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Positive Pins by Emma-Jo

In this tutorial, Emma-Jo describes how to create charming little dress pins for wearing on clothing, or a bag. Stamping onto Sizzix Shrink Plastic, she then colours with watercolour pencils, Posca Pens and Ganzi Starry metallic colours. Finally, adding a glittery edge using Wow! Embossing Powders.

Pearl Hummingbird by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again. Thanks for joining me today where I am going to create a beautiful, arty background to surround our wonderful hummingbird. I will be adding some colour using the Gansai Tambi paints, oh these pearl colours are amazing. Our Hot-Pressed Watercolour Card is just perfect for this, and I am using […]

February’s Fairy Toadstool by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, thanks so much for popping in. Jo here again with another Calendar tutorial.  Today I am going to create a little woodland scene with our Fairy Toadstool and members of the Wallace Family, some blended Elements ink and water splats. For the finishing touches, we’ll add more colour using Watercolour and pastel pencils, […]

Making Bee Stud Earrings with Emma-Jo

Emma-Jo continues her Shrink Plastic journey of discovery today, creating this rather lovely pair of stud earrings. They feature one of the tiny bees from the Bumblehums stamp and one of the Moss Flowers. Both are from the recently launched Sunbloom collection, with Posca Pen and Mondeluz Watercolour Pencils providing the colour.

Honeycomb Bumble and Hum by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here. Thanks for popping in again, I do hope the day is treating you well. Today I am going to make a lovely little Honeycomb Bumble Bee card, stamping with a couple of our new stamps, combined with some stencil work. We also have a wonderful bit of masking to create our […]

Magic Potions Bring January Joy to a Calendar Page by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again. Thanks so much for popping in today where I am so excited to share the new Lavinia Stamps Calendar with you, which is in stock and available on the website now. .January is a good place to begin, and I have taken the printed design at the base of the […]

Bumble and Bloom by Lisa Taggart

In this video, Lisa Taggart demonstrates how to create a colourful inky background using Dinkles inks and Acrylic Sprays, and how to achieve texture using the salt technique. The project also combines stamping with masking to facilitate detailed colouring of the focal images.

Make a Bee Hairclip with Emma-Jo

Emma-Jo has been a busy bee in the craft room, creating this lovely hairclip, with a design based on stamps from the new Sunbloom collection. She stamped the design on a circular sheet of Sizzix Shrink Plastic, showing Bumble making a bee-line for the Moss Flowers. After colouring, she applied heat to the sheet to […]

A Multi-Layered Hummingbird Card by Eleana Evans

Hello everyone, it’s Eleana here (but you can call me Ellie). I hope you all are enjoying the Fairy Craft Festival. Four days full of Inspiration, Techniques and Giveaways, running over four days from July 4th to the 7th. My tutorial is about using layers and dimensions. We’ll be using cutting dies, that can now […]