Use a stencil and Pan Pastels for a soft water background, a great look to go with a lovely mermaid stamp or any ocean themed card. Find directions over at the Bombshell stamps blog.
-Heather
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Use a stencil and Pan Pastels for a soft water background, a great look to go with a lovely mermaid stamp or any ocean themed card. Find directions over at the Bombshell stamps blog.
-Heather
by jd wolfe
Simply Sweet Crochet is the perfect name for this book! All the designs are for lovely little girls – and will have you wanting to whip up some of them right away. Author Cony Larsen has created a collection of … Read More...
Mary of Mollie Flanders Makerie wants her readers to know about liberated quilting, an approach to piecing first popularized by Gwen Marston. With this in mind, she created a summer quilt, part of it shown here. The sails are brightly … Read More...
Sewing curves scares even confident quilters like Cindy of Hyacinth Quilt Designs. But with the help of generous quilters she’s embraced them. Visit her blog post, Gypsy Kisses, to find out what she’s learned from the experience.
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by Linda Lanese
Meg of “Mega Crafty” is sharing her lovely tutorial and template for her “Felt Food Strawberries with Free Berry Container” and they look good enough to eat. Meg has a complete pictorial and a downloadable template for the Felt Berry … Read More...
Find start to finish directions for using clear stamps, die cuts and Hybrid Inks to make this fun fishy card from My Favorite Things stamps. I love the cute pun sentiment!
-Heather
by Katie Smith
Today’s post is brought to you by ScotchBlue tape by 3M. The wonderful people at ScotchBlue sent me some tape to try out and the instructions to create this painted table runner (originally by Home Stories A to … Read More...
by Vikram Goyal
Here at our house – the garden duties all belong to me. And needless to say – the garden is the part of the house that is the most neglected, if not alltogether forgotten.
So, it is with great happiness … Read More...
Occasionally, I have cravings for pancakes, but not the appetite for them. My problem is solved and I can eat the pancakes on the go! Bonus!
Dorothy from Crazy for Crusts introduces us to the pancakes she had as a … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Veronica from SewVery shows how to make simple fabric drawstring bags you can use as storage bags or as reusable packaging for a special gift. They’re super easy to make, and you can whip them up in no time. You … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Lynette from Running With Scissors shows how to make a simplified cuff. It gives the look of a cuff and a placket, but look closely and you’ll see that the cuff is not a separate piece of fabric, but is … Read More...
Kids, both young and old, will have a blast making suncatchers that are perfect for adding some color to a window or to give as a gift. These suncatchers are made by placing pony beads in metal cookie cutters and … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
Caroline from Sew Caroline shares a tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how to make her Date Night Clutch. It uses a 10″ x 4″ frame for the top, so it’s a good sized clutch, big enough to hold just … Read More...
The Land Of Nod blog has an image of a vintage man to download for free to use in your paper crafting projects. He would be great on a Father’s Day card, I adore his huge mustache!
-Heather
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To my delight, John Hopper’s post, A Celebration of Pattern and Creativity, appeared at the top my InoReader this morning. In it, he shows us five beautiful German surface pattern designs from the 30’s as a backdrop to discussing … Read More...
by jd wolfe
The Never Ending Scarf is the perfect project for crocheters looking to create a warm and cozy scarf that is both stylish and practical. This scarf is designed to be long, luxurious and comfortable to wear, making it an ideal … Read More...
Iris Mishly is one of those talented, kind people you luck into meeting on the internet sometimes. She’s been publishing fabulous polymer clay tutorials for years, some free, some pay. One issue is that they’ve often been in big blocks … Read More...
I love to go to yard sales and garage sales, but I also like to sleep in. Breakfast is either a no go or junk food. Of course, an occasional doughnut isn’t bad.
Mom on Timeout has created a breakfast … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
This travel bag would make a great Father’s Day present! It’s hard to see scale in this photo, but the boxy bag is big enough to hold a pair of shoes or perhaps a day’s outfit. Melissa from Polka Dot … Read More...
by Anne Weaver
My favorite secret weapon for hemming knit fabrics is my twin needle. It creates two rows of straight stitches on the front of the fabric, but one row of zig zag stitches on the back which allows the seam to … Read More...