Michelle Short combined two popular trends, succulents and rainbow colors for this beautiful botanical card design. She stamped the bouquet onto watercolor paper using liquid watercolors to color around the outside of stamped images, she then stamped and colored the … Read More...
How to Trim and Grade Seams – Sewing Tutorial
Trimming and grading seams are both methods for reducing bulk on the inside of a sewn project. But they’re not interchangeable terms. There’s a difference between trimming seams and grading seams. Heather Handmade shares the why and the how for … Read More...
Baby Traveler’s Notebook Pages
Kerri Bradford created this sweet double page Baby spread for her Traveler’s Notebook. On one page is a large photo (how cute is this baby and dog together!?) adding just a half sheet of pattern paper and a title strip. … Read More...
Whatever Floats Your Boat Pillow Crochet Pattern
Pretty Rainbow Pillow – Free Sewing Pattern
This pretty rainbow pillow will brighten any room! It would be so cute in a tween’s bedding set, or how about a fun accent for a front porch? Lisa from Love to Color My World has a free pattern and … Read More...
How to Make the Jazz Quilt Block
Calling all scrap quilt fans!! This free pattern from Sewing with Scraps is for you. It’s fun, it’s easy and did I already mention that it is free?!
As some of you may know I love love love scrappy quilting … Read More...
Hand Embroidered Strawberry Pincushion Pattern
Embroidered onto linen handkerchief fabric, this is a charming little strawberry pincushion. The tutorial is from Samelia’s Mum and it easy to follow.
To make this project you will need standard hand embroidery supplies like a needle and thread. The … Read More...
Pirate Ocean Animals Slimline Card
How much fun are these ocean animals dressed up like Pirates?! Annie Williams used cute stamps from Rubber Necker along with some Slimline dies to create the wooden ship with portholes card background. The stamped ocean waves and embossed sentiment … Read More...
Family Mini Foldout Album
This sweet little album is small enough to carry around in your bag and would also make a wonderful gift. Celine created this fold out mini album using products from Pinkfresh Studio and filled it with small square black and … Read More...
Shredded Wheat Birds Nests
Okay, these are just way cute. Looks like these can be made for a cool Easter craft snack, but I can picture them as little favors for parties as well!
How real does shredded wheat with cocoa … Read More...
How to thread joint your felted critters.
I get asked so often how I get my jointed creations to hold together firmly and withstand playing etc. I pride myself in getting my joints so reliably strong that they never fall apart and once you have learned how … Read More...
Interactive Birdhouse Card
Debbie used dies from Lawn Fawn to create this fun interactive Birdhouse Card. When you pull the tab at the side of the card the Magic Iris opens up to reveal the sentiment inside the birdhouse, so cute! I love … Read More...
Summer Layout with Pattern Papers
Pattern papers makes it easy to create impactful backgrounds for your scrapbooking layouts. You can use a single sheet or layer them up like Anya did on this Summer page. She used coordinating pattern papers in colors of orange and … Read More...
14 Free Fruit DMC Hand Embroidery Patterns
Fruit patterns are one of the most versatile and beautiful designs you can work on. They come in all shapes, sizes, and colors, making them perfect for any project. Whether you’re a seasoned embroidery artist or just starting out, these … Read More...
How to Turn a Quilt Block Into a Pillow
So you’ve finished your favorite quilt block and it, since you didn’t have a quilt planned out, you aren’t quite sure what to do with it. Why not transform it into a throw pillow? This tutorial from Shiny Happy World… Read More...
Crochet Christmas Gnome Slipper Boots
Remember all those crazy crochet gnome patterns last year that took over Christmas? Yeah well, they are going to be making a comeback again this year. And what better way to get on the gnome bandwagon than with these fun … Read More...
Colorful Sunflowers Card
Jen used Nuvo Alcohol Markers from Tonic Studios to color in her colorful Sunflower Card. I love this pretty color combo of pinks and yellow! She posted a helpful step by step photo guide of exactly how she colored in … Read More...
Tips to Sew Your Own Swimsuit
Sewing a swimsuit is not as impossible as it sounds. In fact, it’s actually quite doable – as long as you know the tricks. Because of the stretch of the fabric, and also the need for your swimsuit to stand … Read More...
“Be You” Black and White Layout with Freebie
Sometimes there’s no need for color. Black and white can be classic, romantic or graphic and makes for a clean design that’s easy to pull together. Mari Clarke used black and white only on this selfie layout with flowers, splatters … Read More...
How to make a pretty recycled plastic flower tea light
These flowers are simply sublime. They are made with such a common and everyday item that is not considered pretty in any way. Pop on over to the blog Alpha Mom for the tutorial on how to make a recycled … Read More...