Silhouette Tile Sign

4" tiles
White Vinyl lettering Words: Love, Cherish, Adore (If you need this please contact me)
Adhesive Glitter paper
Pre-cut Silhouette
Epoxy Resin
Paint
Popsicle Stick
Soup can
Straw

• For my silhouette I took a side shot of each of my children. I know there are easier ways to do this...but I have other uses for the silhouette. So I used my pen tool in photoshop and traced around the silhouette actually turning it into a custom shape. Then I re sized the silhouette to fit the tile.

• Print and cut the silhouette.

• Cut, sand, and paint a piece of wood to fit your tiles. ( Mine ended up being 6" x 15")

• Trace your tile onto the glitter paper. You'll need one cut per tile.

• Since the glitter paper was already adhesive, I just pressed it down onto the tile.
  

• Sand the excess glitter paper (I used a belt sander) off the tile.

• Use a heavy duty glue to adhere the silhouette onto the glitter paper. (I used mod podge at first, but it didn't adhere to the glitter very well.)
  

• Make SURE the silhouette is glued well and the corners don't stick up.

• Mix your epoxy resign according to package directions. Usually it's a two part mixture. (You wont need much mixed)
  

• Prop your tiles up on a can of soup.

• Slowly drizzle about a teaspoon amount of resign on each tile. Start spreading it around with a Popsicle stick. Add more resign as needed. It won't need very much.
  

• As the resign starts to dry it will spread. If you put too much on it will run off the sides of the tile. You'll need to make sure to run a Popsicle stick underneath the tile to scrape the excess resign. DO NOT leave any amount of resign on the bottom of the tile.)

• Slowly blow through the straw to pop the tiny bubbles on the tile.

• Once again check to make sure the resign isn't on the bottom or sides of the tile.
  

• After 24 hours you can glue the tile to the board and add your vinyl lettering.
  

***If you make this I'd love to see how yours turn out.****

3-D Sucker Valentines

Take a picture of your child making a fist in front of them. Fix up the picture in your favorite photo editing software {I digital scrapbooked mine because I had an ugly background}. I sized mine to a 4 x 6 inch picture so I could print them at Sam's Club for cheap!

Cut a line with an exact o knife on the top of the hand, and the bottom on the hand. This is where you will insert the sucker.

Valentines Mini Mailbox

Mini Mailbox (I got mine in the dollar section at target)
2 pieces of contrasting scrapbooking paper (one needs to be a 12 x 12)
Ribbon
Stickers
Mod Podge
Scissors
"You've got mail" computer print out
Antiquing Ink

• Cut a 12 x 12 scrapbooking paper into a 4" x 12" strip.

• Antique the edges of the paper (if desired)

• Measure the paper around the mailbox and lightly sketch onto you paper where the mailbox flag will be.

• Cut a U-shape out of the paper
  
  

• Take the ends off the mailbox.

• Quickly mod podge the paper to the mailbox. (The paper will overlap just a little on the bottom)

• Trace the mailbox end on the coordinating paper. Do this for both ends. Cut out the paper. Ink the edges.
  

• Mod podge the paper to the mailbox ends.
  

• Print "You've got mail" in your photo editing software or word program.
  

• Glue or mod podge the "You've got mail" print onto the mailbox ends.
  

• Add additional ribbon, stickers and embellishments to add to your beautiful masterpiece!

My daughter made little envelopes to fit inside the mini mailbox. She's been leaving us daily valentines! What a sweety!

Easy "Love" Cake

{AKA: Jello Poke Cake}

1 box white cake mix
(in which you also need eggs, oil, and water)
1 small box (3 oz.) Red Jello (I used cherry)
1 (8 oz.) carton Cool Whip topping or whipped cream

Bake cake according to package directions. While cake is cooling in its pan, poke holes all over with large fork. Mix jello according to package directions. Drizzle jello liquid over cake. Make sure jello penetrates into all of the holes. Chill several hours or overnight.
Add a dolled of whip cream or cool whip. Yum!

Valentines Day Tile Picture

*My project I did using a digital scrapbooking kit
{Credits: "A Year Of Memories.February" By: Dani Mogstad & Shawna Clingerman}


Tile Projects Included in your download

Items Needed:
6" x 8" Tile (found at Home Depot or Lowes for a few bucks)
Pre-Printed digital scrapbooked picture
(Or you can use a picture and regular scrapbooking paper)
Mod Podge
Sponge Brush
Sandpaper

Optional:
Acrylic Texturing Gel
Plastic Grocery Bag

Step 1: Hopefully you're familiar with a photo editing program to use the download. Just simply drag and drop your picture behind the pre-made template included in the download. It was made to fit a 8 x 6 tile. Then you can drag and drop your photo to a 8 x 10 template for printing.

Step 2: Print your photo
(I print mine at Sams club. The colors have less of a chance of bleeding when adding the mod podge when using professional photo paper.)

{ If using photo and scrapbooking paper, gather supplies.}

Step 3: Trim excess photo paper to fit 8 x 6 tile.

Step 4: Quickly brush mod podge onto the tile. Firmly press your picture onto the tile. Let it dry.
{If it bubbles, wait a few minutes then press the picture down}

Step 5: Once the photo tile is dry sand the excess paper off the edges. I LOVE the look it gives. It looks as though the picture is flush with the tile.

{Idea: add distressing ink around the edges for an antiqued look}
Optional:
Dip a small corner of a crumpled plastic bag into the Acrylic Texturing Gel. Dab the gel onto the tile until you get the desired look. Let dry overnight.

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