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Latest gossip from Craft Gossip

All About Gum Paste

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 07:08 AM PDT

Find pretty much everything you need to know about gum paste at Off The List with these fantastic tutorials. Click HERE for gum paste 101 (buying, mixing and tools) and click HERE to learn more about adding color and working with gum paste.

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Scrapbook Page Contest: Father’s Day Pages

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 07:00 AM PDT

This week the topic for the weekly Examiner Scrapbook Page Contest is Father;s Day. Entries close this Thursday, June 24th. Click here for more information on how to enter.

Science Cookies

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 06:57 AM PDT

For all those fellow sweet geeks out there… Another one of Not So Humble Pie’s Science Cookie Roundups! Find the roundup HERE. Shown are methane cake pops submitted by “Cindy”.

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Technique Video: Stamp and Scrap with Close To My Heart

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 06:19 AM PDT

image by Close To My Heart

Watch the latest technique and project video from Close to My Heart and learn about stamping your own journaling boxes, ideas with chipboard die cuts and a fun stamped recipe box. Click here to watch the video.

-Heather

Tutorial: Make a pretty patchwork Tumbler Skirt

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 06:10 AM PDT

Char from Crap I’ve Made shows how to make this pretty patchwork Tumbler Skirt.  The angled sides of the tumbler blocks create a flared skirt shape.  The bias trim along the hem ‘pops’ the hem.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Crap I've Made]

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Reader Survey: How Has Scrapbooking Changed?

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 06:00 AM PDT

Rebecca Ludens over at About Scrapbooking, asks her readers how they have seen scrapbooking change in the last 10 years. Click here to read the responses and add your own!

Tutorial: Pretty Petals Tee

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:58 AM PDT

Elizabeth from Dear Lizzy gives a plain t-shirt a feminine makeover with her Pretty Petals Tee.  She uses flower shapes die-cut from t-shirt material create pretty neckline detail.  Don’t have a die-cut machine?  You can also cut the shapes by hand.  Get the how-to.

[photo from Dear Lizzy]

[via Make and Takes]

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AROUND THE CORNER CROCHET BORDERS by Edie Eckman

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Around the Corner Crochet Borders by Edit Eckman

I had heard some buzz about this book but wanted to check it out for myself.  Fearing it couldn’t live up to its newly minted ‘hype’, I was a bit hesitant to disappoint anyone with a lackluster review.  Oh, well.  No disappointment here!  This book is YUMMY!

First, it’s packed with great color photos clearly depicting every edging.  Second, each design…

Sew a tutu and give a sick child the chance to be a princess

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:45 AM PDT

Natasha from Samster Mommy is hosting a Tutu Drive, collecting dress-up tutus (handmade or purchased) for little girls who are facing life-threatening illnesses.  These tutus will give a chance for these little girls to indulge in a little bit of make belive and princessery (not actually a word, but I think it should be), in spite of all the hospital visits, tubes, and scary…

Dr. Seuss coming in September

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:41 AM PDT

I found this Dr. Seuss fabric collection at The Fat Quarter Shop. Woo Hoo, I cannot wait ’til this comes out. What shall I make? What shall you make? Go here to sign up for notification when it arrives.

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Tutorial: Tiered pillowcase-style dress

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:17 AM PDT

Melissa from May & Mae and The Polka Dot Chair shares a tutorial for making a tiered version of the classic pillowcase dress.  I love the mixed prints and the easy, breezy fit!  And with no waistline and an adjustable neck, this dress can be worn through several growth spurts.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from The Polka Dot Chair]

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Tutorial: Dry Erase Board

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 AM PDT

Mariska at No Time To be Bored shows how to make a dry erase board from scrapbooking supplies and a plastic frame. Click here to go to tutorial.

Tips and Tricks: Scallops

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 04:00 AM PDT

Summer Fullerton shares how she creates scallops in different ways for her scrapbooking projects. This is a guest post on the Scrapbooking and Cards Today blog. Click here to go to article.

Inspiration du Jour – Love Anyway

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:00 AM PDT

Get even more inspiration from her gallery and blog

Perfect for Summer!

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:00 AM PDT

FRUIT SMOOTHIE – Handmade Cold Process Soap by Soapalaya Soaps

Glass Stands E-Book at Helios Kiln Glass Studios

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 10:24 PM PDT

We’re always looking for cool ways to display the glass pieces that we create and it can be so difficult to find something that lets the glass do all the talking. Helios Kiln Glass Studios is offering an E-Book on how to make your own stands to display your fabulous glass. Check out the link to this fantastic offer…in it you’ll find…

How to Stamp a Heart

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 09:37 PM PDT

Polly at Helping Little Hands shared this easy tip with her readers in how to create a heart with letter stamps.

It is a nice looking heart and an easy way to create it without having to buy a specific new stamp.

Tutorial: Summer Sunday Bag

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 08:15 PM PDT

Trish from Two Peas in a Pod shares a tutorial on her blog for making her Summer Sunday Purse.  I’m lovin’ the small ruffle across the top!  The body of the bag is pieced from several fabrics, so have fun mixing and matching the colors and patterns.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Two Peas in a Pod]

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Tell Mademoiselle Chaos what sewing tutorials you want to see

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 07:48 PM PDT

Are there sewing projects you’ve dreamed up but can’t bring to fruition because you can’t find a tutorial?  Then check out this post by Mademoiselle Chaos from ParaNoire.  She wants your input for creating tutorials on her blog.  Leave a comment on her blog with your wished-for tutorial, and if it’s doable she’ll write up the tutorial.  Get the details at Mademoiselle Chaos.

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Tutorial: Covered button hairclips and hair elastics

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 07:29 PM PDT

Kaja from Kaja & lilla krax shares a tutorial on her blog for making fabric covered button hairclips and hair elastics.  The small covered buttons are the perfect way to call attention to a cute small fabric print that might get overlooked on a larger project.  Get the how-to.

[photo from Kaja & lilla krax]

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Paper Plate Owl Craft

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:21 PM PDT

I love any craft that uses paper plates simply because I almost always have them on hand! This owl is so cute and can easily be made by almost any age with a little help! Check out Crafts by Amanda to see how you can make one too!

Technique Videos: Flower Soft Cards and Projects

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:18 PM PDT

image by Flower Soft

 If you’re not familiar with Flower Soft is really fun product that adds floral dimension and softness to your paper crafting projects, they even have coordinating stamps too. And now they have a brand new website were there will be a weekly 40 minute project and technique video. Click here to join Noreen McKie on Flower Soft TV.

-Heather

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Skater Girl Cupcakes

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:53 PM PDT

How I wish I could go back a few, ahem, years and become a skater girl just to get these cupcakes. Find them HERE at Baking with Ashley.

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Free 4th of July Party Printables

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:46 PM PDT

Find a plethora of 4th of July printables for your party (that is correct use of “plethora,” no? couldn’t resist the alliteration) HERE, courtesy of Tweedle Dee Designs. Printables include these cute cupcake toppers, straw flags and bottle labels.

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DMC is stitching pink

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:16 PM PDT

DMC Threads will help fight breast cancer with its new Stitch Pink Campaign. How can you help? The blog encourages you to buy a Stitch Pink Accessory Kit; however, it doesn’t explain what part of the proceeds, if any, will be contributed to breast cancer research. The blog is clear, though, about DMC’s Stitch-Pink-Stitch-Along. It says,

DMC will be releasing free pink charts for you to…