Artist Trading Card Daily – 18

January 18, 2015January 11, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter9 Comments

Do all living creatures dream? If so, what do they dream about? That was a question that I asked myself as I was making today’s Artist Trading Card.

Yes, I do think some bizarre things as I am crafting don’t I?

Artist Trading Card Daily – 17

January 17, 2015January 11, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter16 Comments

Today’s little creation takes us into the murky depths of the sea, to meet a colourful friend.

Artist Trading Card Daily – 16

January 16, 2015January 6, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter12 Comments

Hello all. Welcome back to my little series of Artist Trading Cards. This post features number 16 of 365.

The theme for this one came from the sentiment stamp that I used and is something that we should all try and do as often as possible – no matter how hard it may seem.

Artist Trading Card Daily – 15

January 15, 2015January 15, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter17 Comments

Now, I know that Mother’s Day is still some way off (for us in the UK) however there’s always time to celebrate Motherhood and that’s what today’s Artist Trading Card daily is about.

Artist Trading Card Daily – 14

January 14, 2015December 13, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter21 Comments

I’m feeling the love from you all lately for this series of Artist Trading Card Daily posts so I thought that I would create something to celebrate that.

Artist Trading Card Daily – 13

January 13, 2015December 13, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter17 Comments

For this Artist Trading Card daily post I had more time available than normal so decided that I would try and create something that needed a little more work.

Artist Trading Card Daily – 12

January 12, 2015December 13, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter7 Comments

Today’s Artist Trading Card daily creation uses up some off-cuts from yesterday’s project and is a very simple affair.

Artist Trading Card Daily – 11

January 11, 2015December 13, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter11 Comments

After yesterday’s grey monotone creation I really wanted to bring a little colour back into this series of mini makes.

Artist Trading Card Daily – 8

January 8, 2015December 13, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter18 Comments

One week in and still going! Here is today’s Artist Trading Card.

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.

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.

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 :)