11 New Ideas from CraftGossip for Friday, 8th of November

Display problems? View this newsletter in your browser.

Mexican Wedding Cookies | Perfect for Christmastime

A recipe for Mexican Wedding Cookies (also know as snowball cookies), a buttery, melt-in-your-mouth cookie rolled in powdered sugar. Because these little snowball cookies can be made ahead well in advance, they are perfect for gift-giving during a busy holiday season. They also make wonderful additions to any tea party, shower or brunch, as they are little, dainty, and addictively …

Christmas Character Tags

The Christmas Character dies from Sugar Pea create 5 adorable character tags for the holidays. Each one fits with their Pocket Tag to create a gift card holder or a gift tag. I love how the hats and accessories can be exchanged with each other to create a large variety of cute character designs. Visit their blog and Tatiana will …

Recycled tp tubes transformed into turkeys

I haven't done a good alliteration in a long time :) Today I bring you a tutorial on how to make a turkey from a recycled tp tube perfect for decorating the Thanksgiving table with a festive napkin ring. Pop on over to the blog Super Make It for the tutorial on recycled tp tube turkeys and see what else …

Free pattern: Mini Christmas stockings with faux fur cuff

These little mini Christmas stockings are so cute with their faux fur cuffs! Use them as Christmas tree decorations or to hold small gifts of candy or cash. Caroline from Sew Can She has a free sewing pattern you can use to sew some up. Great scrapbusting project! Click below for her free pattern: Adorable Mini Christmas Stocking {free pattern …

Doily Corner Page

Enza used a large open cut Doily Corner die backed with dark pattern paper for the background of this wonderful layout. I love how she added just a bit of color behind some of the openings to add that extra pop. And the splatters she added helps take away some the starkness on the white. Leaves and flowers help frame …

Sewing tutorial: Stuffed animal Christmas stocking

Sew a stocking that kids will love by adding a stuffed animal to the front! Stephanie from Swoodson Says has a tutorial showing how, and a free stocking pattern you can use. It's especially cute made out of faux fur, but you could use any type of fabric for the stocking. So cute!! Click below for her tutorial: DIY Christmas …

Knit a Quick and Easy Ear Flap Hat

Ear flap hats are amazingly cute. I love them on little kids, but they look good on grownups, too, and they're super practical because they warm even more of you than a regular hat does. Gina Michele designed a cute little ear flap hat complete with ribbing, Garter Stitch flaps and braided tassels. It works up in no time with …

Etsy Feature - You Suck At Parking Gift

I am totally in love with these cards. They make the perfect gift for someone who is always complaining about other peoples parking. *Hint Hint Husband*. What a great stocking filler idea for this Christmas - At just $4.50 a set these will be a fun gag gift to hand out at the office. You can purchase them via Etsy …

Holiday Joy Card with a Kissing Technique

The kissing technique is a fun and easy way to add patterns to your stamped images. By touching (or kissing) two stamps together you can transfer a design from one stamp to another. It sounds hard but it's really a simple and effective technique. Kristina Werner used it to add a sweater pattern to her plain solid letter stamps for …

Free pattern: Warm winter cape

Sew a warm winter cape with this free pattern from Mood Sewciety! The long cape is timeless and elegant. The circle shape gives it a beautiful drape and swish. Armholes at the sides give freedom of movement. It takes a lot of fabric to make this full length, lined cape, but you'll have a gorgeous cape you can wear for …

Mixed Media Autumn Layout

The leaves on this amazing Autumn layout from Emma look real but they area actually inked, stamped and die cut from paper! They really help frame the focal photo image and add such a nice natural touch to her page. She's also added stitching, layers of papers, paint and more on this mixed media masterpiece. Visit the That's Life blog …

Unsubscribe - Edit your subscription

CraftGossip.com
Brisbane, Australia