Project Thursday: Stacked Wood Valentine Blocks

As I was putting together a little Valentines Day Vignette - I had an empty space on the shelf that needed just a little something.

I already had a Bowl of Candy, and some Flowers, and framed Subway Art

... but I needed One thing More ...

These Stacked Wood Blocks worked perfectly, and they were super easy to make.

All you need is:

Scrap Wood

Paint

Die Cut Machine and Punches

Tacky blue

Varnish or Mod Podge

I had so much fun - I made another set as well

I think the hardest thing about this project is to get the proportions between the block sizes right.

A little trial and error and I came up with the following dimensions:

You can also download the dimensions here.

I have a bit of a hoarding obsession when it comes to wood scraps - so I just sorted through my bins until I found some small pieces.

I found  some leftover bits of 2 X 4 pieces in this bucket....

Or did I get them from here? 

(the scary thing is - that's just a small selection of my wood scrap collection)

 I used a miter saw to cut my wood pieces to size. 

They can be cut using a hand saw (which could be a little tricky) so you might want to make friends with a neighbor who has some good woodworking tools for this project.

 The pieces of wood I used were pretty beat up - but it doesn't matter.  That just adds to the character.

Once the wood pieces were cut to size - I painted each one a different color.

On one of the block sets I sanded and distressed the edges. 

Then I used my Cricut to cut out various words and shapes from solid cardstock.  I also used some punches for the hearts. 

 

And added a few button & tie embellishments.

I used tacky glue to adhere the letters and embellishments.  Once the glue was mostly dry, I went over the entire surface with Modge Podge (matte) to completely seal down the edges of the letters.

I love how versatile these blocks can be.  Stacked in sets, or even alone.  While you are cutting your wood pieces - might as well make a few extra for the other holidays as well.

Thanks for reading along...