Jacques and Lise have created a series of adorable, unfolding birth announcement cards that put a playful spin on the traditional greeting card.
Hello friends! I'm sharing a FREE Card Class this first Saturday in June, 6/1/2024. This month I'm sharing the Sweet Peas stamp set from Stampin' Up! I fell in love with this adorable imagery the minute I saw this set and knew I'd want to create a class around it.Sometimes, stamp sets with smaller images can be more difficult to use in design. In this class, I'm going to share a couple of ways to work with smaller images to give them the spotlight they deserve and make your card designs shine!Y
This painting technique is so simple and yet so very beautiful.
Finding it hard to write the perfect baby card for a loved one? These 100 new baby wishes and quotes will get you inspired in no time.
Amazing things can happen with just one dot.
Sweet Pea Cardigan Crochet Pattern: Spring is a time of renewal, when the world bursts forth with vibrant colors and new beginnings. It's a season that brings warmth and joy, and nothing captures that essence
Free pattern in UK and US crochet terms for three sizes of hearts. Ultra quick make. Great for card toppers or to embelish any craft project.
DIY Fabric Dinosaur Free Sewing Patterns & Paid
Easy to make stitch cards are perfect to keep little hands busy. Beat the "I'm bored" blues with this low cost, easy to make and kid friendly project!
Sew a snuggly kawaii star lovey or plush toy for children with this free pattern.
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We're touring a beautiful white and gold nursery that is perfectly feminine for a baby girl. You are going to love the abstract painting above the crib.
To make these burp clothes I looked at several blogs that I found from Pinterest and took then made my own burp clothes. These are super easy to to make! It all straight stitches and lots of cuttin…
25 or 34 3"x4" Double-sided brand new Project Life cards from Emily Ley's BABY GIRL Edition. OR 12 4"x6" Double-sided brand new Project Life cards. Pregnancy, birth, and a baby's first year are some of the most memorable events in our lives, and are ones that we want to document with as much detail as we can remember. The Baby Girl Edition, designed by Emily Ley, helps make that possible with wonderful prompts and sweet artwork that are perfect for sharing the stories of your heart. The color palette is perfectly "girl" and the designs are clean + simple. Each set will contain 25, 34 or 12 different cards and work perfectly with: - Photo Pocket Pages - Personal Planners - Daily Journals - Vintage Journals - Art Journals - Travel & Creative Journals - Smashbooks - Junk Journals - Handmade Cards - Scrapbook Pages - Photo Albums - Wall Art - Any creative paper projects! The pictures show a sampling of what you will receive. Please convo me if you'd like your order to contain specific colors. Also, please take advantage on combined shipping and order multiple sets. Thank you.
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Remember the other day when I mentioned that I was totally overwhelmed and frustrated because I wanted to craft but just didn’t have the time (among a lot of other things)? Well, that same day in …
You've been invited to a 'bring a book instead of a card baby shower' or a 'baby's first library' party. Wonderful! You've got the perfect baby book, but you don't know what to write in a baby shower book? Baby books are a great opportunity to say something inspiring and memorable to the growing family. Your personal inscription or quote can be as valuable as the book! You never know how many generations could be reading your message for years to come. Here are a few ideas of the kinds of messages you can write in a baby shower book:
Have you ever worked on a crochet project and was done and thought to yourself, "it needs a little something more, maybe a border"? At this crossroad, you decide to search for something fun, quick and nice looking that will complete your projects in a perfect way. Well, I may have just the border tutorial
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I was asked to head up the PreK class gift for our big school-wide auction [our biggest fundraiser of the year]. I put a lot of pressure on myself to come up with 'the perfect gift'. I think there is already pressure there knowing that the item you create & present is supposed to raise a lot of money. So then it just snowballs from there. There's pressure to come up with an item that would appeal to a lot of people [the parents of the PreK]. Pressure to come up with something that someone would want to put in their home / somewhere. Pressure to come up with something that was worthy of taking up room in someone's home; in this case worthy of taking up precious wall space. Our school is in an old part of Kansas City where most of us have sacrificed indoor & outdoor space for being in a beautiful, established, historic part of town. So again, space is an issue ... at least it is for most of the people I know that live around here! :) Last year, this grade submitted framed artwork made with the children's thumbprints. It was so darling & perfect for that age. But now that they are getting older, I wanted them to be able to do something themselves. But not too difficult. Which is a very fine line. [And which is why I was stumped for months] So after months of stressing out & drawing a blank, it f.i.n.a.l.l.y came together. I got a package of 100 4x6 white [acid free, etc] paper, 2 sets of 50 washable [PreK, hello] Crayola thin markers, a package of multi-colored [acid free, etc] paper for mounting, used an acid free Elmer's glue stick & then got 2 approx. 14" x 19" 'multipurpose floating' frames. Originally $35 a piece, I got them when they were on sale 1/2 off. I got thin markers knowing the space they'd be coloring in would be smaller than they were used to & I was hoping it would still give them a chance to get more detailed. I was happy to find the 'floating' frame [meaning what you frame is floating between 2 sheets of glass, you can see through it] because that way you don't have to worry about a mat & there's a better chance that it'll work with someone's decor since their own wall color shows through. I traced a heart on all the white card stock before taking them into the classrooms. Additionally, I found out how many tables there were & tried to divide up the markers ahead of time, giving each table a good range of colors. I made a few examples to show the kids because as I have learned ... a little guidance is good. So I made a few ahead of time with easy ideas: stripes, flowers, a 'self-portrait', stars, etc. Then I also listed off some ideas to get the kids thinking about what they were going to do before they began. Above are some of the hearts from one of the classes. I left the teachers with some of the supplies because there are some kids that don't go to school certain days of the week or were absent. [side note: The one on the bottom left with the stick figures ... that boy told me it was himself & a friend, and 2 people were jumping over them. :) The one above it is of a black dog. After I brought up the idea of drawing your favorite animal or your pet ... a little girl came up to me & shared the story about how she had a black dog that died. Looks like she decided to make her heart a tribute to her pet. :) Sweet ... but definitely one of those 'oh boy why did I have to go there :( sad' moments.] I played around with different arrangements, trying to separate ones that were similar in color or in design. Then I picked out a coordinating color on which to mount them. I'm glad I decided to do this step after all. It definitely finishes off the piece. And it gave me a nice visible spot to put their names on the back. Which ... because it's a 'floating frame' you can see through. I like that the front has some anonymity; they all have a similar shape & size, but the designs make them unique. But for those that want to know whose is whose, they can still see on the back. This quote came to mind as the idea formed ... all the kids would be doing their own thing. And by itself it might be small & insignificant, but I knew if we grouped them together it would make a nice piece. The uniqueness & individuality all grouped together is what makes it beautiful & makes a statement. Originally, I wanted enough space for all of the quote: “What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.” - Mother Teresa But in the end due to the lack of space, I had to settle on the condensed version. It still means the same thing. :) [fonts I used were 'butterbrotpaper' & 'commercial script'] I mounted it on green because it is our school's color. Above is Libby's class. Libby's is 4th row, 2nd column ... she called it "rainbow tic tac toe". :) And here is the other PreK class. I turned it on the horizontal because there were so many, it worked better [again, space became an issue]. Total cost for materials comes to about $25 a piece. I know I'm biased, but I think they turned out cute. My goal was to have something that could be hung just about anywhere. I thought if I could achieve that, then it would appeal to more people increasing the chances of getting a bigger bid during the live auction! :) I could see this in a hallway, a child's room, play room, entry way, doctor's office, waiting room, etc. Regardless of where they go or how they do in the auction, they're done. The weight has been lifted. My mind is free to put creative thought towards other things. And they turned out pretty darn cute. *phew* [UPDATE: One of these was bought before the auction began for $500! The other was bought during the live auction & went for $425! Woo hoo! Way to go, little Picassos! :)]
felt and fabric memory game. We just knew we had to share it with you…
This bulletin board from All About Children childcare center incorporates two of the best things about summer - ice cream and sunglasses! It's a sweet design, created using student crafts, that's sure to be a hit. Don't forget to grab the FREE template at the bottom of this post! Ice Cream Cone Craft To duplicate the original craft, simply cut ice cream scoop shapes from white art paper, invite students to use paint daubers to color the scoop, then attach the cutout to a triangle shape cut from light brown/tan construction paper. Easy peasy! Of course, there are other ways to go about the project; Create the scoop and cone shapes using an ice cream template or coloring page. The more detailed shapes will make the cones stand out more when arranged on the bulletin board. Instead of paint daubers, have students make puffy ice cream cones. All you need is shaving cream, glue, food coloring, and sprinkles! This, of course, would lend a more authentic ice cream look! Sunglasses Craft Download the sunglasses template below and have your students use them to create their own pair of sunglasses. There are four different shapes to add a bit of variation! Also, while you can simply have your students cut sunglasses from brightly colored card stock, we think it might be fun to try to provide a unique art experience. For example; Use Crayon transfer art to create a design on the glasses, then cover with muted watercolors for a wax resist effect. Complete the project in small groups and {safely!} paint with melted crayons! The results are sure to be stunning! Summer Is Sweet In Preschool! Background: White bulletin board paper. Title: "Summer Is Sweet In Preschool!" Border: Summer themed trimmer or complimentary color/patterned border. Decoration: Fill the board with your students' crafts!
First, let me just brag about what an awesome husband I have. I got my Mother's Day present early, and I am SO excited!! Totally unexpected! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!! (imagine the sound of angels singing as you look at the picture) Ok, now on to business :) For my daughter's bedroom, I decided to make her some rag letters inspired by Jessica at Happy Together. Like most of my projects for my daughter, I wanted them to match her rag quilt I made her for Christmas. Here is what you'll need: - Fabric for front - Fabric for back (I used the same fabric for both sides) - Quilt batting - Sewing machine, scissors, pins, etc - Letter printouts for template/stencils 1. Print and cut out your letters to use as a template. I typed my own and made them all the same size & font. You could make your own using Word, Photoshop or whatever you have or you could freestyle it. Happy Together also has a pattern you can download. 2. Cut out squares of fabric and quilt batting that fit the size of your letters. 3 Make a sandwich of your fabrics and batting. The back fabric facing right side down, the batting square in the middle, and the top fabric facing right side up. 4. There's a couple ways to do this part, but what I did was pin the letter cutout on top of the square and cut all 3 layers of fabric together (shown in picture below). You could also trace your letter with a fabric pen, pin the layers together, sew on the lines, and trim at least a 1/4 inch seam allowance. 5. This is what the letters look like when they are all cut out. Pin layers together and sew at least 1/4 inch away from the edges. You can also quilt the insides, but they should be fine as-is. So... I am a very beginner sewer... this was my first attempt at sewing one of my letters. Pretty crooked, right? I am embarrassed to even post this picture, but nobody's perfect! Luckily my machine came with a walking foot and I have an incredibly patient mother who was willing to come teach me how to do it the "right" way! 6. Clip the edges (I highly recommend Fiskar's Softouch spring scissors for this part) about 1/8" apart, cutting straight into the seam allowance - but stop before you cut the seam! (Ignore my blue fabric pen marks, that's where I was sewing the first time. The second time around I made the seam allowance a little bigger) 7. Now, get your laundry together and throw your letters in! Washing & drying the letters will give them the "rag" look. Now you can display your letters or give them to your child to learn their ABC's! Linking to these parties!
