Folk Art Multi-Surface Paint - Mail Organizer and Scissor Bucket!

Today I'm sharing two different projects in one post - because even though one project is made with wood and another metal, I used the SAME paint for each project! FolkArt just released a new FolkArt Multi Surface Paint which allows you to use one paint on many surfaces. Crafting just got a litttle easier my friends!

My first project was a cute little mail organizer!

I started with a plain wood organizer that you can get from most craft stores.

I gave it a nice coat of the FolkArt Multi Surface paint in red. To jazz it up, I used one of the new Handmade Charlotte stencils to stencil on a label.

I stenciled on the label using black paint because...

After my paint was dry, I painted over it with the FolkArt clear Chalkboard paint! You can literally paint any and make it chalkboard :) But I'm still a sucker for the classic black chalkboard so that's what I made.

All dried up and ready to chalk!

I used a chalk paint pen because they are easier to write with than real chalk :)

A super easy project, and it goes great with my kitchen colors! Probably cause I planned it that way....

For my next project I knew I had to find something else besides wood to test the paint out with. I was looking around my craft room and saw this cute metal bucket I grabbed from the Target dollar bucket:

I gave it a little facelift to use as a scissor organizer!

I didn't have any pink paint but luckily I remembered my kindergarten basics and mixed a little red and white together until I got a light pink.

 I used another Handmade Charlotte stencil for this project too!

Word to the wise: when you are stenciling, LESS is MORE! I originally used wayyyyy too much paint.

But I was able to salvage it and luckily it still turned out adorable!

Another great thing about this paint is that it is dishwasher safe and machine washable! You can find the Multi Surface paint and the new line of Handmade Charlotte stencils at your local Michaels.

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Owl Paper Lantern Tutorial

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This post was originally used as a guest post over on the Paint Me Plaid blog. If you missed it there, here it is again!

Today I'm going to show you how to make these owl paper lanterns!

I found these paper lanterns for $1 at the dollar store while in search for decorations for my sister's owl themed baby shower. They are pretty ugly as is, but I got an idea to spruce them up a bit using some Apple Barrel paint!

I picked three different paint colors that coordinated well with the owl/woodland/orange theme of the shower. 

And squeezed the paint directly onto the lantern...

and then gently bushed it out all over the lantern. 

After the paint dried I cut out pieces of card stock for the eyes and nose and hot glued them on.

I also traced out little feet with card stock.

And then cut them out and hot glued them onto the bottom of the lantern.

Lastly, I cut out wings and hot glued them to the side of the lantern.

Then ta-da! I cute little owl lantern!

I made three of them and hung them off a light above the kitchen table where the food was for the shower. The owls were the perfect touch for the shower! 

I'll be sharing this with all the link parties in my header including Today's Creative Blog, Serenity Now, Christina's Adventures.