10 New Ideas from CraftGossip for Sunday, 10th of May

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Pretty DIY Summer Fruit Plate

This Summer Fruit Plate is loaded with watermelon, cherries, kiwi, mango, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, melted dark chocolate, & a variety of delicious cheeses. The colors alone make this a happy dish and make you smile.

Easy Pillow Case Dress for Barbie -Picture Tutorial

This picture tutorial shows how to make a simple pillow case type dress (or nightgown) with a decorative side bow for standard or curvy Barbie. It's great for beginning sewers because it only requires six seams and all of them are straight. This is an easy project that an experienced sewer can whip up in no time, and one the …

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Otter Space Card

Even though it might feel we are so far apart right now we're really all in this together! Let someone know you're thinking about them with a fun handmade card like this one from Lisa Mensing. She used the funny Otter Space stamps from Trinity Stamps and I love her amazing galaxy background! Visit her blog for a video tutorial. …

Birthday Party Layout

Jennifer McMurtrey created bursting rays of pattern paper behind the photo on this fun and festive Birthday Party Layout. Sewing down the center of each section helps adhere them to the page and adds extra texture. I love how on each stitched line she added a dimension sentiment. Her stenciled paste background also adds even more texture and some gold …

Free Crochet Storybook Bookmark Collection

These storybook bookmarks are adorable and best of all they are all free patterns. You can grab the PDF by visiting this link. Have fun making these 5 crochet Bookmarks: The Little Prince, Snow White, Harry Potter, Little Red Riding Hood and Peter Pan Difficulty level: Intermediate Used stitches Chain Stitch, Single Crochet, Slip Stitch, Half Double Crochet, Double Crochet, Increase, Decrease Other techniques Magic Ring

20 Best Friends Forever Gifts To Make

This roundup is all about best friends and best friends forever, or BFF. All of these tutorials show you how to make a handmade best friend gift. Perfect for gifting at the end of the school year or maybe just to show a little love and kindess to a dear friend. Most of these tutorials are based on splitting the …

Girl’s Easy-to-Sew Sundresses

This easy to sew Seersucker Summer dress not only shows you how to sew the dress but teaches you the art of applique, you can signup to their list to get the free strawberry pattern template. It's such a cute little dress and a really versatile design. Once you have this pattern down, you can make hundreds of variations by …

Mother's Day Flash Sale - KnitCrate Yarn

Use the coupon code MOM30 at checkout for an additional 30% off your Member Central purchase (this is on top of the everyday 50% off discount for active members when you're logged in). Oh - And it's shop update day! Check out all the newly added items and treat yourself or mom or both. This flash sale runs until Monday, May 11 at Noon EST. Please …

How to Color Die Cut Shapes

Check out this beautiful card from Courtney! I love how she used mostly die cuts for her design. She added realistic color, depth and dimension by coloring her shapes with her Copic Markers. She's sharing how to over on her blog Courtney's Paper Crafting. Click here to check it out. -Heather

Cherish Mixed Media Layout

The detail, depth and dimension on this mixed media layout from Marilyn is truly amazing! She added texture to her background with stamping and heat embossing, lace and 3D flowers add dimension and green paint around her clusters help pull in focus. I love how she used to same photo 3 times, in different sizes in the layers. Visit her …

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