Crafts Unleashed

Making Precious Art with “Precious Stone”

For this project I wanted to use Precious Stone as a material to cast my children’s hand prints, and then have fun painting them.
MATERIALS:

Plain wooden block (scrap from hardware store).
Old cardboard box.
Precious Stone powder mix.
Water.
Children’s little hands.
Hobby knife.
Gesso Spray.
Acrylic Paints.

STEPS:

Get a plain wooden block (scrap from a hardware store works fine).
Cut cardboard panels form an [...]

Mother’s Day Gift: Chalk Board Message Center

Remember a couple of days ago when I made those fun Buggy Mod Podge Bottle Caps?  Today I created a chalk board for Mother’s Day using those little creatures and the flower.
When is Mother’s Day 2010?  Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 9th 2010.  Lucky for you, you still have plenty of time to make this [...]

Mother’s Day Photo Place Cards

What does a mother love more than her children’s smiling faces? Not much, I tell you! So this Mother’s Day surprise the moms in your life with a lovely place card holder that is sure to make her smile!
The basket base of this craft was designed and featured in Martha Stewart Living Magazine in April, [...]

Mother’s Day Star Garland

Create a beaded curtain that celebrates your mother’s life.

Crafting with the Cricut: Mother’s Day Card

Mother’s Day is on the way and what better way to tell Mom “I love you” than with a handmade card?  Creating something with your own hands takes on special meaning for folks, especially when it is your very own mother.  Read on to find out how fast and easy it is to create this [...]

Ask Jenny- Beading Dilemma

From a ConsumerCrafts customer:

I am attempting to make an Egyptian headdress.  I am using 1.5mm metallic craft cord,  & 8mm plastic pearls.  I’m having much difficulty threading the beads on this cord, the ends fray.  It is a good fit once the bead is on, but consuming much too much [...]

Paper Craft: “Fiesta” Party Banner

If you’ve noticed, banners are HOT right now in the papercrafting world. They are simple, fun ways to make a party or season more festive. (Remember our sweet Easter banner?) So today we are going to party it up with this “Fiesta” banner!
Supplies:

K & Company “Cut and Paste” 2-sided cardstock (KC625532)
Chipboard Letters (1208-72)
White [...]

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day! This is the day that’s set aside to become more conscious of the our actions and how they effect the entire planet. If you’ve been reading along the past few weeks, you’ve read some of our crafts on the theme of  “reduce/reuse/recycle.”
We’ve made a convenient list for you here so you can [...]

Crafting Coffee Filter Flowers

I love recycling coffee filters into fun blooms that you (and even your kids) can make for Earth Day, Mother’s Day, or Cinco de Mayo.
Supplies:

4-6 round coffee filters
food coloring (red a green for Cinco de Mayo, or your choice)
cardboard egg carton
1 button per flower
1/2 12″ chenille stem per flower
bamboo skewer
floral tape
green acrylic paint (optional)

Tools:

craft blade
hot [...]

Create a Cinco De Mayo Tissue Paper Flower

Decorate your Cinco de Mayo party in style by creating a flower out of tissue paper