14 New Ideas from CraftGossip for Friday, 7th of February

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Valentine's Day - "I love you to pieces" craft

This I love you to pieces craft is a cute craft idea which you can do with your kids at home or in the classroom. With Mother’s Day and Father’s day just around the corner, this heart-shaped card makes the perfect craft which moms and dads will just adore! This is also a beautiful craft idea for Valentine’s day or …

Custom Birthday Cake Cards

The Cake Creations stamp set from Ink to Paper has multi layers, different patterns, numbers and accents to create a custom cake for a card. The numbers are perfect for marking birthdays and anniversaries and you can stamp in any color ink and add flowers and words for a truly unique cake creation. Bibi Cameron shares how she designed a …

Butterfly Wreath Layout

Stamped and die cut butterflies fly around a colorful watercolor wreath on this lovely page that celebrates the new decade. I love the loose artsy watercolor style in a rainbow of colors. Take a closer look and watch a process video over on the Porridge, Pony and Pomleo blog. -Heather

A Simple Tunic for Every Day

As much as I love the look of dramatic colorwork, brioche and other fancy techniques, the sweaters I go to again and again -- for knitting and for wearing -- are usually pretty simple in design. Jumping to the front of the queue is Joji Locatelli's Pebble Tunic, a simple A-line, boatneck tunic with pockets(!) worked in DK weight yarn. …

Unexpected mini play "doll houses"

Creating little scenes with my ever-growing collection of mini figurines is fast becoming one of my favorite things to do. I like to combine different characters together that are funny. These sculptural doll houses featured at the blog Fast Company will really kick up my crazy combos. So whether you play in them or display them I'm sure you will …

Free In The Hoop - ITH- Valentine's Coasters

This free pattern is for a In The Hoop or ITH project. Use your embroidery machine to create these in the hoop patterns and projects. This freebie is for romantic Valentine's day coasters which are great for gift giving. You can see the full tutorial here.

Painted Seasons eBook

Decorative painters will enjoy celebrating nature's changing seasons with this book of delightful projects for home and garden. Whether it is spring, summer, fall, or winter, you are sure to find just the right design for your favorite time of the year. You don't see too many tutorials for folk art painting these days but I still remember running Folk …

Baby Yoda Deviled Eggs Party Food

Cressie over on Instagram shares her Deviled Baby Yoda Eggs. These little fellows are adorable and perfect for star wars themed lunch boxes and of course parties. These would make wonderful party food. They are very easy to make, if you can't figure it out the ears are celery pieces. I know quite a few grownups who would love these …

Etsy Feature - Starwars Yoda Tea Cosy Knitting Pattern

Baby Yoda has been taking over the crafting world and whilst I am a big fan of the Childs cuteness, I am still a sucker for the original fandom of full-grown old as heck Yoda. This Tea cosy (yes people still use them) is for a Yoda (the old) pattern. You can purchase this Yoda Knitting pattern via Etsy. The …

Ballerina Doll Bunny Pattern

ATTERN: 16 page PDF file with plenty (50 ps) of pictures and step by step instructions and video. Pattern is written in English. Size of finished animal crochet bunny: Height: about measures 32 cm (12,6 inches) But it depends on used material. Level: beginner. Basic skills of crocheting are needed. You can purchase this Easter crochet pattern here via Etsy.

Easy Valentines for Kids to Make

Red Ted Art has amazing crafty resources around Valentine's Day, and every year she does a roundup of new Valentine ideas and activities for kids. This is the one from last year but you can find a ton more fun activities, card and craft ideas at her huge roundup of Valentines ideas for teachers. But back to that roundup. You'll …

Free sewing pattern: Mini unicorn backpack coin purse

I am in love with this mini unicorn backpack coin purse! Chelsea at Sew Simple Home created it for her daughter, and shares the free pattern and cut file on her blog. So if you love all things unicorn - or know someone who does - get her free pattern and sew one up! Go to Sew Simple Home for …

Flower Bouquet Card with No-Line Coloring

Caly used a light colored ink to stamp beautiful flower stamps from Hero Arts on her card and used watercolors to color them for a lovely no-line coloring technique. Not seeing the stamped lines give the look of a hand painted image with no drawing talent required. Visit the Hero Arts blog to watch her tutorial video. -Heather

Valentine Page with Painted Background

Behind the wonderful swirly heart die cuts Missy Whidden added shimmer paints for a lovely artistic background on this Valentine page. She first painted her white cardstock with gesso to help the paint adhere better, coordinating her paint colors from the fussy cut paper flowers she wanted to use. Visit her blog for more details. -Heather

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