The christmas giveaway is now closed. Welcome to the BIG Crafted Christmas Giveaway! It may only be November but with international shipping as slow as it can be I wanted to run this giveaway now so that everyone will get their goodies before Christmas. 🙂 I will be telling you a bit more about each...

October 27, 2012

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Canteen: Bandanna art app.

by Dominique

Hi friends! Those of you living down here in Australia will know all about Canteen and (hopefully) you will have bought a bandanna for bandanna day yesterday. Now for those of you international readers take a peek at the Canteen website. They are an organisation doing great things for young people with living with cancer....

How to: add lace to shorts

by Dominique

Why hello there my crafty friends! I have had these shorts for a few years now. They originally had a folded cuff on the legs but being a (cheap) stretch denim is started to warp and look horrible. So as we crafty types do I took this as an opportunity to breath new life into...

Paper wedding bouquets

by Dominique

I’m not getting married any time soon but, as a lot of you know, I just LOVE all things wedding. I think the idea of having a paper bouquet is just wonderful. They will never die and I’m sure you will not be surprised that I would encourage anyone to add a bit a a...

My latest favourites

by Dominique

Hi Crafty friends! It’s been a little while since I have shared with you all some Etsy faves so here you go. Enjoy the handmade goodness! 🙂 Skrynka so pretty! 🙂 Inkkit cannot believe I haven’t bought some of these yet! awesome right. 🙂 Red Gate Stitchery Such a genius idea! Katherine Codega LOVE these...

Drawing on fabric with Posca pens

by Dominique

Do yourself a favour and doodle on a piece of fabric with a fine Posca. It quite therapeutic and the result is beautiful. It ends up looking just like a screen printed image. I can’t wait to make earrings with this print!! Love it! 🙂 There isn’t really any steps worth sharing for this technique....

Fabric printing with Posca pens and foam letters

by Dominique

I was so impressed with the clarity of the print using this technique! Any letters you want! Any shapes you want. You can buy this foam in sheets and cut it to the shape and size that you want. Think of the possibilities! I chose the x because I thought it made a nice pattern without...

Fabric printing using Posca pens and buttons

by Dominique

By far my most favourite printing technique I have discovered so far! You all know I love good button… no surprises there but this print is just the cutest thing ever! I can’t wait to do more with this! 🙂 Again… this print is really simple to do. Step one find a flat button and...

Fabric printing using Posca pens and corrugated cardboard

by Dominique

This technique is super simple! Step 1 Wrap a piece of corrugated card around something round and firm. I am using the lid of a large Posca pen. Works perfectly. 🙂 Step 2 Apply paint to the card board. Step 3 Roll the cardboard on the fabric. It doesn’t look that pretty right now but...

Fabric printing using Posca pens and nuts

by Dominique

This was the second technique I used to print with Posca pens. Step 1 Stick nuts to a cotton spool Step 2 Colour in the nuts with a Posca Step 3 Stamp away! – Only tricky bit with this one is that by the time I coloured in all of the nuts some of the...

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