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Month: March 2015

YouTube Tuesday – Tongue-tied of Clarity

YouTube Tuesday – Tongue-tied of Clarity

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Hello there! Thanks for popping in on YouTube Tuesday. Today’s video demonstrates a simple framing trick using our Clarity Word Chains. Perfect for cardmakers, scrapbookers, journaling and pretty much any kind of art where you want to express yourself! Items Used: Word Chain 9 Stamp Set : Brilliant, Awesome, &, Amazing, News Clarity Stencil Brushes 7 x 7 Gelli Card Black Archival Ink Pad Worn Lipstick Distress Ink Pad Spun Sugar Distress Ink Pad Old Paper Distress Ink Pad Black…

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A Butterfly Tree to spread some Love on a Monday…

A Butterfly Tree to spread some Love on a Monday…

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Hello there. So glad you dropped in! Monday’s blog is Trees and Flowers, so  let’s make a really simple card – it being Monday and all…. Attach the round Shape Framer stencil to a piece of 7″x 7″ Gelli card  at the top, like a hinge. Make a tiny mark bottom left, so you know where to stamp the Butterfly tree. Lift the stencil. Use a Black Archival to stamp the tree into place. Didn’t we use the butterflies recently?…

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No birds were harmed in the making of this art. How to embed a Bird Table…

No birds were harmed in the making of this art. How to embed a Bird Table…

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Hi there!Thanks for stopping by. Bit drizzums out there today,  so let’s do some artwork instead I say!! Yesterday I really enjoyed stretching myself,  and trying something new with card stitching. Found a nice home for it in the inglenook, too. But today I really must have a tidy up in here …. It’s reached that beyond-a-joke stage again. Strictly speaking, I could keep going in this mess for weeks, but we are supposed to be filming the next reel…

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I have been stitched up!!!!

I have been stitched up!!!!

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Hi there. So glad you dropped in. I have had such a good afternoon. Saturday’s blog a new technique, right? Well, I had decided that today was the day. Today was the day I got my old Pfaff sewing machine out,  after at least a decade, and added a few stitches and strands to my artwork. What do you think? Since Karen Hayselden has been on the Design Team,  I have become very aware of how safe my art still…

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Spring is sprung…

Spring is sprung…

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Well hello there! Thanks for dropping in. Friday’s blog a private peek, so shall I get the kettle on? I was looking out of the window here at the house, and the buds are a-budding, aren’t they? Spring is sprung, the grass is ris, I wonder where the birdies is… Well, there’s a pair of blue tits in this little nesting box for sure. Lots of activity in and out all day! I planted a clematis last year,  but thought…

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Alcohol ink and Butterflies…

Alcohol ink and Butterflies…

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Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Thursday’s blog is something blue, so I thought I’d play catch up and do something I really really love : Laminated Alcohol Inkwork. Ready? Open up a laminating pouch – you will be working on the inside. Take a felt piece and attach it to a blending tool. or a Clarity mount with some Velcro. Drip some Juniper Alcohol Ink around the laminate,  like so: Get a new felt and add Stonewashed. When you…

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Japanese Reeds on Canvas. Hotel Lobby Art!

Japanese Reeds on Canvas. Hotel Lobby Art!

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Hello there! Thanks for popping in. Sorry I am always late with this ‘ere blog nowadays; once you get behind it’s hard to catch up, innit. But I still haven’t skipped a day – YET ! Wednesday’s blog is something new, so how about some beautiful new Fresco paints  on an A5 canvas board? Ready?  Lay the A5 Clarity Canvas board on the craft mat, squeeze a small amount of Honey dew and Tango onto the craft mat, gently roll…

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YouTube Tuesday – The Lone Cypress meets Cling Film

YouTube Tuesday – The Lone Cypress meets Cling Film

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Howdi! Greetings from The Lone Cypress in California! (I wish!) We used to live really close to this beauty spot, in Carmel. I loved it there. But there we are, life happens, and we had to come back to Europe. I LOVED living in Northern California! Who wouldn’t?! Blue skies, the Pacific Ocean,  pelicans, sea lions. Flipflops and cut-off jeans were all I wore; proper hippy chick! So here is a little trip down Memory Lane,  using one of a…

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Poldark and Dave; Dave and Poldark…

Poldark and Dave; Dave and Poldark…

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Hi there! Thanks for dropping in on the first day of the week. Didn’t do much work today – it all looked rather bleak. Four days of doing demos and service with a smile If you’d said I had to do Day 5, I would have run a mile!  Perhaps we set our hopes too high, expected way too much; But all the time you wonder: have you lost your touch? Are they bored with what you do and what…

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Mission accomplished.

Mission accomplished.

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Hi there. Just got in the back door, so a quick hi and bye, before I go to bed and sleeeep! Day 4 at the NEC was actually quite pleasant.  Lots of lovely peeps, and the Clarity Design Team was there in force, too, which always makes for a good buzz. Thank you to everybody who visited us and supported us x When the bell finally went for last orders at 5 o’clock today, a great cheer went up through…

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