9 New Ideas from CraftGossip for Wednesday, 6th of November

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DIY Hand Painted Sugar Cookies

A simple recipe for painting on royally iced sugar cookies. Painting royally iced sugar cookies may be the easy way out when it comes to decorating, but I can’t imagine we’ll hear any complaints on the matter. It’s quick, it’s easy…it’s stunning. See the full tutorial here.

Walk through an art show at a gallery featuring my brick wall installation art

I shot my first "walk through" video of a gallery show today. It features my installation titled "The Writing is on the wall; 45". It is 45 bricks stacked in a single column with found words and quotes on each of them. I will be shooting another video soon of another show. so please feel free to subscribe to the …

Round-up of winter hand embroidery patterns

Get cozy this winter with a hand sewing project! This is a curated list of hand embroidery patterns with winter motifs including snow, pine trees, mountains, fireplaces, and warm sweaters. Perfect for stitching on to a pillow or hanging on the wall!

How to Color a Christmas Lily Card

If you love flowers you don't have to leave them off your holiday cards many still bloom during the winter months like poinsettia and some lilies. Mindy Baxter used a lovely Amaryllis stamp for this beautiful Christmas card. She has a detailed coloring tutorial using Copic markers over on the Ellen Hutson blog. Click here to watch. -Heather

Crafting Friends Layout

Do you have friends that you go to classes or crops with, that you enjoy getting together and crafting? Be sure to take some snaps next time and turn it into a fun memory of the time you spend together creating. There's lots of wonderful paper crafting products with a crafty theme like the one from Keep It Simple Becki …

Slime Advent Calendar

We all know slime is here to stay and what better way to fill an advent calendar than slime? Slime is best when it is ready-made, certainly a lot less mess for parents to clean up. This advent calendar delivers a different slime each window. Making it the perfect tactile, HANDS ON activity. Being able to PLAY with slime in …

Free pattern: Christmas stocking for your front door

Decorate your front door with an oversized Christmas stocking filled with greenery! This large Christmas stocking is sized just right to hang on a door. I've got a free pattern for you over at Orange Bettie. And though it's meant to go outside, it's finished nicely enough that you can use it inside as a traditional stocking. The larger size …

Using Water Reactive Inks 3 Ways

Using Water-Reactive Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir I created this fun winter Yeti Card. These versatile inks can be used for lots of different stamping and coloring techniques. If you missed my review on them last week be sure to click here to check it out. For this card I used the inks to stamp, watercolor and ink blend. I …

Honey Comb Layout

I love how Anna added pattern, color and movement on her layout using a Honeycomb die shape with just small sections of the soft script paper peeking behind. And the banners and flowers add a sweet touch the to lovely photo. Visit the Cocoa Vanilla blog for a closer look. -Heather

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