Crafts, Patterns, DIY and How-To Ideas from CraftGossip

A pair of “Pass It On” contests from Janome

January 21, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Janome has announced a pair of contests related to teaching others to sew.

For Contest #1 (Pass It On!), you submit a story about learning to sew or teaching someone to sew. 1st prize is a DC4030 sewing machine, … Read More...

Simple Valentine’s Day Cards

January 21, 2010 by Kristen Stephens

Alpha Mom has many different simple unique cards for you to make with your child in time to bring them to school. Click over to see how! Below are just few!

Valentine’s Day Cookies

January 21, 2010 by Meaghan Mountford

Use up any leftover candy canes this Valentine’s Day. Find the recipe for these chocolate and candy cane dipped butter cookies HERE at Nikki, In Stitches.

[tags]Valentine’s Day, candy canes, chocolate, hearts, cookies[/tags]

Free patterns and charts: Hearts, valentines

January 21, 2010 by Denise Felton

This Embroidery roundup is all about free patterns. We have created this quick list with links to each Embroidery pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone.

Please note that these patterns were free at … Read More...

Chrysanthemum Cupcakes

January 21, 2010 by Meaghan Mountford

Find the recipe and how-tos for making these gorgeous chrysanthemum cupcakes (made of chocolate cake, filled with lemon curd and topped with buttercream) HERE at 17 and Baking.

[tags]buttercream, chocolate, lemon, cupcakes, flowers[/tags]

Free charts: Cross-stitch

January 21, 2010 by Denise Felton

(1) Pimpom, le camion de pompier… from la-planete-loisirs-de-steph
(2) Biscornu from les loisirs abbygaelle
(3) Vogart 725 – Tea Time from Sweet Bee
(4) Soif de printemps from Val’ en croix
(5) Barbapapa ou pomme d’amour? from Les chroniques de … Read More...

Freebie: New Years Digital Stamps

January 21, 2010 by Heather Holbrook

Click here to download these fun FREE New Years digital stamp images from Scrap N Fonts.

Looking for more fonts? Check these out at Fontbundles.com

-Heather

Free tat pattern: Chinese Coin Bookmark

January 21, 2010 by Denise Felton

Jon Yusoff of Jon’s Patterns Page is sharing the pattern for her tatted Chinese Coin Bookmark. So pretty. And so original! Get the pattern.

Amy Coon of The Paperlife is teaming up with a number of other online scrapbooking personalities to bring you a new live online scrapbooking show called Create Scrapbooks. The show premieres tonight at 8 pm CST and will feature Jana … Read More...

Tutorial: Mists and Masks

January 21, 2010 by Francine Clouden

Denise Laborde of The Creative Juice Bar shows you how to use chipboard pieces as masks, along with mists to create a layout like the one shown above. Click here to go to tutorial.

Valentine’s Felt Bracelets

January 21, 2010 by Kristen Stephens

Head on over to Holiday Crafts and Creations to find out how you and your tween can make these adorable felt bracelets…so cute!

CHA Sneak Peek: American Crafts

January 21, 2010 by Francine Clouden

American Crafts has released a number of new lines for CHA Winter! Click here to see all the releases on their blog.

Puzzle pieces get and give inspiration!

January 21, 2010 by Stefanie Girard

Over at the blog Confessions of a Craftaholic there is a sparkle-tastic tutorial on how to recycle a puzzle piece into a cute pin! What a great idea for those puzzles that are missing some of their pieces.

[tags]recycled puzzle … Read More...

CHA Sneak Peek: Jilli Bean Soup

January 21, 2010 by Francine Clouden

Jillibean Soup is releasing new letter stickers as well as new colors of their corrugated alphas, shown above. Click here to see all the new releases.

CHA Sneak Peek: Cosmo Cricket

January 21, 2010 by Francine Clouden

Cosmo Cricket reveals their new lines on their blog. Click here to see all the new products.

Tutorial: Neck cowl and leg warmers from an old sweater

January 21, 2010 by Anne Weaver

Megan Nielsen from MeganNielsen.com shows how to turn an old sweater into a neck cowl and matching leg warmers. This quick refashioning project can be completed in 10 minutes! Go to the tutorial.