'I LOVE CRAFT' Demo Day....

Photograph World© Geoff Wilkinson 

Thank you to everybody that attended our 'I Love Craft' Demo Day on the 14th of February. We had a great time demonstrating some hot foil techniques as well as some heat embossing techniques, the PaperArtsy paint brayer technique and stamping and colouring on wood using Crafter's Companion Spectrum Noir pencils and pens, as you can see in the pictures. As it was Valentine's Day, there was lots of chocolate to eat as well!

Lyn and Dan

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Photograph World© Geoff Wilkinson

Photograph World© Geoff Wilkinson 

First Craft Workshop of 2016.... Making Your Mark!

Photograph World© Geoff Wilkinson 

Our first workshop of the year was held at the shop on Wednesday the 27th of January. It was an evening workshop and everybody said they had a great time. It was an evening dedicated to making Crafty Bookmarks and the end results from everybody were beautiful as you can see in the picture above and those below. We wanted to say a big thank you to everybody that came on the night, we had a great time too.

Lyn and Dan

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So what products did we use? Well the rubber stamps were all from PaperArtsy designed by Jo Firth-Young and Lin Brown to name a few designers and also from Indigoblu. The backgrounds were created using Tim Holtz Distress Inks and the stamped images were coloured in using a combination of PaperArtsy paints and Crafter's Companion Spectrum Noir Pens. 

Photograph World© Geoff Wilkinson 

Photograph World© Geoff Wilkinson 

GIVE ME SOME BEAR HUGS....

I used a size 8 Manila Tag and coated it using Cosmic Shimmer "White" Gesso Primer.  Next I created the background colour by painting the whole tag in PaperArtsy "Nougat" Acrylic Paint. Once dried I painted over the top using PaperArtsy "Chocolate Pudding", which I then immediately rubbed off with a baby wipe. This creates a washed look resembling wood.

The edge of the tag was distressed using Tim Holtz "Vintage Photo" Mini Distress Ink Pad. I stamped the "Mr Bear" Sam Poole Creative Expressions bear onto white card using a Versafine "Vintage Sepia" ink pad. I also stamped the bear and wording directly onto the tag again using the Versafine "Vintage Sepia" ink pad. I cut out the bear on the white card and stuck him directly over the stamp on the manila tag using double sided foam pads. This gives the bear a 3D look. I shaded the white area of the bear using the new Crafter's Companion 'Spectrum Noir' "Essentials" set of colored pencils.

I cut out a heart from red card stock and covered it in Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents to give it a glossy 3D look and placed it on the bear. I finished the tag by threading through some brown satin ribbon.

I think he looks so handsome.

Happy Crafting!

Lyn

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