This month our church enrichment group made these great HOME blocks, they were really easy, that is the only kind  of project I like to do, and they were fun do to as well. We each had 4 cubes that were 4×4x4″ cut from an 8ft length of wood. I think we ended up doing 20 sets, anyway, we just sanded down the wood then painted the blocks whatever color we wanted to use then picked out scrapbook paper of our choice and cut 4 squares of different scrapbook paper, the squares of paper were cut just a little smaller than the 4×4″ side of the block. Next we Modge Podged the paper onto one side of each block. (We are only decorating one side) After the paper was in place we placed the letters on the blocks, if you look close on the pictures you can see the large letters spell HOME, then there is also smaller letters that spell out the saying “Where your story begins” but you can use any saying you like. These letters were all cut out using the Cricut (Chandler Creations now carries a great new product to store your Cricut, take a look below) sorry, back to the blocks, after all the letters are in place we just used our creativity and added embellishments to blocks to match our tastes and home decor. After the blocks were all done, we sanded the edges just lightly so the wood shown through, most everyone liked this finish but some left their edges with the paint on.  These are great photo blocks too, just glue on your photos on all sides or just one or two.

Here is a picture of the new TuckAway storage table for your Cricut, or printer or craft tools, it is pretty cool

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Well in some parts of the county it is starting to feel like spring, othersnot quite yet, but I wanted to start crafting things that look like they may represent the warmer weather to come. So I tried my  hand at these really cute flower pot flower girls.

I painted  2   4″ pots green then stacking them and adding a wood ball for the head and added the spanish moss to the head then added the hat, these are all glue together with hot glue. For the rest of the piece I just decorated with small clay flower pots and sunflowers. A really easy craft project and a cute table centerpiece. The arms are just pieces of artifical ivy and you can glue them on or drill a really small hole and stick the wire end into the hole and glue to hold, that is what I did.  To finish it off I tied a neck bow around the head and glued the whole project to a 4×4 piece of wood.

Have fun

Betty  http://www.chandlercreations.com

Since we are all crafters, (or we wouldn’t be looking at Craft Tutorials) I just wanted to share this great new craft table we have started to carry. Usually I just post fun crafts that I have done or come across but I love to scrapbook and this table makes it so easy. How many times do you want to start a scrapbook project or any project for that matter and know you won’t finish so you don’t start because you will have stuff all over the kitchen table until you get your project done? Well this is the greatest table, it has compartments in it and a thing that closes over the top of the compartments so when you put your supplies into the compartments and close the lid, it fits down into the compartment and holds everything into place, then just fold up the table and put it aside, when you come back to work on your project again, everything is exactly where you left it. This is just such a cool table I had to share.

Really Cool craft table

Thanks for letting me share – Mothers day is coming

Betty

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I found this old picture frame with a picture of the ocean in the back ground and really liked the frame but didn’t really want the scenery so I got it and thought some day I would find a good use for it. Well the day came when I saw some thin wood letters at the craft store and decided to make a collage of sorts, so I designed them to look like scrapbook pages but spell out the word love. I painted the frame and ran an ink stamp pad across the edges for a little more depth. Then just embellished each section of the frame.

If nothing else, my granddaughter loves it, so guess who will be getting this picture frame?

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I decided to use the 9 inch wood letters from Provo Crafts again. This time I took a 12″x12″ board, press board is really cheap, it is about $.50 for a 12″x12″ piece. I bought a large 4′X8′ piece because we were doing a class and needed lots of boards. You might be able to get a lumber store to cut a small piece. Anyway the pressboard is pretty inexpensive. Then I painted it black, you don’t even need to sand it, actually you shouldn’t sand pressboard or it will just crumble. Pick out a 12″x12″ scrapbook paper and trim it down about 1/2″ to 1″ on each side, it is totally up to you how much of an edge you want. Then use spray glue to stick the paper onto the wood. You can paint your board any color to co-ordinate with your paper, it doesn’t have to be black. Then paint your wood letter just on the front, once it is dry just hot glue it to the board. You can sand down the edges of the letter for a ruffed up look or leave a smooth finish. Now get an easle and set it up on a table on on the floor by the fireplace. Really great looking gift idea and the best part is, you can make this craft for around $5.00

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