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Pheasant and Lavender Cards, Just for You by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again. Lovely to have you join me in my craft room. Today I am going to create 2 smaller designs suitable for 4×4-inch card blanks. We occasionally need a smaller card due to postage restraints. I will make a beautiful floral design with our Lavender stamp, followed by a clean and […]

Nia’s Winter Berries by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again. Thanks so much for popping in today as we create a festive design for the November page of our Lavinia Calendar. We have our beautiful fairy, Nia, and we will place her on a nest of foliage, made from the headdress, mini winter berries, and the mini Holly stamps.  The […]

Kuretake Bubbles by Helen Pritchett

Kuretake’s UK Demonstrator, Helen Pritchett, uses the Gansai Tambi colour set to create a watercolour background of bubbles, against which to stamp our beautifully detailed Lilium flowers. She then colours the flowers using the Clean Colour pens. At the end of the tutorial, she also introduces the six-colour pallet sets of Kuretake Gansai Tambi, Pearl, […]

Golden Hour Bulrushes by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo from the design team here.  Thanks so much for popping in again, it is lovely to spend time with you. Today I am going to create a rich golden hour background on watercolour card using our Dinkle powders and mop brush. This really is a wonderful brush and perfect for this technique. […]

Ariel Casts a Spell on October by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again from the Design Team. Thanks so much for popping in and joining me today, where we are going to create a magical piece of art. I am going to use our beautiful fairy, Ariel, and let her cast her spell to transform a pumpkin (the mini urchin stamp) into the magnificent […]

Meadow wishes by Lisa Taggart

In this tutorial, Lisa explores the versatility of the Elements ink pads and demonstrates how to create a watercolour effect. She also shows how a landscape can be built up by selecting part of the stamp. Click here to follow Lisa’s papercraft adventures.

Thistles at Sunset by Emma-Jo

This week it’s time to Have A Go at making this truly vibrant card using the Spellbound Fairy Stamp. 🧚‍♀️ There’s a flame coloured Dinkles background with a touch of Mica Minerals. Some stamping fun with Fairy Pods, Glow Flowers, Thistle and Vine Branch…ooh and some Posca Pen accents too. I hope you like it […]

Through the Trees of Hope and Courage by Jo Rice

Hi everyone Jo here, thanks for popping in today. I do hope you are keeping well. Today I thought we could have a play at creating a design suitable for this month’s Challenge. Through The Trees. I am going to use the Acetate circle mask with some Elements inks to create my backdrop, then stamp the […]

Star Gazing in September by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here from the design team. Thanks so much for popping in and joining me again. Today I have a lovely design for the September page in our Lavinia Calendar using the beautiful Star Gazing fairies along with some autumnal foliage. This is a very versatile design and we have so many different […]