How to Make “Glass” Embellishments

I found an awesome tutorial for today. As you will see, you do not have to limit yourself to just making “glass” flowers. Laura used this technique to make a great little butterfly as well. This video inspires me to take a break just to make some of these. Looks like fun!

Photo Weaving

I was reading a number of tips and tricks for Scrapbooking and card making and found one that I thought was really interesting and somewhat unique. Did you know that you can create a 3-dimensional look by weaving your photos. Yes, I did say weaving, you know just like you used to do in kindergarten with the strips of coloered…

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The Crochet Cable Creates A Classic Look

Cabling can be be found in many patterns or you can simply add it in if you want to add an extra feature to a pattern. It can be used for embellishing on blankets, sweaters, scarves, hats and pretty much anything you desire. Cables can be made as wide or as narrow as you want and you can add several…

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How to Cross Stitch with Hand Dyed Floss

Should you browse pictures of finished cross stitch patterns about the web, no doubt you have seen the stunning images of projects stitched with hand dyed floss. Because from the variety within the coloring from the floss, this can cross stitch projects some incredible and unexpected outcomes. Hand dyed floss is produced just as the name implies – it’s dyed…

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Handmade Recycled Flowers

This fun tutorial is provided by Avina at weScrap! My LSS gives these lovely brown paper bags when we shop there. I’ve always been conscious of the waste that goes into packaging and try to make use of everything I get including the paper bag. Here’s how to make them! First I take off the handle. Then I apply a…

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Mini Album in an Envelope

By Jen Walker I am going to show you how to make a quick mini album in an envelope. You can make it very simple or embellish it. To get started, you will need: 1 sheets of 12×12 cardstock for the envelope 1 or more sheets of cardstock for the mini album (1)a stapler or (2)hole punch and ribbon or…

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Felt Mini Album

You will need: 1 piece of felt (more if you would like to use some to embellish your album) A double sleeve photo album Sewing machine Embroidery floss Pattern paper, embellishments, buttons etc. Photos Step One: You will need to cut a few pages out of your photo album. It won’t ruin your album if you just cut them out…

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