Madisen

At the beginning of March I made my friend Lindsay a wood block with her new baby boys name, Levi!  Have not sent it yet Lindsay...spring break really took me by surprise this year:)  So, after making something for a little boy...I knew I had to make something for a girl as well!  Ms. Madisen is the daughter of my great friend Madeleine,who is already in Germany and I know she is anxiously awaiting my arrival:)))LOL!!!!!  It is going to be to much fun!!!!

If you have read my blog in the last couple of months, you know that I have gone a little crazy with the blocks of wood.  Won't say I get stuck in a rut but I get addicted to all the possibilities.....it is just a block of wood, but you can do so much with it!!!!!! With this block of wood, I could not find any printables that I absolutely loved or could just add to so I decided to make my own.  I used Photoshop, if you have considered purchasing any software such as photoshop CS5 or photoshop elements(cheaper)....just do it!  Such an awesome program...you will pay for it dearly but it is worth it! I found a free photoshop brush that I absolutely fell in love with and applied it to the program. 

The first block is a shabby chic green, the printable is plain with Madisen's name put across the front.  It is a dark pink....normally I go darker with all of my colors and the reason is because if you sand the paper and even when you use sealant it will appear lighter on the wood. After sanding the paint and applying Tim Holtz tea stain dye,  I applied the printable with Canvas Corp glue that is nearing the end of the bottle!  After drying spray glitter was applied and I used leftover ribbon from my tassel project and tied a bow to the top.  A small drop of glue was applied to the back and the actual bow to make the ribbon stay put. 

This block was done almost exactly the same except the printable is smaller and a tutu brush was added on photoshop.  The block was sanded, tea stained, printable was applied and spray glittered.  The bow is just larger ribbon and hot glue was used to make it stay put.

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Hopefully Lindsay doesn't read this:)

because it is one of the baby gifts that I will be sending her!  Her and I were txting back and forth the other day about mod podge, and I did not realize that she was going to be using a cowboy/western theme for her new little man they will be welcoming home soon.  After searching for printables online for what felt like forever....I just decided to make my own!

I used one of the blocks of wood that I already had...painted it red, then used sandpaper to rough it up.  The printable was antiqued with a stamp pad then glued on to the block of wood.....the sandpaper was used over the printable lightly.  After everything dried completely, I applied a couple of coats of sealant.  

The cording at the top is Canvas Corp., which was hot glued to stay in place, and attached to it is a tiny clothespin where a picture can be attached. 

So once I got started....I kept going!  The next block of wood was created the exact same way.

At the top of this wood block, I used the cording and attached a Tim Holtz charm that reads "cherish". 

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Love Bucket

The Oreo suckers needed a great way to be displayed, I found a bubble gum bucket that was going to be thrown away and decided to re-purpose it.  Of course it had to be painted...using a primer and spray paint that was made for plastic it was given two coats.  

My next step was to cut out the printable found over at littlemiso.  Using the paper cutter, I trimmed off all the edges, and rounded the corners.  The stamp pad was used around the edge of the entire card, and spray glittered.  

Canvas Corp glue was used to attach the image to the bucket...then I used a spray sealer to make sure it all stayed attached!  I used ribbon left over from the tassel project and attached just above the printable.  Floral foam was stuck in the bottom of the bucket and shredded paper was used to decorate the top.  It was glued in, and spray glittered on top.  

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Trash to Treasure

My husband and I eat almonds like there is no tomorrow, needless to say we are left with these empty containers after all the almonds are gone.  I have kept wondering what I could use the empty containers for and thought...what about my craft supplies!  After scraping off all of the label that would come off with just my fingernails, the goo gone came out and it came off with ease! 

The lid was a green color....I knew this would bug me so I painted the lid with a spray paint meant to cover and stay on plastic, this was used as a primer. Later painted a cream color with regular spray paint and sprayed with spray glitter.  

I measured the area where I wanted paper placement and began cutting paper to fit the area.  The paper used is from Canvas Corp  After cutting the paper, I rounded the edges with the Creative Memories corner rounder, lightly sanded each piece, then antiqued with a Tim Holtz distressing pad(tea dye).  

The Canvas Corp glue works great for stacking the papers, this glue makes it stick....and stick well:)  It also will not wrinkle the paper when it is drying.  Normally I like to let each layer dry just a bit before placing another layer on top. The middle of the layer is two round circles that were cut out with the Creative Memories circle punch.  The top circle was stamped with a circle stamp that reads "from the heart".

To finish off the top of the project, I found ribbon that was used in my tassel project, and hemp cord from Canvas Corp.  A chipboard embellishment that I found in my supplies was dyed to match the ribbon with a stamp pad.  Letting the chipboard dry, I tied the ribbon around the top and heated up the glue gun!  Then attached the chipboard with hot glue.  

Below is the entire finished project!

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