This quick and easy card only uses a couple of inks and a stencil on black paper. The results are this super vibrant and beautiful and perfect for the beginning crafter.
Visit Imagine Crafts for a video tutorial.
-Heather
7 kinds of sewing scissors you need to have
When I talk about my “sewing scissors” I’m usually referring to my fabric shears.
But those are by no means the only pair of scissors in my sewing room. Scissors will have different shapes and different types of blades depending … Read More...
Trendy Planner Accents Downloads
This cute set of planner images contain everything that’s trendy right now, rainbows, frothy drinks, bright colors and emojis. You could also use them on cards and scrapbook pages too. Best of all they are FREE to download from Webster’s … Read More...
A Fun Way to Make Flexible Seating for a Classroom
Whether you have a classroom or a playroom, or even an outdoor area where you’d like more seats, flexible seating options are always a good choice.
These DIY crate seats are made out of plastic crates, plywood and foam, and … Read More...
Textures Add Interest to Stripes in this Kimono-Inspired Garment
Knitting projects — especially garments — often use just one or two stitch patterns, but sometimes it’s fun to use stitch patterns like stripes or even in conjunction with stripes, changing color and stitch pattern at the same time.
That’s … Read More...
How To Turn You Hand Embroidery Into A Sew On Patch
This Embroidery pattern is a little different than all the rest as this one shows you how to turn your hand stitched or machine stitched design into a sew on patch. This is perfect for when you want to create … Read More...
Floral Card with Faux Watercolor Technique
Using more new stamps from the brand new Stampin Up catalog I created this pretty floral card with the Beautiful Friendship stamps. I did a faux watercolor technique using different ink pads colors spritzed with water on the solid stamps. … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Shirred maxi dress in 20 minutes
Who doesn’t love a maxi dress for summer? Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shows how you can sew a shirred maxi dress – IN JUST 20 MINUTES! There’s no pattern required and the sewing is super easy.… Read More...
DIY Summer Mini Album
Lucile shares how she covered chipboard with summer themed papers from Pebbles to create this wonderful summer mini album. I love how she stitched the spine and hung die cut shapes from it and how the pages inside are pockets. … Read More...
How to make pom pom sparklers for 4th of July
I usually strive to make my pom poms as dense as possible but these sparse ones make great sparklers featured in a recycled jar don’t they? Pop on over to the blog Craft Klatch for the tutorial and video on … Read More...
DIY Balsa Wood Rainbow Paper Organizer
With all this Konmarie (Marie Kondo The Joy of Tidying Up
) craze it’s no wonder we have some organizational crafts to feature this month. Make a colorful paper organizer out of balsa wood with no special tools, so … Read More...
DIY Painted Fabric Rainbow Roses
This kids craft tutorial shows you how to paint fabric roses
with paints to create DIY Rainbow roses. A cute Alice in Wonderland-inspired craft, this simple art activity for kids results in a beautiful bouquet of Watercolor Rainbow Roses. This … Read More...
How to Train Your Dragon Clip Art
This adorable clip art image of Toothless the dragon, star of the How to Train Your Dragon movies and TV show would be perfect for party invites, cards and scrapbook pages. And he’s FREE to download from Prettygrafik.
Free pattern: Double top knot baby hat
Gina Michele shares a free pattern for making these double top knot baby hats! They make the cutest baby gifts! Sew some up in soft stretch knit fabric and you’ll be ready for the next baby shower invite that comes … Read More...
House Die Cut Files Download
These fun little house die cut shapes are perfect cut from pattern papers and pieced together to create a fun row of houses across a scrapbook page. Perfect to use with photos taken of your house, neighborhood or moving. There … Read More...
Orphan Block – Tote Bag
This tote uses 2 Orphan blocks to create an oversized tote that is perfect for carrying your sewing projects, workbooks, laptop or even after sport snacks.
This tutorial is easy to follow with photos to guide you along as mentioned … Read More...
A Classic Blanket to Knit
Whether you’re in the part of the world where it is winter right now or you just need to stitch up a baby blanket or housewarming gift, the Stay on the Ridge blanket pattern from Fifty Four Ten Studio has … Read More...
Fireworks to Cross Stitch for Fourth of July
I love the different colors of cross stitch fabric that are available these days. When I was learning to cross stitch it seems like the only colors were white and off white. Having other options makes certain designs really pop, … Read More...
Wings Mixed Media Journal Page
Jenn combined stamping, stenciling, beads, fabric, paint, ink, acetate and more to create this stunning Wings mixed media journal page. I love all the layers and texture she got! She filmed a process video and is sharing it over on … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Mommy and me tote bags
These mommy & me bags are so fun! Stephanie from Swoodson Says has a tutorial showing how to make a simple tote in child and adult sizes. The bags are easy to sew, and fun to customize! Finished bag dimensions … Read More...