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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.
All Counties Craft Challenge Diary – Winter Cometh, Making It In Mudeford, Magic Mushrooms, A Winter Woodland, Fabric Land, The Strawberry Zebra and Down On The Farm PART 2
Hallo and welcome to Part 2 of this two-part All Counties Craft Challenge diary post – so much happened I had to split up the post to keep load sizes down!
Right, ready? Let’s go…
All Counties Craft Challenge Diary – Winter Cometh, Making It In Mudeford, Magic Mushrooms, A Winter Woodland, Fabric Land, The Strawberry Zebra and Down On The Farm PART 1
Hello All! I think that you will get the idea from the title of this post that it has been a varied yet exciting time on the challenge recently.
If you’ve got your weekly big brew ready, let me waft you back a few days …
Making Split Letter Monograms In Scan N Cut Canvas
Hello! For your benefit I have put together a little video of how to create the split letter monogram effect using Scan N Cut Canvas.
It’s easy and quick and you can use any of the in-built fonts in canvas!
New Scan N Cut Canvas Pattern Collection Feature
Well, two updates in as many days on the Brother Scan N Cut Canvas website – they’re coming thick and fast at the moment!
This one is about the pattern collections and how to access these through Scan N Cut Canvas.
New Scan N Cut Type Converter
Hallo All. I have just seen that Brother have released a new tool for creating cutting files with words from any True Type font on your computer.
It works slightly differently to the rest of the software that is out there so I thought that I would give you an overview of what it is and what you can do with it.
Mandala Monday 4 – Free Download To Colour In
Hey hey, how are you? Ready for your Monday dose of mindfullness?
Fab! Let’s crack open those pens and pencils and chillax.
Ten New Mandala Cutting Files Out Now – Includes DXF, FCM and SVG File Formats
Been designing a lot over the last few days so you have TEN new cutting files to choose from and also a saver deal to give you the best value for money!
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Past, Present, Future MDF Memory Matchbox
Hallo again. I’ve been having another play with MDF decorating techniques and came up with a lovely little project that I believe you will like.
It did however go bottom up and nearly ended up flying across the room.
Ready for a reason why ‘less is more’?
Then let’s get started.
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Time For Tea and Biccies With Jo Sonja
Well hello thar. Now, I often start these blog posts asking if you’ve got your cuppa ready.
Well, thought I, where is mine?!
I decided therefore that if I was going to make my own, I’d jolly we’ll make something lovely to carry it from kitchen to ‘lounge’ on.
So, if you’ve got your cuppa ready, let me tell you more …
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All Counties Craft Challenge Diary – Saltdean, Pam, A Bunch Of Beautiful Boxes and Disappointment In Devon
Hallo All. Well, it seems that I’m doing a workshop twice a week at the moment but this week saw an unexpected exception.
After the business of the Surrey weekend I thought that I was going to get some time to catch up however you all saw what happened with Maisy’s tyre so I’ve been trying to catch up with myself since that incident.
Inkpad Overview
All inkpads generally have a starting point of either a water, oil or solvent base.
From these three starting points various inclusions are added to give different effects and get different results. Examples of inclusion are colours (dye or pigment) mica, glue and some bases have nothing added.
Finding the right inkpad for the job can therefore be a daunting affair.
To help you understand the difference, I’ve put together an explanation of each base type along with some tips, suggested brands and techniques.Read More »
All Counties Craft Challenge Diary – MOT, Surrey Weekender And A Near Miss
It has certainly been an exciting and eventful few days on the All Counties Challenge this past week so hopefully that will make for a good diary entry.
Got a cuppa to hand?
Remembering, Rummaging and Rub Ons
Hey, do you remember rub-ons? Me too!
After being given a goodie bag recently, and having had a rummage, I found a wonderful set with which I knew exactly what to do.
Read on chums and I’ll tell ya about it.
Mandala Monday 3 – Free Download To Colour In
Ready for your Monday dose of mindfullness?
Great! I have another wonderful design ready for you to print and colour.
GENTLEMAN CRAFTER 
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