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Month: March 2014

Launching YOU TUBE TUESDAY!

Launching YOU TUBE TUESDAY!

Hello there! Good to see you again! Well, Tuesday’s Blog usually rolls back the hours,  but today I actually want to launch our  Clarity You Tube Channel. Not being able to go to Port Sunlight because of my pain in the neck, I sent Dave instead. This presented me with the opportunity to run a screen test etc.  We came in on the weekend to film, when everything was quiet, the phones weren’t ringing, and the machines were all switched…

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A Treeline….

A Treeline….

Hello there! Thank you for dropping in on this Monday. Monday’s Blog is Trees and flowers, so here’s one I did last night, after a lovely afternoon with Dave and my parents & bro. I have used the Trees & their Mantels, which was a lesson kit on TV last year. I had forgotten how fabulous this kit is!  It is a remountable set of 4 naked trees and their leafy mantles, plus a long grassy base stamp, too. If…

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Allium und Dankeschön!

Allium und Dankeschön!

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! I do hope you are having a good Sunday? My parents and brother are coming over for lunch, so I can’t stop long; potatoes to peel and all that jazz.. But I thought I would go back to an old favourite today: Alliums on Double-sided adhesive with Gilding Flakes. Here’s what I used: Allium 1 Allium 2 if you get these 2 large alliums, we will send the baby allium to you as a gift. xx Dankeschön…

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Sent to you with Gratitude….

Sent to you with Gratitude….

Hello there! It’s Saturday,  so it’s a new technique blog. Thought I’d get my little Gelli Plate out,  and show you something so simple,  but really, really effective. I used: The Large Tit/Garden Bird The Large Tit/Garden Bird Mask A5 Stripe Stencil 6″ x 6″ Gelli Plate 7″ x 7″ Gelli Plate Card Speedball Brayer Phthalic Blue Acrylic Paint Pistitachio Acrylic Paint Buff Tit anium Acrylic Paint (I need help!) Black Archival ink Pad Stonewashed Adirondack Denim Adirondack Butterscotch Adirondack Stamp the Blue Tit…

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GREASE!

GREASE!

Hello there! Friday’s blog a private peek… Just got in from a fab night out with the Pink Ladies! I got lucky at the NEC!  Carly from Creata was opposite us,  and she lent me her wonderful skirt and petticoats. Elastic waistband too… Been singing and bopping along at the Assembly Halls in Tunbridge Wells. It was hilarious! And so good, just to switch off and have a crack. I had forgotten how kookie Grease was! There was something really…

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It’s a Circus out there!

It’s a Circus out there!

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Thursday’s blog is always blue, isn’t it. Now, today I’m going to keep it short and sweet;  yesterday’s blog was like the Dead Sea Scrolls!  I could have knitted it faster! Literally!! So here’s one I did on TV a while ago, where I took a few elements from the Clarity Circus Set and then created a meaningful kind of Doodle/Zentangle pattern background. Several people have asked to see this one slowly and up…

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Knit one drop one….

Knit one drop one….

Hello there! Thank you for dropping in. Wednesday’s blog is something new, so I thought I’d introduce you to our  brand new 7″ x 7″ 350 micron  Cable-knit stencil and some GP Grunge Paste. Ingredients: Cable-knit Stencil Word Chain No. 1 (5 words: my art journal create diary) Manila Card Grunge Paste Perfect Pearls Blue Perfect Pearls Gold Latte Adirondack Ink pad Eggplant Adirondack Ink pad Black Archival Versamark Ink Pad Stencil Brushes Ready, steady, Knit! This stencil is great for…

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An attitude of gratitude!

An attitude of gratitude!

Tuesday’s Blog rolls back the hours…. Having just spent 5 days at the NEC, preceded by 3 days in Harrogate, exhibitions are clearly on the radar, so I thought I would take a trip down memory lane… Why? Well, as I was starting to whine about how tired I felt this morning,  a little voice reminded me what it used to be like,  and I remembered that looking through a little window into the past will usually right-size any winge…

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Annabel

Annabel

Good Morning Sunny Monday! Back home, after 5 days in a very loud, busy and windowless NEC. So very grateful to be sat at my window, with the warm sun and beautiful freesias, which a very kind lady gave me at the weekend.    Monday’s blog is Trees and Flowers, so let’s take a look.  This is a real masking challenge, but well worth trying. I have lost the photos in the middle for the trees masking, but we can…

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Girlfriends

Girlfriends

Hello there! Thanks for stopping by! As you know, we’re at the NEC this week; 4th day today.  Hall 11. Stand A12. Sold out of big tits early yesterday,  so Dave went back to Kent to replenish, and I am happy to say we can get them out again today!  We were in an Indian restaurant last night, singing One more Day to go, One more day of sorrow – One more day of this old place, We’ll be home…

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