Bella Blvd has teamed up with the Design Team from Scrapbooks and Cards today for a week of features and giveaways (August 23rd to 27th 2010). Each day on the Bella Blvd blog, a member of the SCT team is … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – Cool
Tutorial: How to cover a button
Elizabeth from OnlineFabricStore.net shares a tutorial on the store’s blog showing how easy it is to create a fabric covered button. It takes just a few minutes and a small scrapof fabric to get a custom button for your project. … Read More...
Baked Alaska on a Stick
Baked Alaska on a stick? Seriously? Featured HERE, these Baked Alaska lollipops from Kathleen Sacchi are a mere $1.50 a pop. When Cupcakes and Cutlery submitted this idea, they noted I might like these because “I like things on … Read More...
Sewing Patter Tutorial: Rock ‘n’ Roll Ruffle Skirt
Thera from Swagger Savvy Designs and Crafty Pirate shows how to make her Rock ‘n’ Roll Ruffle Skirt. Would you believe she made it from a pair of “old man pants”? This is a MUCH cooler look! Get the tute… Read More...
Make an Oreo Cake
Anyone remember my recap of the Blogger’s Night at Martha Stewart’s Offices? Or more specifically, the Oreo cake I posted about here? Well, learn to make your own Oreo cake (with 20 packs of Oreos) HERE at the Home … Read More...
Amazing Pencil Lead Sculptures
As an artist myself, I get annoyed when I see the emails that circulate containing only photographs of mouth dropping art with no credit whatsoever to the creator. There’s no malicious intent of course, most people just pass things from … Read More...
How to stitch a spider
Alien Ted posted an explanation on Stitchalicious for creating this simple but effective stumpwork spider. She says,
… Read More...I had a vague curiousity about what would happen if I used two differently coloured threads in a Bullion Knot. And what happens?
New Release: Lil Lolita Stamps
(image by Eulanda Silvey)
I love stamps that are a little quirky and a little dark so I’m totally in love with these new rubber stamps by Tickled Pink called Lil Lolita! Funky, goth and a little vintage, these are … Read More...
Enter quickly! Halloween pattern giveaway
Aneela of Comfort Stitching is giving away two copies of her sweet original pattern, Be-witched. But you have to hurry. Go to Aneela’s blog post to enter before 4:00 p.m. GMT, Wednesday, August 25.
Looking for more Halloween Embroidery Patterns? … Read More...
12 Fun Letter Initial Craft Projects
Seems that initials, monograms and family letters are all the rage right now. There are some really cute ways to express your creativity, here are just a few examples. If you know of others, feel free to leave a link … Read More...
Eye candy: Italian stumpwork
Jeanine in Canada (Italian Needlework) shares several views of an astonishing piece of embroidery created by students of the Don Mazza school in Verona around the turn of the 20th century. Go to Jeanine’s post to see close-ups of this … Read More...
Make a Photo Plate
Martha Stewart shows us how to take a photograph and put it on a dinner plate using decal paper for your laser printer.
See how to make a decorative photo plate at Martha Stewart.
Privacy window covering made from the bottom of recycled clear plastic bottles
If you look at this quick it has a beautiful vintage quality. The clever crafter R L Hall of the blog Artful Express made this window cover that provides a bit of privacy but still lets in light. She made … Read More...
Tutorial: Catnip mouse kitty toys
Head over to The {New New} Blog to find out how to make these cute little catnip mouse toys out of scrap fabric. Maybe your bad kitties will play with the mice instead of scratching your couch. No? Well, they’re … Read More...
Tutorial: Create mirror image decorative stitch markings
Jennifer Stern from J. Stern Designs shows how to create and mark mirror image designs for decorative stitching. She uses her signature stitch design for a jeans back pocket as an example, but this technique could be used any time … Read More...
Free pattern: Peek-a-boo shirt or dress for little girls
Bandy Canyon shares a free pattern for her Peek-a-Boo shirt for little girls. This is such a cute top! You can make it longer to turn it into a dress. The pattern is for a size 3T-4T, but you could … Read More...
Technique Tutorial: Stamping Resist with Gesso
Join Lydia at Understand Blue for a fantastic video tutorial on how to use gesso as a resist for stamping. I use gesso all the time in my collage work but never thought to use like this, very cool! Click … Read More...
Tutorial: Embossing with the Slice
Cindy Liebel shows how to use the new Slice embossing tips to create accents for a scrapbook page. Click here to go to tutorial.
Chocolate Bubble Wrap Cupcake Toppers
Spotted on Cupcakes Take the Cake, learn how to make these awesome chocolate bubble wrap cupcake toppers HERE at The Lone Baker.
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