I love the trendy look of foiling, it add so much shimmer to cards. It’s beautiful on dark cardstock and even on light but did you know you can also add it to clear plastic acetate? Julie is on the … Read More...
Pop Inside Card
This adorable gatefold card is closed with a “belly” band and when opened the folds inside pop out to reveal another smaller card inside. This interactive design looks so fun to create and so fun to give! You’ll find step … Read More...
Fa La La Layout
Erica used an envelope bursting with photos in the center of this wonderful Fa La La Layout. It’s surrounded by winter die cut elements with a dimensional gold title. By adding her journaling in typed strips at the bottom they … Read More...
Knit a Funky Christmas Ball
This Christmas ball knitting pattern from Shiny Superhero has a retro feel and is a great way to use up odds and ends of yarn.
The Fab Ball is worked with fingering weight yarn in a variety of colors. Usually … Read More...
How to make garden art flowers…or mid-century modern winter decor?
I like alliums flowers so this project on its own is cool but what I really imagined when I saw this project was making them in white and silver so they would look like mid-century modern snowballs or snowflakes on … Read More...
Christmas Deer Cross Stitch Pattern
This deer is decked out for the holidays with snowflakes on his body and ornaments dangling from his antlers.
This would be a great project to stitch up for someone who loves hunting or the outdoors, and you can make … Read More...
5 Free Winter Scene Christmas Coloring Pages
Grab a warm cup of your favorite beverage, some colored pencils or markers and color up some fun and frosty Winter Scene coloring pages. There are 5 different pages to download and print and they are FREE from Dover Publications.… Read More...
Cat and Dog Christmas Cards
I combined 3 different stamp sets from My Favorite Things for a couple of cute cat and dog Christmas cards. I colored my images with Tri-Blend markers, adding some sparkle with Stickles Glitter Glue.
Quick Holiday Cards w/ Pattern Paper
If you’re really pressed for time this year but still would like to create some handmade card try using pattern paper, there are so many amazing papers out this season. Kristina used only pretty paper to create these quick and … Read More...
The Simplest Knit Christmas Tree Skirt Ever
If you want to add a handmade touch to your Christmas tree, why not knit a tree skirt?
This design from Handy Little Me is as easy a knit tree skirt could possibly be because it’s a rectangle that you … Read More...
Wonderful ways to re-purpose doilies for the holidays
Doilies have to be one of my all time favorite things to work with. I like both paper doilies and crocheted doilies. These darling Christmas trees made with paper doilies are easy enough to make a whole bunch and give … Read More...
Coffee Gift Card Holder
Do you have a coffee lover on your list this holiday season? If you get them a gift card for their favorite java place then be sure to create a fun coffee themed holder like this one from Karen. She’s … Read More...
How to paint easy winter wonderland art
These look elegant and modern and best yet easy enough for any artist to make with a little surprise ingredient-salt! What I like about them is that I bet they would look good in any color combination. Pop on over … Read More...
Get Your Minutia for 2020
I always love Berroco’s Minutia patterns, a little collection of tiny sweaters for holiday decorating.
A few ideas on how to use them:
- Christmas tree ornaments
- Decorate a bag or gift box
- Make a little garland of sweaters
- Use
Christmas Window Wreath Card
Bonnie used stamps and Tombow markers to create this beautiful Christmas Window Wreath Card. She stamped her images from Art Impressions “inking” them with the markers and then blended with water for a soft watercolor design.
Christmas Train Card
How much fun is this Christmas Train card from Amy R., I love the little reindeer conductor with his train cars full of gifts.! The slimline style is perfect for fitting in a long card design. Amy even added one … Read More...
Plaid Christmas Scene Card
You don’t always have to use a traditional sky for the backgrounds on a scene card. You can use pattern papers or stamps like Channin did on this cute Christmas card. The large trendy buffalo plaid adds the perfect cozy … Read More...
How to make yarn bottle brush style Christmas trees
These yarn Christmas trees look just like nature as they are all different sizes and shapes…oh and colors. Each one is made with a single color of yarn but I bet it would be fun to try it with different … Read More...
Joyful Holiday Card
Tina used soft colorful inks to stamp out the words and candies on the sweet Joy Holiday Card. She used a white gel pen to added faux stitch marks around the edges of the letters which goes perfectly with the … Read More...
Stitched Blocks Holiday Background
Monique stitched down strips of pattern papers to her background for a wonderful color block effect. A photo, Santa image and large die cut title is all that’s need to finish off this festive Holiday design. I think this is … Read More...