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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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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