Archive | March, 2010

National Craft Month- Out With a Bang

31. March 2010

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National Craft Month- Out With a Bang

Or a least a giveaway! You didn’t think we’d finish off National Craft Month so quietly, did you?? Well, we’ve got one last giveaway up our sleeve…and it’s a doozy! This prize pack has a “paper crafting” theme- including paper, stickers, photo frames, cardstock, Glaze pens, ribbons, an eyelet setter & eyelets, adhesives, chipboard letters, [...]

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Spring Home Decor:Hanging Beaded Eggs Tutorial 3 of 3

31. March 2010

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This is the third and final tutorial on decorating with beaded eggs.  The first tutorial gave instructions on how to dye and blow the eggs and the second on how to wrap strands of beads around the eggs.  This final tutorial is an add-on to the second tutorial.  Follow the detailed step-by-step instructions in Tutorial [...]

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Spring Home Decor: Beaded Eggs Tutorial 2 of 3

30. March 2010

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I love the look of dyed eggs and I especially love the feel of blown eggs.  Blown eggs are so delicate, fragile, but perfect in shape and contour.  Eggs truly represent the bountiful gifts of Mother Nature.  Of course, eggs can be eaten and their shells can be used for compost.  But decorating with eggs [...]

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Spring Home Decor: Beaded Eggs Tutorial 1 of 3

29. March 2010

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Spring Home Decor: Beaded Eggs Tutorial 1 of 3

Springtime is a wonderful time to decorate your home.  I love to decorate my home with natural elements and spring is no exception.  Actually, as the outdoors starts to become alive with new growth it seems even more fitting to have “green” décor in your home.  With the arrival of spring, the coming of Easter, [...]

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Ask Jenny: Who is Sarah Forhan?

26. March 2010

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Ask Jenny: Who is Sarah Forhan?

Our newest designer for Crafts Unleashed! Last winter when I was at CHA, I had the good fortune to meet Sarah Forhan and Sandy Sandler at the Darice booth, where they were demonstrating the “Bowdabra” products. I was immediately impressed with Sarah and her mad crafting skills, and then even more so when I check [...]

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Project: Beaded Hat Pin Embellishment

25. March 2010

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Project: Beaded Hat Pin Embellishment

This is a great little beaded embellishment to dress up a paper-crafted card!  Design any card your heart desires or get some inexpensive notecards from the dollar store) , and include a ribbon wrapped around the card, with a bow tied on the front – and slip your beaded hat pin through the ribbon for [...]

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Kids’ Project – Easter Egg Card

24. March 2010

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Kids’ Project – Easter Egg Card

Create simple, fun Easter (or Spring) greeting cards with your kids.

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Paper craft: Easter Banner

23. March 2010

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Paper craft: Easter Banner

If you’ve been online or reading magazines, you probably have noticed the trend of making banners to decorate or celebrate. I’ve “hopped” on the bandwagon for Easter (har, har!) and whipped up this simple but stunning decoration. However, this would be just as cute if it said “Spring” or “Celebrate.” I used: Black Magic Core-dinations [...]

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“Happy Spring” Handmade Greeting Card

22. March 2010

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“Happy Spring” Handmade Greeting Card

Spring is right around the corner so I decided it was time to make a card to celebrate!  The snow is quickly melting here in Wisconsin and we are actually starting to see the edge of our grass so the thaw has begun!  So why not make a card to brighten the day of a [...]

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Ask Jenny: Grab a Button! Be a Fan!

19. March 2010

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Ask Jenny: Grab a Button! Be a Fan!

So, this isn’t so much of an “Ask Jenny” columns as it is a “word about news and cool stuff from you editor” column. Did you happen to notice that “I {heart} Crafts Unleased” logo on our right hand side-bar? Well, it’s for YOU! If you have a blog or website, you can copy & [...]

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