Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Glad to be back home, after a very busy few days at the NEC. Here’s an easy one I made yesterday afternoon, using the round shape stencil and Clarity Brushes. You can get the blank shapes in a pack… CLICK HERE or you can get the shapes individually, with pattern inners. CLICK HERE Either way, they[re brilliant to have in your stash, because they provide a super art-starting place. Let’s take a look… Attach…
Hello there. Remembrance Sunday. 100 years ago. But we must always remember. Remember. Lest we forget. Much love, Barb xx Posted with Blogsy
Day 3, Saturd’y, busy at the NEC. Magpie in the sky, plant a tree, then let it fly. Take a stencil, stamp and ink; less is more here, don’t you think? But now to sleep, it’s been a long stay. And tomorrow’s Day 4. Remembrance Day. How many years have I done this show? One day at a time, and blow by blow. But it’s getting harder every season, Why? Well there’s seldom ever just one reason… Over the years…
Hello there. Thanks for dropping in. It’s late Friday night, and we’ve just got back to the B&B, after a lovely evening in Balsall Common, to celebrate Dave’s birthday. Jim came all the way from Kent, to drop off a load of stock we had sold out of. What a guy! The NEC was very busy today, and it was great to see so many friends and familiar faces again. We do have a lovely team on the stand here,…
Hello there! Better late than never. You can imagine how busy we have been at the NEC exhibition today! After a rather faltering start, because of a pretty abismal day yesterday, where I scored a big fat 4 out of 4 for HALT, Hungry, Angry, Lonely and Tired, a bunch of lovely people soon pulled me out of my slump… It was just a pleasure to hang out with so many friends and faithful customers; Here’s the lovely Lee! We…
Hi there! Wednesday already! NEC Set-up day, so I can’t chat long! I was playing with our superb new stencil that clever Jo Rice came up with, appropriately named Jo’s Bubbles If you check back to the blog I wrote on October 22nd, you will see how I arrived at loads of different backgrounds using the bubble stencil. Let’s have another go. Lay the stencil on the 7×7 Gelli Card and attach with masking tape. Using the mini Blending tools,…
Hello there. Thanks for dropping by. No YouTube today though. Sorry. Let me explain. We moved the office round at work, to make more room for the next laser cutter, so we had to take down the brick wall backdrop. That went fine, mostly because everything just got brought home and out of the way. The plan was to start recording YouTube up in my lovely new loft space at home. But things have been piling up, and I have…
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by in this wain wain wain…. Monday’s blog is Trees and flowers, so I just have to showcase our beautiful Butterfly Tree and Butterflies stamps: They come unmounted and as a set. Click here. There is a matching stencil too…. click here Let’s take a quick look at the card from yesterday’s TV demo, inspired by Dee. Very easy, using the stencil and butterflies. The Butterflies were made using custom made inkpads and reinkers. Then…
Hello there! So sorry I am late today, but hey ho. I’m here now! Been on the go since 5am getting ready for the telly. The show felt a bit flat to me. Not sure why. The Design Team samples were beautiful, I tried my best to do some neat demos. The sales were good too! But somehow, it just didn’t feel like it was gelling. Until the very end that is! When Dave and I got home, Mark was…
Hello there! It’s early Saturday morning, and I am waiting for Jan to come over; there’s a Sandwich Sale on across the forest! Now to the average reader, that would infer that we are stark raving bonkers! That we have finally – and in unison – lost the plot… But no! We are still compos mentis! (Just).. Allow me to elaborate… Sandwich is a fashion brand, quite an expensive one. A lot of the clothes I wear are Sandwich. But…