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Guide: Bottle caps

October 13, 2018October 13, 2018 Crafty Rat

As so often happens, something passed by in the daily stream of blogs and YouTube and caught my imagination. On this occasion, it was bottle caps. I can't remember the context and I had absolutely no idea what I would do with them — other than "something mixed media" — but I didn't have any… Continue reading Guide: Bottle caps

Tagged gessocreatives, stash, testing1 Comment
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Test: Inktense travel set

September 8, 2018September 3, 2018 Crafty Rat

A while ago, my other half signed up for ScrawlrBox — an art supplies subscription box. Normally there's a selection of pens and pencils and some paper and other odds and ends, but in August we hit the jackpot. In August's box, there was a Derwent Inktense paint pan travel set. Rather than put it… Continue reading Test: Inktense travel set

Tagged gessocreatives, Inktense, painting, review2 Comments
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Test: Deco Foil Transfer Gel

August 19, 2017August 19, 2017 Crafty Rat

I like foil and I like stencils, so how could I not pick up a pot of Deco Foil Transfer Gel when I saw one of my regular shops had it in stock. Rather than just grab a random stencil and quickly try it out, I thought I'd do a more thorough test with a… Continue reading Test: Deco Foil Transfer Gel

Tagged foil, stencilling3 Comments
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Test: Blending Distress Oxides

August 3, 2017 Crafty Rat

I recently watched a review on YouTube comparing blending tools and I was so appalled at the results they were getting with the Ranger blending tool and Distress Oxides that I had to stop and go have a try — I have some oxides, but I hadn’t tried blending them yet… I am by no… Continue reading Test: Blending Distress Oxides

Tagged Distress, tools5 Comments

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Hi, my name is Sarah and I live in London, UK with my very techy other half and our pet rats. When I’m not looking after them, my days are spent getting crafty and trying to remember to blog about it.

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