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Sunday, July 30, 2006
Daisie Company Digital Scrapbooking Free Bee
Nice weekly freebies - sometimes page kits, sometimes graphics.
Added to Scrapbooking
Categories: Scrapbooking
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Bead and Buttons Bracelet
Great
beginner seed bead project - easy to customize the colors to match an
outfit. Added to Jewelry
Making and Beading.
Categories: Beading and Jewelry-making
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Wedding Balloon Decorations
Considering a balloon arch or other balloon ideas for your wedding?
Here's some ideas and tips. Added to
Wedding Crafts.
Categories: Wedding Crafts
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Friday, July 28, 2006
Printable Pirate Coloring Pages
Avast ye little landlubbers! Keep them happy with these
pirate coloring pages. Added to
Kids Crafts
Categories: Kids Crafts
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Bandana Halter Top
A simple
summer top that seems to be popular this year. The directions are in
pdf format. Added to Sewing
Categories: Sewing
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Monopoly Money Belt
I haven't seen this one before - a trend in the making,
a belt made of Monopoly game money. Added to
Sewing.
Categories: Sewing
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
All About the Boy Applique Quilt
Stitch up
a special quilt customized to your favorite little boy. Added to
Quilting.
Categories: Quilting
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Crackled Souvenir Box
Use your favorite rubber stamps to create
a box to hold vacation memories. Added to
Rubber Stamping.
Categories: Stamping
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Sunday, July 23, 2006
Packaged Candy Sleigh
Here's
a Christmas party favor made from candy canes and packaged treats. Added
to Christmas Crafts.
Categories: Christmas Crafts
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Print and Fold a Paddle Steamer
You may have to explain what it is to the kids, but it is
a fun craft to make. Added to
Computer Crafts.
Categories: Computer Crafts
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Herb Garden Window Box
Pretty soon, I'll want to bring my herbs indoors. This
window box will help. Added to
Woodworking.
Categories: Woodworking
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Saturday, July 22, 2006
AllCrafts.net Crafts Crossword - Digital Photography Crossword
Digital Photography Crossword Have you gotten the hang of your digital
camera? Try our
crafts crossword puzzle.
Categories: Crafts Crosswords, Needlework
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New Projects in Painting and Drawing
Drawing and Painting is all-new! Here's some of the free projects added:
How to Make a Pen and Ink
Drawing from Stills Draw and Color with Uncle Fred Face Proportions
Face Shapes Drawing with Watercolor Pencils Sketchbooks from the Archive
of American Art Drawing a Barn - Renaissance Perspective Color
Pencil Challenge Lessons Draw Online Blind Contour Drawing
Cartoonster Animation Tutorial How to Draw a Cartoon Character
Action Figure Flipbook Colored Pencil Portrait Drawing Paper Types
Contour Drawing Drawing Portraits in Charcoal Colored Pencils on Black
Paper Drawing Ships How to Draw Star Wars Learn to Draw NeoPets
Draw Egyptian Art Drawing 101 Drawing Life Portraits Draw Animated
Characters Draw a Realistic Horse Draw Sagwa and Friends
Escher's Eye Pencil Exercise How to Draw Hands How to Draw Feet
Beginning Decorative Painting Watercolor Crayon Resist Elegant Glass
Painted Flutes Wooden Cocktails Tray Faux Mosaic Frame Vineyard
Wall Hanging Cowboy House Number Patriotic Flag Tray Faux
Finishing Tips SantaScape Pansy Planter Angelic Bunny Pin
Gingerbread Boy Lamp pdf Watercolor Sunflower Bunny Pin Basic
Brush Strokes One Stroke Rose Tutorial Folk Art Sheep Chair One
Stroke Wedding Scrapbook Page Everything's Coming Up Roses Tray
Checkerboard Bowl Flower Garden Serving Set Painting Carpet
Block Snowman Violet Bouquet Goblet & Plate Watercolor Gerber
Daisies Pillow Wooden Christmas Ornaments Elegant Painted Box with
Tassel How To Glass Paint How To Watercolor BBQ Apron Grill
Master T-Shirt Clay Pot Pokes Basic Brush Strokes Tutorial
Shamrock Candy Dish Ho Ho Ho Holiday Shelf Hopscotch Mat
Painting Cutlery Faux Moorcroft Pottery Painting Carpet Moose
Crossing Toy Chest Yard & Garden Stakes Pumpkin Votive Holder
Painting Videos One Stroke Eggs Patriotic Birdhouse One Stroke Holly
Days Box Pumpkin Pinata Halloween Candy Box Haunted Birdhouses
Cat Doorstop Bushel Buddy Painted Wood Pumpkin 1870 Milk Paint Formula
Daisy Penholder FolkArt Paint Colors Charts Painted Bibs Homemade
Chalkboard Paint Painted Dunking for Apples Corner Hanger Santa
Wooden Letter Bookends Harvest Stool Waving Santa Melting
Wooden Snowman Painted Turkey Jar Gingerbread Birdhouse Painted
Leprechaun Wreath Painted Easter Egg Express "Snowflakes for Sale"
One Stroke Baby Box Americana Painted Bench Painted Name Sign Yellow
Duckie Container Patriotic Christmas Ornaments Retro Patio Set
Simple Seed Apron Red, White and Blue Birdhouse Americana Step
Stool Faux Metal Fireplace Screen Paint Your Mailbox Beginner
China Painting Decorative Leaf Pins Painted Poppy Cupboard
Painted Placemats and Box Painted Cowboy Boots Painted Springtime
BasketLilac Wedding Set Cherries Kitchen Set Flower Vase Favors &
Place Cards Iridescent Swirl Vase Big Daisy Garden Sign Retro
Beach Welcome Sign Spring Bunny Hangers The Stockings were Hung...
Tin Pumpkin Frayed Flag on a Brick Varnishing Guide Kitchen Herb Pots
Barnyard Birdhouse Fish Mobile Chubby Snowman Stool Candy Corn
Critters Butterfly Tiles Painted Dog Dish & Placemat Fish
Painted Child's Chair Stenciled Baby Shirts & Bibs Blueberry
Tray Aged Blue Shelves Painted Margarita Glass Fall Leaves Crate
Christmas Cookie Jar Stenciled Xmas Centerpiece Stenciled Canisters
Chalkboard Mug Painted Floral Lampshade Vegetable Lazy Susan
One Stroke Baby Announcement Red Hat Bowl Christmas Gourds
Share your most beloved moments through gifts from the
Kodak EasyShare Gallery store
Categories: Newsletter, Painting
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AllCrafts.net Arts & Crafts Book Review - Kathy Ross Crafts
Kathy Ross Crafts
Letter Shapes
Letter Sounds
Numbers
Triangles, Rectangles, Circles and Squares
Here's a delightful series of
arts and crafts books to teach or reinforce letters, numbers, and shapes
with your children. Kathy Ross is one of my favorite kids crafts
authors, because the projects are age-appropriate and use common items.
Most of the projects encourage further play and exploration, too. Best
of all, they're always a hit with the kids!
Letter Sounds contains 29
different projects. Every letter is represented - from "Activity on an
Anthill" to "Zipper-Bag Zoo Book." The last 3 projects use the entire
alphabet. The final project uses and Altoids mint tin, a magnetic strip,
construction paper and a hole punch to make a take-along letter builder
in a box. Great for car trips and waiting rooms. Some of my other
favorites inclued "Pear Print Penguins," "High-House Hat," and " Under
an Umbrella."
Letter Shapes continues the
theme - from Airplane A to Zinnia Z, with a few extra alphabet projects
at the end. Each project is based on a pre-cut letter. If you're working
with a group, they suggest using a die-cut machine. Most of the projects
also include other words and images from that letter, which may give you
more ideas to build on and talk about while making the project.
Numbers starts with a project
for the numbers 1-10, but has several projects incorporating numbers -
calendar markers, playing card counters, clock, cell phone, and more. I
liked the "Bathtub Boat and Two of each Crayon Animals," which uses up
the old crayons in the bin. "Seven-Day Story" also teaches the days of
the week and encourages story-telling. "Gift-Bag House" helps kids learn
their house numbers.
In Triangles, Rectangles,
Circles, and Squares, each project focuses on one type of shape, and
there are a five projects for each shape. Most are paper-crafts, with
construction paper and glue. Each then uses one or two unique items from
wiggle eyes to buttons. "Hairy Squarey" used an empty small pudding box
as a decorated planter that grows grass seed. In triangles, we make a
triangle handbell, triangle page markers and more. The square decorated
post-it pad is a cute gift, too.
This series is great for those
who need an introduction to letters, numbers and shapes, and those who
could use a reinforcement. Beginning readers will also take to these
creative projects and go far with them.
Zoobooks - The #1 Kids Magazine about Animals!
Turn a youngster's love of animals into a love of reading!
Every monthly issue contains eye-popping color illustrations, diagrams
and photos - and there's no advertising to get in the way.
Categories: Crafts Book Reviews, Kids Crafts, Newsletter
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From Wendy at AlllCrafts.net
Hello Crafters!
Welcome to our new
subscribers. Did you know AllCrafts has 27 crafts categories full of
ideas and projects? Plus many more pages of extras.
See the whole website here.
AllCrafts.net News
We haven't visited Painting
and Drawing lately. Now is a good time to work in a well-ventilated
area. Enjoy the many new projects and ideas!
See it here
Create Your Own
Online Diary or Journal.
As easily as exchanging e-mail with friends, writing a private note, or
uploading a photo,
OurStory helps capture the memories and moments from life's journey in a
permanent, secure online archive that you share with the people who
matter in your life. Each detail is organized by date, place and topic
on your personalized timeline... letting you add chapters, see the
whole picture, and easily find whatever you're looking for.
OurStory can also be used as an online journal, diary, blog or scrapbook.
Try it for FREE.
Categories: Newsletter
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Thursday, July 20, 2006
Plastic Canvas Calendar Pattern
Clever idea to make a
plastic canvas perpetual calendar. Added to
Plastic Canvas.
Categories: Plastic Canvas
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Pompom Elastic Bracelet
An e
asy kids craft for the tweens that comes out very nice. Added to
Kids Crafts.
Categories: Kids Crafts
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Fancy Ribbon Corners
I love ribbon on scrapbook pages, and here's an easy way to
add a fancy ribbon effect to your pages. Added to
Scrapbooking.
Categories: Scrapbooking
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Saturday, July 15, 2006
Bridal Shower Games
Lots of
bridal shower games listed here. Added to Wedding Crafts.
Categories: Wedding Crafts
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Thursday, July 13, 2006
Apache Tears Afghan Pattern
Nice afghan
pattern with alternating stripes. The stitch is pretty enough to
make it in a solid color, too. Added to
Crochet patterns.
Categories: Knitting and Crochet
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Perfume Making
Here's
the basics of perfume making. The process is not complex, but the end
result can be wonderful. Added to
Soap-Making
Categories: Soapmaking
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Monday, July 10, 2006
Pearls and Pebbles Necklace
Chunky beads and pearls combine to create
an elegant necklace, in pdf format. Added to
Jewelry-making.
Categories: Beading and Jewelry-making
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Watermelon Wreath
Celebrate summer with this
watermelon wreath for your front door. Added to
Floral Crafts.
Categories: Floral Crafts
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Solo Cup Doll Lamp
Novel idea to create a
doll-shaped nightlight. Added to
Doll-Making
Categories: Doll-Making
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Sunday, July 09, 2006
Paper Pieced Toucan Quilt Block
In pdf format, a 6 inch by 8 inch
Toucan bird block. Perfect for a rainforest quilt. Added to
Quilting.
Categories: Quilting
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Rootin Tooting Cowboy Cross-stitch
A quick design to stitch
on anything for a baby boy, in pdf. Added to
Needlework and Baby Crafts.
Categories: Baby Crafts, Needlework
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Thursday, July 06, 2006
AllCrafts.net Crossword Puzzle - Barbie Doll Trivia
Barbie Doll Trivia Crossword We know you like to make things for
her, but how well do you know her? Try our
crafts crossword puzzle.
Categories: Crafts Crosswords, Newsletter
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Nature Crafts is updated
Nature Crafts is all-new! Here's some of the free projects added:
Wildcrafting & Nature Crafts
Wood and Twig Tray
Natural Wood Dyes
Painted Nature Shrine
Natural Kaleidoscopes
Fall Floral Wreath
Botanical Table Decor
Decorative Natural Balls
Cheerios Bird Feeder
Birdhouse Birdfeeder
Kitchen Windowsill Potpourri
Twig Coasters
Black Walnut Dye
Spanish Moss Wreath
Dried Apple & Nut Garland
How to Make a Grapevine Wreath
Homemade Plantable Paper
Easy Potpourri Pie Craft
Cinnamon-Apple Wreath
Pine Cone projects
Hanging Apple Potpourri
Natural Wreaths
Basket of Lights
What Tree is It?
Forced Flowering Branches
Rose Petal or Pine Cone Napkin Rings
Change the Coloring of Cut Flowers
Plant Dyes
Kids Nature Crafts
Scented Rocks
Twig Easel Craft
Easy Kids Nature Crafts
Make an Ant Farm
Sticks & Leaves Insects
Twig Vase
Potpourri Pinecones
Pine Cone Birdfeeder
Sand Art
Crystal Rock Garden
Backyard Weather Station
Bird Feeding Station
Nature Art Project
Rock Necklace
Sand Dough
Cooking with the Sun
Constellation in a Canister
Ocean in a Bottle
Homemade Weathervane
How to Whistle an Acorn
DIY Bug Box
Pressed Flowers Crafts & Preserving Flowers
Pressed Flowers Database
Pressed Flowers Candles
Decorated Kitchen Set
Cedar Shingle Flower Art
Pressed Flower Switchplate
Pressing Flowers with Waxed Paper
Framing Pressed Flowers
Pressed Flower Clock
Flower Pounding
How to Air-dry Flowers
Glowing Flowers
Microwave Dried Flowers
Lavender Wands
Pressed Flower Lamp
Pressed Posies Album
Pressed Flower Placemats
Leaf Pictures
Gourd Crafts
Gourd Birdhouse
Gourd Butterfly House
Rotary Power Tool Carving Gourds
Mini Gourd Easter Baskets pdf
Make Painted Gourds
Growing & Curing Gourds
Gourd Carving & Inlay
Make a Gourd Drum
How to Cut Gourds
Transfer Design to Gourds
Snake Gourd Rainstick
Paper Bag Gourd Lining
Make a Gourd Lamp
Gourd Paper
Embossed Gourd Jewelry
Colored Pencils on Gourds
Gourd Candleholder
Gourd Lid Stopper
Carved & Pyroengraved Gourd Tutorial
Wood-burned Gourd Easter Basket
Pyroengraving on Gourds
Gourd Purses
Gourd Cat
Pine Needle Rim Tutorial
Gourd Identification Chart
Seashell and Sand Crafts
Seaside Mail Organizer
Fishbowl Sea Candle
Seascape Gel Candle
Clam Shell Change Holder
Sand Dollar Plant Markers
Shell Herb Garden
Driftwood Door Handle
Seashell Wind Chime
Shell Mirror
Categories: Nature Crafts, Newsletter
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Fiskars ScrapBoss Starter Set & Stencil Sets Review
Fiskars ScrapBoss Starter Set & Stencil Sets
Embossing, Stenciling, and Cutting System
Fiskars, well-known for their scissors and paper
punches, makes a great system for embossing, stenciling and cutting.
It's super for scrapbooking and cardmaking. Everything in these sets
works together. I have several of the sets, and thought you might be
interested in this versatile system.
The first piece that you need
is the
Scrapboss. Measuring 12 inches by 12 inches, it's big enough for full-size
scrapbook pages. Templates are fastened to it by repositionable pegs.
Underneath, there's a storage tray to store templates and paper. It
comes with 2 styluses, some stencils, and a project book. The Scrapboss
can use any stencils and templates that Fiskars makes.
There's a smaller cousin, the
Shapeboss.
> It fits stencils and templates that are 9 inches by 11 inches and smaller.
It comes with a stylus and some stencils. It does not have the storage
tray. For the smallest sizes, try the
Cardboss
> or
Mini ShapeBoss Set
> The stencils listed on those pages both work on the Scrapboss and Shapeboss.
Embossing and Stenciling
Embossing and stenciling are
very easy with this system. The laser-cut stencils come in two parts.
First you lay the bottom piece on the Scrapboss, then the top piece. The
top piece has grid lines and is marked, "top." Next I usually put a
couple pegs in the corners to hold it securely in place. I position the
paper, cardstock, or thin metal in between the two pieces and, start
embossing. The styluses comes with different size tips. Smaller tips are
better for detailed areas, while large areas can be finished quickly
with the bigger tips.
The stencils come in a large
variety, from abstract lines and letters, good for lots of pages, to
holiday and baby themes. If you click on the small pictures on
this page and
this page, you can see the details of each one.
Sometimes I emboss right on a
12x12" scrapbook page and create borders and frames. I also make
embellishments by embossing smaller pieces or copper pieces. I usually
emboss before cutting them out. It's easier.
Another set that I use alot to
make photo mats and embellishments for scrapbooking and cards are the
Texture Plates
>. They're made of hard plastic with holes at the top for the pegs. Each is
two-sided, with a different texture on each side. The assortment pack is
a great value and contains 6 double sided plates (12 designs) including
hearts/ stars, lines/waves, bubbles/dots, squares/fabric, stones/bricks
and wood/leaves.
I use the Texture Plates with
the
Shape Templates that I'll talk about later to create my own textured
die-cuts. For example, I put the heart shape template on the Scrapboss
with a hearts texture plate beneath it. I slide my paper in-between. I
emboss inside the heart shape, creating a hearts texture. Then I cut out
the heart shape. It's very cute! I also like to create titles this way,
using the
letter and number shape templates and the other texture plates.
Cutting
The Fiskars templates for
cutting are designed for the
ShapeCutter
>. It's a very safe and accurate way to cut out clean shapes and letters. The
cutting mat and shape templates fit the Scrapboss or Shapeboss and have
holes to secure them with the pegs. Using the ShapeCutter is very
simple. Hold the base of the ShapeCutter inside the template and follow
around the edge. To cut a freehand design, I just look down at the blade
and follow my traced line. The blade is adjusted by a knob on top for
different paper thicknesses.
The ShapeTemplates are sturdy
plastic with grid lines, and can be stored in a binder. They have
several shapes on each one, and some have border designs along the
sides. They come in
many varieties
> and
letters and numbers.
> There's also a set of
Super Size ShapeTemplates
>. On these, you can use the inside and outside of each shape, That's great
for cropping a photo and creating a matching shape mat.
Overall, I use the Scrapboss
alot in my paper-crafting. It's very versatile, and I can create many
different looks, cards, and layouts.
Categories: Crafts Book Reviews, Newsletter, Paper Crafts, Scrapbooking
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Sunday, July 02, 2006
Faux Metal Fireplace Screen
Make a
faux fireplace screen to paint or stencil. Added to
Drawing and Painting
Categories: Painting
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Easter Bunny Block
Strip piece the background and applique the bunny in this cute
block or wall-hanging. Added to Quilting
and Easter Crafts
Categories: Easter Crafts, Quilting
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No-Sew Bunny Ear Blanket
Two layers of fleece and creative cutting make a
cute baby blanket. Added to Baby
Crafts
Categories: Baby Crafts
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