Dreaming in Craft *Giveaway Winner!*

I love giveaways, don't you? I will be announcing the winner of the Camp Indie class spot later today, but for now- Want to know who won this AWESOME Zipper Pouch from Dreaming in Craft??

Congrats to Stark Raving Shannon, You won!! I will pass your email on to Marci so that she can send you your prize!! : )

For those of you that didn't win, Be sure to check out the Dreaming in Craft etsy shop- Marci has a few of these awesome zipper pouches there and some other cute goodies too!

There's Still Time to Sponsor Punk Projects for July!

Hey guys, There's still time to sposnor spot me for July.. Punk Projects gets around 14,000 hits a month so you don't want to miss out!

The money I raise from sponsors goes towards helping me ride my bicycle from Maine to Florida later this year- We've set up a blog so that you can keep up with us as we go on this adventure!

(Less than 2 months until we leave!!!)

I have 2 different ad sizes available- Large and Small!

Large ad spaces are $10 and are175 x 175 pixels.

I will do a feature post at the beginning of the month introducing my large sponsors, and you will also get the option of doing a guest post and a giveaway!

The larger ads will be loated on my sidebar, under my blog button and design team button.

Small ad spaces are $5 and are 175 x 70 pixels.

At the beginning of the month I will do a post featuring all of my small sponsors. You will also have the option of doing a guest post and a giveaway!

The smaller ads will be located directly under the larger ads.

To purchase a Sponsor Spot:

LARGE Sponsor Spot for $10

SMALL Sponsor Spot for $5

xo, Katie
p.s. be sure to check out my June sponsors! They are all amazing!!

Cute Photoshop Frame

Lindsay from LDC designs posted this lovely Frame Freebie on her blog recently.

I downloaded it and used it on a picture from our recent trip to colorado...

If you have photoshop, go download this cute frame!

I Heart Flowers

I love this mini album I got to make as part of the DtsArt design team I'm on. Every page has another petal, it's so adorable!

Going with the flower theme of the album, I went outside and took some pretty pictures of our flower garden and I took a picture of one of our gnomes. (I think gnomes are so cute- Maybe I will do a "Gnome Inspiration" post soon, how does that sound??)

Be sure to hop over to the DtsArt shop or blog and check out the SVG files!

make it monday

Good morning you guys,

I haven't made a whole lot of projects lately because I've been slowly packing my craft studio (Getting ready for our cycling trip), but that doesnt stop me from looking through pretty tutorials on the web..

Make these fun Felt Citrus Coasters with this tutorial.

Get the DIY for this beautiful Flower Scrapbook Embellishment!

Want to make a cute Leather Wrapped Ring? Get the tutorial!

Try sewing up this fun Luggage Tag using this tutorial.

Since I do a make it monday post every week, I'm always on the look out for fun & new tutorials-If you've posted a neat tutorial on your blog and want it to be featured, feel free to email me a link!

Scrapbook Summer- cutting up Mosaics as embellisments

I know yesterday I showed you how to use a page from a mosaic coloring page as a background/photo mat. But why not try cutting them up and using them as embellishments?

Supplies:

Mosaic Coloring Book

Markers/Colored Pencils

Scissors

1. Color sections of your mosaics.

2. Cut them out.

3. Use them to embellish you layout! I used some at the top of my photo as a border and a few around my picture and title.

Scrapbook Summer- Using Mosaic Coloring pages

Good Morning, I hope you guys are enjoying my new blog feature Scrapbook Summer! I had alot of fun coming up with these posts.. :)

Here's a fun new technique I came up with- You know those coloring books that are like mosaics? Try using them on your layouts!

Supplies:

Mosaic Coloring Book

Colored Pencils/markers/etc

1. Color your mosaic. You don't have to color it all- I think leaving it black and white looks really neat too.

2. Place it on your layout! I used it to go behind my picture and embellishments so that they stand out more.

Camp Indie Summer Craft Class Reminder!

Good Morning, I just wanted to remind you guys about our online craft class Camp Indie!

-Camp Indie runs July 5th through July 30th with over 20 projects, and daily postings. Each of the projects works with a great variety of art mediums including:

Plastic Melting and Fusing

Sewing

Painting

Altering

Crocheting

Jewelry-making

Paper-crafting

All of the projects made in this class will be using nearly all recycled materials, continuing with the theme of reusing, reducing and repurposing objects that normally end up in a landfill. Camp Indie is hosted on a private blog, only open to students!

-Camp Indie Project List-

1. Vintage Novel Art Journal

2. Owl Water Bottle Cozies

3. Upcycled Compact Pin Cushion

4. ATC's

5. Recycled Map Art

6. Tree Cozy

7. Cassette Tape Mini Notebook

8. Vintage Figure Mobile

9. Reusing Paper Scrap Techniques

10. Vinyl Records Side Table

11. Interchangeable Mustaches Coffee Cup

12. Upcycled Sewing Pattern Shoes

13. Fabric Postcards

14. Recycled Bicycle Gear Jewelry

15. Recycling Softies/Plushies

16.Recycled Spool Stamps

17. Coffee Tin Planter

18. Revamped Miniature Animal Key Chain

19. Gift Card Accordion Mini Album

20. Plastic Fused Canvas + Painting a Greener World

Registration is open now!!! The class is $25.00

Click here to purchase YOUR SPOT in the class
(Enter to win a spot in the class- visit this post.)

Also-bloggers and etsy extraordinaries, WANT FREE ADVERTISING FOR YOUR BLOG? If you register for Camp Indie before June 20th, and advertise Camp Indie on your blog, you can have a free ad spot on the Camp Indie blog! Email us for details

Cute Fleet of Paper Planes

These guys are flying up above the couch in our craft studio.

p.s. (Do you like my painting shirt? It is well used. lol )

Win a *CUTE* Zipper Pouch from Dreaming in Craft!!

 Hi!  I'm Marci from Dreaming in Craft and It's Always Something.  Since I'm sponsoring Katie's awesome blog again this month I have another fun giveaway for you!

This month I am giving away a button cherry felt zipper pouch.  This felt pouch is part of a new line of products I have available at my shop.

What do you think?  

It's really easy to enter.  All you have to do is comment on this post with your name and email address!
(You have until June 29th to enter!!)

sponsor punk projects

Hi you guys! I am now accepting sposnor spots for July, Punk Projects gets around 14,000 hits a month so you don't want to miss out!

The money I raise from sponsors goes towards helping me ride my bicycle from Maine to Florida later this year- We've set up a blog so that you can keep up with us as we go on this adventure!

I have 2 different ad sizes available- Large and Small!

Large ad spaces are $10 and are175 x 175 pixels.

I will do a feature post at the beginning of the month introducing my large sponsors, and you will also get the option of doing a guest post and a giveaway!

The larger ads will be loated on my sidebar, under my blog button and design team button.

Small ad spaces are $5 and are 175 x 70 pixels.

At the beginning of the month I will do a post featuring all of my small sponsors. You will also have the option of doing a guest post and a giveaway!

The smaller ads will be located directly under the larger ads.

To purchase a Sponsor Spot:

LARGE Sponsor Spot for $10

SMALL Sponsor Spot for $5

xo, Katie
p.s. be sure to check out my June sponsors! They are all amazing!!

4th of July pinwheels

These were for the DtsArt design team I'm on, I cut the pinwheels out on the cricut and then made a cute card with them.. :)

You can find all of DtsArt's SVG files here.

make it monday

Hmmm.. Good Morning. I just got back from this mornings boot camp work out, now it's time to craft. So how about some cute projects--- :)

Turn pretty pencil grips into jewelry with this DIY

Color your own Bakers Twine using this video tutorial (I'm definitely going to try this!!)

Get the tutorial for the Leather and Lace Bracelets here.

I think these Pot Holders are really pretty. Get the DIY

Also, I did a guest post with a DIY on designing you own scrapbook paper over on Crafted.

xo, Katie

Scrapbook Summer- Altering a picture using fabric

Taylor (my lovely sister) came up with this fun idea- Altering your pictures using fabric..

Tools and Supplies:

Picture

Paper

Lightbox or you can just use a window

Fabric

Glue stick

Sewing Machine (optional)

1. Put your picture either on a lightbox or tape it to a window.

Lay a sheet of white paper of tracing paper ontop and trace the area you want to cover with fabric.

(Covering clothes with fabric is a fun technique)

2. Cut out your shapes and make sure they fit..

3. Now using your paper cutouts as a pattern, Cut out your shapes in fabric.

4. Now you can either glue them on, Or add more texture by sewing them on.

Taylor did that layout, But I wanted to play around with this technique too. Here's my layout:

What do you think? Do you like to add fabric to you layouts/pictures?

Scrapbook Summer- Recycled Book Page Background

For the first layout of the summer I wanted to show you guys a cool technique I like-- Using book pages as a background.

Supplies:

a 12 x 12 piece of paper (I used one that wasn't my favorite, I probably wounldnt have used it.)

Old Book Pages

Watercolor Paint (optionial)

1. Grab a few old book page and your paper.

2. Layer them onto your 12 x 12 paper. If they are sticking off the edges, be sure to trim them up.

I wanted mine to be colored, So I used some watercolors to do that.

As you can see.. I used pages from star trek novels. Ha, I'm geek. :)