Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shares the steps for making these adorable no-sew flowers. All you need is fabric, glue and buttons! Click here to go to the tutorial.
Freebie | Printable Valentine Poster
Jen at My Own Road designed this free poster for Valentine’s Day. It is sized 8×10 and comes in three different colours. Click here to go to the freebie.
Freebie | Alphabet Printable
Zura at Creative Clown designed this free alphabet printable, that can be printed out onto sticker paper and used in your projects. Click here to go to the download.
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Great Scrapbooking Events | Western Michigan Feb 22-24
Great Scrapbooking Events will be holding the 2nd Winter Wonderland Weekend in Kalamazoo the weekend of February 22nd to 24th. The event will include a free crop as well as a vendor fair. Click here for more details.
Tutorial | Valentine Date Jar
I love this idea by Lowri from Papervine! This jar is filled with 12 little boxes, each containing an idea for a monthly date night. She includes a link showing how to make the little boxes as well. Click here … Read More...
Tutorial | Scrapbook Paper Envelope
Christy from Whimsical Whimsies shows this neat tutorial for making an envelope from a piece of 12×12 scrapbooking paper. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Technique: Emboss Metal Embellishments
How lovely are these metal leaves and flower? Tammy Tutterow took plain metal embellishments and added color and shine by melting embossing powers on them, cool huh? Or should I say hot? 🙂 Click here to find out how she … Read More...
Scrapbooking Challenge | Sunburst Background
Here’s another scrapbooking challenge from Natt Smith: adding a sunburst design to your scrapbooking page. This time the winner will get the new American Crafts paper cutter! Click here for more details.
Tutorial | Woven Ribbon Hearts
Got lots of ribbon in your stash? Try making some woven hearts for your Valentine’s Day projects. Click here to go to the tutorial on the Bowdabra Blog.
Giveaway | American Crafts DIY Thickers
Our friends at Paperclipping are giving away a set of the newly released DIY Thickers by American Crafts. These Thickers can be misted, painted or altered any way you like! Click here to go to the giveaway. US Residents … Read More...
Article | Organizing Your Clear Stamps
Jean Manis has written a comprehensive article on different ways that you can organize your clear (or acrylic) stamps. She covers five different methods, and suggests varying products that you can use for each. Click here to go to … Read More...
Tutorial | Valentine Countdown
Jenni from Vintage Umbrella came up with this sweet countdown for Valentine’s Day using a metal tray and tags. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Tutorial | Space Themed Invitation
Polly at Helping Little Hands shares this space themed invitation she made for her daughter’s birthday party. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Tutorial | Valentine Flower Headband
Rachel over at That Morris Family created this Valentine flower headband using a Sizzix machine and dies. Of course you could always just use the flowers on a scrapbooking page or project! Click here to go to the tutorial
New Online Tool for Cricut Uses
This website My Cut Search, is set up to help you find which Cricut cartridge has which image. Just enter your search term and the results will show you the Cricut cartridges that contain that image or word, … Read More...
Tutorial | Valentine Heart Tree
Mariska from No Time To Be Bored came up with this heart tree design for her decor this year. She used an electronic die cutting machine to cut out the hearts, but you can use a regular machine, punches, or … Read More...
Tutorial | Origami Heart With Necktie
The Cheese Thief takes us through the steps to make this origami heart with necktie. Her suggested use is as a place holder, but this would be equally adorable on a Valentine card or scrapbook project. Click here to … Read More...
Technique: Stamp Outside a Die Cut
Believe it or not the circle and the lamppost shown on this card are from one continuous piece of cardstock. Cool, huh? Visit the Blockheads website to find out how to achieve this “stamping outside the box” effect.
-Heather
Freebie | Printable Valentine Art
Telisa from Sugar Tot Designs is sharing these three Valentine printables over at I Heart Naptime. They are available in 5×7 or 8×10. Click here to go to the download.
Tutorial | Photo Pendants
Ginger over at Ginger Snap Crafts, takes you through the steps to creating these photo tile pendants. She even tells you where you can buy the kit. Click here to go to the tutorial.