The Distress Ink Custom Blend Ink Pad is a blank ink pad, you use Re-Inkers to add your own custom mix of inks for wonderful rainbow and ombre effects. Kristina used hers for a lovely background on this snowman card. … Read More...
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Winter Knitty is Here for All Your Cozy Knitting Needs
The winter edition of Knitty just came out, and it’s full of wintry goodness for all your knitting needs.
There are lots of hats, cowls and mitts that would be perfect for gift knitting, as well as some shawls and … Read More...
Mixed Media Hanukkah Card
The pretty blue ombre’ background is perfect for this festive Hanukkah card. Using inks, foil, dies and stencils Irit will show you how she made this lovely mixed media card.
Visit the Cas-ual Fridays blog for her step by step … Read More...
Nuvo Brush Script Markes Tips
Not happy with your handwriting? Up your handwritten journaling with these tips from Justine Hovey. She’s sharing a review of Nuvo Brush Script Pens and has ideas for mixing marker colors for an ombre’ look and getting a thin to … Read More...
Free Caron Cake Crochet Patterns
This round up of Crochet patterns is for patterns that all use Caron Cake Yarn balls
. Caron cake has come down in price and is now quite affordable for most people. These Crochet patterns are all a little different … Read More...
Tutorial: Make Gradient Soap
“Ombre” is the big theme this year, even in cold-process soap. Emily Shieh (of Soap & Restless) guests posts at The Soap Bar with a very comprehensive tutorial on making gradient soap using both bleeding and non-bleeding colorants. CP … Read More...
DIY Floor Pouffe
This gorgeous ombre velvet floor pouffe was made from a cable spool rescued from a dumpster (skip). The trendy gold band was simply made by using iron-on gold vinyl. The whole thing is on castors which also makes it a … Read More...
Summer Themed Mini String Art, Plus free easy templates
Over at Every Day Mom Ideas there are mini string art templates that are FREE and easy to make in less than 20 minutes. Anyone can make these Summer Themed string art wood blocks. Choose from six different summer designs: … Read More...
Tips for using Mini Ink Pad Cubes
Mini ink pad cubes are a great way to try new ink colors or brands without investing in a large pad, they take up less storage space and there are lots of cool stamping technique you can do with them. … Read More...
Knit a Sweet Baby Blanket in Waterfall Cables
I love baby blankets because you can make them a million different ways and everyone needs them.
This Waterfall Baby Blanket by Leelee Knits is really pretty and uses simple repeating cables to make a pattern of cascading waves.
I … Read More...
Embroidery Technique: Stitch Shading
This is a really cool technique for painting with thread that isn’t cross stitch but definitely could be useful in some of your projects.
Pam Ash has the rundown on using long and short stitches in different colors to add … Read More...
Get the Goods on Gradient Yarns
The winner is Linda.
Last week I shared a review of a brand-new book from Tanis Gray all about gradient yarns and ombre mini skeins. Gradient Knits not only provides great lessons in using these colorful skeins, it also offers … Read More...
Learn What to Do with All those Great Gradients
Gradient yarns are having a moment, and with good reason. People love the ease of being able to work from one ball of yarn and have amazing color changes appear before their eyes, or using mini skeins in a range … Read More...
Stamping Project: Sugar Skulls Card with Resist Technique
By stamping and embossing colored and clear images on white cardstock and then rubbing black ink over top Jessica Frost-Ballas used a resist stamping technique and made this awesome sugar skull card. I love how the images pop on the … Read More...
DIY Watermelon Tye Dyed Towels
This project is perfect for older kids. It can be a little messy but let’s face it, a little mess is a good thing. You can grab the full tutorial over at Having Fun At Home.
Here are some more … Read More...
Thrift Store Furniture Makeover
Makeover thrift store furniture with color-to-color ombre and create a fiesta inspired dining set for your summer patio! It’s truly amazing what you can do with thrift store finds. When you think about all the amazing pieces that must end … Read More...
Project: Funny Spring Chicken Birthday Card
This humorous Spring Chicken birthday card uses a die cut in a new way by cutting it out of masking paper and using it as a stencil for inking. I love the trending ombre’ effect! You can find a video … Read More...
Caron Cakes Hexagonal Blanket
The ombre stripe effect really emphasizes the hexagon shape, but the beauty of this pattern is that you only need to know a couple of simple stitches to create a stunning effect. This whole blanket only required 2 rolls of … Read More...
Check Out This Cute Easter Egg Towel
Sometimes it’s fun to stitch up little home decor projects to go with the seasons, and sometimes you want to make something that’s actually useful.
This Easter Egg Cross Stitch Towel falls into the cute but useful category, and it’s … Read More...
Keep it, sell it, donate it: What to do with your old sewing machine
I’m still sewing on my first sewing machine, a Bernina 1008 I scored at an estate sale years ago, but most of us will probably upgrade our machines at least once as we get a better idea of the features and … Read More...