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March 5, 2012

Simply Screen Silk Screen Kit Giveaway

Another week has begun, and we here at Plaid have another giveaway to announce. This is our second giveaway to help celebrate National Craft Month. We want you to have to ability to create something cool, with our Simply Screen Silk Screen Kit. Create your own designs for unique, fun and funky t-shirts and wearables with Simply Screen™ Silk Screen Kit. Simply create a design, use our simple process to create a stencil, choose your paint color and t-shirt and begin creating professional quality screen printed garments. This product is reusable up to 20 times. 1 lucky Paint Me Plaid reader will win this kit. We will announce the winner on Paint Me Plaid on Friday (March 9th), in the afternoon. This kit can be found for sale at Hobby Lobby, and Plaid Online.

With the new DIY Simply Screen Kit you can create dozens of t-shirts, bags and more using your own design! Here are just a few reasons you’ll love the Simply Screen Kit:

  • Easily make multiple shirts for sports teams, bachelorette parties, sororities and more.
  • Most affordably priced DIY silk screen system on the market!
  • Kit includes all you need to get started: light box, paint, sponge, squeegee, brush, rinsing tray and light bulb and bulb housing.
  • Expand your printing possibilities with Simply Screen paints, foil, and glitter
  • Additional screens available in a refill kit.

To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment below telling us what you would use these products to create? For extra entries (leave a separate comment for each):

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The contest will end Friday March 9th, 2012 at 12 noon EST.

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March 5, 2012

Make It Monday: Shamrock Garden Stakes

It is less than two weeks until St. Patrick’s Day. Time is winding down to create some festive crafts. Luckily we here at Plaid, can give you some inspiration. These cute shamrock garden stakes bring new meaning to having a “green thumb”. Whip-up a batch to sprinkle through your garden for St. Patrick’s Day or tuck one into a pot of clover for a sweet gift. This creative St. Patrick’s Day craft was created by, Laura Bray. This is a beginner skill level craft, that will take anywhere from 30 minutes to 1 hour to complete. See all the supplies you will need for this project, along with the instructions.

Plaid Supplies

FolkArt Extreme Glitter-2796 Hologram, FolkArt Paint-429 Winter White, Mod Podge-Outdoor

Other Supplies

3” x 4” wood shamrock blocks, Wood dowels (3/16” in diameter), Green and white scrapbook papers, Flower-shaped acrylic crystals, craft/wood glue, Black & white gingham ribbon

Instructions

  1. My shamrock shapes came painted, but if you purchase unpainted shamrocks, apply FolkArt paint in a shade of green to your block.  Allow paint to dry.
  2. Apply two coats of Extreme Glitter in Hologram to the shamrocks.  Set aside to dry.
  3. Using FolkArt paint in Winter White,  paint wood dowels.  Set aside to dry.
  4. Cut shamrock shapes, measuring smaller than your wood shamrock blocks, from scrapbook paper and apply to painted shamrock blocks using Outdoor Mod Podge.  Be sure to coat over the paper to protect the paper from light moisture. While Mod Podge is still wet, embed an acrylic, flower-shaped crystal into the center of the shamrock.

TIP: An easy way to create shamrock shapes is to cut out three heart shapes and join them at the pointed end of the hearts.

  1. Glue a painted wood dowel onto the back of your shamrock.
  2. Tie a black & white gingham ribbon to the dowel, directly beneath the shamrock.

Please note, these are delicate and care should be taken to protect them from the elements. Outdoor Mod Podge is protecting them, but there are also ribbons and acrylic crystals that can be compromised by the weather.

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