Inspiration Gallery

Tutor - Sandra Botham

Using 4 mini canvas panels we will be creating one lovely scene.

Learn techniques using Dylusions acrylic paints for the background then adding some quirky Dylusions stamps and colouring to add character to your mini master pieces.

Finally using Tim Holtz Idea-ology display hangers to create a different way of displaying your finished creation. 

Tutor - Kate Crane

Good things come in small packages, and this is no exception! Decorate a large matchbox, and then make a cute concertina journal before filling it with pattern and colour. We’ll use acrylic paints, stamps. Stencils, pastels, collage … and anything else we feel like! 

Due to its size it is possible to complete this little package of goodness in a single workshop, and when complete it is the perfect size for your handbag ready for some extra journaling when the mood strikes!

You can never have too much storage, can you? Here’s a nifty idea for storing your stamps and stamping bits and bobs. Two paper Mache suitcases, collaged, painted, inked, lavishly decorated with oodles of alphabets and raring to go.

A fabulous book made from scratch, comprising an accordion fold and stitched canvas pages. Paints, inks, splatters, tags, tears, apertures, doodling , stamping and a smattering of hearts to guide you through your journey.

 Another massively popular class. Over the course of the day you will learn 9 techniques. these will be replicated onto tiles which will then be used to "mosaic" a wooden mirror frame. So informative, educational and creative all at the same time. Yayy

Take one painty inky background, gorgeous conservatory papers,One set of “must have” bird stamps, a generous helping of embellishments and of course it wouldn’t be me without adding a few of my quirky touches!! Stir in some doodling, leave to simmer and enjoy.

Tutor - Dyan Reaveley

This was always one of Dyans most popular classes, a large pocketed Star Book, and it's back with a bang.

Using Tim Holtz Correspondence paper stash and a dash of Dylusions to create a stunning keepsake book filled with tags. We will be using new Dylusions products and Tim Holtz Idea-ology to decorate the inner pages and tags that you will just want to treasure forever!

 This is a stunning album With 16 chipboard pages attached to a large accordion this gate fold album measures 10 x 8 in. It opens in the style of a flag book and will absolutely amaze your family and friends. With tons of room for photos and journalling and space for lots more. This is decorated in bright zingy coloured papers, perfect for all your summer pics.

Take one Tim Holtz folio, combine with fabulous techniques using Dylusions paints and inks, add a smattering of tags flaps and pockets and then stamp to your hearts content. Voila a fabulous decorated keepsake.

 Just love the new 7gypsies papers, Gypsy market. here they are teamed with a Rusty Pickle accordion Pocketed Album. Sumptuous rustic shades teamed with metal hardware and eclectic stamping, what more could you ask for..??

I haven’t taught a star book for quite a while now but this bootalicious Curtain Call range of paper from Graphic 45 was crying out for one. As you have come to expect it is a Star book with a difference, 12 double pages, pockets, flaps and pull outs. Absolutely stunning, even if I say so myself!

The latest in Tim’s configurations range. This time it’s a large shallow printers type tray, featuring 21 removable compartments. Decorated with Graphic 45’s Domestic Goddess, I have chosen a dressmaking theme. Scissors, bobbins, buttons, dress forms, snaps measures and needle case. A place for everything and everything in it’s place! You will need to provide some of your own little mementos as well.

Tutor - Tracy Scott 

I love to create a unique piece of art, what about you ???

Come and join me for a day of painted layering bliss as we create this large 24" x 12" canvas. 

We will create a multi media background and then paint in our branches before creating our individual leaves. 

A unique piece of art you will be proud to hang on your wall. 

Please bring black and white journalling pens and a 1" brush and small fine line paint brush for detail work. 

Today we will be transforming an old book into a stunning Christmas display piece. Inks, sprays, grunge, Stampotique and a sprinkle of fairy dust are all it takes for the magic to happen.

Claudine Hellmuth’s Studio Line range of stamps have finally graced our shores and they are fabby. One set for depth, one for definition. Use them singularly or together, the choice is all yours. We will be staining a wooden birdhouse and then adding the stamps direct. We will be exploring what “home” means to you for some hidden journaling on the sticky back canvas roof. Mixed Media at its finest.

 Tutor - Sandra Botham

Join me for a day of creating with Dylusions. We will begin by using the luscious Dylusions paints and stencils to create backgrounds. We will then begin to decorate and create a scene over 3 canvases.

Tutor Tracy Scott 

Fabric Art Dolls  ( this is a 2 day class) - come and join me for a fabulously creative weekend as we design, sketch, paint, sew, stuff and decorate our own mixed media art dolls!!!

I'll take you through step by step so that you can create a beautiful original fabric doll !!

If you have your own sewing machine please bring it along but not essential for this class as there will be one available for use ( just saves time if you have your own !!). A black and white pen as well as coloured pencils are advisable although again not essential as there will be some available in the class for use. 

The quality of these papers is superb, a real traditional back to school theme for kids and grown ups alike. This album has a real quirky way of unfolding, first one side and then the other to reveal page after page of delight. Pockets, tags, envelope, and more and more.

Tutor – SandyPoppins

I’m fresh out of an online workshop with Teesha Moore and she set a challenge to go and teach what we had learned. This journal incorporates some of that knowledge with another of my favourite tutors – of course our very own, very fabulous Dyan Reaveley! 

It’s a two (consecutive) day workshop brimming with techniques and ideas to create a fun and quirky journal. Including creating the journal from scratch, learning ways with collage, backgrounds and pen work….oh yes, the pen work! Plus we will be using a fabulous range of downloads from Dyan herself and of course we will be including some of her oddly eccentric stamps and sayings! Be prepared for a fun filled two days. 

'Use Your Wingss' canvas or journal workshop 

Hi - come join me Kassa to find out if we create this kaleidoscope of colour on a black or white background 9" X 12" canvas (you can create this in your journal if you prefer)

It will be a fun and messy painty day full of techniques to create your own colourful, textured and dusty 'Use Your Wings' artwork- and eeeek! the worktop will be overflowing with Ranger Ink goodness!

 Claudine Hellmuth's new studio line range of paints from Ranger are fabby. I Have raved about them for ages and now here's your chance to find out for yourself. We will be altering a shaped block canvas with collage, stamps and paint effects. I know you think you can't, but trust me you CAN!!! This class sold out in March and May and everyone produced a stunning work of art. But be warned it is extremely addictive, lol. You may need therapy..!!

Love Dylusions? Love Doodling? Well you’ll love this gorgeous 6x11.5” Dylusions journal that Sandra will show you how to make from scratch and decorative with your favourite Dylusions stamps and doodling techniques. Learn how to make your journal ‘pop’ with all of Sandra’s tips and tricks.

Here is my second offering using papers from the Graphic 45 range, By the Sea. And this book is a beast! (in the loveliest way)  

I’ve teamed burlap and jute,  along with a mixture of black card and kraft tags – and I must say, it appears to be a marriage made in heaven doesn’t it? 

Along with a full set of papers, we will be using two full sets of By the Sea elements – be sure not to miss this one!

Please note, the class runs for an extra hour.

Tutor Dyan Reaveley

Join us making a fabulously unique, hand decorated and stitched canvas journal.

we will be starting blank canvas and decorating with inks and paints, stamps and stencils, drawings and doodles.

Plenty of time to add pockets and tags, inserts and flaps.

After stitching it all together we will be adding images, quotes and sparkly embellishments.

You will also receive a fabric copy of one of my journal pages.

If you have anything you would like to include please bring along with you. 

Images and photos copied on to sticky back canvas are ideal

(You are welcome to bring your own sewing machines if you like; I will have 3 machines available for class use)

This workshop has been brought out of retirement by popular demand. And rightly so , it was always one of my favourites. An eclectic mix of shaped board pages, with pockets, flaps and tags galore. The album contains photos of all the things that make my house my home. Please bring photos of your cherished belongings with you.

Have you seen the price of some of the ready to hang canvas’s you can buy!? Join me in making your own on a 24 x 24in canvas. Once you have chosen your colour scheme you will be guided through technique after technique building up layers with , paint, gesso, inks, stencils, sprays, texture. Sprayed book pages and a canvas quote will add the finishing touch’s to your masterpiece. (Class limited to 10 due to size of canvas’s)

This workshop sold out on preview day, but will be running again due to popular demand. If you would like to put your name down for the re arranged date( date to be announced ) please email us at dyan@afth.co.uk

Micro Journalling - So you've tried art journalling but have you ever tried 'micro' art journalling. Come and spend a messy fun filled day with me as we work in micro !!!

We will paint stamp and stencil our backgrounds in all of our favourite colours and then we will bind them all together to create our very own micro journal. We will then spend the rest of the afternoon finishing the pages in the cutest little journal you will every see !!!

This class is suitable for beginners as well as advanced journal lets

Please bring black and white journalling pens

Tutor – Michelle Webb

Want to make a mixed media canvas?  In this workshop you’ll be using all kinds of mixed media to make a wonderful texture rich canvas. You’ll be adding layer upon layer to make it look beautiful and interesting. You’ll be using paints, Graphic 45 Secret Garden papers, card, stencils, book text, fabric, gesso, stamps, ink, die cut letters and gilding paste, to make a lovely canvas that people will be amazed you made.  Not only will you make this beautiful mixed media canvas but you’ll also be able to use all the techniques and the gorgeous Graphic 45 Secret Garden papers to construct a journal box for mini-journalling, recipes or gardening tips. Come and join in the fun.

 A truly stunning unique album filled with , as the name suggests, tags with many different textures. Tags of all shapes, sizes and materials are beautifully covered with the gorgeous textured papers from Laura Ashley's Connemarra collection. The flock designs of the papers are stunning in their own right.

I don't know about you but I looooves me a bit of miniature art !!

Come a spend a full day creating art in the smallest kind of way

Twinches (2x2”), Inches(1x1”) and Rinches (1x1" round)  are a fabulous way to try out lots of different techniques and materials in a small scale !!!

Paint, stamp, stencil and more....in fact everything we would do in a large scale just a lot lot lot lot smaller. 

We will create master boards which we can then cut up to create our miniature masterpieces !!

Suitable for beginners as well as experienced artists

Please bring black and white journalling pens. (Don't worry if you don't own any, we have some in the studio or you can purchase in the on site shop)

 I first created this at the end of last year and it has proved to be a massive hit.I just love it, it is an album created from scratch with envelopes and tags from the 7gypsies eclectic paper line. Pockets anchored on an accordion fold filled to overflowing with decorated tags. But the main feature of this little beauty is a stunningly decorated box frame that comprises the front cover. A class not to be missed!

Steampunk is all the rage at the moment and these papers from Graphic 45 are perfect for this 6 1/2 x 10 1/2 memory book/album. Made from scratch we will be decorating pages and adding memorabilia pockets for all you precious memories. I’m on my fourth now, lol.

It maybe that you are well experienced in the creative delights of paint and inks, or it maybe the opposite and you are a complete beginner. Either way this is the workshop for you. To me, the best journals are those made from scratch with love! Therefore we will start by making the pages, playing with inks, sprays, paints ets in various ways for stunning effects. We will then mix them with lined papers to make a hard back journal with a canvas binding. The addition of tags, envelopes, files and doodling ensures that you can really put your own personal stamp on it.

Don't be fooled by the intricate detailed appearance !!. 

All level artists can create this stunning Dreamcatcher project. 

I will show you step by step how to create this beautiful project,  From the paint techniques to the creation of all the flowers used, we will cover it all in this one day workshop. Come and play with me and you will come away with a beautiful one of a kind mixed media piece !!

This workshop contains step by step instructions and is suitable for beginners as well as experienced artists. 

Tutor - Sandra Botham 

Spend the day creating black and white journal pages in your journals. I will share with you all my hints and tips to create stunning monochrome pages.

Please bring your journal and your favourite black and white pen for doodling

“The family that grows together, stay together” and “Bloom where you’re planted are two quotes that spring to mind for this home décor project. Combine photos of your family with my quirky downloads, whip them through the laminator and attach them to bendy wire. We will be collaging and inking 2 square pots to hold them. Fabulous for a gift to family members or a stunning display to keep yourself.

Choice of Heritage or Modern.

Please bring appropriate head and shoulder photos

Tutor - Dyan Reaveley

Take 10 mixed Media cards and decorate using Dyan’s Dylusions paint techniques. Stencil, stick, doodle and embellish away with Dyan while decorating with quirky stamped images coloured with Dylusions inks.

Once you have created your mini masterpieces will will add them to the Tim Holtz Flip Frame to create a stunning standing album which is ideal for displaying your awesome artwork!

The Tim Holtz Flip frame is included in the workshop - rrp £17.99

Tutor Tracy Scott 

Flying Free - come and spend a day playing with the fantastic media that is Prima. We will use a variety of Prima products including the amazing Art Alchemy paints to create this stunning mixed media piece.  Who doesn't love butterflies??? And we will certainly be including them on this fun canvas board project along with the brilliant art stones and of course the stunning Prima glass glitter. 

Touchable texture and glorious colours combine to create this amazing project....come on you know you want to !!!

This works hope is suitable for beginners as well as advanced artists

Please bring black and white journalling pens

In this full day workshop we will explore the use of watercolour media on your art journal pages, for this session we will concentrating on  creating beautiful effects with neocolour2 watersoluble crayons, portfolio watersoluble crayons and we may even dabble with the fabulous brusho's. Come and play and discover a new love for this amazing medium !!

Tutor – Sandy Poppins

Remember those interactive spinning wheels from your childhood? They were fascinating weren’t they….well I’ve taken that idea and included one in this lovely book! Come and have fun making your own version in this delightful mini book using the French Country Collection of papers … those folks at Graphic 45 really know how to make gorgeous papers! 

Just like journaling …but on a tiny scale! Mini journaling can be done in any small notebook or sketchbook, but due to its compact size it is quick, accessible and a lot of fun! It’s a great place to use up odds and ends of collage images, and a great place for all of your smaller stamps. We’ll be painting funky, colourful backgrounds and then adding tiny images and stamps to create glorious pages in miniature. Great for journaling on-the-go, or when real life gets in the way and you just haven’t got the time for a larger page….

Required: Small Moleskine, mini notebook or sketchbook.

Tutor Sandra Botham 

Using all the pockets of a 9 pocket trading card protector, we will be creating mini unique works of art, that can be either folded up and sent to someone or kept in binders.

This class will guide you through creating these little pocket wonders. They can be whole scenes, partial scenes or 9 individual pieces.

As you can fill the pockets with anything you like please bring along any of your scraps of craft supplies that you have left over.

Some simple technical instruction required to build this beautiful book with lots of lovely little flaps, envelopes and pockets inviting you to explore inside…fill it with your own personal treasures. Come find out how…made with the gorgeous Lille range from 7gypsies, add a few trinkets and wax seals for a perfect finish.

Based on the journal recently taught right here at Art from the Heart by Ranger's Golden Boy, Mr Tim Holtz. Come and construct your own journal creating the spine using those fabulous and oh so useful ring binders, Distress Stains and Craft Resist Paper Stash. Fill the journal with file folders, pages, tags and more....

 This is always a really popular class, but more so since we have all the new colours. This is a structured step by step workshop.

Come and make this lovely FACEBOOK, filled with your own favourite ‘faces’ Overloaded with personality, it is ideal to make for a really personal gift.

NOTE – you will need to bring five 6x4 photographs of your chosen ‘face’ - THREE portrait images and TWO landscape images. It’s time to DO something with those photographs you keep taking

Don't you just love this idealistic home scene...white picket fence and all... Come and have fun creating your own canvas panel - Home really is where the heart is!

A rare treat for you. Today you will be making 3 of the canvas’s that Tim, Wendy, Claudine and I taught at CHA and Stitches. Technique after technique, using masses of product to create your own masterpieces. Places extremely limited so book early

As you all know I am renowned for my love of quotes and this book is dedicated to that. Gorgeous floral Laura Ashley papers combined with bird images and acetate pages. Filled with quotes to ignite your inspiration.

Bunting is all the rage at the moment and appearing everywhere. But have you seen the price of it? Come make your own to co ordinate with your furnishings. We will be decorating canvas with inks, paints and Dylusions stamps, cutting the shapes, padding slightly and assing the bias binding to finish. Although I have 2 sewing machines, there is a lot of sewing and it would be extremely useful for you to have your own to work on.

Tutor Tracy Scott

Embrace the White Space - if there is one thing art journallers worry about more than a blank page it has to be the dreaded white space !!

In this one day workshop I will show you my tips and tricks to perfect composition and making the most of your white space. We will work with a variety of media and you will come away with a new found knowledge of how to make that lovely white space work perfectly for you !!

This workshop is suitable for beginners and advanced journallers

Please bring a black and white journalling pen

Tutor - Kate Crane

Come and discover the grungy and more expressive side of art journaling. Sometimes you want to go a bit further in your art journal and truly express yourself through colour, marks and words.  These pages may be edgy, grungy and even a little ugly, but they will represent YOU. Kate will talk you through some mark making techniques and help you to loosen up with your art style by freely creating with wild colour and carefree mark making! 

Bring an art journal for practicing in, and then make an accordion style journal to experiment with your new found freedom!

Optional: Paints and various colours are provided in the studio, but feel free to bring along any personal favourites such as coloured pencils.

Tutor – Sandy Poppins

Another chance to find out what these Gelato Pens are all about: we will spend some time in the morning session discovering lots of different techniques, including ways with fabric, using them with texture paste, embossing folders in the Bigshot and much more.  Then we will put these techniques to good use by making a range of gorgeous cards using a variety of stamps (choose from Tim Holtz stamps, Stampotique, Dina Wakely, La Blanche or Pam Carriker to name a few!) or if you’re not a card maker, you may prefer to work in your journal… choices, choices, choices….. 

As you know I have always been a fan of the gorgeously talented Dina Wakley, and this accordion book is made to honour her. Her style, her stamps, her quirkiness, her eclecticness. Gesso resist, paint washes, ink sprays, hand stitch binding, tissue tape finishing, inserts, flaps, acetate embossing, stamping and book page collage. Do I need to say any more?

Come a join me as we create this fabulous Micro Mini Journal

Paint, ink, stencil and stamp, we will do it all to create this colourful pocket sized Journal that's small in size but extra big on impact !!

The journal measures approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches and is packed full of techniques that we will cover on the day. 

 I had great fun making this from my downloads. You will be learning various techniques, including, paint effects, doodling and collage. A really fun quirky addition to your home, kitchen or office.

 Every one knows I love my quotes. I have collected loads, but can never find them when I need them, so I am always designing books especially for them. I thought I would make this a little different. It is a bit like an art journal. Painty, papery, stampy, collagey...But you don't have to come up with any words, that's all done for you in the way of the quotes. Simples. It would be useful to bring along a couple of magazines to pick images from. Glossy Sunday paper mags are ace. The journal is not intended to be finished in class, just to give you a hefty leg up, lol.

 Everyone loves Tim's style of working. Come and find out some of the tips and techniques he uses. From the stunning backgrounds he creates, the building up of the Eclectic collage style
of stamping, to the finishing touches of Grunge and Idea-ology hardware

Tutor - Sandra

Wondering where to store your ATC's from swaps? Join me and I will show you how to create a book to store your mini works of art in. We will also create and swap some ATC's too.

An extra large, handmade journal filled with envelopes as well as pages, beautifully decorated in the gorgeous, Bisouz Hot paper range and a sprinking of 7gypsies Paddington range for contrast. Bisouz have always inspired me with their designs and have now teamed up with Stampers Anonymous to make co-ordinating sheets of stamps. I have been in my element playing with these and I just know you will be too.

Many of you have oohed and aahed over my sample boards from CHA Chicago. Now’s your chance to make some of your own. We will start the day by all following steps to recreate one, and once you gain confidence you will have the chance to make one of your own design.

Tutor Dyan Reaveley 

The Dylusions paints are here and causing a stir. Come and join Dyan learning all there is to know to produce fabulous results.

We will be working in the small Dylusions journal (provided) and filling it full of painty technique goodness.

How cute are these little cases.? Just perfect for storing your Postcards and Atc’s. We’re going to shabby them up ready for them to contain the following.

Postcards…create fabulous backgrounds with the Dylusions pant and inks, add mages with the new stamps from Tim Holtz and Wendy Vecchi, add the fashionable curled wire and you have yourself some cool art.

Atc’s…you know the concept behind these miniature works of art was to meet like minded people and own a piece of their artwork? So that’s the challenge for today, make at least one for swapping!

 Where else would you rather be on Valentines day than with me, lol. Well you will be making a gorgeous Heart canvas. Paint effects, stamping, doodling, grunge, nix in a sprinkling of laughter and voila, your own masterpiece will appear before your very eyes. Perfect to present to your loved one when he takes you out that evening.

Tim has a fabulous range of papers called Kraft resist. They are fabulous designs printed onto Kraft coloured paper with a patterned clear resist over the top! Intrigued?

We will be playing with gesso and the wonderful Distress stains for stunning results. With the addition of hand binding, stamping, add ins and book page collage. This will be the first of many added to your collection!

Tutor Dyan Reaveley 

Come join Dyan decorating the large Tim Holtz blank folio. 

We will be using Dylusions inks and paints to create stunning backgrounds, adding waterfall tags, hidden envelopes, pockets and flaps.

The cover is decorated with Dyans blocking technique.

Finishing it off with images from the new release of Dylusions stamps and doodling, you won't want to part with it.

Make your own concertina style journal from scratch using an every day lunch bag! We’ll fill the interior with a variety of pages, with added tags and pockets, and then create the front and back covers using recycled corrugated card. We’ll create and decorate the covers with our very own hand-painted deli paper alongside vintage text, scraps of fabric and some scrapbook papers, all artily stitched together!

 Yes a card class, I don't seem to include that many these days. These stamps from Paper Artsy caught my eye a while ago, but I have only just had time to play with them, and I love them. They are suitable for all ages and both sexes,lol. I had to be stopped creating with them..!!

In this class you'll learn how to build up many layers of mixed-media to achieve a rich and interesting background, then you'll use gesso to build up texture and form and use special paints to make a beautiful shimmering seahorse.  You'll learn many mixed-media techniques that will allow you to start creating your own mixed-media canvases at home too.

 A technique packed day. We will be collaging, glazing and colour mixing and altering book pages with Claudines paints,. This is your chance to try her multi mediums and her sticky back canvas. And if that isn't enough you will also be playing with Grunge Board and the new Grunge Paper

 Love this class, and so does everyone who's seen the sample. We will be recycling a 2009 diary into a compact journal perfect for your handbag. Strengthening, collaging, painting, stamping, doodling, cutting, sticking and enjoying. Phew that's a lot - so I,ve given you an extra hour.!! Again this workshop is not expected to be completed in the day, it is a work in progress for you to finish in your leisure

The smell of melting beeswax gently calms and relaxes you as well as adding a highly professional touch to your work. We will be having fun making 12 inky, stampy collaged tags, using stamps from Stampotique (Janet Klein collection), Tim Holtz and Dylusions. After finishing them with beeswax we will store them in the co-ordinating tin you will have prepared.

If you are a Graphic 45 fan, you will adore the two mini books on offer from me today. First up is this lovely, made using the Botanical Tea range of papers. I will teach you how to make a sturdy hinge that you will use again and again in your book making. We’ll make a range of lovely tags to sit in those adorned pages. A very strokable project indeed!