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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.
Tag Art 3

Tag Art 3 – The Lacey Blue One

June 22, 2016November 16, 2019 John - Gentleman Crafter8 Comments

Good evening! I am pleased to share with you number three of seven in the tag art mini series of blog posts.

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Tag Art 2

Tag Art 2 – The Chalk Board One

June 21, 2016June 19, 2016 John - Gentleman Crafter2 Comments

Good evening! I am pleased to share with you number – of seven in the tag art mini series of blog posts.

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Tag Art 1

Tag Art 1 – The Woody One

June 20, 2016June 19, 2016 John - Gentleman Crafter3 Comments

Having promised to share the tags that I created during the 1-2-1 session with Paul the other week I’m pleased to show you the first of a series of seven.

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All Counties Challenge Diary

All Counties Craft Challenge Diary – Down Memory Lane, Eight Inches Of Happiness, Stunning Views, A Good Browning And A Surprise!

June 19, 2016August 30, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter5 Comments

Bit of a random week this time around. Hopefully I have managed to record it all in a fairly orderly fashion.

Ready? Ok *clears throat*…

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A Medley Of Magazine Makes – 4

June 19, 2016June 26, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter7 Comments

Welcome to the fourth and final part in the Magazine Medley mini series of blog posts,

For this creation I have tried to take green and purple and make them work!

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A Medley Of Magazine Makes – 3

June 18, 2016June 26, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter4 Comments

Well, hello again :)

Number three of four in then Magazine Medley series coming right up!

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A Medley Of Magazine Makes – 2

June 17, 2016June 26, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter5 Comments

Hello chickens, hope you are well.

Here, as promised is the second of four Magazine Medley posts.

Hope you like it.

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Tonic Studio Christmas Dies 2016

A Cracking Christmas Secret

June 17, 2016June 15, 2016 John - Gentleman Crafter10 Comments

I’ve been keeping a secret all week – the lovely ladies that I met at Jodie Johnson’s house had a sneak peek at the dies that are being launched today at midday on Create and Craft TV – and so did I!!

We even got to play with them! Want to see what I made…?

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All Counties Craft Challenge Diary

A Medley Of Magazine Makes – 1

June 16, 2016June 26, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter24 Comments

On a recent saunter I picked up a few magazines, each with a freebie.

The late evenings have become the new ‘me time’ for making and creating. Here is the first of four posts showing you some things that I made using the freebies.

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Colour Challenge Catch Up

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016 John - Gentleman Crafter8 Comments

With two colour challenges complete and a third under way I thought that it was about time that I caught up!

Here therefore are a few things that I created using the colours set during the April & May challenges.

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All Counties Challenge Diary

All Counties Craft Challenge Diary – On the TV, On The Road and Lots And Lots Of Rain

June 12, 2016August 30, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter32 Comments

Not a huge amount of different things to report on this week so I’ve managed to keep this down to one page.

I have even included a brief video version for the time-conscious yuppies amongst you!

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All Counties Craft Challenge Diary – A Series Of Surprises And One Serious And Immediate Issue For Maisy

June 5, 2016August 30, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter20 Comments


The challenge continues! This week has presented an interesting series of challenges and some very uplifting moments.

Got a min (or thirty)? Then allow me to share the events as they occurred.

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Monthly Colour Challenge – May Gallery

June 2, 2016June 1, 2016 John - Gentleman Crafter4 Comments

Wow, another month has flown by and we are here at the end of May.

That means it’s time to share the submissions for this months colour challenge …

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Monthly Colour Challenge – June

June 1, 2016May 28, 2016 John - Gentleman Crafter5 Comments

Good morning and welcome to this month’s colour challenge.

This time we have a fresh green colour theme to challenge us.

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All Counties Craft Challenge – The Kent Weekender

May 29, 2016August 30, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter21 Comments

The time officially came when the Kent All Counties Craft group workshop was happening.

I’ve been discussing this workshop with Georgina Ford since December of last year so it was quite an exciting moment when it rushed up to meet us this weekend.

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