DZ Doodles Designs Freebies, Cookie Canister, Balloon Flower, Polymer Clay Letters, Feather Stamp, Mum/Mom Pop-Up Card, Hobo Bag Pattern & Tutorial, Felting Store Finds, Graduate Cookies, & Cutters,

Hello Doodles Followers,

It's May and I believe Mother Nature has given us adequate rainfall over the past several days in our area, and I can't wait for the sunshine.  Everything just looks so thick and green!

Did you know that May 5th is National Scrapbooking Day?!

In honor of National Scrapbooking Day, from April 30th thru May 6th, 2012, Paper Wishes offers a 15% off coupon on the highest priced item in your shopping cart! Just use the coupon code at checkout.

A CANISTER OF HOMEMADE COOKIES is the best gift to get any time and You Are My Fave has the treat tutorial to inspire you to create your own design!

FLOWER POWER "ANY TYPE" PARTY! Bouncy and bright! Balloons and flowers featured at Martha Stewart truly inspired Jillee of One Good Thing ... well she'll explain her inspirational excitement and short tutorial!

You'll find everything for your "felting needs" at the AMERICAN FELT and CRAFT Store! Wool Blend Felt - 100% Wool Felt - Bamboo Felt and for a lot of coordinating colors select a Color Collections pack for when you don't know exactly what you're looking for! There's Needle Felting and Other Fabrics such as Clear Crafting Vinyl and Muslin by-the-yard!

Have a graduation coming up? Kindergarten? Grad School? Beauty School? Trade School? Carla from the Party Planning Center made these adorable owl gift bag print ables, which you can download for FREE! And to go with those bright and fun and easy-to-assemble bags, Abbey Greenawalt made graduation cookies and is giving away the diploma and graduation cap cookie cutters to FIVE winners. Find the details for the cookies and the giveaway at The Decorated Cookie.

A kicky purse with a nautical-inspired style!  A pair of red buttons for a front closure look like sailor pants, and grommets on the straps are reminiscent of sail hardware. Kat from Just Crafty Enough shows you how to create a hobo bag using her FREE PDF Pattern, including supplies list, and photo tutorial.

Give mum/mom (any way you say it) a pop-up surprise card on Mother's Day! Dominique Norris of Crafted shows you how to make a simple pop-up card, for mum/mom, that can actually be used any time of the year by writing any text in the pop-up section. Dom's photo tutorial will guide you through each step and is something you should print out; you only need to print pages 1-3 for your files.

'Scaly' Polymer Clay Letters! Polymer clay, fish scale pattern; using lots and lots of circles. Amy of This HeArt of Mine has a photo tutorial that will take you through her creative process and inspire you too, to want to play with polymer clay! Also visit Polymer Clay Centrals April Entries Challenge for some crafty-clay inspirations!

Simple enough looking card, right?! See how this feather image was created at Lemmemakeit. AND use the Freebie DZ Doodles Designs THANK YOU image with your own feather created project! For your files, you need only print out pages 1-3 of the step-by-step photo tutorial. Now get busy looking for a feather to use!

This image is a freebie for a limited time ONLY : Thank You Bunch. DO NOT ADD THIS IMAGE to your post; making it accessible on your post and state it is a freebie from DZ Doodles; you are permitted to create a project using this image and if you'd like to, linking it to this post ONLY. Please, images are offered as freebies, do not pass images out to family, friends, acquaintances, and the likes. Instead send them to this post link on Oodles of Doodles to acquire their own image ... thank you.

Keep checking back ... more freebie images added throughout the month!

NEEDLE 'N THREAD - Reasons to do a little embroidery work on your cards, scarp pages and projects.

COUCHING Video will show you an easy embroidery stitch that's a great way to create decorative line stitches that scroll and twirl about.

Stitch Play: Couching - Beyond the Straight Stitch tutorial. Some different takes when couching one thread, multiple threads at a time, a beautiful ribbon, or even metal threads.

100 Stitches from Big B - Spanish Knotted Feather Stitch tutorial.

Chain Stitch tutorial from Little Lovelies.

If your're looking for a way to add a bit of texture and sparkle to your cardmaking, scrapbooking, and other craft projects, how about a bit of hand embroidery such as the Beaded Palestrina Stitch - there are many hand embroidery stitches that can be used in conjunction with beads, to create texture lines or fillings. One of Mary Corbet's of Needles 'n Thread favorites is the Palestrine stitch.

DOLLAR STORE CUPCAKE STAND ... Bethany of Pitter and Glink shares with you how she made some Dollar Tree Store finds; glass taper candleholder and 6-inch pillar candle plate into a cupcake-for-one stand!

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DZ Doodles Freebie Image, Silver Platter Display Boards, Wax Paper Technique, Antiqued Acid Mirror, Washi Tape, Flowering Watermelon Garden, and more!

Hi Doodles Followers!

Moms, Dads, and Grads! Unlike the winter holiday season, May and June can catch even the most thoughtful gift giver off guard. Suddenly, there's a flurry of people to shop for -- all the moms, dads, and graduates in your life. Whether it's a scrapbook filled with momento's for a mother or a handmade card for a grad, the items on this post have all the markings for a perfect gift: personal, useful, and tough to outdo next year!

CREATE TO REMEMBER. Collage effect video by Heidi Swapp showing a unique candle wax techneque fo a notebook and chip board binder scrapbook or art journal ... great graduation, Mother's/Father's Day gift! A project to take you outside your box-of-creating!

SILVER PLATTER DISPLAY BOARDS. My Craft Channel's video by Teresa Collins shares her love of home decor to show how to create your own Magnetic Display Board by repurposing silver platters found in your home, your local Dollar Store, or garage sales and even Goodwill's. In addition, there's other wonderful Teresa Collins video ideas listed to view as well!

Cutting has to be theraputic in creating this project and what a beautiful Mother's Day gift idea -- even if mom isn't a tea-sipper! Vicki Chrisman, a Nebraska native too, tells what she did and used to create this stamped mixed media piece at The Art That Makes Me Happy. Something any mother would enjoy seeing as a decor piece! :0)

Below is the stamp set used for this project!

Gina K's Cuttlebugged Wax Paper video shows you how-to-technique to create a background paper that is subtle and unique. Click on the Related YouTube Video Logo along side the video you're viewing for another Cuttlebug Wax Paper technique idea!

Antiqued Acid Mirror - Have you seen the acid mirror projects around the internet?! Several blogs have tutorials and features, but find that Amy took her acid mirror look even further and dressed it up with typography! See her photo-how-to procedure at The Idea Room.

WASHI TAPE - It may not be super-duper high quality but Morgan's idea to make your own washi tape for all kinds of projects is simply a great idea. Follow her tutorial at Momma Blinks and Bubble. Morgan also shows you a great way to 'store' your tape creation too!

Flowering Watermelon Garden - You've got to bookmark this food idea for your next party, or any summer event, family get-together, and the list goes on; fruit on a stick is much easier to eat on a stick and a nice alternative for fruit that is drippy! Flowering Watermelon Garden tutorial (and don't forget to make a print-out of this idea). Makes you want to plan a party right now!!!!

 

These two images are freebies for a limited time ONLY and available ONLY via email-request: dzdoodles_freebieimage@hotmail.com (I don't use the Outlook mailing program so please copy/paste my email address in your email to me) for a limited amount of request's ... first come, first serve basis. Within 24 hours you will receive an image in your email without the watermark - if you don't receive the image, freebie limited availability has been filled and the image is now available for purchase in my Dizzy Designs Store under digital stamps tab. DO NOT ADD THIS IMAGE to your post; making it accessable on your post and state it is a freebie from DZ Doodles; you are permitted to create a project using this image and linking it to this post ONLY. Please, images are offered as freebies, do not pass images out to family, friends, acquaintenaces, and the likes. Instead send them to this post link on Oodles of Doodles to acquire their own image ... thank you.

Melly and Me patterns -- Get "sew-y" this summer with these adoreable sewing project finds; here's just a few that I find interesting and there's more where these came from!

Shelly's Buttons and More is the place to find a large assortment of buttons including a variety of novelty buttons ... serving retail and wholesale customers worldwide! Visit Shelly's Buttons and More blog too!