Ooo...Have you seen the cover stamps on the current Papercraft Essentials? Yum! I'm going to stamp these up when I have a mo, very cute. The latest copy is issue 90 and I have a really fun article showing some different things to do with pencils, all sorts of pencils, to make backgrounds, colour images, you guys know how much I love…
I've dropped a bit behind on my Magazine heads-up notices. I'll be honest, I lost track a little bit of where we were with the magazines I had work in and when they were hitting the shelves. I like to check the issue in case my makes haven't made it before I start shouting about it and I think I missed a…
Hello lovely Arty fluff bundles, I hope that you are all doing ok this week, getting some creativity done in-amongst all the other demands on your time! I have some heads-up, shout-outs and news to share today, but I will admit I am starting to the lose the plot a bit so if I am repeating myself I apologise! So the heads-up first, the…
Hey lovely arty/ crafty hoppers, what have you all been up to? How is your arty/ crafty week going? Well I hope? I have a heads-up for you, any of you folks interested in trying the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® products I've been showing here on my blog then you might want to check out the next Guest Design Team call that is…
Hey all, what are you up to today? It is a day of getting ahead with my DT makes for me. I plan to knuckle down and make 12 DT items - Mmm we shall see if I manage it later! So far I have 11 of them designed and sketched out with papers chosen for 7 of them. I'm just taking…
The latest issue of Papercraft Essentials, Issue 85, will be hitting the shops very soon, if it isn't on the shelves already, and in this month's magazine the lovely Lee Jepson (Editor of Papercraft Essentials) asked me to do an article making lots of collage backgrounds repurposing those sometimes overlooked paper sources. Oh yes one of my pet passions, as you know!…
Hey Crafty Chaps, I've got a little heads-up for you with an article in the new issue of Papercraft Essentials issue 84. It's only a small one from me this month with two cards but a great one for the kids if you are looking for cards to make on a rainy day with dried pasta. I've also used some PanPastel and…
Looking back over this week I can't help but notice that it has been very wet. Well it has rained pretty much every day, but I'm not talking about the weather but about the inky watercolours I've been playing with this week. I've covered everything that I can get my hands on, including my hands, with inky watercolours and you can see…
Hey Good Blog Hopping Folks, how are you all doing this Friday? Looking forward to a creative weekend? Got any creative plans? Most weekends are work days for me but seeing as my work is my passion it isn't so bad and I would probably be doing the same thing anyway! If I'm too long away from my desk I get a…
Hey up Tuesday blog hoppers how you all doing? Do you remember the quick peek of a demo sample I was in the middle of making that I showed you on Thursday? Well I have another sample to show today, this time it is a complete project and not just a peek! It's a Basically Bare hanger with a bit of a steampunk…
Hello Sunshine, we can but wish - it is raining here but in my heart there is sunshine, even if it is dark and dreary outside. Do you guys remember this make from a couple of weeks ago?... Well the challenge is now up on the Kuretake blog and the prize is £50 to spend in the Kuretake shop which is full of…