I love the Snowflake shape on this wonderful winter card! The design team at One Stamp has gone back and updated a previous tutorial creating some fresh new ideas using a FREE snowflake shaped template. This shaped card is perfect … Read More...
Star Shaped Winter Layout
I love the unconventional star shape of this winter layout from Sandi! She used a stencil with paste and paint splatter to add texture along with watercolor to add some color to the background. The black and white photo is … Read More...
Wondering what the different types of felting are? Read on!
Felting has been almost an emerging art over the last few years, from wet felting to dry felting and everything in between, there’s a lot of options. And some bright spark is always coming up with a new technique or … Read More...
Join or Support the Knit for Food Knitathon
The Knit for Food Knitathon will take place this year on Feb. 12 from 10 am to 10 pm (I assume Eastern time, it’s not totally clear).
The event brings knitters together virtually to raise money for a variety of … Read More...
Patriotic Pioneer Rose Quilt Pattern
Are you ready for some patriotic and traditional beauty in a quilt? This stunning pattern is by Jennifer over at Curlicue Creations can be purchased on Etsy. Measuring 61″ x 61″ it is an ideal lap size that would look … Read More...
DIY Flare Leg Jeans – Easy Sewing Tutorial
Flare leg jeans are back in style and showing up in stores again, but you can DIY your own. Hello Glow shows how to make a pair of bell bottom jeans from a pair of straight leg jeans. It’s an … Read More...
Snowman Greetings Cards
These snowmen are ready to sent someone some sweet winter greetings. Nichol used stamps and dies from Simon Says to create these wintery woodland scenes. Notice how she die cut the background from white cardstock and added color to the … Read More...
Loved Always Layout with Borders
Stuck for layout ideas? Go back to the basics with borders. This lovely layout from Mari uses border punches to create a wide layered border across the bottom of the page with a thin torn border across the top. The … Read More...
Easy Ideas for Escape Room Clues
Doing escape rooms is a fun way to incorporate review into something active, or you can make an escape room to play for fun at home or at school.
These ideas from Teaching Ideas will give you some easy ways … Read More...
My little Yarn Adventure with a clueless old man!
It all started with a simple post on my local community Facebook page. I had stumbled upon a yarn store that was closing its doors, and the owner was looking to clear out all of his inventory.
. Other crafters … Read More...
Interactive Garden Shutter Cards
These beautiful cards have layers of dry embossing and die cut backgrounds, flowers and butterflies and they also include a fun interactive element too. Using the Garden Shutter dies from Spellbinders Lisa created 3 cards that have flaps that lift … Read More...
Learn to Steek with this Coaster Knitting Pattern
Steeking is a cool knitting technique that allows you to knit colorwork in the round even if the project you’re working isn’t fully circular (for example you can knit a cardigan in the round with a steek, then cut it … Read More...
Wonderful Winter Layout
I love the soft color combination of tan, pale teal blue and white on this Wonderful Winter Layout from Sophie! She added texture to the background with torn paper edges, stenciled snowflake and splatters of white paint. There’s added dimension … Read More...
Golden Girls Cross Stitch Pattern
I know a lot of people were saddened to learn of the death of Betty White, the last of the Golden Girls. Why not honor her passing and your love of that classic show with a little Golden Girls cross … Read More...
Beginner’s Guide to Needlepainting
Stitch Floral brings us a lovely beginner’s guide to needlepainting. The author uses a peony as her example. I absolutely love peonies, so I was immediately drawn to this article. Once I read it I was impressed with the story … Read More...
23 DIY Tile Coaster Projects
Tile coasters are an excellent DIY project that can serve as both a useful item in your daily life and a thoughtful handmade gift for your loved ones. These tutorials will show you various methods of making tile coasters using … Read More...
Ice Day Shaker Card
Samantha used adorable seal and penguin stamps from LDRS to create the winter scene on this sweet card. And isn’t the “Have an ICE day” sentiment so funny!? Covering her scene she also added an over all shaker element for … Read More...
Easy Shirt Extender for Barbie – DIY Sewing Tutorial
Young fashionistas can expand Barbie’s wardrobe with these easy shirt extenders from ruffles. Simply cut to size and secured in back by any number of options. This fast craft is easy enough to make several colors in minutes! Go to … Read More...
Winter Tag Mini Album
Pre-cut tags and chipboard sentiments, frame and embellishments come together to create this quick and easy Winter Tag Mini Album project. Using tags on different sizes and shapes adds loads of interest, keep them together with a simple O ring … Read More...
The Thicket Headband Knitting Pattern
Looking for a cute way to keep your ears warm in the cold season? The Thicket headband pattern from Mirella Moments uses mirrored cables and is knit flat, then seamed with a twist for extra cuteness.
It uses worsted weight… Read More...