Incorporating Ephemera Into Your Layouts

Inspiration, Paper Craft

When I attend events or travel, I always make sure to tuck away a few items as souvenirs. Ticket stubs work great on scrapbook pages, especially since they often have the date of the event [...]

Mod Podge Wedding Invitation Gift

Events, Home, Inspiration, Tutorials

My friend Kiri got married recently, and I wanted to make her a small canvas memento from her beautiful bird-themed wedding invitation. Supplies Needed canvas acrylic craft paint in various colours sponge paint brushes Mod [...]

Make the Most of Your Scrapbook Paper Sets

Inspiration, Paper Craft

Although I love mixing and matching scrapbook paper from different designers and brands, from time to time it feels nice to buy a coordinating set of papers that you know will work together no matter [...]

Frequently Asked Questions Expanded

Blog, Community

There’s no reason to be afraid of submitting an article to Craftcore. Our content management system is powered by WordPress, a tried-and-true platform that’s easy to use for beginners and experts alike. I’ve added a [...]

Chickpea and Quinoa Chili

Food, Foodie Friday, Recipes

With the chilly weather upon us, it’s a great time to warm up with a delicious bowl of steaming chili.  This recipe replaces kidney beans with chick peas and adds ingredients such as jalapeno pepper [...]

Oversized Punctuation as Applique Design

Home, Inspiration, Tutorials

Punctuation serves an invaluable duty, creating clarity in our sentences. The simple comma is all that separates the heartwarming sentence, “Let’s eat, grandma!” from the macabre, “Let’s eat grandma.” In this quilt project, I used [...]

What’s in That Fabric Stash?

Home, Taming Craft Room Chaos

I’m guilty of not always remembering what fabrics I have in my collection. It’s wasteful, I know, to come home from the fabric store with an armful of white flannelette when I have almost a [...]

Quilted Coaster Tutorial

Home, Tutorial Tuesday

I love to make these simple quilted coasters using scraps of fabric. They are a great way to use up leftover quilting cotton and batting after making a quilt (with the added benefit of the [...]

Cupcake Liner Pom Pom Centerpieces

Ange & Mish's Pinterest Adventures, Events, Paper Craft, Tutorials

I’ve always had a thing for cupcakes. There’s something innately cute about individually sized cakes with their often patterned paper liners and cute toppings. I originally found a tutorial for cupcake liner pom poms on [...]

Quick and Easy 8-Piece Christmas Tree Skirt

Home, Tutorials

Last year, I only threw some excess fabric I had around the base of my Christmas tree as a makeshift tree skirt, but this year, I wanted to be a little more deliberate. This tutorial [...]

How to Calculate How Much Fabric You Need for a Simple Quilt

Home, Tutorials

When I used to work at a fabric store, the most common question I received was this: “I’m making X, so how much do I need?” If you’re not following a pattern, you can get [...]