Category: General

What can you do On stand H35 at the NEC ?

Mini Workshop or Make and Take? From Thursday October 31st until Sunday November 3rd Samantha K will be attending the Creative Crafts Retail Show at the NEC Birmingham.The fabulous Emma Blake, Sam Kingdon and myself (Denyse Coughlan) will be on the stand waiting to say hello and have a chat with you. We are trying […]

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Meet Karen Clare

Meet Karen Clare Craft has been a passion of mine since childhood, fun and enjoyable and a comfort blanket through difficult and challenging times, as it is with so many others. It’s a great pleasure to be on Sam’s design team, she has such clever and intricate designs which always excite the team. I see […]

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Behind The Scenes at a retail show & Ticket Give Away!

Behind the Scenes at a Retail Show by Denyse Coughlan As we are making the draw for our give away for tickets to the Creative Craft Show at the NEC October 31st to November 3rd, this evening (add a comment (before the draw) below if you want to be entered to win 2 tickets) I […]

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Meet Lizzie Dzadiek

Meet Lizzie Dzadiek I’m fairly new to the Sam’s design team, joining 10 months ago and loving every minute of it. It’s exciting to see Sam designing a collection as we get to see it develop, with a sneak peak of it before we receive it.. One of my favourite projects that I made was […]

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Meet Lynda Hall

Meet Lynda Hall I’m Lynda and I live in Hampshire with my husband, two teenage daughters and 3 crazy dogs. I love crafting in many forms, but for me card making and mixed media work is where my passion really lies. I enjoy nothing better than spending my weekends in my conservatory at my craft […]

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Meet Mags Woodcock

Meet Mags Woodcock Crafting runs in my family, both my mum and grandmother were crafty ladies, so you could say it’s in my genes. I loved creating things from an early age and still love to experiment with new techniques. Mixed media, paper crafting, up-cycling and baking are amongst my many hobbies. I love inspiring […]

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Meet Julie

Meet Julie Wilson My name is Julie Wilson and I have been crafting since I was about 5 years old. I love teaching mixed media, Scrapbooking and Cardmaking and using SamanthaK’s mdf in my projects. My current addiction is Art Journaling which I do to help me relax. My favourite project I have made for […]

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Unique unicorn by karen clare

Unique Unicorn by Karen Clare Materials3D Unicorn KitBrushosChunky GlitterPVA Glue I created this showpiece for the Kent craft show. I love using Brusho’s so after assembling the unicorn I gave the whole thing a couple of coats of white gesso. This gives a good base for the Brushos and the white will enhance the vibrant […]

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a fond farewell by Suzi Baker McKenzie

A Fond Farewell By Suzi Baker McKenzie I’m here today to say farewell, as the time has come for me to leave the Samantha K Design Team. I’ve had the great pleasure and honour of being a DT Member for the last 18 months, so today I thought i’d share with you some of my […]

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3D Humming bird ‘How to’ video with Sam K

  3D Humming bird ‘How to’ video MATERIALS/ITEMS LIST –  Samantha K 3D Humming bird   For those that may need a little help constructing their Humming bird and flower, please view the video 🙂 If you require any further details please do not hesitate to contact us using the contact page HERE We would […]

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Pick and Mix tags – By Mags Woodcock

Pick and Mix tags – By Mags Woodcock MATERIALS/ITEMS LIST –  Samantha K Pick and mix shapes Posca Pen(white) or Uni-ball Signo pen (white) Paper scraps Acrylic paints Sharpie pens Finnabair Metallic Wax Computer printed sentiments on white paper Distress Oxide ink pads Black fine-liner pen   Hello, Mags here, today I am sharing a […]

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Fairy House Plaque – By Lynda Hall

Fairy House Plaque – By Lynda Hall MATERIALS/ITEMS LIST –  Samantha K Toadstool Plaque Samantha K Circle plaque Pebeo Cerne Relief Shapes from Silicone moulds Pebeo Prisme paints in red and brown tones Blue and black paint White Gesso Brown card Flower soft Gilding Wax Anyone who knows me in person or follows my work […]

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House Journal – By Emma Blake

House Journal – By Emma Blake MATERIALS/ITEMS LIST –  Samantha K Mdf journal Santa flying over the houses – some of the houses Acrylic paint/sprays Pens Watercolour pencil Stencils Texture paste Fabric Black ink pad Gel medium    1. I gessoed the houses and journal and then cut the tabs off the bottom of the […]

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Artists Palette – by Julie Wilson

Artists Palette – by Julie Wilson MATERIALS/ITEMS LIST –  Samantha K Palette Samantha K Flower swirl White Gesso Texture Paste Brown Chalk Paint Nuvo Crystal drops Paper flowers (home made)  Paint the palette with white gesso and allow to dry. Choose a stencil and use texture paste to create your background pattern and allow to […]

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Mixed media face canvas – By Karen Clare

Mixed media face canvas – By Karen Clare MATERIALS/ITEMS LIST –  Samantha K cogs Samantha K Cartoon flowers Samantha K MDF bubbles Samantha K Circle flourish Samantha K Cluster D Samantha K MDF Heart canvas board Stampendous rubber stamp set – The Look Various acrylic and chalky paints Black gesso Various colours of gilding waxes […]

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Rusty Tag – By Suzi McKenzie-Baker

Rusty Tag – By Suzi McKenzie-Baker MATERIALS/ITEMS LIST –  Samantha K Cog Tag Samantha K Cogs Antique Silver Aztec Metallic Paint Standard Silver & Copper Aztec Metallic Paint Scarlet and Copper Design It Paste Paynes Grey & Scarlet DecoArt  paint  Good Day All, Today I’d like to share with you a fun wee project using […]

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Karen Clare’s Bottle rack – Tutorial & new storage!

This Fab storage is a new release today! And the fabby Karen Clare has done a tutorial on how she decorated hers. Here is a snippet from Karens post: I posted a sneak peek on Facebook last week of Liquid Pearls on my work desk. At craft class before Christmas we chatted briefly about them and their […]

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Toxic Box – Altered box – Mixed media video tutorial

Finally I’ve had a chance to start editing some of the videos I’ve made whilst creating demos! So here is the first one 🙂 This is a toxic box     I hope you will pop back again soon for my next post, please feel free to sign up for the newsletter using the box in […]

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Merry Christmas 2018!

Hi everyone 🙂 I just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and to thank you all for your custom and support in 2018. I truly hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and wish you all, all the very best for the new year hugs, Sam x

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New DT members Nov 2018

Hello all, Firstly, please let me say a huge thank you to everyone who applied for the DT via the Facebook group and via email. There were lots of applications and everyone had amazing work. It was a very difficult choice… The choice was made on many factors. If you did not make it through […]

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