Artist Trading Card Daily – 2

January 2, 2015November 28, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter8 Comments

Here is the second of the Artist Trading Card post series that I started yesterday. This one is full of colour and has a sentiment that I hope that you will carry throughout the year.

Artist Trading Card Daily – 1

January 1, 2015November 28, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter15 Comments

So this year I decided that I wanted to have a daily post on my blog but was a little concerned as life can sometimes take up a lot of the time that I would have ordinarily dedicated to the blog.

For this reason, and seeing that some of my friends were doing something similar, I thought that I would aim for some little makes, such as Artist Trading Cards.

This post therefore is the first in a 365 blog post series showing off a range of the little critters that I have been making in those little snatched moments of creativity.

Peace And Joy 2

December 15, 2014December 17, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter7 Comments

Hello again :)

Well, last night I promised you that I would stop by and show you another version of the bauble that I posted about yesterday – so here I am and here it is.

Peace And Joy 1

December 14, 2014December 17, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter14 Comments

Today I finished off a couple more Christmas tree decorations using paper mache bauble blanks.

They both used the same papers/colours and I began them each in the same way also. Today I will share the beginning steps and the first bauble.

Ginger Bread Man Christmas Tree Decoration - Featured

Putting The Ginger In The Ginger Bread Men

December 6, 2014December 17, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter14 Comments

So that title was a little more naughty than I originally thought, lol!

Anyway, for this Christmas creation I decided to call on the Brother Scan N Cut to help me out.

Teabag Folded Tree Decorations - Featured Image

Teabag Folded Christmas Tree Decorations

December 5, 2014December 17, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter9 Comments

Ever since I learnt Teabag Folding I have always enjoyed sitting down to a session of folding and gluing.

It seemed only natural then that I should include it in some way in my series on handmade Christmas things.

Christmas Handcut Paper Pictures - Featured

The Case Of The Missing Pictures

December 4, 2014December 4, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter23 Comments

Missing artworks, a priceless jewel and a murder.

This could be a case for Holmes, Marple or Poirot.

Hand Stamped And Hand Painted Snowman Christmas Tree Decoration

December 2, 2014December 17, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter16 Comments

Day two of the Christmas blog post countdown has arrived! I’ve been making an assortment of Christmas tree decorations over the last few weeks and this was one that I did mid-November on a cold and wintery day – it felt so cold that I thought that it was going to snow!

You can imagine that creating a snow scene was like doing a rain dance but I cranked up the heating and set too.

Kraft Card Christmas Gift Tags

December 1, 2014November 30, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter7 Comments

Today I’ll be kicking off my Christmas projects (better late than never). These will be a collection of Christmas themed makes and handmade gifts that I have been working on recently.

This first one is a quick and easy range of gift tags that I have been experimenting with that I hope to adorn my handmade Christmas Gifts with.

They use very little in terms of materials but still gave me some freedom in how I decorated them.

A Rosey Book Mark

November 26, 2014November 16, 2017 John - Gentleman Crafter8 Comments

As I’ve mentioned before, I do love a good book. I have however noticed recently that I appear to have been collecting them a lot, but not reading them at a pace to match.

Having recently cancelled my TV subscription I decided that it would be a good time to start catching up on those unread works.

This thought of reading always gives me an idea to make a bookmark. On looking through my photographic archives recently I discovered some photos of a book mark that I made using stamps and inks so I thought that I would share this little make with you today.

A Blossoming Birthday Card

November 23, 2014August 28, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter27 Comments

If you are anything like me then you have birthday’s happening in your family and friend circle all year round.

Sometime, especially towards Christmas, it’s hard to create things outside of the usual Christmassy stuff.

Well, it was my friend’s 50th recently so I decided to make a bright flowery card for her to celebrate with style.

Paper Bead Tree Decorations - Featured Image

Paper Bead Christmas Tree Decorations

November 9, 2014November 16, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter13 Comments

I was having a play with my paper bead roller the other week and thought that making little Christmas tree decorations from hand rolled paper beads would be a nice change from the usual round baubles so I set to work plotting and playing again.

Here in this post is an overview of how I made them and what they ended up like.

Dreamees Essential Flowers Stamp Set - Thinking Of You - Stamp It Sunday - 18

Stamp It Sunday – Thinking Of You…

October 26, 2014October 23, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter58 Comments

It certainly feels like yonks since I last wrote a blog post so I just wanted to do a little post to let you know that I am still around and thinking of you :)