The Craft & Quilt Fair is coming to Adelaide in November! Full of inspiration, advice and shopping, the fair is a complete craft experience, bringing the world of craft to you. See it, touch it, buy it and find it, all…
Congratulations, Heather!
Heather S. is the winner of the Boutique Knits giveaway!
Don’t give up my peeps, there’s another one coming…..
Freebie: Cute Bird Digital Stamp
image by Pink Petticoat
Visit Pink Petticoat to download a free copy of this adorable bird digital stamp.
-Heather
Color Resource
Beading Gem recently posted about this great resource by Margie Deeb. Based on the Pantone color report which is published every season and used to decide color palettes for everything from fashion to paper plates, this downloadable document helps beaders to…
Project: Fall Table Decor Basket
image by Inkadinkado
Inkadinkado has shared the instructions for making this beautiful fall basket, perfect for a table center piece, made with paper and stamps. Find the instructions here in their newsletter.
-Heather
Sugarloaf Craft Festival Ticket Winners!
We have TWO winners for the Sugarloaf Craft Festival tickets we were giving away! Thanks so much for entering. The free tickets for the Somerset, NJ show go to:
Judy Streger
and
Gwyneth White!
Please contact me via e-mail asap so I can get…
Mama does it again
Alexis over at My Mama Made It has done it again. This time she has made some Anthropologie inspired pieces, which are very nice.
She also shares with her readers her recent bargin finds in other stores and how she modified them to…
Freebie: Digital Stamp Sheet
image by Trish Bee
Visit Trish Bee’s Flickr page to downlaod this cool free digital stamp sheet as well as few others.
-Heather
Freebie and Project: Notepad Cover
image by Michelle Wooderson and Papertrey
Michelle Wooderson is famous for her fabulous notepads and she’s recently designed a stamp set for Papertrey Ink and offered a free down loadable notebook cover pattern. Papertrey is also offering the blank note pads to fit inside.…
Freebie: Fonts
image by scrapNfonts
Sometimes you don’t have the perfect saying to go inside your stamped greeting cards, well digital fonts are the perfect solution. Just print out a fun font that matches your card and say exactly what you want.
Right now if you…
Tutorial: Gift Tag
image by Betsy Veldman
Visit the Paper Scissors Superheros blog to learn how to make these adorable gift tags.
-Heather
Christmas Archiving
Christmas is a time to accumulate clutter. Not only do toy boxes get over filled but so do Christmas storage boxes, photo tubs and even that sweater drawer as we pick up one more decoration or one more ornament.
Andrea Steed…
Tip: Double Duty for Your Stamps
image by Scrapbook Trends
Isn’t it great to find multiple uses for the same stamp? Check out this terrific idea on Scrapbook Trends blog. they used a Making Memories Witch Leg stamp for a Halloween project and then by simply changing the…
Project Video: Mixed Media ATC
image by Pam Carriker and Somerset Studio
I love incorporating my stamps into collage and mixed media projects and so does Pam Carriker, she does amazing work and she recently visited Somerset Studio and filmed a wonderful technique video showing how to…
Roses are Red polymer clay locket
by RockyBeads
Check out the incredible level of detail on this polymer clay locket from RockyBeads! Isn’t it lovely? Click here to go to her original post.
Click here to go to her website and check out all of her romantic and feminine work!
…Haunted House
I love art pojects that are based on picture book illustrations. This one from Journey into Unschooling is based on the illustrations by Kazuno Kohar in Ghosts in the House. Using plain orange and black construction paper and an exacto knife (mom and…
Projects: Quick Halloween Treat Bags
image by Emma's Paperie
Looking for some quick and easy Halloween treat bag ideas? Visit Emma’s Paperie for some fun and fast ideas, love the popcorn ghost!
-Heather
image by Emma's Paperie
And Your Mission Is….
Grab a train, get in a car, catch a plane, just get to New Jersey, any way you can. And then, once you are in New Jersey, find this:
Promptly board the vessel, prepare yarn and needles and knit your way…
Technique: Sewing with Your Stamps
image by Jenny Doh
Stamps are just always for stamping, visit Jenny Doh’s blog to learn how to use your stamped images as outline for embroidery and stitching, what a wonderful, fresh idea this is!!
-Heather
Plantscapes: Terrariums with polymer clay
by Thyrza Segal
I’ve always loved how terrariums can feel like small little worlds, and Thyrza Segal adds a whimsical touch with polymer clay to her unique terrariums. The interplay between her polymer clay sculpts and the carefully chosen plants is…