Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Freebie: Page Title Ideas

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 07:00 AM PDT

Clearly Rubber stamping has a free download of over 1500 ideas for page titles and quotations. The PDF file is organised by categories (like Outdoors and Family) or event (like Birthdays and Holidays)

Click here to go to download.

Tutorial: Mad Quilter’s Tiny Wallet

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:43 AM PDT

Find out how to make the Mad Quilter’s Tiny Wallet over at Mad Quilter blog.  These small fabric wallets make great gifts, particularly for those of the young adolescent boy persuasion who are really hard to buy for (and even more impossible to sew for!).  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Mad Quilter]

[via One Pretty Thing]

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Tutorial: Make a strawberry pincushion

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:36 AM PDT

andi from Embroideroo shows how to make a pincushion shaped like a strawberry.  The white polka dots on the red fabric that she used in her example look like the seeds on the outside of a real strawberry.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Embroideroo]

[via Freebies for Crafters]

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Tutorial: Funky CD holder from scrap fabrics

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:21 AM PDT

Jennifer Juniper from Hope Studios shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this funky CD holder from scrap fabrics.  It’s funky because of all the different prints used in the project.  And it’s scrap-friendly because each pocket is made from a different print.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Hope Studios blog]

[via One Pretty Thing]

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New Release: My Favorite Things Stamps

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:04 AM PDT

image by My Favorite Things

My Favorite Things stamps has 8 new clear sets out with themes like baby, spring, mother, birthday sentiments, bears, graduation and more. Click here to see what’s new.

-Heather

Free Fonts

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 06:00 AM PDT

Beef up your font collection with these free true type fonts from Fonts4u. Click here to go to website.

Two Magazine Subs for one Price!

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 05:00 AM PDT

Get a subscription to both Creating Keepsakes and paper Crafts magazines for the low price of $25. Offer valid in the US only. Click here to subscribe.

Freebie: Envelope Templates

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 04:00 AM PDT

Foralfy is a new website offering free printable envelope templates. There is a wide variety available to suit the needs of different styles and occasions. The site is available in English and French. Click here to go to Foralfy.

Inspiration du Jour – 1st Date

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 03:01 AM PDT

Get more inspiration from her flickr gallery.

Complete Skin Care Therapy

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 02:00 AM PDT

Carol Belanger has written a variety of articles regarding skin care therapy. Her articles include information regarding the benefits of Epsom Salt, facials, toner & much more. Her website also has a number of skin care recipes listed. AND…check out her blog for more helpful information.

Tutorial: Strapless summer dress from two t-shirts

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 07:52 PM PDT

LJ from Drink and Dress shares a tutorial for making a strapless summer dress (with built-in bra) out of two t-shirts.  This is a great way to give a favorite t-shirt a more interesting and feminine silhouette than the large, boxy shape of a standard tee.  Get the how-t0.

[photo from Drink and Dress]

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Tutorial: Embellish a girl’s shirt with a Gymboree-inspired bow

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 07:33 PM PDT

Rachel from In the Happily Ever After shows how to add a large bow embellishment to a girl’s tank.  She was inspired by a similar top at Gymboree.  The oversized ribbon bow is sooo girly!!  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from In the Happily Ever After]

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Tutorial: Shaggy Bag from crocheted jersey fabric

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 06:59 PM PDT

Head over to Craft Passion to find out how to make this fabulous Shaggy Bag.  The outside of the bag is made from 6 yards of jersey fabric that is cut into strips and crocheted with a loop stitch.  The bag lining includes a zippered pocket and a compartment pocket.  Choose a fabric with a bit of luster to show off all those…

Turbo Top – Fun with Vitrigraph…Fast!!

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 06:56 PM PDT

Here’s the first of many products that need to be talked about from my Las Vegas adventure. It’s the Turbo Top and the Turbo Lift by Innovative Glass Solutions. Have you tried vitrigraph? You pull hot glass from the bottom of a suspended kiln to make swirly shapes and canes and twists that are amazing additions to fufsed pieces but…

Tutorial: Make a baby sling

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 06:51 PM PDT

Cathie Filian shows how to make your own baby sling.  Some simple hardware and 2.5 yards of fabric are all you need for this relatively easy sewing project.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Cathie Filian]

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The Cake Sandwich

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 06:45 PM PDT

It’s a sandwich! It’s a cake! It’s a cakewich! Check out this Sandwich Cake Mold HERE at Wee Can Shop, spotted on CakeSpy.

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Stitchy giveaway from Crazy by Design

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 06:29 PM PDT

Dash over to Crazy by Design blog and get in on the most-excellent 200th-post-celebration giveaway of luxurious threads, almost-edible buttons, and sumptuous fabrics. Go to the blog to enter before noon (Mountain USA time) on Sunday, April 18.

Tutorial: Rope stitch

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 06:21 PM PDT

This week’s TAST challenge on SharonB’s Pin Tangle blog is rope stitch. The example shown here is just one of the exquisite stitch-outs featured on her blog. See the tute.

Tutorial: Ironing embroidery

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 06:16 PM PDT

Kirsty of kootoyoo continues the demo of her rockin vintage-reverse-applique-embroidery-invention-thingie by showing us how to iron embroidery properly. See her tute.

Inspiration: The Lone Beader

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 05:35 PM PDT

The Lone Beader just keeps amazing me. I thought her touchable, dimensional beaded doggie brooches were untoppable. And then she comes up with tiny bead-embroidered Scottie dog earrings. If these don’t make you swoon, then you have no bead passion. See more on TLB’s blog.

Tutorial: “Enamel” Flower Pins

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 04:47 PM PDT

Here is a novel tutorial on how to create these lovely little flower pins.  Your standard guess on what the material could be, might surprisingly be wrong.

They are in fact made of pine cones and nail polish!  Go figure.  Excellent, I do love a unique idea, and I like the finished product too. Here is the tutorial from Christine at…

Stitch and swap an artist trading card

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 04:47 PM PDT

Shanti (aka Stitch ON Grrl!) is revving things up over on the Hand Embroidery Network. She’s putting together the HEN ATC Spring Embroidery Swap, and you’re invited to participate. Follow the easy steps on the HEN post to join in.

Te Quiero Mucho

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 03:51 PM PDT

Te quiero mucho! Why, yes, yes I do.

This is a print from an original screen print by illustrator Gemma Correll

I always feel a little guilty when I like one animal better than another but it can’t be helped! This printed card makes me want to grab my cat and squeeze her.

Check out Gemma’s Etsy shop!

Free Kindle or Ipod Cover. From Classic Elite Yarns.

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 02:49 PM PDT

Susan Mills has designed this cover for her Kindle, it can also be used for an Ipod. She used a llama and wool blend called Montera, from Classic Elite yarns. I think I’d make mine a bit bigger and then felt it. What about you?

Here’s the pattern, enjoy!http://www.classiceliteyarns.com/pdf/MonteraKindleCover.pdf

Tutorial: Interchangeable Zipper Necklace

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 02:29 PM PDT

This is a great tutorial for an interchangeable zipper necklace.  It is easy to make and easy to mix up for a new look.  It is from Linda over at Craftaholics Anonymous.