The Future Of Affinity Has Arrived – And It Is A Little Underwhelming

October 30, 2025 John - Gentleman CrafterLeave a comment

The other day I wrote a blog post about the buzz surrounding changes at Affinity. Well, the wait is over. What was all the excitement about? A lot if you are part of the marketing team at Affinity.

Affinity now has a new logo, oh, and they have decided to give the software away for free. Well, mostly free, for everyone, forever. Not entirely sure why but, there you have it.

Anyway, in the spirit of “full-circle” and closing off the question that I asked the other day, let’s have a quick look.

The Future of Affinity Designer – What We Know So Far (Hint, It’s Not Much).

October 19, 2025 John - Gentleman Crafter5 Comments

For those of you that use Affinity Designer to create your SVG cut files, you may have noticed the “buzz” around the date, 30th October.

Why? Well, no-one seems to know, so here is a bit of a potted history of the journey so far to see if we can figure it out …

DREAMING TREE MOVING TO CREATIVE FABRICA

Dreaming Tree Moves to Creative Fabrica: What You Need to Know

July 23, 2025 John - Gentleman CrafterLeave a comment

Some exciting news for Scan N Cut owners! Dreaming Tree (the very talented design team behind a lot of awesome SVG cut file projects) has made the decision to move to Creative Fabrica.

You might have already heard about this but weren’t sure what it meant for you. So here’s the very simplified low down…

Exciting Updates and 25% Off Your First Month or Year at Patreon!

November 23, 2024 John - Gentleman Crafter2 Comments

For anyone thinking of subscribing to my Patreon page I have two very exciting updates for visitors to this blog!

Read on to find out more…

50% Sitewide Sale at Single Line Fonts

November 6, 2024 John - Gentleman CrafterLeave a comment

For those of you with a Brother Scan N Cut, Cricut, Siser or Silhouette machine, you NEED to know about the sale that is happening over at the Single Line Fonts website…

Hatch Embroidery 3.1 is Here: Let’s Dive In!

June 3, 2024 John - Gentleman CrafterLeave a comment

I am excited to let you know about the recent Hatch Embroidery update – version 3.1! As someone who spends way too much time (but never enough!) designing in Hatch, this update is like getting a whole new box of shiny threads.

Come see what’s new…

Annual Subscriptions Now Available

June 12, 2023 John - Gentleman CrafterLeave a comment

Great news! Patreon have now opened up annual subscriptions for my Patreon page. This means that you can get all of my weekly cut file sets for less and not have to worry about a monthly sub payment.

Design and Make Faux Leather Earrings with the Scan N Cut

New Scan N Cut Tutorials YouTube Channel

May 10, 2023 John - Gentleman Crafter11 Comments

With the sunsetting of my online classes comes a new chapter in learning. This week I have launched a brand new YouTube channel dedicated to the Brother Scan N Cut and all of its creative possibilities.

Where Did August Go? LOADS of Updates, the Garden Makeover Continues, Getting My Health Sorted and a Blog Makeover – Oh, That’s Where It Went

August 31, 2020August 29, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter40 Comments

August appears to have shot by and landed us on the doorstep of September. What the heck have I been doing?! I sat down for a brain dump to catch up with myself.

New Actual Colouring Book Now Available on Amazon – In Quite A Few Countries!

November 24, 2019March 1, 2021 John - Gentleman Crafter8 Comments

A lot of you have enjoyed the Mandala designs that I have been sharing on this blog for some time now but I’ve always had this hankering to be able to offer you something more physical and so, with some clickety clicking of the mouse and some extra designing, I have put together an actual real-life colouring book which is now available to order from Amazon.

Coo-eee, I’ve Moved, I’m Kinda Back, I’ve Made A Mess and I’ve Been Making More Secret Stuff …

June 27, 2019June 25, 2019 John - Gentleman Crafter38 Comments

Well, a while back I left you all to fend for yourselves whilst I moved house. I am VERY pleased to say that it’s now done and everything is in.

Made It Onto A Design Team! Woo Hoo!

October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 John - Gentleman Crafter34 Comments

A little excited today as I have got some new friends! I got an email the other day that said I had made it onto the Couture Creations design team for 2018/19! How awesome!?

As you would expect, it’s not just me. There are in fact a group of super talented crafters that have been given this honour too so I thought that it would be cool to share their details so you can see more inspiration for the fabby GoPress and Foil system along with other goodys from the Couture Creations range over the coming months.Read More »

New Brother Scan N Cut Online Course Now Available!

August 4, 2018August 30, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter81 Comments

Fancy doing a Brother Scan N Cut workshop with me in your own home? Well, I am very pleased to let you know that now you can!

*** updated 30/08/2020***

New GoPress And Foil Goodies!

June 29, 2018June 23, 2018 John - Gentleman Crafter4 Comments

Hello everyone. As it’s been over six weeks since I was last on the telly box so I thought that I had better show my face and keep my oar in so I wanted to let you know that I will be appearing on live TV again tomorrow, Saturday 30th June 2018.Read More »

A Couple Of TV Shows Tomorrow

May 17, 2018May 16, 2018 John - Gentleman Crafter3 Comments

The hair has changed, the waistline has changed – in the wrong direction – but my love of the GoPress And Foil system has not. For that reason, I will be back on Create and Craft TV tomorrow morning and again in the afternoon to show you why.
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