Kate Hadfield Designs
Hand-drawn Digital Scrapbooking Kits and Clip Art for teachers and crafters!
Today I’m sharing the technique that Creative Team member Ria used to create the most amazing foiled backgrounds for her cards using my Doodled Overlays, some metallic foil and a laminator! Here’s a little video of the lovely foiled patterned paper she created, check out that shine! If you’d like to make some foiled background …
When I was deciding what to make for NSD this year I went back to my trusty list of suggestions and again picked the theme with the most requests. (By the way, I can’t tell you how useful it is to have that list, I’m shockingly bad at making decisions so having you tell me …
I’m wrapping up the month with another Creative Team Gallery! I always love seeing all the pages and projects from the team and all the creative ways they use my illustrations to create their cards, scrapbook pages and teaching resources. This month it’s a mixed bag of spring, wizards and April Fools, I hope you …
If you have ever wondered about the Doodled Overlays in the shop but weren’t sure how to use them, then this is the post for you! Here are six of my favourite techniques for using the Overlays to add a little doodled touch to your digital layouts. 1. Use them over a plain background The …
The lovely people at Chalkola recently sent me a selection of their Chalk Markers to play with and I’m excited to show you what I created with them! To begin with, I tested the markers out on some black paper (if you have been following along with my Meet the Maker posts on Instagram you …
As March Meet the Maker comes to a close, I thought I’d share some of my posts from the second half of the month. I did lose some steam over the last week or so and didn’t post as often as I did to begin with, but I still really enjoyed the process and found …
Spring has finally sprung here this month and I’m really enjoying the warmer days, the (occasional) blue skies, the birdsong and the blossom on the trees! I do love this time of year when everything comes back to life. The team have also been inspired by the changing seasons, there are quite a few spring …
If you follow me on Instagram you might already have seen some of the March Meet the Maker prompts I’ve been posting recently! If you’re not familiar with the Meet the Maker challenge here’s how founder Joanne Hawker describes it: #MarchMeetTheMaker is a 31 day Instagram Challenge, set by Joanne Hawker (and solely Joanne!) that runs throughout March every …
Another month is almost over and so it is time for another Creative Gallery, I always enjoy these posts and very much look forward to showing off the latest creations from the team. Some of the projects this month have a romantic feel (February being the month of love after all!) and some reflect that …
I have a bundle of happy, fun, celebratory projects and pages to share with you today! The Creative Team have been playing with Monsterific Birthday, the newest addition to the Doodle Den and the illustrations used to create my recent sticker giveaway. If you’re looking for ideas to scrap birthday photos or for some hand-made …
I’m wrapping up my anniversary celebrations with another sticker giveaway! These vinyl stickers are really fun – you can use them for paper crafting but they’re also durable enough to stick on book covers, drink cups, laptop cases and more. I’ve gone for an anniversary / birthday / celebration theme this time with these happy …
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you’ll probably already know that (a) I’m a big animal lover and that (b) ironically, animals are one of the subjects I find hardest to draw! I’ve had a pets set on my to-do list for a long time now and it was top of my …
