image by Inky Antics
The Inky Antics blog has a wonderful tutorial on how to make a shaker card using stamps and Nestabilities dies.
-Heather
Project: Shaker Card with Nestabilities Dies
Tutorial: Thread sketching
Gina of clutter punk says,
Recently I’ve done a little free motion machine embroidery, or thread sketching. From some of the comments I received it’s clear that this seems all a bit fancy, mysterious and only for extreme sewists. It’s not. So I’ve written…
Freebie: Ouija Board Invitations
image by Chica and Jo
Here’s another fun free download project I found on our Craft Gossip Flickr group, it comes from the Chica and Jo blog, it’s a spooky Ouija Board invitation, I love how that adhered it to wood…
New tutes: Embroidered text
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread blog has started a new free tutorial series on using lettering and text in hand embroidery. You’ll want to get in on this! See the first post.
Tutorial: Montenegrin stitch
Learn Montenegrin stitch via the tutorial at Rittenhouse Needlepoint blog. See the tute.
Tutorial: Tiny Treasure Cards
image by Designing Moms
As crafters don’t we all have lots of “flotsam and jetsam” laying around everywhere? Tiny bits of paper and ribbon, beads, glitter, etc…. Well visit the Designing Mom’s blog for a wonderful card tutorial for using all those…
New Release and Project Video: Stamps of Life
image by The Stamps of Life
The Stamps of Life has just released their new clear stamp set for October, they also offer the images digitally too!!
And don’t miss their new video showing lots of great projects made with this fun stamp set.
-Heather
…Tutorial: Crayon tinting your embroidery designs
Niamh of Urban Threads says,
Hand embroidery is wonderful, simple, meditative, and sometimes, a little bit time consuming. This can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you like your hobbies, but sometimes when you have a big open…
Freebie: Tea Bag Gift Holder Template
image by Nicole Heady
Visit Nicole Heady’s Blog for a free template and instructions on how to make this lovely tea bag gift holder. Be sure to also scroll down while you’re there and look at the other wonderful gift holder ideas…
Project: Stamping on Mugs with Lazertran
image by The Dancing Pear
Take a look at this amazing project on the Dancing Pear blog, she used Lazertran to stamp on mugs, how cool is that?!
-Heather
Tutorial: Split stitch
5 Orange Potatoes demonstrates the simple but effective split stitch. See the tute.
Tatting tute for novices
Linda Davies (Tattyhead) has put together a tatting tutorial for “absolute beginners.” Here’s your chance to add this lovely craft skill to your repertoire. See the tute.
Technique: Background with Acrylic Paints and Stamping
image by Splitcoast and Beate Johns
Check out this cool step by step tutorial and video by Beate Johns using acrylic paints and stamps for a totally neat background technique!
-Heather
Tutorial: kootoyoo’s corner bookmark
WoooHOOO! I wished for a tutorial of kootoyoo’s most-excellent embroidered corner bookmark. And today a tutorial popped up on her site! If only all of my wishes worked out that well! I’m curling up in front of the TV tonight and…
Project Video: Gel Card
image by the Stamp Goddess
Visit the Stamp Goddess on YouTube for a wonderful how to video for making a really cool gel card.
-Heather
Tutorial: Backstitched spider web
The stitch of the week at Rittenhouse Needlepoint is backstitched spider web or ridged spider web. See the tute.
Project: Halloween Banner
image by Suzanne Sergi
Visit Scrapbooking.com’s website to find instructions on how to make this gorgeous banner for Halloween using lots of papers, glitter, stamps, rub-ons, chipboard, etc. This would look great hanging on a fireplace mantel!
-Heather
image by Suzanne Sergi
Technique: Stamping with Real Leaves
image by Trish Bee
Just in time for fall here is a wonderful detailed technique tutorial from Trish Bee Design Studio on how to stamp using real leaves, how pretty!!
-Heather
Project: Fantasy Keepsake Box
image by Stubby Stampers
Visit the Stubby Stampers website for instruction on how to make this amazing Fantasy Keepsake Box.
image by Stubby Stampers
-Heather
Project and New Release: Dress Tags with Copics and Doohdles
image by Jenny Doh
Visit Jenny Doh’s blog for a very pretty project using copic markers to color her brand new Crescendoh Doohdles clear stamp line to make some lovely dress tags.
-Heather