Got an old measuring tape hangin’ around and some fun buttons? Why not whip up a fun set of bracelets. Bay Area Maker Faire May 21st & 22nd! Want to win a pair of tickets? Pop on over to … Read More...
How to make your own recycled paper crazy-big hat
Is this the next Royal….Beatrice? or Lady Gaga? She is beyond cute, that’s all I know and I think this looks like my next party craft! Check out the post Nikki sent in to her blog Lily Bug Designs featuring … Read More...
How to make festive Recycled cardboard necklaces
Over at Mommy Labs there is a post featuring a tutorial on how to make these fun recycled cardboard necklaces. Not only that there is also a giveaway of some beautiful beads that ends on May 20th! So pop on … Read More...
How to make recycled envelope flower greeting cards
Over at Melony’s blog Mel Designs she posted a fun tutorial on how to make recycled security envelope flowers that she used on a greeting card. Along with her pretty design tutorial there is a giveaway. So pop on over … Read More...
Tutorial: Make Your Own Foam Stamps
Using fun foam and cardboard, Emily from Saltwater Kids made her own stamps and stamped a bread bag to gift her homemade bread in. This would be a great kids craft! Click here to find out how she made her … Read More...
How to make a soap box canvas
Over at Alma Stoller’s blog there is a super tutorial on how to turn ordinary soap boxes into little canvases that are perfect to make your art on. See her soap box canvas tutorial and let the artist inside you … Read More...
Technique: Colored Pencils
Shari Carroll shares a great video over on the Hero Arts site, learn how to get gorgeous shading results by colored your stamped images with colored pencils . Click here for her video tutorial.
-Heather
Project: Stamped Butterfly Necklace
Shona Cole shares her tutorial for making one of these lovely butterfly necklaces. She stamped on canvas to make it, very cool! Click here for her tutorial.
-Heather
Did you know Butterflies are deep and powerful representations of life. … Read More...
How to make a recycled coffee bag flower bib necklace
Kirsten of the blog Dollar Store Crafts was a guest blogger over at The CSI Project where she posted this great tutorial on how to make a recycled coffee bag bib necklace. Too cute I say!
Project: Stamped Canvas
Visit Stampington and Co and learn how to use the brand new Suzi Blu stamps from Unity to make a sweet little canvas project. I love these girls, super cute! The stamps can be found here.
-Heather
How to make a recycled material rain stick
Over at the blog The Imagination Tree Anna has posted a great tutorial (that includes cute picts of her wee one) on how to make a recycled material rain stick that’s as festive as it is functional.
How to make a recycled crate and sign flower box
Over at the blog Rustic Crafts there is a post on how to recycle a wood crate and rusty sign into this cute flower box. I really like the kind of sarcastic/irony of the sign’s words with the generally … Read More...
Technique: Impress Embossing
Bees are very trendy right now! Visit the Paper, Scissors and Superheros blog and learn how to make these stunning embossed silver bees by pressing the stamp into the melted embossing powder.
-Heather
How to crochet a recycled soda tab bracelet
Over at the blog Textiles4you there is a link to a video tutorial on how to crochet a soda tab bracelet. This is so on my “to do” list!
How to recycle an old suitcase into a picnic basket
Sibylie sent in a link to her blog Funky Time where she posted a wonderful tutorial on how to turn an old suitcase into a cute picnic basket. Who wouldn’t love dining alfresco using the pretty bits included in … Read More...
Tip: Coloring with Different Mediums
Coloring your stamped images with different mediums will give you different results, chalks are soft and pastel, markers are bold and bright…Nichol Magouirk made the same card three times but used different mediums to color each one. She used Design … Read More...
How to: Felt flower pencil toppers and Felt toadstools
Dominique Norris of “Crafted” but she answers to Dom lives in Sydney, Australia. Dom will be holding her first workshops in a few weeks and she is very excited! She has been working in an Art and Craft shop for … Read More...
How to make recycled mini wine bottle bath salts
I’ve posted quite a few projects that involve a cocktail first and today I have another one! Over at Mel Designs there is a great tutorial on how to recycle mini wine bottles into bath salt gifts that would be … Read More...
Technique: Frame Your Stamped Image
Adding a hand drawn frame is a quick and easy way to pull together a stamped card front and add a little something extra. Learn how with a great video from Nicole Heady on her blog. Be sure to … Read More...
Project: Purse Photo Frame
I love this pretty photo frame, in the shape of a purse, how cute is that!? Find step by step instructions over at the Created by You blog.
-Heather