Learn tips for decoupaging with fabric that came from refurbishing a vintage train case.

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Recycle the parts from an old rotary phone into a charming new purse

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Merry Christmas! We hope you’ve enjoyed our 12 days of Christmas giveaways, and we hope you’re ready for today’s prize, which is huge! We really value loyal readers like you, so we’ve been happy to able to share some fun products with you this Christmas. Today’s prize really “takes the cake”!

Day 12: Cricut Cake machine

It seems like every time we mention the Cricut electronic cutting machine that we use to cut paper and other crafty materials, someone asks about its food-themed sibling, the Cricut Cake. This little baby is a lot like the regular Cricut, but it can cut food-safe fondant, gum paste, and frosting sheets to create decorations for your cakes and other baked goods.

The Cricut Cake can cut materials up to 12″ x 12″ and is compatible with the original Cricut paper-cutter cartridges you already have.

We’re giving away one Cricut Cake machine to one lucky winner. Just leave a comment on this page to enter. Entries will be accepted until Saturday, December 31st at 8:00 AM EST, and then we’ll randomly draw a winner. Good luck!

RULES: One entry per person (determined by e-mail address). One winner will be chosen at random from all valid comments received by the deadline. Winner will be contacted via e-mail within 72 hours of giveaway end date. Winner must reply within one week with a mailing address or prize will be forfeited and new winner will be chosen. Giveaway open to US residents only and prize will only be shipped to a US address. Rules and deadline subject to change without notice.

This giveaway is now over. And the WINNER is:

Congratulations to Rena, the winner of our 12th Christmas giveaway! Rena, we’ll be contacting you today to get your addresses so we can mail your prize out to you. We know you’re going to have such a blast customizing your cakes with the Cricut Cake!

Thanks SO SO SO much to everyone who entered this and our other giveaways this Christmas season. The best part about doing giveaways is hearing from all of you loyal readers who have such wonderful things to say and stories to share. I’m sorry we couldn’t make you all winners, but we look forward to an exciting new year of crafting with you all!

Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! I can hardly believe that tomorrow is Christmas already. I know you’re all busy, but we’re happy that you took a moment today to visit us, because we’ve got another great Christmas giveaway for you!

Day 11: crafter’s tool set

To me, one of the most delightful parts about crafting is the collection of fun tools and products I’ve collected that help me make each craft special. In particular, it seems like scrapbooking has more than its share of tools that make it so easy and fun to create special pages to chronicle cherished memories. To that end, we’ve got an amazing crafter’s tool kit to share with you.

This tool set has it all — tweezers, a hammer, pliers, long needles, a punch set, working mat, and more! It even comes in a super-handy metal box that makes it easy to store. This is so neat that we hardly even want to give it away, but we love you guys, so we will!

We’re giving this crafter’s tool set to one lucky winner. Just leave a comment on this page to enter, and we’ll randomly draw a winner tomorrow morning.

And make sure you come back tomorrow to see our HUGE prize that ends our 12 days of Christmas giveaways, because it’s going to be great!

RULES: One entry per person (determined by e-mail address). One winner will be chosen at random from all valid comments received by the deadline. Winner will be contacted via e-mail within 72 hours of giveaway end date. Winner must reply within one week with a mailing address or prize will be forfeited and new winner will be chosen. Giveaway open to US residents only and prize will only be shipped to a US address. Rules and deadline subject to change without notice.

This giveaway is now over. And the WINNER is:

Congratulations to Maggie, the winner of our 11th giveaway! Maggie, we’ll be contacting you today to get your addresses so we can mail your prize out to you. We think you’ll find this tool kit useful for so many projects.

Thanks so much to everyone who entered. I wish we had more of these kits to give away! If you haven’t won yet, maybe our 12th giveaway will be the one for you… be sure to enter!

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve already… can you believe it? I know the hustle and bustle of the season is starting to take over all your free time, but don’t forget about us here on ChicaAndJo.com because we’re still giving away lots of awesome prizes in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways, and today is no exception. Today’s prize is something we’ve given away on this site in the past, and it was such a hit that we’re doing it again!

Day 10: ColorArts airbrush kit

Do you remember when we first told you about ColorArtz? It’s a super-easy airbrush system that you can use to paint on just about any surface, including fabric.

We’ve already used ColorArtz for lots of projects here on Chica and Jo:

• painted glitter pencils
• painted cups for a Halloween party
• candy corn shoes
• wine box turned doggie bag dispenser
• paper lanterns

We want you all to enjoy the fun of airbrushing, so we’re giving away TWO ColorArtz airbrush starter kits! Each kit includes an airbrush, a can of propellant, and three paint pouches.

Just leave a comment on this page to enter. We’ll randomly draw TWO winners tomorrow morning!

RULES: One entry per person (determined by e-mail address). Two winners will be chosen at random from all valid comments received by the deadline. Winners will be contacted via e-mail within 72 hours of giveaway end date. Winners must reply within one week with a mailing address or prize will be forfeited and new winner will be chosen. Giveaway open to US residents only and prize will only be shipped to a US address. Rules and deadline subject to change without notice.

This giveaway is now over. And the WINNERS are:

Congratulations to Lara and Desiree, the winners of our 10th giveaway! Ladies, we’ll be contacting you today to get your addresses so we can mail your prizes out to you. We know you’re going to have so much fun learning to airbrush.

Thanks so much to everyone who entered. The ColorArtz airbrush system is a really versatile way to paint, and is a lot of fun, too. Hopefully one will find its way into your craft room soon. And good luck in our remaining two Christmas giveaways!

Are you all ready for Christmas? There are only a couple of shopping days left, and only a couple more prizes in our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways. Today we’re giving away a set of tools that you’ve probably never seen before, but are sure to love.

Day 9: Martha Stewart patterning brush set

We first learned about Martha’s Stewart’s line of patterning brushes when we created our baby memory box. We used one of her multi-line brushes to paint a striped pattern and it was so easy! There are many different styles of brushes in Martha’s collection, and we’re giving away a set that includes several varieties. Just think — with a single stroke, you can paint multiple lines! And the brush bristles are so dreamy, too. They glide through the paint and are just lovely to work with.

We’re giving away a set of four Martha Stewart patterning brushes to one lucky winner. Just leave a comment below to enter! We’ll randomly pick a winner tomorrow morning.

RULES: One entry per person (determined by e-mail address). One winner will be chosen at random from all valid comments received by the deadline. Winner will be contacted via e-mail within 72 hours of giveaway end date. Winner must reply within one week with a mailing address or prize will be forfeited and new winner will be chosen. Giveaway open to US residents only and prize will only be shipped to a US address. Rules and deadline subject to change without notice.

This giveaway is now over. And the WINNER is:

Congratulations to Rebekah in KY, the winner of our 9th giveaway! Rebekeh, we’ll be contacting you today to get your address so we can mail your prize out to you. We know you’re going to love working with these brushes!

Thanks so much to everyone who entered. Sounds like a lot of you are interested in picking up these brushes on your own, and I don’t blame you one bit because they are really neat. You should be able to find them at your local Michael’s store, along with the rest of Martha’s amazing products. If you haven’t won anything yet, don’t give up because we still have three more Christmas giveaways!