Can find the right stamp for your project? Make your own simple shaped stamped from foam, the In La La Land blog has all the details. I love the trendy arrows and chevron she made!
-Heather
CHA Armchair Attendee Week at Right Side Up
Vivian Masket, a scrapbook project designer for several well known manufacturers is virtually taking us to CHA Winter 2014 with her Armchair Attendee week.
Here is how it works in her own words
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- In the weeks leading up to the
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In Getting Started With Scrapbooking
Phyllis Matthews helps you to create your very first scrapbook. She outlines the beginning steps you need to take, then carries you through completing your first page, and eventually a … Read More...
Tutorial | Paper Balls
Use up your paper scraps to make these paper balls for making garlands. You’ll also need a circle punch and some string or twine. Get all the details over at sol da eira.
Inspiration du Jour | A Joyful Day
DIY Wedding Favor Soaps
These Soaps by Latikasoap are adorable and perfect for mass production. Create wedding favors, party favors or baskets of soap for loved ones with this easy cookie cutter style recipe. Thread some ribbon or rope through whilst it is still … Read More...
Fantastical Clay
This week seems to be all about the fantasy finds in clay – fairytales, fabulous colour and sweet themes.
1. Earrings, 2. winter baby polymer clay painting, 3. Everylasting Terrariums, 4. Lulus Hivernatus
It’s a Bronwen Heilman Newsletter!
If you are a regular reader of my blog here you know that I’m a big fan of Bronwen, as well as a friend…so here’s her first newsletter for 2014. She’s a traveling lady with a show coming up … Read More...
DIY Wedding Guest Book
This beautiful wedding guest book was made by Amber of Living Your Creative. I think the ivory, gray, and pink color palette is so soft and elegant, but of course you can customize to any colors you choose. Get … Read More...
DIY Valentines Pin Cushion
Angelina of “JoJo & Eloise” has this adorable “DIY Valentines Pin Cushion” for us to make with a red heart on white and white heart on red. She has an amazing step-by-step tutorial; so we can’t go wrong. Thanks for … Read More...
Technique: Paper Marbling
Combine your stamping ink pad refills with shaving cream (yes, shaving cream!:)) for a cool marbling technique, perfect for tags and card backgrounds. Find directions over on the Damask Love blog.
-Heather
Tutorial: The Chrysi Pin (for Valentine)
Susan of “Living with Punks” has a tutorial for these easy and gorgeous flowers. Note her colors and remember the green for Saint Pat’s Day; I love the red for Valentine’s Day. She is Mama to 3 little punks and … Read More...
Love Note Pillows and a Question Tutorial
“Days of Chalk and Chocolate” hosted by Jenny has these brilliant “Love Note Pillows” that I adore. She has large house projects to work on and she has not been taking on any little ones. But she said she couldn’t … Read More...
New from Imaginesque
Imaginesque has posted two more great embroidery patterns, free for your personal use. One of them is shown here. They are both abstract and you get to choose the colors that suit your fancy. How will you stitch them up? … Read More...
Hanging Heart
Make it Coats has a simple tutorial that shows how to make a hanging heart that will be perfect for a Valentine’s keepsake or card. Not only is there a free pattern pdf, but there is also a brief video … Read More...
Sledding Snow buddies Instructions
Watch out Frosty! This pair is sledding into your cutest-snowman-of-the-season spot, as the little one throws his arms up against the wind to catch snowflakes along the way. These “Sledding Snow buddies” are the cutest little couple. Make them with … Read More...
DIY Valentine Wreath
Better Home and Gardens have a great DIY idea for creating a Valentine wreath using paper curls. What a beautiful creation. It would look perfect wrapped over the mantle piece for the love of your life. Or for kids to … Read More...
Organizing Your Stash for Knitting
This is probably going to be the first of two posts about organization, because organizing your stash in a way that will encourage you to use it is slightly different, to my mind anyway, than organizing it for more long-term … Read More...
Football Chocolate Strawberries
Are you ready for some football?
Football season is coming to an end. This weekend is the playoffs to see which two teams will be going to the Super Bowl. I’ll be cheering for my San Francisco 49ers this weekend! … Read More...
Free Valentines Day Subway Art Printables
Last week I put down my Christmas tree and tonight I blog about Valentines Day. It seems that time is catching up faster and faster each year, I guess it is a downside of being a DIY blogger. We always … Read More...