My Creative Spirit (Blog Archive)

We’re really excited to be launching the search for a number of enthusiastic crafters/artists with an eye for detail and original flair to join our 2020 Design Team. International applicants are welcome.   If you have a blog or presence on social media and can:  create original eye catching designs using products from our own range and brands sold on our website  take great photographs of your projects film/write great tutorials commit to designing one project a month do apply Selected Design Team members will receive: Regular design team boxes packed full of products from our range and other suppliers  Promotion through our website and social media A Design Team Blog Button for your blog! Discount off products on our website Here’s how to apply:  Using at least one product from the My Creative Spirit range create two projects that showcase your style of crafting and share them on your social media platform.  One should have...

Hi everyone, I hope you've had an enjoyable week and are looking forward to the weekend.  I'm off out tomorrow to run our first one day workshop of the year and looking forward to meeting up with all the lovely ladies coming along for a fun day of crafting Picture Perfect albums.  This weeks release is our new Concertina Album.  It comes in two styles, both measure 8 1/4" tall x 6" wide, one had six pockets and three styles of inserts and the other has twelve pockets and one style of insert making it perfect to make it into a Year Book or calendar.  There's a full PDF Tutorial with video assembly guides for both styles of album, including the dimensions to cut your own album covers, a generic paper cutting guide so you can use your choice of papers and how to make the featured Concertina Calendar Album in the Fashion Forward collection by Graphic 45.  Let's take a closer look at both albums.  Twelve Pocket Concertina Album  Th...

Hi everyone, happy Friday.  I can't believe it's already the second Friday of the month and have a feeling this year is going to fly by. I'm always getting asked if I have favourites amongst the projects I design so I took a look back at my 2019 creations and put together my Top Five to share with you, along with links to the project video and related products too.  Before I share them here's a bit of blurb about my approach to the design process. Paper Sale - Jan 2020 Papers are an essential part of the projects I design.  We've got great savings on selected paper lines over on the website this month.   Click here  to browse.  A bit of blurb ........   As a maker myself I'm always very conscious of the cost of crafting, and in my world the cost of the gorgeous designer papers we all have to buy, stoke and stash. With that in mind I try to create projects that make you want to use those papers and turn them into gorgeous pro...

 .   .  Hi everyone, Happy New Year. I hope you enjoyed your festivities and managed to get some 'you time' to craft over the holidays too. With the boys doing their own things this year I headed down country to Falmouth, Cornwall to spend Christmas and the tweenie week with my lovey little sis.  We walked along a very blustery Maenporth beach on Christmas Day, entertained friends and enjoyed a lot of quality time together which was extra special in so many ways. Oli and his new girlfriend stayed at a hotel in Falmouth after Christmas too so we got to meet up some 270 miles from home lol!! Ahead of tomorrows post when I'll be sharing my Top 5 projects of 2019 pick up a bargain or two in our January paper sale.  We've got some great savings on the lines below:     Stamperia - 20% off   Make a Wish collection Grand Hotel collection   Cosmos collection    Alchemy collectio...