True Love Blocks tutorial- {& how to cut letters without a Silhouette}

I'm BAAAACK!
Man, that was a long week. Our DC jack on our laptop melted... literally. So we have been out of a computer all week. It has been driving me insane. I was so disappointed that it all had to happen right after the launch of this blog. But, back to things! Here is a super easy tutorial in honor of love day coming up. Enjoy!

A few years ago, I made this tutorial for my personal blog. I'm now sharing it on here so if you've already seen this, forgive me! It was back before I had a Silhouette or Cricut- so I had to get a little creative. So this is a great tutorial for someone who doesn't have one of those to cut out words. I know there are still a lot of you who don't own a cutting machine such as above, so here is a way to get around it.

Let's start with the tutorial!

I used these two paints from Roberts Crafts.

Sorry it's blurry, but here is a 4x4 block

I printed this off of google images somewhere, I can't remember where.. but I'm sure if you googled it, you will find it. I found it on the first page I think. I printed it off on white cardstock. I cut it to be a little smaller than 4 inches by 4 inches. 

I got this heart at Roberts Crafts a long time ago for like 70 cents I think.. maybe cheaper?

Since I didn't have a cricut or silhouette at the time, I got on Microsoft word and wrote "true" with the font smiley monster from kevinandamanda.com. I printed it on white cardstock, and carefully cut it out. Don't look too close, I didn't do that good of a job. You could use scissors like I did, or do it much better with an xacto knife!

Here are all the supplies you need again (I forgot to add modpodge in this picture, but you need that as well.)

I then painted the heart red, and the block black. I didn't paint the back of them because I knew they wouldn't be seen. 

After a few minutes, I took some sandpaper and distressed them. 

I then modpodged the scrapbook paper on the block. Be careful not to put too much modpodge on there because it will make the paper get bubbles in it if you get too much. I mostly just put the most modpodge on the corners. I put a thin layer on top after it was glued on too. 

I then put a good layer of modpodge on the back of the heart, and stuck it on the block. 

I was going to keep the letters white, but I decided on painting them black. I should have just printed them out black because the paint kind of made them a little soggy. I then modpodged them to the heart, and took a thin layer of modpodge to the whole block once more. The red paint got on the brush and mixed with the modpodge so it kind of made the whole block have a pinkish/redish/vintage look, but I liked it so I kept going. 

After it dried, I put it in our room with a picture frame on the shelf. I will probably put a different picture of my husband and I in there, I couldn't find a black and white one that I had printed besides that one.

How do you like it? I love how it turned out! Super easy and fun. 

I decided I wanted to make one more. I painted this block pink, and brushed a little brown on it. I then distressed it a lot to make the brown not stand out as much.

I had a scrapbook page from the brand pebbles that had all these cute little punch out cards on it. I loooove that brand. It's by far my favorite scrapbook brand. Anyway, this was my inspiration, and why I chose pink and brown for the block. I took a thin layer of modpodge to it, and that was it! Super easy. I will probably add some buttons or ribbon later. 

So, that's it! All ya'll get craftin! Go make some cute blocks. :)
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