14 New Ideas from CraftGossip for Tuesday, 28th of January

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How To Dye Popcorn for St. Patrick's Day

This Green and Gold Dyed Popcorn is a fun treat for St. Patrick's Day. Adding a tag with the saying "Just popping in to wish you a Happy St. Patrick's Day" makes this a healthy gift. see the full tutorial on how to dye your popcorn for colored parties here.

Book Review: Harry Potter Knitting Magic

This book has been in my house for a while and I've been super excited to share it with you but wanted to wait until it was officially out, which it is now. Years ago there was an unofficial Harry Potter inspired knitting pattern book, which was great fun (in fact, I'm knitting a wizard robe for my daughter right …

DIY Marbled Nail Polish Mugs

Easy DIY marbled nail polish mugs make the perfect homemade gift! A simple craft done in a few minutes that looks like it took hours of work! Such a fun hands on craft for kids of all ages. These are fun for teenagers too, they can turn them into makeup organziers or pencil pots. See the full tutorial here.

Baking Themed Card

If you know someone who loves to spend time in the kitchen cooking and baking this sweet card from from Tina Smith is perfect. She created her card using stamps and dies from Newton's Nook and is sharing a video tutorial on their blog. Click here to watch. -Heather

Romantic Layout

This layout from Jennifer has a vintage romantic feel to it with pink roses and typed text papers. She echoed that typewriter font in her journaling and added stitching around her pattern papers for extra texture on the page. Take a closer look at this layout over on the Simple Stories blog. -Heather

128 Winter crafts for kids from recycled materials

Winter crafts cover many popular winter season themes like snowflakes, snowman, icicles, winter wonderland, Frozen inspired crafts, arctic and polar animals. All crafts are based on materials everyone has in a recycle bin like toilet paper rolls, old newspapers and magazines, cardboard and shoe boxes, plastic bottles and caps, tin cans, mason and baby jars, corks and more. Pop on …

Happy Easter Pockets Cross Stitch ePattern

Fresh-faced children and amiable bunnies lend an old-fashioned air to lovely little cross stitch bags. Filled with colored "grass" and candy treats, these delightful hanging pockets are a wonderful way to spread a little "hoppiness" this Easter. The designs were cross stitched on White Aida (14 count) and made into hanging pockets. Instructions included for sewing the pockets with cording …

Easter Chicks Plastic Canvas ePattern

Let our "egg-stra" special family come roost at your house! Whether used as magnets, wreath accents, or plant pokes, this hen and her spring chicks will have everyone cracking smiles. The designs are stitched using worsted weight yarn and 7 mesh plastic canvas. The baby chicks have 8 mm oval moving eyes. Number of Designs: 3 - Large Chick and 2 …

20 DIY Earring Tutorials

This roundup is all about earrings and these ones are stunningly beautiful and modern, I knew I had to share this collection with you. You can view the full list over on the blog TheCraftyBlogStalker. The pom pom earrings are the cutest and would look amazing with a BOHO outfit or long maxi dress. These earrings are all easy to …

How To Make your Own Silicone Mold For Polymer Clay

Start by mixing the two ingredients together. Silicone and cornstarch You need the paste to be the consistency of a dough. It shouldn’t stick to your fingers and should come together. Once you are able to roll it into a ball it is the right consistency. Shape your ball into a rectangle or square a 1/2 inch thick (depending on …

Gold Embossed Wedding Cards

Lorena used stamps with gold embossing on vellum to create some elegant cards for a wedding. She also added more texture by adhering die cut flowers with added touches of gold embossing too. These cards have a very classic design, perfect for any wedding. Visit the Ink Road blog for more info. -Heather

Sewing tutoral: Make a dress from a button up shirt

Turn a thrifted button up shirt into a pretty new dress for yourself with this easy refashion! Heather from Heather Handmade shows how. It's a simple refashion that you can make in an evening and wear the net day! Go to Heather Handmade for this clothing refashion tutorial.

Winter Layout

Monique stenciled gold paste and sprayed pink Distress Oxide spray on to blue cardstock to create the background for her frosty winter layout. Keeping her photos, journal card and most of the cute embellishments in a row across the center of the page helps create balance and the gold "together" title coordinated with the gold in the background she created. …

Waterproof Crochet Coasters

Water saturates fiber yarn, creating coasters from waterproof yarn prevents a soggy coaster. These coasters are crochet from waterproof Jelly Yarn. Quick and easy to crochet, these coasters are festive and brighten the table display. Get the full pattern here.

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