Author: Chris Birchall

Indian Flourish by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again from the Design Team. It’s Technique Tuesday and we are going to have some fun with stamps, inks and stamping foam.  This is such a fun technique that can be used to create backgrounds, focal points, toppers and more, and we have so many fabulous Lavinia stamps that will work really […]

Art From the Heart by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again with another Mindful Monday, thanks so much for popping in.  Today we will look at combining backgrounds and mini works of art. We’ll be adding some embellishments and creating some of our own. The metallic gilding polish is excellent for this.  We will create a double-page spread in our journal or two […]

Nia Sparkles by Karen Telfer

Hi everyone, it’s Karen Telfer from the design team here to bring you another video tutorial to hopefully offer you some inspiration for the creative challenge this month – ‘A Touch of Sparkle’. I am using some of my favourite colours, the gorgeous glow flower, some of the new stamps and the lovely Nia fairy. […]

Add Some Sparkle by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here, thanks so much for joining me for another Technique Tuesday.  Today we are going to look at a couple of ways of adding some sparkle to our designs to make them perfect for this month’s Lavinia Challenge. So get your favourite Lavinia stamps at the ready, so card and some ink, […]

A Beautiful Blue Lilium by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again. Thanks so much for joining me for another Mindful Monday. Happy New Year to you all, I am so excited about the next 12 months and all the time we are going to spend crafting together.  Today we are going to start by using some of our PHD (Project Half […]

Janine Raper is our Design Team Guest Member for January

Hi everyone, my name is Janine and I come from West Yorkshire. I’m married and have two grown-up children and a pair of whippets, Maisie and Poppy.  I studied O-level art at school and I got into crafting five or six years ago after making a birthday card for a family member, in a moment of […]

Using Stamping Foam with a Stencil by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here from the design team. I am so pleased that you have popped in to join me. Today we are going to have a look at how to use a piece of stamping foam with a stencil to create a fabulous background.  This is such a fun technique and has so many […]

Christmas Joy and Laughter by Jo Rice

Hi everyone, Jo here again from the Design Team. Thanks so much for popping in.  Today we are going to use sticker stencils to create a page in our journals.  We will add our artwork from last Tuesday, with some extra stencil work to create a double-page spread  I do love using ink to create […]

Winter Songbird Card by Emma Jo

  The last few days before the Holidays are upon us, so I fancied a bit of carol singing. Enter the Winter Songbird. He’s a fun 6 x 6 card with musical notes, ivy stencil, Winter Magic Words some snow and some BLING! For this we use Sticker Stencil Set 1, Ivy Stencil, Elements Ink […]