The Craft Collective

30/08/2026

Hello and Happy Sunday!

Sarah here and I wanted to let you know that I am going to be taking part in the first ever Curated free online retreat - The Language of Marks! It will be running from 13-27 September during which time you can access sessions from 20 fabulous artists all sharing their mark making techniques across everything from gel printing and collage to stitch. It is going to be inspiring, playful and the perfect opportunity to explore the marks that make your artwork unique to you 🙂. In addition to the sessions there will be giveaways, prizes and live events during the 2 weeks. I can't wait to dive in!

I really hope that you can join us for this fun and free event...I have put the link to sign up in the comments below. It is an affiliate link which means that if you decide to upgrade your free ticket I will get a commission (at no cost to you). Thank you!

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19/08/2026

Hello! I am just popping in with a quick reminder that the early bird discount off our one day workshop in Denshaw, Oldham runs out tomorrow night. Come and join us for a fun and inspiration packed day of crafting projects on 4 October and get a fab 15% off your ticket price when you use the code EARLY15 at checkout! Here are the projects that you will be making with Erica and Sarah x

16/08/2026

Hello!
Our workshop in Denshaw on October 4 will be here before you know it and the early bird discount runs out on 20 Aug - you can get 15% off when you use the code EARLY15 at checkout. In our newsletter today we have shared the projects that Erica and Sarah will be teaching and Leonie will share hers next week when she is back from the campsite :) Join us for a fun, relaxed day packed with creative techniques!

02/08/2026

New in person workshop date announced! Great news....we will be running another one day workshop in the beautiful Denshaw on Sunday, 4 October. The workshop is available to book now and you will get 15% off the ticket price if you use the code EARLY15 before 20 August :)
See you there!

26/07/2026

Hi folks. For those who attended the weekender, I’ve just shared how I’ve done this on our group. If you missed the weekender, I’ll be sharing this on an Art Inspirations newsletter soon xx

26/07/2026

Anyone else tried/heard of this before? Photo transfer using embossing powder - or is it my invention 😃?

Thank you to the wonderful gang who joined us this weekend. We all had such an amazing weekend, and appreciate you all crafting along with us, catching up, or just tuning in. We can’t wait to see what you create, and hope you’ll be back with us next time ###

26/07/2026

What an amazing way to start the day. Erica Palfreyman is so talented - and (even though I say so myself) I think our are the best place to get inspired!!

26/07/2026

I’m home, and it’s workshop day!! I’m sitting watching - moderating - our wonderful Erica 😃

25/07/2026

It's finally time for our July online weekender with The Craft Collective 🙂 I am live at 10am and Claire Stead from Art Journal Love is live at 2pm!

I am all prepped (I think). My session is going to be focused on creating a loose and free underpainting and covering it up to see what our masks reveal. It's a great way to let go with your paints and inks without worrying about a final composition and of being brave in covering things up (even when you like them).

Here is an underpainting that I made yesterday just because I had got all of my supplies out 🙂 It looks like colourful chaos now but the masks will isolate elements of this background and push everything else back. I can't wait to see what all of our weekenders make!

17/07/2026