Make gorgeous painted backgrounds for your layouts and cards using this technique by Meghan Quinones at Blitsy Crafts. You will need a glue gun and art media like paint or inks. A simple but effective technique! Click here for the … Read More...
Tutorial | Make Paper Roses With Your Silhouette
You can make these gorgeous paper roses using a tutorial from Lia Griffith and a Silhouette cut file from Lil Mrs Tori. Tori used the PDF pattern designed by Lia to create a cut file if you don’t … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Birthday
Spotlight on Jill Palumbo
The last few pieces of Jill Palumbo’s work caught my eye after my peek into fanciful polymer clay pieces last week. She’s done a few recent pieces with fairy themes, shiny surface treatments and delicate sculpting techniques.
You can see … Read More...
Tutorial: Two-Sided Chalkboard Playmat
Cheryl from Sew Can Do shows how to make her Two-Sided Chalkboard Playmat for mess-free child’s play. One side is made from chalkboard cloth, and the other from laminated cotton. The chalkboard side can be scribbled with chalk and erased … Read More...
Tutorial: Pencil skirt sew-along
A pencil skirt is a wardrobe staple. The fitted skirt can be made dressy or sexy, or a little bit of both, depending on how closely it fits your figure and how you accessorize. Liz from Simple Simon & Co.… Read More...
Tutorial: Folder Shaped Card
The Greeting Farms Stamps blog has a tutorial showing how to use an envelope punch board to make a file folder shaped card. Perfect for teacher or office worker cards!
-Heather
Technique: Painted Card Background
Add some bold color to your rubber stamped cards with Distress Paints. A video tutorial for making this pretty painted scene card is over at the K Werner Designs blog.
-Heather
Check Out This Adorable Farm Blanket for Kids
I saw this one the other day in the Lion Brand newsletter and I knew I just had to share it. The Animal Talk Afghan, designed by Amy Bahrt, is a super cute blanket featuring a pig, sheep, duck … Read More...
How to make recycled paper tube flowers
The pretty things crafters keep coming up with to make with tp tubes never seem to stop coming! Julie sent in this link to the tutorial on the blog Emma Owl on how to make pretty flowers with recycled paper … Read More...
Another Cute Chick and Egg Pattern
Last week I shared some fun chick knitting projects with you, and over the weekend my colleague Linda sent me this new one from the Purl Bee.
The Chick-in-an-Egg is an egg-shaped chick with a funny expression that you … Read More...
Bunny Feet using Reese’s Peanut Butter Egg
Beth at Hungry Happenings has created these cute Bunny Feet out of Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs and modeling chocolate. You can always replace the modeling chocolate with icing or frosting.
This is super easy to make by yourself or with … Read More...
Tutorial: 15-minute tablet cover
Andrea from Go To Patterns and Andrea’s Notebook (formerly known as The Train To Crazy) shows how you can make this tablet cover with a sleek, modern design in just 15 minutes. The outside is made of leather (or faux … Read More...
6 Crocheted Pet Projects
Welcome to the world of crafting for your beloved pets! Whether you have a dog, cat, or even a small rodent, crochet is a great way to create unique and functional items for your furry friend. From cozy sweaters to … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrap Bucket Basket
Heather from The Sewing Loft shares a tutorial for making these Scrap Bucket Baskets. The lining is a solid piece of fabric, but the outside is pieced from all those small bits of fabric filling up your scrap bin. Heavy … Read More...
Tutorial: Super easy 2-minute lace headband
Jess from The Sewing Rabbit shows how you can make her 2-minute lace headband. She uses wide stretch lace trim, so it’s just a matter of cutting it to length and making one short seam. Super fast, super easy, but … Read More...
Tutorial: Little girl’s paper bag bubble skirt
Remona from The Stitching Scientist shows how to make a little girl’s bubble skirt with a paper bag style waistband. This is such a pretty skirt for spring! The bubble skirt is made by doubling up the fabric, so there’s … Read More...
Tutorial: Eiffel Tower bath mitt
Lisa from A Spoonful of Sugar shows how to make this bath mitt appliqued with an Eiffel Tower. It would make a nice (and useful) accent for your bathroom décor. Or, make one to give a gift packaged up pretty … Read More...
Tutorial: Painterly Pendant and Earrings
This project describes how to make a “painterly” effect. If abstract isn’t your thing consider using the smudging technique to draw a specific pattern. You can use tools to do the painting – knitting needle ends, paintbrush ends and ball … Read More...
Cross Stitch Pattern Round Up
Looking for DMC Threads Check out DMC’s websiteLooking for more Valentine’s Day Cross stitch patterns and charts? Check these out on Etsy.
- Brave bird of awareness from DMC.com
- Beach biscornu from