Oodles of Doodles News: Crochet Barefoot Sandal Designs, MS Word Digi Coloring Video's, Most Gifted Wrapper Contest, Sew Embellished, Polymer Clay, Felting, Ranger's Ink Palette!

Hello Fellow Doodlers!

Knowing that I love to crochet, my daughter's sister-in-law emailed me asking if I could make her some "barefoot sandals," and these past two weeks, that's just what I've been doing, which is a nice break from papercrafting for the moment. Besides it's an excuse to not only take a break from paper, but to crochet, and reason to off-load my abundance of mis-matched threads and yarn left overs just being stored in my closet. So I figured I'd show-off some of my creations that I doodled while watching some television. Such pretty feet!

    

Here I go again, duct tape! I stumbled across this awesome find and just had to share it with you too! However, these are styrofoam ring wreath's wrapped up with TIE-DYE Duct Tape and that's where you'll find the how-to scoop too!


Birds Cards (Free Digital Stamps, Digital Cutting Files and More) gets so many questions regarding how to change the color of her digi's, which she use to do in Photoshop (and knows not many of people have it) that she went out of her way to video show how-to do it in Microcsoft Word - and now, likes using this program all of the time!

SCOTCH is back with their Most Gifted Wrapper Contest and to celebrate, they are giving away a whole prize pack of Scotch goodies! To see information about the contest and how to enter click HERE.

Sew Embellished!: Artistic Little Quilts Personalized with Easy Techniques (That Patchwork Place)

This book is full of great mixed media techniques, and projects to try out. If you like eye candy little quilts, the back of the book has lots of samples to drool over. Be sure to check out Cheryl Lynch's blog for some really cool stuff. If you like making small artistic quilts to cherish (or thinking about making one), this is definitely the book for you to try the projects out and get your feet wet!

Mosaic Clay: Congo Dancer (awesome polymer clay decor that can easily be re-created). Polymer Clay; La Vida Loca Statement Necklace. Sneak-peeks-coming soon; Xtra-large Lemonade and Gummy Bears and Collier Hoppel-Poppel RisateFatate (beads that are absolute "clay" works-of-art!).

Another crazy new crafting tool is out! Simplicity Electric Hand Held Felting Machine This is the one to have if you are someone who doesn't have a big crafting area or the storage space for more machines. It's just small enough but still comfortable to hold and has 6 barbed needles-- as much as some of the bigger felting machines on the market today. Watch the video review, by Crafty Gemini, to see what is liked and not so favorable about this little machine, and for all the details on how you can enter for your chance to win one of your own. Simplicity.com has also created a discount code just for Crafty Gemini followers!  Get 15% off your entire order subtotal when shopping at Simplicity.com. At checkout enter discount code: CRAFTY15. Discount expires July 31, 2012 and is only valid on orders shipped in the U.S. This is the time to get some goodies!

LA-DE-DAH, the Home of Mojo Monthly is filled with projects from a simple gal with a passion for imagery, composition and detail. Enjoying the freedom, adventure and sanctuary of dabbling, stamping, paper art and ... just being. You'll truly enjoy your visit and will linger a while on this site of inspirations!

Learn some great ideas and uses for Ranger's Ink Palette and Water Brushes from Creative Director Tim Holtz. Get the video's material list HERE!

Christmas Countdowns at WiddlyTinks.com

There are only so many days left until Christmas, and many of us are thinking of starting holiday projects in July. Well, Autumn is coming just as quickly, if not sooner, and Digi Scrap Kits (artwork by Trina Clark) has some Autumn clip art offers at great prices, instant downloads, with easy term of use!

Stay In Touch ... and I hope you've found some inspiration to get you started on a project, or two, and reason enough to stay out of the heat!

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DZ Doodles Spring Project Ideas, Setting Flocking Powder, Glue Scrapping, Polka Dot Easter Cake, Felt Flowers & Quilt Panel, Chick Cupcakes,

Hi Doodle Followers!

We are currently in the season we call LENT. It's a time of preparing our hearts for Easter, and it's a good time to make a change in your life. As ANN VOSKAMP put it, "Lent isn't about forfeiting as much as it's about formation." This Lent season , and hopefully the days, weeks, and months following, I will be spending more time in prayer and I'd like to invite you to be part of it. Sundays on Oodles of Doodles, at least until Easter day,  I'll add a prayer post. Please feel free to leave a comment with any prayer requests you have and your praises too! :0) God bless you. IN TOUCH MINISTRIES This Week on TV.

Now that spring is here, it's great to revel in the warmer weather and the sunshine. It makes you listen to the birdsongs and feel the gentle breeze. And, of course, it makes you think about crafting. And when you think about crafting, we think about projects. And when we think about projects, we think about project ideas and inspirations.

So, with that said, I present you with my latest project finds and some of my Dizzy Designs projects inspired by all that I find enjoyable to create!

Some Elmers glue (or any similar glue brand) and 100% crochet cotton thread or even lightweight yarns and a plastic or styrofaom egg; protected with cling wrap to prevent adhesion of the yarn during molding/drying) creates this stunning egg! Get the Easter Egg Basket Pattern details for $1.99 at Amanda Lilley Designs in her Craftsy store.

Easter Chick Polymer Clay Sculpture! "All Cracked Up" is a handcrafted Premo polymer clay creation and available on Miranda Farrands Etsy! See her newest works on Miranda's Critters.






 

Although the post reads "Baseball" Screen Printing, don't be misled by all the possibilities of this post by Sabra of Sew a Straight Line on Whatever Dee Dee Wants. Details on how to create an easy screen printing set up with very little cost and some basic crafting supplies you just may already have at home; Collage Pauge Gloss - sheer cheap-o-cutain fabric from your fave-fabric store - embroidery hoop, can be found at  SCREEN PRINTING tutorial.

I am loving these Floppy Flops flip-flop slippers -- for the inner child fun of it all! What a clever idea! How cute are these??? You can purchase the pattern at Quality Handmade Gifts and Treasures.

AND add a little something more to this Easter gift with Avon's HOT DEAL FOOT WORKS LAVENDER 5-PIECE SET (#477-214) $22VALUE: 1. FW Lavender Overnight Cream, 2. FW Lavender Comfort Soak, 3. FW Lavender Clay Mask, 4. Gel Toe Seperators and, 5. NAILWEAR PRO Loving Lavender ($5Value)!!! ALL 5 ONLY 9.99 

Give an unexpected Easter "treat"!

What girl, tween, or woman doesn't love nail polish?! And here's a delightful way to package those nail colors of spring picks for an Easter egg basket treat that she'll really love  and enjoy throughout the season. A pictorial how-to of inspiration is available at eighteen25.

 

Avon's Nailwear Pro Nail Enamel and Speed Dry+Nail Enamel would make the perfect new shade (or two) to try! And nail the latest sparkle trends...or snap your fingers with crackle and pop, Mosaic Effects Top Coat and Nail Jewelry Art!

Avon's Limited-Edition Collection; Soft and Smokey - plums and greys, and Warm and Bright - woods and apricots. Purchase seperately or each 5-Piece Set is ONLY $19.95!!

PAPER BUNNY POPS CRAFT using sucker pops ... FREE printable paper bunny PDF download also included!

A CHOCOLATE EASTER BUNNY made of wood! A Skip to my Lou craft creation and Cindy even includes her free Chocolate Bunny Template ... to reduce or enlarge to any size you want! So simple yet elegant. I'm thinking of creating a 30-inch one, such as Cindy did, using a few cutout foam board pieces glued together (for firmness and strength) instead of the wood since I don't have the means to do it like she did.



CROCHET FLOWER DESIGNS are all-the-project embellishing rage and my Crochet Flower Designs will be available soon at my DIZZY DESIGNS STORE ... give me a holler to request a specific color(s) for any any of the flowers you see. Please excuse the construction mess -- I'm working on it as fast as I can!

Although Hearty Craft looks-like gibberish to some of us to try 'n read, you'll get-the-picture of some of the detailing used on this fabric embroidery stitched Easter card. If you haven't tried embroidery, it's absolutely fun! Embroidery can be used on many things as well as card stock; simply reinforce the card stock back with a lightweight interfacing before stitching, found in any fabric store.

Polka Dot Easter Cake Tutorial and want to make some supper-adorable-chick cupcakes? Just too-delicious-looking not to have as part of your Easter day festivities! And so much more!

Pleated Easter Basket. Although Cathy V. uses vintage sheets, vintage card stock and some machine stitches (or glue products) would create the same results. Cathy's photo tutorial can be found HERE.

 

Make a stencil for flocking! Using a new technique called Glue Scrapping it's a very easy way to add texture on your project with flock powder or glitter.

Have you tried flocking powder yet? Why not? Although it has one draw back, it can be messy and hard to stick down, it's fun, easy and adds a wonderful fuzzy feeling to any paper craft project. Here's a fantastic solution to that problem, set your flocking powder with your cuttlebug (or other die cut machines). Cuttlebug Setting Flocking Powder Video tutorial.

Once Dawn decided on a kids alphabet themed piece of wall art she started checking her favorite kids sites for inspiration. Her Pottery Barn inspired project didn't set her back $129 bucks but the basic idea, changing colors, and using white lettering made a more gender neutral version of her Alphabet Wall Art.

Beautiful patchwork quilt panel out of felt fabric. Plus Capungmungil Camp shows you a variety of other felt craft illustrations, flower techniques, bag designs, puppets, puzzles, and much more!

 

My Craft Channel shows the most interesting projects using, of all things, those discarded toilet paper rolls, and makes you want to start saving your rolls - even from your neighbors; and everyone laughs at me for saving stuff such as that. You could even do the same thing using paper towel rolls as well!

And here's a few more great ideas I came across surfing Pinterest!

Really Reasonable Ribbon's at Ribbon's Ramblings not only has a shout-out Design Team Call but a loopy ribbon petals card, that's gorgeous, and tutorial on how to make loopy petal ribbon flowers!