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GENTLEMAN CRAFTER

Official Blog of Arts and Crafts Enthusiast, John Bloodworth

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.
GCTV2 Making Box Frames With The Hunkdory Score Board Blog Preview

GCTV 2 – Making Box Frames with the Adorable Scoreboard from Hunkydory

August 4, 2017August 4, 2017 John - Gentleman Crafter12 Comments

Welcome to episode 2 of Gentleman Crafter TV!

In this episode, I will be sharing with you a technique for using the Hunkydory Adorable Scoreboard to make box frames of varying sizes and shapes. There is also a spreadsheet download that will help you calculate the right size of cardstock to cut, to begin with, and then where to score your lines.

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3D Printed Box Top Blog Featured Image

3D Thursday 9 – An Idea Hatches!

August 3, 2017August 2, 2017 John - Gentleman Crafter13 Comments

Ever had a brain plop that turns out to be a really good idea? Believe me, when I say, I am really proud of this week’s 3d printed plop!

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Mandala Monday 34 Free Colouring In Design To Download And Colour

Mandala Monday 34 – Free Download To Colour In

July 31, 2017July 11, 2017 John - Gentleman Crafter6 Comments

Bonjour to you my lovelies, hope you are ready for another little colouring in session as I’ve got a cool design for you to have a go at this week.

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Scan It Saturday 8 Designing A Stepper Card In Scan N Cut Canvas Blog

Scan It Saturday 8 Designing A Stepper Card In Scan N Cut Canvas

July 29, 2017July 28, 2017 John - Gentleman Crafter15 Comments

Back again with another in the Scan It Saturday series. This time I will be sharing with you how to create a stepper card in real time so you can play along if you would like.

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SVG Saturday 7 Medallion Card Blank Electronic Cutting File

SVG Saturday 7 – Free Medallion Top Card Blank Electronic Cutting File

July 29, 2017July 28, 2017 John - Gentleman Crafter9 Comments

This time around I put together a card blank with a twist and inserted a medallion as a focal point in the top of the card.

The design is versatile though and you don’t need to use it as a card front – it could make a beautiful bookmark!

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Mandala Monday 33 Free Download To Colour In

Mandala Monday 33 – Free Download To Colour In

July 24, 2017July 11, 2017 John - Gentleman Crafter4 Comments

Well hellooo thar. After a wee break Mandala Monday is back with a proper lovely design with lots of spaces for you to fill with your favourite colours!

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Be Free Mixed Media Canvas Creation (9)

Be Free And Embrace The Space

July 23, 2017 John - Gentleman Crafter20 Comments

Well hello thar! I’m back on the blog and have been making and creating whilst resting and relaxing so have a few things that I am excited to share with you over the next week or so.

Ready? Ok, read on …

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SVG Saturday 6 Card Display Stand Cutting File

SVG Saturday 6 – Free Card Display Stand Cutting File To Download

July 22, 2017July 28, 2017 John - Gentleman Crafter24 Comments

Halloooo! So, to continue with the SVG Saturday series of posts, in which I supply you with a FREE cutting file each week I have designed a simple card stand on which to display your lovely creations!

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Brother Scan N Cut Workshop in Peterborough – September 23rd, 2017

July 15, 2017August 26, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter13 Comments

Very excited to announce an exclusive Brother Scan N Cut workshop that I will be holding in Peterborough on September 23rd, 2017.

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Scan It Saturday 7 Designing An Art Deco Frame In Scan N Cut Canvas

Scan It Saturday 7 – Designing An Art Deco Frame From Scratch In Scan N Cut Canvas

July 8, 2017July 7, 2017 John - Gentleman Crafter18 Comments

Hello again and welcome back to another Scan It Saturday. This week I have taken one of the requests from last week and created a quick tutorial based around that.

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Gentleman Crafter TV 1 GoPress Hotfoil and Letter Press System

GCTV 1 – The GoPress And Hotfoil System

July 6, 2017July 6, 2017 John - Gentleman Crafter12 Comments

Well excited about this blog post as it sees episode 1 of GCTV – Gentleman Crafter TV – go out on YouTube!

Hoping to create a video each week so that we can have some time together – cute, eh?

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Mandala Monday 32 Free Download To Colour In

Mandala Monday 32 – Free Download To Download And Colour In

July 3, 2017June 28, 2017 John - Gentleman Crafter16 Comments

Not so much of a Mandala this week although it still has the circular layout. Instead, this week, I have created a design using reflected floral designs, with a few snakes in the grass, for a little excitement.

I am thinking that this one might keep you going for a while … ?

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Scan It Saturday 6 - Transforming A Hand Drawn Template Into A Cutting File In Brother Scan N Cut Canvas BLOG

Scan It Saturday 6 – Transforming A Hand-Drawn Template Into A Cutting File In Scan N Cut Canvas

July 1, 2017September 3, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter13 Comments

Hope you have been practising your Scan N Cut Canvas techniques lately. If not, here is another Scan It Saturday post to entice you into giving it a go.

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3D Thursday 8 Napkin Ring Made with CoLiDo 3D Printer and Pen (7)

3D Thursday 8 – It’s CHRIIIIIIISTMAAAAS, or is it?

June 29, 2017June 28, 2017 John - Gentleman Crafter3 Comments

Phew! What a week! Defo glad to be home and cracking on with more work.

In the meantime I didn’t get to show you the finished napkin ring that I made with the CoLiDo 3d pen the other day so, guess what I’m showing you in this post…?

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Mandala Monday Free Download To Colour In (1)

Mandala Monday 31 – Free Download To Colour In

June 26, 2017June 17, 2017 John - Gentleman Crafter7 Comments

Sticking with the feathers this week for another free download to colour in.

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