Deanna from Sew McCool shares a free pattern to make a fabric Easter egg. They’re especially fun when each panel is cut from a different fabric. The pieces are all pretty small, so why not pull out your scrap bin … Read More...
Project: Easter Bunny Card
Visit my own personal blog P is for Paper and I’ll show you how to make this adorable bunny card, perfect for spring or Easter.
-Heather
Crochet Fuzzy Easter
Adriana has created this very cute and very fuzzy Easter basket – and promotes an idea I like along with it. A candy free Easter! Don’t our kids already get enough candy? Don’t we, too? Of course, a few treats … Read More...
Tutorial | Glue Gun Art Backgrounds
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...
How to: baby clothespin bunny
I am totally in love with this sweet “baby clothespin bunny” and I think this is a project we can all make. How clever is Maya of “Maya Made” to dream up this one of a kind clothespin bunny and … 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...
Sewn Egg Chick Tutorial
These darling “Sewn Egg Chick” are by Kata Golda who lives in Port Townsend, WA and love summer and sits outside on a blanket filled with projects. Kata’s shown on “Petite Purls” with her sweet project. Kata gives you a … 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...
Add a Soft Touch with felted eggs & chicks tutorials
These soft baby chicks are beyond sweet, and you can create them with wool roving for the yellow chickies to adorn a twig basket and to cover Styrofoam eggs in a variety of colors. Lean how to create both projects … Read More...
RAWWWRRR!
Do you have a little one that can not get enough dinosaurs? Wild Olive’s Demure Dino would be perfect for a child’s room or piece of clothing. Stitch it up with … 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...