Tag: painting

First attempt at water colouring!

  First attempt at water colouring, late at night while waiting for a job on the laser to finish. I messed up the face & the printed lines smudged, but pleased for my first watercolour attempt with my new gansai tambi watercolours that I got with a birthday voucher 🙂 The gorgeous image was from ‘all […]

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In love with Peacock Feathers

In love with Peacock Feathers So in love with these Peacock feathers, they are lasercut from thick chipboard and are so beautiful and detailed.      I ummed and ahhhed about cutting them from wood, but from a crafting perspective much preferred them cut from the chipboard as its more flexible if I wanted to […]

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DIY pin cushion sewing project tutorial (and bean bag!)

DIY pin cushion sewing project tutorial (and bean bag!) Use the template and instructions below to create these gorgeous pin cushions or even create your very own bean bag! Step 1. Print the template, which can be found below. Cut out and draw onto fabric of your choice x 2. Step 2. Place the two […]

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Cat sewing project- Neck pillow – Diy project tutorial

Cat sewing project- Neck pillow – Diy project tutorial Here’s your chance to create this adorable neck rest in the shape of a sleeping cat. Black yarn is used for embroidering the eyes onto the appliqued cat’s head and the neck rest is filled with polyester wadding. Step 1. Print and cut out the template, which […]

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Papier-Mâché Easter Bunny project – Decoupage – Diy project tutorial

Papier-Mâché Easter Bunny project – Decoupage – Diy project tutorial Here’s your chance to create this funky Easter bunny project, using decoupage! Step 1. Prime the brown papier-mâché bunny with white craft paint. This results in the slightly transparent decoupage paper appearing as clearly as possible. Leave to dry. Step 2. Tear or cut small pieces […]

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Felt case – Diy project tutorial

Felt case – Diy project tutorial A cute felt case, perfect for glasses or phones. Template below. You can always enlarge or shrink the template to create a smaller case 🙂 Step 1. Print the template which is below. Use the template and cut it out of thick foam. Step 2. Use a stencil on top […]

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A painted decorated Treasure Chest – Mothers day project

A painted decorated Treasure Chest – Mothers day project Another in the Mothers day project series. Another quick but effective gift for Mothers day or if the kids want to make Nanny (or you ;p) something, . Below is the third project, you can find the second one HERE and the first one HERE Today are these cute treasure […]

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Bright Frame with wooden discs – Mothers day project

Bright Frame with wooden discs – Mothers day project Following on from yesterdays post, if you still need to make a quick but effective gift for Mothers day or the kids want to make Nanny (or you ;p) something, then over the next couple of days I’ll be sharing some quick Mothers day projects for you. […]

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New Large MDF tags with cute heart hole

New Large MDF tags with cute heart hole    Just a quick share of some cute new tags that are now available on the website 🙂 The more you buy, the cheaper each tag is. Sam xx To keep up to date with the blog and for exclusive offers and discounts why not Sign up […]

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Sparkly Sprays

Sparkly sprays Oooo these lovelies turned up in with deliveries this week 🙂 Any ideas of fun things to do with them? I wonder how they will take to wood! Sam x To keep up to date with the blog and for exclusive offers and discounts why not Sign up for the newsletter? [mc4wp_form id=”1900″]

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Playing with paper

Playing with paper…. Well paper clay to be exact! I had a couple of new moulds arrive a few weeks back that I hadn’t got around to trying out, so today i’ve finally had a chance to play….Ermm I mean ‘test’ them for work purposes of course….. I’m super impressed with the details, One featured […]

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A house in the clouds…Tutorial

A house in the clouds…Tutorial   Happy Easter Friday 🙂 I hope everyone has a fab Easter weekend and don’t eat to much chocolate…..not that I will be following my own advice of course hehe… I wanted to share a recent make with you, It is a house shaped wooden shelf system and it was […]

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Painting the Millennium Falcon! – Dry brushing technique

Happy Friday everyone 🙂 Before you get to wondering too much, i didn’t need scaffolding for this job!  hehe…. Although I’m sure painting the real Millennium Falcon would be fun, this is a mini Falcon, that is made from air dry paper clay and was for use on my hubby’s Valentines card. I love paper […]

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