Line Art – Sold!

October 4, 2015September 4, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter15 Comments

I’ve been over the moon this week as my first piece of artwork has been listed … and sold!

I’m already working on number 2 :)

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Creative Scene Stamping Workshop Dates

September 28, 2015September 28, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter15 Comments

I’m super excited today as I have had confirmation from Stamford Arts centre that I can use one of their rooms for my planned Creative Scene Stamping workshops!

If you’re interested then read on my friends!

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September 23, 2015September 23, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter11 Comments

A third post in one day?! It must be some kind of miracle, lol!

Anyway, on Sunday I was able to make a couple of scenery style ATCs with the set from Hobby Art so here is the second one.

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September 23, 2015September 23, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter13 Comments

One more for the ATC365 challenge!

This time around it features a couple of different techniques.

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September 23, 2015September 23, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter6 Comments

I managed a bit of making over the weekend and got back into some quick creations for the ATC challenge (that I am very behind on).

Today’s creation features some village scene woodmounted stamps from Hobby Art.

How To Extract A Zipped File Folder

September 19, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter7 Comments

I get asked a lot about how to extract a compressed (zipped) file folder so I thought that I’d pop a quick video together for those in need.

From These Hands Mixed Media Canvas

September 18, 2015September 18, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter9 Comments

This week I have been mucking about with mixed media canvas creations in my ‘spare time’. I’m more than happy to say that I have been able to actually finish one!

It was intended to celebrate the fact that I am lucky enough to be designing and creating on a ‘regular’ basis.

Encaustic Arts Experiments

September 11, 2015September 11, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter21 Comments

Well my little bloggy chums I have actually made time to do some actual crafting – I know, shocker isn’t it?!

Anyway, it’s been a pretty busy time for me of late (more info on that soon), but I thought that it was important that I took time out and do something creative that was ‘away’ from what I have been working on.

Having recently taken delivery of some Encaustic Arts goodies (thank you eBay and Facebook) I settled down, turned the iron on and went to it.

Brother Scan N Cut Canvas Update (Version 2.0.0) – Video Overview

September 7, 2015June 17, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter35 Comments

Hello All! Well, lot’s has been happening with the Scan N Cut Canvas cloud based design suite over the last couple of month’s so I thought that I would take a few minutes to record a quick overview video on what’s new and updated.

Life Is An Open Book

August 9, 2015August 9, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter19 Comments

Life is an open book they say. So I took this quite literally as I made my first attempt at book folding.

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August 3, 2015August 2, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter13 Comments

Back on the doodling train today – this time with a blast of colour!

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August 2, 2015August 2, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter7 Comments

Ever think that you are going a little ga-ga?

I know I do. This is what has inspired today’s Artist Trading Card.

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July 31, 2015July 31, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter11 Comments

Hi :) Here is another in the mini series of Daily Artist Trading Cards that features a bit of doodling.

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July 30, 2015July 29, 2015 John - Gentleman Crafter13 Comments

Following on from yesterday’s post about doodling on the Artist Trading Cards here is the second one that I promised you – a little trippy this time with concentric lines and a little space scene in the middle.