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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.
Artist Trading Card Daily - 48 (3)

Artist Trading Card Daily – 48

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter19 Comments

Do a doodle-do! Nope, it’s not a wonky cockerel, it’s what I did for today’s artist trading card.

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Artist Trading Card Daily – 47

February 16, 2015February 12, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter34 Comments

I was genuinely shocked the other day when I checked my blog stats and found out that this blog was viewed over 100,000 times in January!

This ATC is therefore dedicated to all of you that have taken the time to visit, view and comment on my creations.

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Artist Trading Card Daily – 46

February 15, 2015February 12, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter10 Comments

Sometimes when I awake after a good night’s sleep I feel fresh as a daisy – to be honest though I am just about to finish a long weekend at work having done 38 hours work in three days so I am less than fresh – *wafts hand over nose* pheweee!

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Artist Trading Card Daily – 45

February 14, 2015February 12, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter11 Comments

It’s an obvious one today. Yes, it’s Valentine’s Day so it just had to be a red rose with a special sentiment to the one that I love – you!

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Artist Trading Card Daily – 44

February 13, 2015February 12, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter12 Comments

This voyage through artist trading cards has been a bit of a discovery – both in terms of the multitude of techniques that could be used and the range of materials that could be incorporated.

This ATC is therefore dedicated to the theme of discovery.

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Artist Trading Card Daily – 43

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter12 Comments

Question: Why are pirates called pirates?

Answer: Because they arrrrrrrrr!

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Artist Trading Card Daily – 42

February 11, 2015February 11, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter19 Comments

When I went out for a walk the other night I noticed that there roses had started appearing in some gardens.

I thought that it would be nice to celebrate these colourful blooms with a little ATC project.

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Artist Trading Card Daily – 41

February 10, 2015February 8, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter21 Comments

Went I sat down to make today’s artist trading card I was in the mood for a little doodling … so that’s what I did :)

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Artist Trading Card Daily – 40

February 9, 2015February 8, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter17 Comments

Today’s ATC sees me delving the stash again. This time around I found a digi stamp that I had coloured in a while ago.

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Artist Trading Card Daily – 39

February 8, 2015February 7, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter22 Comments

This one is entitled “I’ve No Idea What I Was Thinking – It Just Happened Like This”.

When you see the creation, you’ll understand.

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Artist Trading Card Daily – 38

February 7, 2015February 7, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter31 Comments

Well, I did something today that I haven’t done in nearly a year – I went on a date!

I was a bag of jibbering nerves …

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Artist Trading Card Daily – 37

February 6, 2015February 3, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter17 Comments

Had a bit of a rummage today and found a few bits that I thought would work well for a bit of a weirder take on the ATC challenge that I am currently doing.

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Artist Trading Card Daily – 36

February 5, 2015February 3, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter19 Comments

Just a quickie today. Insert innuendo type jokes in the comments below, lol!

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Artist Trading Card Daily – 35

February 4, 2015February 3, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter17 Comments

So you know how I asked for some themes the other week?

Well, one of them was “peace”.

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Artist Trading Card Daily - 34.2

Artist Trading Card Daily – 34

February 3, 2015February 3, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter21 Comments

Well, I had a little more time than I thought to make today’s creation so I did got to town with a bit of allsorts included.

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