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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Because Ali asked me....

I have found you LOTS of St. Patrick's Day activities and projects!  I have yet to decide what I am going to do for the day but when I have it done...you guys will be the first to know:)  


The Toymaker does some awesome stuff with paper!  You can print off the design..preferably in cardstock, cut, score, and get creative.  Check out the rest of her site for more ideas, the paper dolls are very cute.

A Fanciful Twist is another card stock craft that any teacher would love to receive.  You will need some good card stock, glue, and some glitter.  Turns ordinary card stock into a beautiful brooch!


Looking for something to put on your mantle or a shelf, check out Lindseys Craft List...she has created a Lucky sign out of a block of wood and it is CUTE!

and for the scrappers, Miss Crafty Pants offered this digital scrapbooking download last year.  It is a great layout, cute, and the best part...it's FREE!!! After you download the scrapbook page, check out her chunky clovers...paper, wood, and mod podge!  To top it all off, her cupcake wrapper and  topper printables are some of the cutest I have found for St. Patrick's Day, plus she includes the recipe for her Mint Cookie Cupcakes.


Hope this post gives all of you some ideas and thanks for stopping by to take a look!!!!

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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Blocks of wood

Hi everyone...time seems to be getting away from me these days!  This post has been on my mind for quite some time, first off I started with this printable from the Betty Crocker Wannabe.  Super cute, and so many possibilities!  After a trip to the Home Depot for supplies, and then another to wal-mart for ink....I was ready to get started!

My plain block, measuring 6 x 6(really about 5 1/2) was sanded and primed with spray paint...after another spray of primer, I painted it with red folk art paint.

After letting paint completely dry, I sanded some of the edges off and antiqued with a Tim Holtz tea dyed stamp pad.  I used the printable in its original size, it fit my block of wood perfectly so I decided to keep it original size. Before attaching the printable, I used the stamp pad again around the edges. Then used the canvas corp scrapbooking glue to attach mine but regular glue or even a glue stick would work...just work out the wrinkles. 

With everything attached, again the entire thing was sanded over one time, then spray glitter was applied to the entire front of the block.  I use a box to apply spray glitter, it still goes everywhere but it does help control the process!  The finial at the top came in pieces from Hobby Lobby, after gluing the pieces together I painted, sanded and antiqued.  The block of wood did not come with a hole in the top, so I took out my handy drill and put a small hole in the top for my finial.  I also put a small dab of glue to make sure the finial did not come out!

To finish it up, I found a tiny clotthespin which I hot glued to the finial...I wanted to be able to use a picture  I had cording from canvas corp that I wrapped around several times and attached a tim holtz charm.  See the finished project below!

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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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Gift Card Holder

While digging through some of my scrapbooking supplies, I came across this template to make a card/holder/envelope.  I started with pink paper, traced the template and cut out the shape. 

 

I measured the inside to cut a square, used double sided sticky tape to attach the paper to the inside of the card.  This is the inside of the card and can be used for the personal message.  

On the outside of the card, I stamped a smaller card with a stamp that reads "always loved", it resembles a postage stamp and I love this entire stamp set.....I threw away the packaging but I'm sure it was a cheap set from Michaels.  After stamping, spray glitter was applied, punched a hole in the top of the small card and tied a ribbon to the top.  The small card was attached with double sided sticky tape to the larger card.  It is the perfect size for a gift card, throw it in, and send off to your Valentine:)  This one is going to my mother!

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Holiday Memories

Now that I have successfully taken and downloaded all my photographs...yes, I still need to get them printed out..but two out of three definitely is not a bad start!  I decided I needed a mini holiday scrapbook to put all those photos in.  Over our Christmas vacation Jon and I made a deal...if we take the hour and a half trip from my parents to Fayetteville, AR to buy Razorback gear, he can take me to a Signed, Sealed, Delivered in Rogers, AR:)))  I believe it was a fair trade...trust me both parties involved suffered dearly!  This was so fun to make...here is what I started with:  Canvas Corp paper, and I bought LOTS, they have some of the best paper I have ever used!  Chipboard album that I picked up on clearance at Michaels for $2.00.  

I cut my paper to match the chipboard then used Canvas Corp paper and mounting glue, awesome glue that when you put on pretty much anything...makes it STICK!

 After sticking the paper I used a sandpaper block to rough up every page, then distressed with a distressing stamp pad...around the edges.  

 The first page I set up with a Merry Christmas stamp that I have had for a few years, cut out, stacked on a patterned piece of the same paper, then used spray glitter, and finished it off with a ribbon.

The bird stamp that I had never used was another in this same set.  I would tell you the name but the package was thrown away and I have no idea...Im fairly certain it was a cheap set I picked up at Michaels.  Below is the first page on the inside of the album.  Used ribbon I bought at Target for a dollar.

 Hit a mental block when I got to the third page, I layered ribbon and that was it:)

 Finally by the fourth page.....I was back on track. The letter stamps worked great, and I used the circle cutter from creative memories to make these perfect circles on the bottom on this page!

I stacked ribbon again on this page then used the circle cutter, snowflake stamp, and my favorite...the spray glitter!

 For some reason I always have one page in my scrapbooks that just look like....wow, what was she thinking!LOL  Well this is that page:)  Going through my stack of stuff, I saw these rub-ons and decided to use them!  Personally I love the page...Im hoping you have the same reaction!

The "tis the season" page turned out so cute.  I love the coordinating papers with the stripes and dots.  I layered ribbon and stacked the cardstock.  To stamp the "tis the season"  I used the opposite side of the cardstock.  Normally I would not waste precious printed cardstock but I wanted it to match.  Also, I should have mentioned earlier that on all the cut outs of the cardstock that I stamped, I used the sandpaper and distressing pad on those as well.  To distress the paper, I only go around the edge...I feel like that gives it more of an antiqued look.   Spray glitter was also used on this stamped cut out. 

 This stamp, I LOVED!  Found it in the stamp box and had to use it with the "I believe" ribbon.  

The back of the album is ribboned, stamped, and spray glittered!  Used another stamp from my found Christmas collection!  Around the ring of my album, I cut different strands, and various lengths of the ribbon used throughout the album.

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Spray Glitter!

is the coolest thing EVER invented!!!!!  I absolutely love it, love it, love it!!!!!!  Only bought one can and going back for several more....very soon.   The cards below, I made for the boys teachers.  I have been creeping around The Graphics Fairy for several months now, let me tell ya.....she has some awesome talent!  Check out her page, tons of vintage graphics.  The pics below I printed out to attach to teachers gifts.

I printed these out in black and white....as luck would have it, my color cartridge happened to run out the day I decided to print. I think the black and white looks great!  Using the paper cutter I cut out each card,  and attached a background card.  

On  the opposite side of the card, I printed out another card with a message for the teacher from the boys.  I used the Girls are Weird font from Kevin and Amanda, where you can find fonts galore.  

After attaching everything, I  sprayed with spray glitter from Michaels. Hopefully you can see the glitter in this picture, it was very difficult to photograph.  I used ribbon from another project and finished the card up with a bow on top.