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 [...]

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 [...]

Recycle Craft: Soda Can Brooches

It’s amazing to me what the right tool can do for you- and in this case, the tool is the Cuttlebug (read my “Intro to the Cuttlebug” post to learn more.) This little hand-cranked gem can help you transform old aluminum soda cans into cool, kitchy blooms that you can wear as pins!
For this craft, [...]

Vinyl Valentines Vase Craft

I love decorating seasonally, but I also like crafts that can be easily altered or adapted for the next holiday coming up. That’s why I love crafting with vinyl. It’s self-adhesive and acts like a window-cling; that is, you can remove it without a sticky residue!
For this project, I used:

Heart Vase Set
The Cricut die-cutting machine
“Storybook” [...]