11 New Ideas from CraftGossip for Tuesday, 12th of November

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DIY Painted Advent Calendar

This mid-century style advent calendar is fun and easy to paint. But the best part is it can be used and re-filled year after year with candy, small gifts, or slips of paper. You can see the tutorial here.

Family hand card great for all sorts of holidays

I spotted this fun family hand card over at the blog Cafe Mom with a punch of other cute Thanksgiving crafts. I like this idea of making an accordion card with each member of your family's hand for Christmas or Valentines Day. Let each member decorate it themselves with fun things.

Fall Leaves Shaker Card

Kat used pretty pattern papers and leaf shaped dies to create a fun Falling Leaves Shaker Card for Autumn. She's sharing directions over on her blog. Visit Kat Scrappiness to check it out. -Heather

Sewing tutorial: Little felt stockings

These little felt stockings are quick to sew up and are perfect to hold small gifts for friends and neighbors. Havalah from Sisters, What! has a tutorial showing how you can make them. Use your scraps of felt and trims to make each one unique. Click below for her tutorial: How to Sew Mini Stockings a Sewing Tutorial, by Sisters, …

Paper Craft Holiday Gift Guide

Looking to buy a gift for a crafty friend or maybe trying to think of what new crafty items you can add to your wish list this year? Scrapbooking.com has put together a Gift Guide for 2019 with the most wanted paper crafting items like foiling tools, paper organizers, work stations, die cutting machines and more. Click here to check …

A Circle of Thanksgiving Story and Activities

A Circle of Thanksgiving is sort of a story that goes with a beaded bracelet, each color representing a portion of the story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving. It explores a little bit of the history behind the holiday, which you can delve into more or less depending on the age and interest of ths kids you're working …

Etsy Feature - Dear Santa SVG files

If you are making your own Santa plate this year then you are going to love this SVG file for Santas plate that we found over on Etsy. We knew we had to feature it. You can purchase and download the file straight away in several different formats, so Happy Christmas crafting everyone. You can grab the SVG file here.

Colorful Striped Holiday Cards

Who says you can't use the trendy rainbow style on Holiday cards? Laura sure did on these beautiful striped Christmas cards. Sticking with pinks, reds and greens she added colorful stripes of cardstock on her card backgrounds and they off set her main card images perfectly. Visit the Laura Fadora blog for a closer look. -Heather

Learn How to Make Your Own Jumbo Knitting Needles

Chunky throws and knits are all the rage right now but supplies are expensive. You can save money by making your own jumbo knitting needles - and they're easy to DIY! Bring on all the chunky knits this winter. Check out the tutorial on these straight knitting needles from Dukes and Duchesses.

Tutorial: Scrap flannel trees

Down Redbud Drive used flannel to create these cozy tree decorations. There's no sewing required and they don't take much fabric. If you have flannel scraps left over from another project, you could use those to make a little forest of flannel trees. Or, if you have a flannel shirt or pair of pajama pants that have seen better days, …

Interactive Traveler's Notebook Pages

Steffi used the new The Works tool to create a couple of terrific interactive Traveler's Notebook pages. One contains a layered row of small envelopes, perfect for tucking in mementos and ephemera. The other is a pull out accordion fold in the shape of tags made from a map. Visit the We Are Memory Keepers blog for more. -Heather

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