Today I wanted to show you how to make a Simple Linocut Christmas Card! They look really pretty, and are a great homemade thing to send out to friends and family! Things you will need: Glass slab/printing surface for rolling out ink Printing paper or pre-cut cards with a smooth surface …
In the run-up to Christmas, getting crafty is something I love! In 2014 I published my book Make Your Own Christmas Tree Decorations (which you can now get for £8 in my shop) and decided to share a linocut inspired Christmas activity! I chose the Carved Fruit Decorations as it is …
This workshop is the perfect opportunity to learn how to do linocut printing and make some high quality, interesting Christmas cards at the same time. The workshop will focus on developing and creating a series of different designs and patterns that then can be printed or mounted onto cards. We …
Here at Magenta Sky we love Christmas and we especially like it that we can make even more things than usual. So in this blog post we have put together a few ideas from our own designs as well as across the internet for you to enjoy this festive season… …
by Guest Blogger, Nancy Shafee Phew – when this appears, I will have come out from under my cloud of red wool. Very many thanks to all of you who bought one of my poppies, whether direct from my website or from one of the lovely small shops and galleries …
Halloween and the October half term are rapidly approaching – do you need some fun stuff to keep the children busy? Well, we have searched the internet and found a selection of crafty activities to keep the kids (or maybe yourselves) entertained for a few hours. 1. Easy for little …
It’s the end of summer, already September and of course many of you are juggling children, after school clubs, work and trying to do some craft as well. Yes, for many of you, I realise the last thing you need to be doing is ‘planning ahead for Christmas’. However, I …
