Introducing Seedballs
Created by conservation scientists, Seedball offers a new twist on an ancient technique for increasing seed germination rates – helping to fill our gardens, balconies and window boxes with native wildflowers, bees and butterflies. Native wildflowers are naturally slow to germinate, and as such, loosely scattered seed can often be eaten by ants, birds and […]
A Forest Scene in PanPastels by Tracey Dutton
Today, Tracey is using PanPastels to create this lovely, simple yet effective, Forest Scene. We now carry a variety of colours from the PanPastel range, plus their handy ten-pot palette and the Applicator with replacement heads. Music courtesy of bensound.com Forest Scene The PanPastel range
Gideon and the Spring Trees by Eleana Evans
Today, Lavinia Stamps design team member Eleana Evans takes us, step-by-step through the process of creating this lovely card featuring our crafty fox, Gideon, playing under the Spring trees. More of Eleana’s work can be viewed at her Crafty Corner on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ellie.evans.315 Music courtesy of bensound.com Gideon Spring Trees Versafine Clair Ink Pads Distress […]
Fairy Bridge in Summertime by Karen Telfer
Last week, design team member Karen Telfer pictured our Fairy Bridge stamp engulfed in a snow blizzard. Today, she has taken that same bridge and created a lovely summertime scene to give us all something to look forward to in the weeks to come. The result is a lovely bright card brimming with verdant colours. […]
Indian Flourish by Tracey Dutton
Today, Tracey demonstrates a fluid and flowing watercolour technique, painting directly onto Multifarious card with Brusho Inks, to produce this lovely vibrant colourful card. A stencilled overlay and a touch of StarBrights eco-glitter add the finishing touches. Music courtesy of bensound.com Indian Flourish Word Stamps Brusho Inks Stencils StarBrights Eco Glitter
New Range of Pan Pastels
PanPastel are professional artists’ quality soft pastel colours in a unique pan format (cake-like). … The unique qualities of PanPastel make them ideal for exploring new creative techniques for painting, drawing and mixed media. Available NOW Pan Pastels – Titanium White £7.20 inc VAT Add to basket Pan Pastels – Hansa Yellow £7.20 inc VAT Add to basket Pan Pastels – […]
Enchanted Dreams by Tracey Dutton
In today’s video, we see a simple yet effective way of creating the illusion of reflections by using the Brayer Roller to transfer a correctly reversed image. Tracey has also taken the opportunity to introduce our new range of POSCA pens for adding the finishing touches to this charming little card. Music courtesy of bensound.com […]
Astrid – A Watercolour Exercise by Tracey Dutton
Astrid is one of our larger stamps, finely detailed and beautifully drawn by Tracey Dutton. The watercolour effect is achieved using diluted Brushos. A stencilled background completes the picture, which is given a final finish using our StarBrights Eco Glitter. Music courtesy of bensound.com Astrid Word Stamps Stencils Inks
Winter Waddle by Lisa Taggart
Continuing the “Snow Blizzard” theme of our Creative Challenge, we present another tutorial from Lavinia Stamps Design Team member Lisa Taggart. In today’s video, Lisa is also running another “Give-away” with a chance to win her original artwork and we will also be donating the stamps used in the project. And you can follow Lisa’s […]