For this creation, I went all out and combined hot foiling with texture tiles, cut foil emboss dies, hot foil stamps and moldable foam sheet!
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Author: John - Gentleman Crafter
A creative enthusiast for over 30 years, the concept creator and organiser of the All Counties Craft Challenge which raised £24,000 for Mind, a registered mental health charity.
Previously a television producer and guest demonstrator at Create and Craft TV in the UK. Now, happily making my way through life, in both senses of the term.
Scan N Cut – Cleaning Your Cutting Mat Video
Hey you. If you are a Scan N Cut owner, you might like this video that I made the other day.
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I Herd A Rumour
That it was the time of the Taurean star sign!
I would therefore like to I wish any of my blog followers with a birthday between April 20th and May 21st a day of fun-filled festivity!
Folk born under the sign of Taurus are said to be unwavering, strong-willed, and steadfast in their opinions
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Scan N Cut Saturday – From The Archives 10
The final dive into the archive brings you THE most watched Scan N Cut tutorial that I have in the vault. It’s clever, it’s creative and it’s super easy!
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Couture Creations Butterfly Garden – With Brave Wings Card
I really appreciate the making time that being a DT member gives and I was doubly pleased to get to work with the beautiful Butterfly Garden collection from Couture Creations again this week.
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How To Make A Star Card Video Tutorial
I recently demonstrated how to make a star card, which folds out, and thought that it would be a great idea to put a video together to show you all too.
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Scan N Cut Saturday – From The Archives 9
Shaped word cards, A LOT easier than you think. See how with this week’s deep dive into the video vault.
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Couture Creations Butterfly Garden – Life Is Beautiful Card
I have finally had the opportunity to play with the beautiful Butterfly Garden collection from Couture Creations and I wanted to share a quick pic of one creation with you today.
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Couture Creations Design Team Catch Up
Been a while since I last caught up with the amazing makes from the Couture Creations design team so I thought it’d be nice to sit down with a brew and have a look through and see what I have missed.
Fancy joining me?
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Scan N Cut Saturday – From The Archives 8
Create doors, flaps and other creative openings with this clever technique!
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Couture Creations Butterfly Garden – Foiled Dragonfly Card
Adding some fun foiling to the card this time. This card uses the Butterfly Garden collection from Couture Creations.
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Couture Creations Butterfly Garden – With Brave Wings Floral Card
Quite proud of the simplicity yet elegance of this card that I made using the Butterfly Garden collection from Couture Creations.
Want to take a look?
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Tell The Story
After a wee break from these, and bearing in mind how much I have been waffling about new stuff recently, I thought that this one was a perfect finale to March.
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Scan N Cut Saturday – From The Archives 7
Welded word frames can be tricky to create unless you know how.
Thank goodness for this video from the archive collection.
Read More »Shopping Direct For Craft Supplies From Overseas – and the B Word And Most Likely the F Word Too
Some of the links that I have posted over the last few years have been for retailers based outside of the UK, most often from the United States.
As most of you that follow me reside in the United Kingdom you often raise postage and taxes as a confusing and expensive reason for not shopping direct.
In this blog post, I would like to share my knowledge of shopping from overseas with you, it can sometimes be well worth it – but will it remain so?
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