OUSE with ballerina outfit -Sewing pattern
This sweet little mouse is a timeless friend that will make a personal gift. The body and skirt is very easy to put on and off,
even for small children.
The finished height of … Read More...
Mermaid Cards Round Up
It’s May first so that means it’s Mer-May! If you’re not familiar Mer-May started on Instagram for artists and crafters to create and share projects they’ve created that feature Mermaids during the month of May. I … Read More...
Scrapbook Layouts with Sustainable Products
The new Sustainable Journaling line of products from American Crafts is made from recycled materials, is eco-friendly and can itself be recycled. As a paper crafter I’m very aware of how much paper and plastic I use and that are … Read More...
Girls Tiered Peasant Dress – Free Sewing Pattern
Peasant dresses are a popular style of dress to sew for little girls. They’re cute, and they’re easy to sew. What’s not the love about that? Jamie at Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shows how you can sew the … Read More...
How to Teach Kids to Embroider on Burlap
Teach children how to embroider using burlap and yarn. It’s easy with this tutorial from Rhythms of Play.
The article goes through all of the steps to help make it easy for both you and your child to learn. … Read More...
Stamped Cards with No Coloring
Sometimes you need a quick and simple card, sometimes you’re not in the mood to color or maybe you’re not that confident with your coloring skills yet. Either way you can still make an amazing card without coloring in your … Read More...
Replacing a Zipper in a Jacket – Sewing Tutorial
So your favorite jacket has a busted zipper? Don’t throw it out! You can fix the zipper and save some money in process! Heather Handmade shows how to replace a zipper in an unlined jacket. Though it sounds like it … Read More...
Mason Jar Mini Album
I love this yummy mini album! The Creative Embellishments Mason Jar mini album is already pre cut and comes with a dimensional cover and several pages all shaped like the jars. Lisa used it for a Garden themed mini album … Read More...
Sweet Kitty Afghan & Pillows Crochet Pattern
Girl on Swing Free Digital Stamp
This sweet girl is ready to swing into Spring! Add her to your next card with a FREE digital stamp download from Pink Gem Designs.
Visit the Simply Cards Magazine blog for the download.
-Heather
How to make adorable miniature books out of recycled magazines
I am officially on the miniature bandwagon. I made “Pocket Monolith” that is available in my Art Candy Machine and also available are “Pocket Bernies” I am working on building a miniature museum gallery to do miniature photo shoots of … Read More...
Basket Weave Throw Pillow Sewing Tutorial
I am loving the texture and color on these beautiful basket weave throw pillows! The woven design has a fun vintage feel to it. Sew4Home shows how you can make them. Jelly roll strips of precut fabric are perfect for … Read More...
How To Do Disc Binding for Mini Scrapbook Photo Albums
When you create your own DIY mini album you can make it any size or shape that you’d like. And if you’re looking for an easy way to bind all those pages together then discs might be the way to … Read More...
How to Make Glitter Embroidery Hoops
Everybody needs a little bling in their lives right? Well you can even add a little bit of it to your embroidery hoops
with this tutorial from Albion Gould. What a fun way to jazz up your pieces!
That … Read More...
Shooting Stars Quilt Pattern
Like shooting stars in the night, this stunning quilt pattern called “Showering Stars” by Robin Pickens can be purchased on Etsy. The stars practically twinkle in this design.
This jelly roll friendly pattern is for a quilt that measures 75″ … Read More...
Jaws Inspiration Shark Card
I love the “duh nuh” reference to the movie Jaws on this cool card from Marcia. She used stamps and dies from Kindred Stamps to create it. It’s a great masculine card or for anyone who loves sharks or the … Read More...
Little Drawstring Pouch – Easy Sewing Tutorial
This little drawstring pouch is the perfect spot to store hair accessories or jewelry! Nikki from Pin, Cut, Sew Studio has a tutorial showing how you can sew these pretty drawstring bags. She made a bunch of them to give … Read More...
Cuddly Canines Afghan & Pillows Crochet Pattern
Adventure Scrapbook Explosion Box
Katelyn used products from Wild Whispers to create this awesome Adventure Exploding Scrapbook in a Box. She’s sharing step by step photo directions for creating the box base from cardstock and pages covered in pattern papers and embellishments. It’s perfect … Read More...
How to make and paint paper plate sunflowers
Using unconventional things to paint with can be so fun and make things even easier. I like making little dots with the opposite end of the paint brush. The center of these sunflowers uses an unconventional end of something too. … Read More...