Artsy blogging round-up!

The Artful Crafter:
Eileen shows you how to make beautiful roses from paper clay. Paper clay is fun to work with and very easy on the hands. For this project the only molded shapes you need to make are balls and cones. Then you flatten them to make either rose petals or leaves.

The Crochet Dude
Kick off summer with Drew’s latest free pattern, “Brain Freeze”!

The Impatient Crafter
It’s Flip Out Flip Flop Summer madness at The Impatient Crafter. DIY a pair of lace up Goddess sandals with Madge!

Vickie Howell
Download a free Pop Goes Crochet pattern for the “Doris” summer scarf!

About Family Crafts
Find out how easy it is to create your own tie-dyed masterpieces!

Aileen’s Musings
Are you looking for a new party invitation idea? Aileen has a mini tutorial for a banner invitation in a tin! Stop by and download your own freebie banner!

Cathie Filian
Whip up some flirty summer fashions with Cathie as she dyes slips.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
Craftside’s got the latest episode of the video series Look, Learn & Create with Amy Hanna author of Rejuvenated Jewels, 1 of the tips from the book: 100 Habits of Successful Freelance Designers, a sneak peek in Book-Art with more info about Swap-o-rama-rama at Maker Faire this weekend and how to make a stencil portrait from L. K. Ludwig’s book: True Vision.

Crafty Princess Diaries
Tammy reviews a book that may have answers for your crochet questions.

CraftyPod
Sister Diane’s been making some interesting stuff with her Cricut and Cuttlebug…

Cross Stitch at About.com
Meet Mr. X Stitch – Learn more about the man who helps put the X in x-stitch. Mr. Cross Stitch aka Jamie Chalmers designs and supports modern Cross Stitch and embroidery.

Stefanie Girard’s Sweater Surgery
Old metal disk earrings get a industrial makeover with help from the new book- Chic Metal by Victoria Tillotson.