I did some crafting!

I know!   It’s a rare thing at the moment, but I actually made something this weekend!  Firstly, let me back up to the events of last weekend – the Retreat.  Chef (aka David, aka Lesley’s hubby) came along on Friday to help unload the cars full of crafting gear and ended up staying to help [...]

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Stampbord and UTEE

So, there I was in my craft room, feeling rather chilly and I thought, I know, I’ll do some embossing and warm my hands up with the heat coming off the heat gun. I dug out some old Stampbord pieces – I have a little box full of the absolute rejects, pieces that are waiting [...]

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Ten Seconds Studio

You asked about the Ten Seconds Studio piece that I showed in the last post. Well here it is (resting on a glimmer misted paper towel) again. Ten Seconds Studio is a company specialising in metal embossing tools and moulds. I have always liked the look of metal embossing, but have a real aversion to [...]

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Etch-a-Sketch-a-Stampbord

I’m busy working on the Graphicus Guild newsletter and one or two other exciting things that I can’t share just yet. This month’s Guild Stamps are some lovely abstracty type flowers with some nice detail that lends itself very much to etching on Stampbord. This one was done with chalky aqua colours made by mixing [...]

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Reflections

Well it’s almost the last day of the year – looking back it’s been a good one. It started with the big move, taking the plunge and moving our business into bigger better premises. Not surprisingly there were some stressful moments, but it’s all been worth it. We stopped doing all of the retail shows [...]

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I found it! Woo hoo!

I found my camera lead! Judging by the comments on the last entry, you do actually like to see what I get up to in my craft room. Well here’s a little taster for you. I have peacock stamps, I have Stampbord and I have a new (brand new) range of rather nice inks called [...]

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