When I first spotted this pretty green tree I thought it was made of socks. But then after a closer look it is made of mittens. I thought it would be a great way to do a donation collection for … Read More...
Books, cake plate and figurines make a great Christmas tree
I bet we all have everything on hand to whip up a cute Christmas tree like this one made of books, a pedestal cake plate and some figurines. I found this recycled book Christmas tree creation in an amazing collection … Read More...
Book Review: Mini Cross Stitch Ornaments
There’s nothing cuter than handmade holiday ornaments, and Kooler Design Studio has you covered for ideas with their book Mini Cross Stitch Ornaments.
The book, published by Leisure Arts, has 160 little deigns for just about everything you’d want to … Read More...
Holiday Baking Card
This adorable little bear loves to bake for the Holidays and he’s got cute little mouse and bird helpers. If you’re a baker or know someone who is this is the perfect card to make. Christy used stamps from Neat … Read More...
4 cute ways to give money at Christmas
OK, this made me giggle. I actually thought it would be fun to do with a sticker in a Christmas card. It could be fun actually with a Birthday party hat or other fun hat stickers. Pop on over to … Read More...
Gift Box Download
This sweet little die cut box has slits to be tied closed with ribbon. It’s 4″ x 6″ so it can hold photos or just a small present. The cut file is FREE to download and cut with your electronic … Read More...
Reindeer Couple Card
Sandy Allnock used a masking technique to bring this cute reindeer couple closer together on the front of her cards. She also used different techniques for falling snow so it can be snowing a lot or just a little in … Read More...
Build a Zipline for Your Elf on the Shelf
We never did Elf on the Shelf with my daughter, but her classrooms in elementary school had an elf, and I could see this being a fun group project you could do in a classroom tinkering session or you could … Read More...
Stitch a Sweet Sleigh Full of Presents
Country Living 
magazine features a free cross stitch pattern in every issue, and they collect them on one page on their website, which sometimes makes it hard to find what you are looking for but is also kind of fun.… Read More...
Knit a Rockin’ Stocking in Bulky Wool
Wool and the Gang’s free knitting pattern this week is the Rockin’ Stocking, a super simple holiday stocking worked in chunky yarn.
You can work it in a single color, do the cuff and toe in a contrasting color, … Read More...
Bunny Holiday Card
Using the adorable new First Snow stamps and dies from Hello Bluebird I created this cute Holiday card. I wanted to use non-traditional colors so I went with a pinky-peach that I thought worked well with the bunnies. I colored … Read More...
Holiday Desk Organizer
To help keep track of your holiday paper crafting Maymay designed this fun desk organizer. There’s places you can use to organize papers, cards, tags, embellishments, photos and more. She’s sharing step by step cutting and assembly directions and decorating … Read More...
Beautiful Christmas craft with the classic Popsicle stick
This is a beautiful project that I bet all levels of crafter could make. Grab your stash of Popsicle sticks
and go out for a walk in the forest (or the grocery store for some rosemary) and you are good … Read More...
Paper Craft Holiday Gift Guide
Looking to buy a gift for a crafty friend or maybe trying to think of what new crafty items you can add to your wish list this year? Scrapbooking.com has put together a Gift Guide for 2019 with the most … Read More...
Make Your Own Foam Stamps
Did you know you can create your own stamps from fun foam? Most manual die cutting machines will cut thin sheets of fun foam so you use your dies to cut out your own stamps. It’s a really quick and … Read More...
Candles and Holly Cross Stitch Pattern
The advent season is right around the corner, and even if you don’t participate in that tradition, the dark time of year is definitely a time to have more candles about.
This free cross stitch pattern from Smart Cross Stitch … Read More...
Holiday Joy Card with a Kissing Technique
The kissing technique is a fun and easy way to add patterns to your stamped images. By touching (or kissing) two stamps together you can transfer a design from one stamp to another. It sounds hard but it’s really a … Read More...
Using Water Reactive Inks 3 Ways
Using Water-Reactive Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir I created this fun winter Yeti Card. These versatile inks can be used for lots of different stamping and coloring techniques. If you missed my review on them last week be sure to … Read More...
How to Use Stitching Dies without Sewing
Several companies make dies that have holes in them so you can add some stitching. These dies might seem a bit limiting but you don’t always have to add sewing to them. You can use the negative space left from … Read More...
Holiday Planner with Printables
It’s that time of year, it’s time to start planning for the holidays! And Maymay has got your planning covered with FREE printables including calendar pages, printable pages for notes, decorations, menus, expenses and more. Add them to your own … Read More...