Here’s a fun, quick and easy project from Mel’s Own Place , use dimensional paint to make your own small stamps! How clever!
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by Vikram Goyal
Here’s a fun, quick and easy project from Mel’s Own Place , use dimensional paint to make your own small stamps! How clever!
-Heather
by Vikram Goyal
Wendy Vecchi has a great new video showing a cool background technique using Ranger’s Adirondack pigment inks and perfect pearls, try it out and add a nice shimmer to your next project!
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by Vikram Goyal
Saucy’s Sprinkels posted an excellent tutorial on a self invented version of necklaces at Anthropology and Urban Outfitters. Great photos and instructions included. Plus pictures of a very yummy looking cake!
Definitely a A+ for ingenuity and a great use for left over…
by Vikram Goyal
Gina K of Stamp TV has a great new two part video showing you step by step how to make a fun shaker card. She uses coffee to make her card but you can…
by Vikram Goyal
Looking to make your own holder to store your Artist Trading Card collection? Visit the Ink Stains blog for a free ATC holder template.
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You don’t need expert drawing skills to render a great original embroidery design. kootoyoo shows us how to turn any photo into a pattern. See the tute.
You have probably already figured out that I love the hand-stitched greeting-card designs by Marie of Make and Takes blog. Every time she posts a new one, I run over here and link it! Now she has put together a video tutorial to…
Lakshmi Sadala walks us through the steps of creating diagonally woven cross-stitch — an easy stitching technique that produces a sweet raised flower. Thanks so much, Lakshmi! See the tute.
by Vikram Goyal
Remember being little and carving potatoes to make stamps? Well relive the old days and check out this fun tutorial on potato stamping from Create Studio.
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by Vikram Goyal
It’s no secret that I LOVE Tim Holtz, his products are always wonderful and I’m so excited when he comes out with something new. One of my favorite products from him is his crackle paint, it’s so…
The stitch of the week at Rittenhouse Needlepoint is herringbone. Find out how to create the basic stitch and two interesting variations. See the post.
Robin Atkins of Beadlust shows us how to make a fabric memory box like this one, which she created to house memorabilia of her parents and showcase two of her creations for the Bead Journal Project. Each of the bead embroideries on the…
I’m fascinated but intimidated by tiny creations, particularly tiny needlework. So I’m awed by Susan Elliott’s latest Charm School project on Plays with Needles. The petals of this stumpwork cosmos are minuscule! And Susan kindly walks us through the steps of…
SharonB’s Tumbling Blocks crazy quilt is going to be so freakin awesome. If you’ve been watching this series, you know the fabulousness of each crazy-quilted diamond. Now you’ve got to see her assembly process. Wow. Go to her blog post on Pin…
Nellie of Nellie’s Needles shows us how to create a convincing center for a coneflower by capturing a wad of fibers under tulle. This technique is so brilliant, you’re going to run to your sewing machine to try it. See the tute.
…by Vikram Goyal
Claudine Hellmuth has a cool new video out showing how to use her new paints and sticky back canvas with stamps and watermark ink for a cool resist technique. She uses it in a lovely peice of…
Kimara of Wee Folk Art follows up her tutorial for a rolled calico flower with one for a similar felt version. She says, “Although they are both put together in the same general way, there are a few differences to account for the different…
Stephanie of Novasblossoms reminds us that free instructions for her beaded butterflies and pins are available from CQMagOnline. See Stephanie’s post for the links. So beautiful.
by Vikram Goyal
Close to My Heart has a new episode of Art and Soul out, this video focuses on versatility with segments on masculine cards , a step by step card tutorial, cards made with stickers and how to use…
(1) Design and make a felt softie with Kira Franz-Knight of tangarang blog.
(2) Create a spirit-doll form with Nellie of Nellie’s Needles.
(3) Add angelina fibers to fabric with iHanna of iHanna’s Creative Space.
(4) Make ruched fabric flowers with Rose Rushbrooke.
(5) Learn needlepoint “knitting stitch” with Rittenhouse Needlepoint.
(6) Find out…