16 New Ideas from CraftGossip for Tuesday, 28th of April

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How To Host A Virtual Online Birthday Party

Not being able to get together to celebrate your birthday can be one of the most depressing parts of this entire pandemic. While we are still encouraged to practice social distancing, you can probably guarantee that if your birthday is in the next few months, it will be celebrated at home. This means that instead of preparing your standard birthday …

18+ Frida Kahlo DIY Crafts

Frida Kahlo has become a popular theme in the crafting world and I am going to put it down to a Bohemian revival that is taking place across the world in decor, fashion and of course in crafts. I rounded up the best variety of Frida Crafts I could find. I have even included a DIY video tutorial at the …

Join Our Exclusive Christmas Crafts Group

Join Our Exclusive Christmas Crafts Group

If you love Christmas crafting then this is the group for you. We have over 80,000 members who are chatting daily, sharing craft ideas and tutorials all about Christmas! Yes, this group runs ALL year round!! Our members LOVE Christmas and if you are keen to jump in, join and craft a little Holiday cheer then we invite you to …

No Mess Indoor Sandbox For Toddlers!

This indoor sandbox is the ultimate toddler mom hack! Fill a tote with kinetic sand, mini dump trucks or dinosaurs for hours of inside sensory play! When playtime is over, attach the lid and save for another day. The sand doesn’t dry out! You can see the full tutorial here. Here are some more articles about Kinetic sand including an …

Simple Card Invites with Scrapbooking Supplies

Simple Card Invites with Scrapbooking Supplies

Sometimes we might not have time to stamp and color a bunch of images, especially if we're making multiple of cards like Party Invitations. Wendy Sue used scrapbooking supplies like pattern papers along with precut and colored dies to design these sweet quick and easy cards. Visit the Pebbles blog for more. -Heather

Beautiful organic shaped plastic jewelry

If you are one of the people right now that you find yourself with a lot of time on your hands and maybe not able to think too much as you have a lot on your mind you may find a project that is repetitive and doesn't require a lot of concentration perfect. Over at the blog Frassetto Extravaganza there …

How to Make a Self-Propelled Boat from a Margarine Tub

Where I live they've stopped collecting recycling in order to keep the sanitation workers safe, and while we can still take our recycling out ourselves it feels like we have a lot more "happy trash" around the house these days than normal. So I was really happy to see this post from Red Ted Art, where she shows how to …

Spring Album

Spring Album

Dorymar created this amazing 6 x 8 album to celebrate Spring using a new collection from Simple Stories. She decorated the cover with die cuts and ribbon and the inside is filled with beautiful Springtime pages. Many of her pages have pockets, fold outs and flaps, leaving loads of room for photos and journaling. Visit the Simple Stories blog for …

Stunning Watercolor Roses to Stitch

I love, LOVE this pattern for watercolor roses from Smart Cross Stitch. Designed by Nadezhda Mashtakova, the original is worked in five colors and one blend and comes out to 100 by 122 stitches. It uses a lot of backstitching to make the flowers, and the background can be worked in whatever colors you like to give the watercolor effect. …

Single Skein Projects for Worsted Weight Yarn

Worsted or medium weight yarn is by far the yarn that I have the most of in my stash, and somehow I still have single skeins of a lot of them (I would have thought I would buy more of one color than I typically do, but here we are). The good news is there are a lot of things …

Crochet Pattern - Rainbow Bunting

Got any leftover Studio DK yarn from your 4 Seasons Blanket CAL that needs using up? Or are just wanting to take on a little task to stay busy with? Rainbow Bunting by Lynne Rowe in Deramores Studio DK will meet your needs either way and will be a beautiful and bright addition to your home. Deramores Studio DK is a …

Premo Color Chart - Unbaked vs Baked

Maybe my eyes are aging but I don't see any difference between raw and baked when it comes to this color chart, BUT I know lot of you will see the differences. Actually marine is very different. So why does it matter, to the general poly clay maker creater it doesn't but when your work is more about art than …

20 Pressed Flower Nature Crafts

This roundup is all about pressed flowers and what you can do with them. It's hard to imagine that the basics for these craft tutorials are right outside your door living in nature. Perfect craft for nature walks or walks to the park or even visiting someone's garden (with their permission) and collecting petals. I have included different styles …

Amazing - Common Quilt Blocks 1,000 Piece Puzzle

Last week I completed my first 1000 piece puzzle in years. It was my isolation of lockdown project. I had basically spent the last 5 weeks doing other things and needed to focus on something more mindless than repairing the house and sorting cupboards. I finished my puzzle in 5 days, I don't know if that is fast or not …

We're All In This Together Download

We're All In This Together Download

Catherine Pooler has designed this lovely "We're All In This Together" digital stamp sentiment that you can add to your cards. It's a FREE download from her store. And she's also sharing some card ideas using it with a mandala rubber stamp 3 different ways for 3 card designs. Visit her blog for all the details. -Heather

DIY sewing tutorial: Cloth napkins with fringe

DIY sewing tutorial: Cloth napkins with fringe

Be eco-friendly with these pretty DIY cloth napkins with fringes! Lisa of Cucicucicoo has a tutorial showing how to make them. This project is perfect for beginners because it’s really fast and easy, with just four straight lines to sew! Go to Cucicucicoo for her easy sewing tutorial.

Medical Staff Hero Layout and Download

Medical Staff Hero Layouts and Download

Close to My Heart is offering some FREE SVG die cut files to help you create layouts, cards or paper crafting projects to celebrate the Medical Staff Heroes who are helping us out during this difficult time. You'll find a couple of sentiments and some clothing and accessories that co-ordinate with their Paper Pals dolls but they could be used …

The Cutest Crochet Llama Pattern

This Llama crochet pattern is available for free via Deramores, all you have to do is select the "Digital Pattern" option in the drop-down menu to grab the pattern for free. This free crochet Llama is adorable and as our regular readers will know I have had a thing for Crochet Llamas every since my return from Peru two years …

Sorry About Your Mother's Day - Printable Card

Mother's Day is coming up and every time my children ask me what I want I simply reply "Freedom" But as we just hit our last roll of toilet paper and there is a sudden shortage of Lysol I am thinking I might need to change my answer. Looking for a Mother's Day card for your mom stuck in quarantine? …

Easy Homeschooling With Ready Made Workbooks

Homeschooling is happening all over the world whether we like it or not. We have seen an increase in worksheets requests and printables. But did you know that not everyone has the luxury of a printer. The cost of printing everything out on paper is causing lots of financial strain on families. One thing everyone seems to have forgotten is …

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