Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

Technique: Masking Your Stamps

Posted: 23 May 2010 06:12 AM PDT

image by Julie Koerber and Flourishes

Join Julie Koerber for Flourishes stamps and learn how to “mask” your stamps. Masking is a cool way of “layering” your stamps to make a dimensional picture with out alot of cutting and actual layering of paper. Click here to find out how she made this lovely card by masking off her stamped images.

-Heather

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Tutorial: Sew a menu planning organizer for your kitchen

Posted: 23 May 2010 06:07 AM PDT

Vanessa from Little Big Girl Studio joins Noodlehead’s Spice Up Your Kitchen week with a tutorial for making this menu planning center.  This fabric organizer has seven recipe pockets, one for each day of the week.  It also has a pocket for hanging a notepad and pencil so you can easily jot down a grocery list.  I love it!!  Go to the tutorial.

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Tutorial: Lace & button flower

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:57 AM PDT

Jax from Aly and Ash shows how to use inexpensive gathered lace trim and a button to create this pretty flower embellishment.  She uses glue to tack it down and a button brad, but there’s no reason why you can’t use a stitch-down button instead.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Aly & Ash]

[via U Create]

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Free charts: Floral cross-stitch

Posted: 23 May 2010 05:01 AM PDT

Grab a bounty of free floral cross-stitch patterns from Le blog de Les broderies de vayou. Here are a few:

(1) Bouquet de fleurs
(2) Bouton de roses
(3) Bouquet de Roses
(4) Fleurs de Lys
(5) Boutons de Rose
(6) Bougainvilliers
(7) Lys
(8) Bouquet de Pivoines

Portland General Store

Posted: 23 May 2010 02:00 AM PDT

Portland General Store offers nature and authentic personal care products that are made by hand, in small batches, using basic and natural ingredients. Their old-fashioned packaging is what really drew me in. The tobacco smelling salts are an alternative headache and migraine treatment and is balanced by hints of lavender and has a light smoky, tarry, and sweet scent. Check out all…

Who’s the winner of the Pretty Little Pillows giveaway?

Posted: 22 May 2010 07:51 PM PDT

I know you’re dying to know.  Based on your comments, there are a lot of you out there who want to get your hot little hands on this book.  (And I don’t blame you; I don’t want to give it up!) 

But as there can be only one winner, random.org says that the book goes to….

Commenter #48.  That’s BJHuff, who said…

Tutorial: Make a crayon roll

Posted: 22 May 2010 07:35 PM PDT

Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy guest blogs over at V and Co. with a tutorial showing how to make a crayon roll.  With individual pockets for each crayon, it’s easy to keep up with the whole set. Go to the tutorial.

[photo from V and Co.]

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Tutorial: Hooded baby towel and washcloth set

Posted: 22 May 2010 07:29 PM PDT

Head over to The Purl Bee for a tutorial showing how to make this hooded baby towel and washcloth set.  This would make a lovely baby gift!  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from The Purl Bee]

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New Release: Magnolia Stamps

Posted: 22 May 2010 01:15 PM PDT

image by Magnolia

Magnolia Stamps has a new collection of cute fairy tale stamps like pirates, fairies, frog princes and more, click here to see them all.

-Heather

Candy Designed for Sharing

Posted: 22 May 2010 12:34 PM PDT

Awww. How sweet. Candy that is inherently meant to share. See these Share the Sweet creations by designer Maria Tovslid HERE, via please sir. {found via snippet & ink}

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Felted Block Pillow (Free Pattern) from Knit Picks

Posted: 22 May 2010 08:58 AM PDT

I just received the knit Pick Catalog in the mail and there are showing and there are some adorable patterns for children that may be of interest to you.   They also have some new fun yarns for us.  This pillows pattern is free (link to pattern).  A fun geometric felted pillow will liven up any room, from the kids' room to…

Perfect Beginner Bag Pattern – Free!

Posted: 22 May 2010 08:56 AM PDT

This is a perfect “beginner” pattern, and look how useful!

I don’t have to go into what all it could hold, you’re smart enough to fill it with whatever you want, but just the fact that it’s shown with knitting in it gives it a few bonus points.

Knit in Berroco’s Weekend which comes in 34 solids and heathers, is acrylic and cotton…

Kool-Aid Crafts

Posted: 22 May 2010 08:05 AM PDT

Check out all the crafty things you can do with Kool-Aid with this roundup by The Crafty Crow. Shown is scratch-n-sniff painting from Paint Cut Paste.

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Freebie: Photobook from Shutterfly

Posted: 22 May 2010 08:00 AM PDT

Creating Keepsakes has teamed up with Shutterfly to offer you a free 8×8 photobook just in time for Father’s Day! Use coupon code CK60-8DH8-5HNS-H8FW6V by June 21st on any 20-page hardcover 8×8 book. Click here to go to Shutterfly.