Gaylynn used Colorburst powders to create cool backgrounds for her Teacher Cards. These powders come in a bottles and can be sprayed onto wet paper for an easy watercolor background technique as well as for other fun techniques. She’s sharing … Read More...
Tea Cozy with Teapot Applique – Free Sewing Pattern
Here’s a pretty gift you can make for someone who enjoys a good cup of tea. This applique tea cozy will keep the tea hot. It features a charming teapot and cup design applique that’s so sweet made from scraps … Read More...
Angular Layout
Rainny used a sketch as inspiration for this angular layout design. You can add so much interest just by mixing different lines, directions and angels. In this layout there are vertical strips in the background, a circle in the center … Read More...
How to make easy mini Christmas trees-never too soon to start holiday decor!
This mini tree reminds me of my vintage aluminum tree. I bet a whole forest of metallic pipe cleaner Christmas trees would look fun. These can also be used in miniature settings. Pop on over to the blog Play Trains … Read More...
Color Wheel Hand Embroidery Tutorial
Learn all about various hand embroidery stitches with this free tutorial from the Seasoned Homemaker. Leslie demonstrates them with the lovely color wheel design.
In the article you will find information for twelve different stitches including:
- Herringbone
- Satin
- Couched
Succulent Birthday Card
Succulents and cactus are still really trendy design images. Galina used cute cactus stamps from Studio Katia for this sweet little birthday card, I love the little flower blooms she added! She also used lots of green inks over a … Read More...
Reusable Fabric Coffee Sleeves – DIY Sewing Tutorial
Reusable fabric coffee sleeves are easy to sew and make great gifts! The fabric sleeves work just like the single-use cardboard ones, keeping your hands comfortable while holding a hot cup of coffee. Pin, Cut, Sew Studio has a tutorial… Read More...
Graduation Layout
Last year and for some kids even this year might not be the Graduation ceremony they had been hoping for. But no matter how is goes down it obviously still needs to be celebrated and memorialized in some scrapbook layouts. … Read More...
Book Review – 40 Stash Busting Projects
Stash is a crochet term for leftover or oddball yarn. Stash-Busting is finding a project that use small amounts of yarns. In this amazing book you will find over 40 designs all made with small amounts of different sizes of … Read More...
Stenciled Mother’s Day Cards
Laura used stencils from Pretty Pink Posh to create 2 sweet cards for Mother’s Day. These stencils have tiny flowers or leaves on each one which makes it easy to color them separately. Laura used distress ink pads and blending … Read More...
Bowling Scrapbook Layout
Remember brads, remember when we added brads to almost every layout and card we used to make? Wendy dug through her neglected stash of brads and found some large round ones and used them as ball embellishments for this fun … Read More...
Easy Tank Dress for Girls – Free Sewing Pattern
This easy tank dress is a fun and pretty option for girls to wear this summer! Life Savory has a free sewing pattern you can use to make one. The sleeveless empire waist bodice is comfortable for play, but still … Read More...
Moonlight Sleeveless Top Knitting Pattern Kit
I love the Moonlight Sleeveless Top from Rain and Bolt. It’s a classic sleeveless top with a bit of a cowl neck and elongated stitches on the bodice and at the bottom to add contrast to the Stockinette Stitch body.… Read More...
Free Nurses Day Stethoscope Quilt Block Pattern
Every nurse needs a quilt made with this stethoscope quilt block right? Celebrate your favorite nurse with this whimsical block designed by Kelli Fannin Quilts.
Fair warning…this block has a lot of pieces in it, so it’s probably not … Read More...
Sampler Stitch Floral Embroidery – Free Pattern
Learn how to make this beautiful floral bouquet with this tutorial from Jessyratfink over on Instructables. It’s just gorgeous.
There are six stitches demonstrated in the article, each with photos and a video. The stitches include:
- Lazy Daisy
- Fly
Dog Themed Crafts For Kids
This collection of 10 adorable puppy crafts are super fun and easy to do at home with your kids. This kid’s craft roundup contains things such as origami, paper bag puppets, pipe cleaner
dogs, cards, and even uses everyday items … Read More...
Spring Showers Card
Tell someone how much they brighten your day with this sweet Spring Showers Card from Tasha. She used dies to create her own circle and raindrop stencils for an ink blended spotlight background on her card. The cute stamps are … Read More...
An Eyelet T-Shirt to Knit for Spring
If I had more time for knitting right now I would definitely be knitting all the short-sleeved and sleeveless tops for spring and summer. Instead I’m just sharing all the things I want to knit with you, so someday when … Read More...
Make a Hair Turban From a Towel – Free Sewing Pattern
Wrapping your hair after a shower is easy with a hair turban wrap. (Much easier than trying to twist and wrap and balance an actual towel!) Hellosewing shows how you can create an easy DIY hair turban wrap from a … Read More...
Paper Loops Layout
This super fun layout from Giorgia Rossini is full of such depth and dimension. Her sweet photo is surrounded by clusters of embellishments and I love the heart in place of the “o” in her “Adorable” title . But of … Read More...