Hi, just thought I’d let you know that if you fancy a day out, why not pop along to the NEC for the Hobby Crafts Show this week.
You can see me on the Samuel Taylors stand on Thursday and Friday where I will be showing you Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens, AquaBlend Pencils Sheena’s Perfect Partners range: Country Cottage and Day of the Dead.
I look forward to seeing you there!
The Great Create Extravaganza is at York Racecourse this weekend and I will be working for Crafters Companion on the Samuel Taylor’s stand.
I will be on hand throughout the show, demonstrating a number of Crafter’s Companion goodies including Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens, AquaBlend Pencils and Sheena’s Perfect Partners range: Country Cottage.
Pop along and say Hi, it would be great to see you.
Best wishes,
Dawn
The Great Create Extravaganza (formerly GNPE)
Friday 11th March and Saturday 12th March 2016
Knavesmire Exhibition Centre
York Racecourse
YO23 1EX
I first showed you how to make this card on Hochanda TV.
Using the Harmony watercolour pens, I created the card background.
Once dry, I put it through my Emerald Die cutting machine using an embossing folder from my crafty stash and sanded this back to give the finished effect.
I die cut flowers using flower dies out of extra card I had created with the same effect so the elements on the card all matched.
I then cut the letters using the Emerald Letter dies. These are great as you can add your own special word and make this more personal to the recipient of the card.
Again this card can be used for any occasion but quick and easy to make with the right products.
Products I used to Create this card were:
With Mothering Sunday almost upon us, I thought it would be nice to share with you a lovely card that is very quick to do for Mothers day card.
I always say beautiful creations can always be made providing you have the right tools and this card is a prime example of what you can do in a short space of time.
By using the Create & Craft Diesire Create-a card you can make a really quick background to any card.
I then die cut and stamped the carnations using Sheena Douglass perfect partners country cottage die and stamps. I then coloured the flowers with Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers.
I think you will agree this is a stunning card that can be used for any occasion.
Products Used to Create this Card were:
Imagine my surprise when I logged in to Facebook and found I had been voted Hochanda’s Handmade Hero of the Week!
Many, many thanks for all your votes and for your kind comments – I really do appreciate your feedback and support.
This is the third in my super quick and super easy to make Foto Folio tutorials!
The great thing is you don’t have to buy anything special to make it – these entire projects are made with supplies I already had in my crafty stash!!
This Easy Peasy Foto Folio follows the same format as the other 2, the size is the same so they will look delightful displayed on a shelf or given as that special keepsake gift.
With Step by Step Video Tutorials and PDF Instructions too you will find this project easy to follow and can be made in a day.
I recently did this as a class at my Weekend Retreat and the ladies constructed the book in a morning and decorated it in and afternoon so they could take it home and just add the photos!
Are you planning a crafty day at the NEC in Birmingham this week? If so, pop along to stands F40, G18 and G36 (Pink Frog Crafts), where you’ll find Sheena Douglass (Thursday & Friday), Hazel Eaton (all four days) and Dawn Macfie (Saturday & Sunday) demonstrating some of our latest ranges including Sheena’s brand new Perfect Partners Country Cottage range and brand new Accordion everyday overlay dies. Also being demonstrated are the Create-a-Card decorative dies along with the Cut ‘n’ Boss machine from Craftwell! There will also be goody bags for the first 5 customers who spend £30 or more on Crafter’s Companion products on each day.
You’ll also find Debbie Fisher (Thursday & Friday) and Louise Welsh (Saturday & Sunday) on the Samuel Taylors stand (C01) demonstrating the brand new Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens along with the co-ordinating stamps.
There’ll be lots of great offers available on our crafty goodies, so don’t miss out! We hope you enjoy the show – Sheena, Hazel, Dawn, Debbie and Louise all look forward to seeing you there!
I’m delighted to be bringing you a fantastic new set of Alcohol based colouring pens on Hochanda today, just brilliant to help you achieve a professional finish.
To help me, I have created series of charts detailing all the colours in the set which I have then coloured in making choosing colours so much easier. If you’d like them, just fill in your name and email address in the form below and once you have confirmed your email address, you will directed to a page where you can download the documents, print them off and hopefully you will find them as helpful as I do.
The core card bundle One Day Special was fantastic value for money on Hochanda TV.
Thank you very much to you all that kindly emailed in and left comments both on my site and on my Facebook page. It was great to hear that my ideas and tips have inspired many of you to look at your plain card stock in a slightly different way.
Dawn, Sara Davies of Crafters Companion and Diane Whitehouse are demonstrating at Samuel Taylors in Leeds on Saturday the 5th of September 2015. Dawn will be demonstrating the Cut’n’Boss die-cutting and embossing machine and Sara the decorative and Only Words Christmas Edge’ables dies. If your love is colouring, Diane will be showing you how to use the Spectrum Noir.
Come along and enjoy the demos from me, Sara and Diane. Click here to get directions to Samuel Taylors
Hi, I have had some fabulous feedback and comments from the demonstrations I put together for the Stamping with Dawn show on Hochanda TV so I thought you might like to see some images of the samples I made.
As you saw in the show, they are really easy to make so get some stamps and have a go – you’ll love what you can do with them!
If you’d like to see some more ‘Stamping in Action’, I will be bringing you 3 new shows on the 3rd of September at 13:00, 15:00 and 18:00 so please tune in for some more great ideas.
Just to let know that you can find me on the new Crafting TV channel, Hochanda on Monday morning at 10am and at 14:00.
Hochanda is an exciting new channel dedicated for crafters. You can watch Hochanda on Sky 663, Freesat 822 & on Freeview Channel 39.
You may need to retune your Freeview box – I did!!