

Of course the cows stopped by to see what was going on. They didn’t want to be left out! Hangin’ with Daniella

Having some fun while waiting for the class to start.

Various examples of cards from the class. It was so much fun to layer different items onto the cards.

Some examples of the basics working with the wax

This is only the beginning of what you can do with Encaustic Wax!

Check out some other fun posts and projects using encaustics:

Creating Wax Embellishments, Patina Keepsake Box, Encaustic Project

Posted in Encaustic Kit, Hot Tools, Melt | Tagged 20 colors Encaustic Wax paints, cardmaking, CHA 2013, Daniella Woolf, encaustic, Judy Stabile, Melt, mixed media, paper crafts, Trimmer, wax, Wax Works West, Wendy Aikin | Leave a comment

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