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Tuesday Colour Inspiration: Knitted Scarf

Tuesday Colour Inspiration: Knitted Scarf

by Carrie on 15th January 2019 with No Comments

Winter comes, and it’s time to get knitting by the fire again. I’ve been knitting a lot of presents lately, and here’s another one that’s on the needles, a simple scarf. This is a simple twisted rib stitch, using James … Read More

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Get Creative: 2019 desktop calendar project – with free downloads!

Get Creative: 2019 desktop calendar project – with free downloads!

by Carrie on 8th January 2019 with No Comments

Make your own 2019 star shaped desk calendar – with three free downloads!

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Guest blog post for Louise Lewis – and a freebie download!

Guest blog post for Louise Lewis – and a freebie download!

by Carrie on 29th September 2018 with No Comments

The lovely Louise Lewis asked me to be a guest blogger this month, and I was absolutely thrilled to be asked! My blog is all about how I prepare for my workshops, so if you’re thinking of putting on your … Read More

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Get Creative: Recycled slate house number plates

Get Creative: Recycled slate house number plates

by Carrie on 12th September 2018 with No Comments

My lovely partner has just spent two months of back breaking work re-roofing both our and our neighbours houses. And of course that means we have a lot of old broken slates … and as a crafter I can’t just … Read More

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Experiments with gelatin plate printing

Experiments with gelatin plate printing

by Carrie on 17th August 2018 with No Comments

I’ve been wanting to play with gelatin plate printing for quite a while, but as the commercial plates are pretty expensive, I hadn’t yet managed to have a try. Over the past few weeks I’ve been teaching collagraph printmaking, and … Read More

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Get Creative: Free Floral Mandala Colouring Page

Get Creative: Free Floral Mandala Colouring Page

by Carrie on 4th July 2018 with No Comments

Yesterday I was playing with some pre-gessoed canvas paper, and ended up drawing a mandala on it. I had to use a brush pen, as the canvas was quite rough, hence the much thicker lines than I would normally draw … Read More

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Crafty download: monoprinted background papers

Crafty download: monoprinted background papers

by Carrie on 6th June 2018 with No Comments

As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve had great fun playing with making monoprinted background papers recently, and I thought I would make them available as digital downloads for you to play with too. As you can see in the photos above, … Read More

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Get Creative: Paper Folded Stars / Flowers

Get Creative: Paper Folded Stars / Flowers

by Carrie on 25th January 2018 with No Comments

Get creative making these fun paper folded stars or flowers, perfect for making greetings cards with! I’ve created videos for two types of paper folded star fold, the Diamond Fold and the Triangle fold, both of which you will find … Read More

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Get Creative: Star shaped desk calendar project – with mini envelope printables and 2020 calendar printable!

Get Creative: Star shaped desk calendar project – with mini envelope printables and 2020 calendar printable!

by Carrie on 30th December 2017 with No Comments

This is an old project of mine, but still useful every year! Follow the instructions in the video to make your own star shaped desk calendar for 2020. Here are the links to the files in the video. They are … Read More

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Get Creative: Lino printed Christmas cards

Get Creative: Lino printed Christmas cards

by Carrie on 1st December 2017 with No Comments

If you fancy making your own Christmas cards this year, then why not try making these simple lino printed cards? They are really easy and quick to make, a great weekend craft. Print them up on plain white card, or … Read More

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Four free colouring pages are now up on my website Four free colouring pages are now up on my website for you to download. Just go to www.dendryad.co.uk (link in bio) and then click on 'Colouring Pages'. Happy colouring ๐ŸŒž
On the right, painted in acrylics 2 years ago. On On the right, painted in acrylics 2 years ago. On the left, drawn and coloured in pencils today. Think this might be the subject of another video tutorial, if you're interested?
Get creative! ๐ŸŒž I put a tutorial up on my YouTu Get creative! ๐ŸŒž I put a tutorial up on my YouTube channel yesterday on how to draw this Celtic style floral mandala. I recorded it in real time, so that you can draw along with me. Feel free to tag me with your art once you've finished, I'd love to see it ๐Ÿ˜Š Search 'Press for Design' on YT to find it ๐Ÿ‘
My art postcard donation is ready to be posted to My art postcard donation is ready to be posted to @twitterartexhibit #TAE21 tomorrow. Loved every minute of creating this! Created with @derwentartofficial Graphitint and Inktense pencils.
Lots of dots. Art postcard donation in progress fo Lots of dots. Art postcard donation in progress for #TAE21 @twitterartexhibit
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