Category: News

Disruption to deliveries -Royal Mail Strike update

**URGENT – PLEASE NOTE** Royal Mail have announced more strikes happening between now and Christmas This WILL cause delays to some people receiving their items. Please bear in mind, not only will post not be collected or delivered on strike days, but the days after these will also suffer delays, due to a backlog of […]

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Update on current business situation amidst Covid 19

If you are  Facebook follower you may of recently seen a post about the current Covid 19 situation, but it is below for those of you that haven’t, there is also hopefully a video that will make you smile at the bottom of this post 🙂 My heart goes out to everyone at this stressful […]

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You Tube Tutorial with Julia McNeill

Cardmaking using Sam K MDF, with Julia McNeill Did you know that the fabulous Julia McNeill has been working with our MDF range and creating fabulous You Tube Videos?The latest video shows you how she created this fabulous card.If you would like to watch the tutorial you can find it HEREYou can also Subscribe to […]

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A ChiLdren’s Craft Party by Lynda Hall

A Children’s Craft Party by Lynda Hall In my day job I run my own childcare business, which is so much fun, and one of the things I enjoy most is watching the children I care for learning to craft. I was asked by one special family recently if I would consider doing a crafty […]

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Sneak Peek of Hochanda show Monday 18th Nov 11am and 3pm

Sneak Peek of Hochanda Show Monday 18th November 11am and 3 pm I will be back on Hochanda, tomorrow Monday 18th November at 11 am amd 3pm. I would love you to join me and thought I would share some of the fabulous samples that the DT have created. We will be featuring some amazing […]

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New video update

Check out our new video! Its a quick update and shows some of the new fabby products Denyse will be bringing to Hochanda on November the 18th – Jump to 5min30 if you just want to peek at the new products Sam x

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Meet Denyse

Meet Denyse I have been crafting for quite a few years now, the first heat embosing that I did was,”set”, under a gas grill to give you an idea of how long! I have been a member of Sam’s team for coming up to two years and have loved every minute of it. I particularly […]

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Happy HalloweEn House by Lynda Hall

Happy Halloween House by Lynda Hall Samantha K witch and houses Kitchen roll Texture Paste Matt medium Gesso Acrylic spray Montana Spider Web Spray Stamperia Cosmos paper Tim Holtz Paper Dolls Artful Days Texture Sand Artful Days Halloween printable words Pinflair clear pearl wand Halloween is upon us and I have been crafting up some […]

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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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Grow Notelet by Karen Clare

Grow Notelet by Karen Clare Nocturne Versafine Clair Distress Oxides Finger daubers Craft mat Water spritzer Mixed media card Heat tool Brown heat resistant craft mat I created a background on mixed media card using distress oxides, Iced Spruce, Cracked Pistachio and Seedless Preserves. Applying the colours first on a craft mat, spritzing with water […]

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Whimsical Card By Lizzie DzadieK

Whimsical Card by Lizzie Dzadiek Samantha K Crafts Wild Nature Stamp Set White cardstock Distress oxides in tumbled glass, spun sugar and cracked pistachio Versafine black ink pad Foam tape Uni pen fine liner 0. 2 A simple framed card using Samantha K Crafts Wild Nature Stamp SetUsing white cardstock I blended distress oxides in […]

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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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Steampunk Flight

Steampunk Flight By Lizzie Dzadiek  Mdf pieces – hot air balloon and the word flying from samantha k’s steampunk collectionPaper elements – clockface from the Time Collection, Birdcage from the Steampunk Collection.Dovecraft copper metalic pigment ink pad Flowers from 49 and marketHappy travels stamp set from cardmaking and papercraft magazine  Printed paper pad from The Works  […]

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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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Variations on A Theme by Mags Woodcock

Variations on a Theme by Mags Woodcock Hello, Mags here ,today I am taking a look back at some of the MDF journal covers I have decorated in the past. The very first journal (above) was a simple design. I applied a coat of gesso, added texture paste through a stencil and once dry I […]

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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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The Bott Family by karen Clare

The Bott Family by Karen Clare MaterialsSamantha K Robot Parts (Coming to our website soon, currently available from Hochanda HERE)Samantha K Line Stencil (available for £1.75 HERE)Acrylic paintsGesso2 x Canvas Boards I used SamanthaK’s Robot Parts to make the Bott Family. Mounted on 2 boards which I had applied white gesso to. I then applied […]

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Steampunk Book cover by Julie Wilson

Steampunk Book Cover by Julie Wilson Run some sticky backed aluminium (available at builder’s merchants) through an embossing folder. I used an industrial folder by Tim Holtz Stick the foil to the front and back using a paper stump to push the foil into the MDF and enhancing the embossed images. Add SamanthaK’s MDF pipes, […]

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