Hi there! Thanks for dropping in. Wednesday’s blog is something new. For who? For you? For me? Well, this week we launched the Paperartsy Chalk Paints at Clarity. They have been around a while, and I have loved them for a while. So today I thought I’d have a play with one of my all time favourite stencils, The Town Stencil, because they are shouting to be aged. Crackled, in fact. I want to get that really old English Wattle and Daub…
Hello there! It’s Youtube Tuesday and time for a neat background technique, showing off our lovely garden bird stamps. This Bokeh technique, using one of our stencils (aptly called Jo’s Bubbles, because clever Jo designed it!) is really fun and very effective. Items Used: Claritystamp Garden Birds and Blossom Branch Multi-buy Jo’s Bubbles Clarity Stencil Brilliance Moonlight White Ink Pad Black Archival Ink Pad Picked Raspberry Distress Ink Pad Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink Pad Mowed Lawn Distress Ink Pad White…
Hi there! Nice to see ya – to see ya nice! Monday’s blog is flowers and trees, so how about a lovely Treescape stamp, which we can adapt to depict any season? Well, spring is in the air, so let’s try a spring scene. Black Adirondack on A6 Claritycard. Clarity Blending Mat is ideal for blending different colours using a Speedball Brayer. I have mixed up a couple of blues for the sky. Tumbled Glass Broken China Peacock Feathers Cover…
Hello there! Thanks for drooping in. Haha! Well, it beats pooping in last week. I was having a clear out, and came across a set of stamps which I thought were brilliant and clever when Jim and I designed them: The Alphabet Animals So dust them off and get them out, I say! There are lots of them, from Giraffes to Crocodiles My personal favourite is the Elephant Each animal comes as lineart AND the fill. I am going to…
Hi y’all! Thanks for stopping by. Am having a play day with my pal Paul Church today, so have just stepped away to blog while he works out what we’re doing with Ken Oliver’s Colour Burst Granules and Paperartsy Paints! Saturday’s blog a new technique. I have been getting my head round these Fresco Paperartsy Chalk Paints, which are very very good. All things being equal, we should have them on our website ready to rock n roll by Monday! So here’s…
Hello there, Thanks for popping in! Friday’s blog a private peek? Well, I thought it might be fun to talk about hoarding! Contrary to popular belief, I am not a hoarder! Well…craft stuff a little bit. I have a SABLE, A Stash Acquire Beyond Life Expectancy! If you could see the room I am sitting in, which looks as though it has been freshly burgled, you would raise an eyebrow for sure! But upon closer inspection, you will see that…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Thursday’s Blog is always blue, so here goes! How about taking a little walk with me along Carmel Beach? It’s where Mark has headed off to today, Northern California. Dropped him off at Heathrow this morning. But let’s join him for a while – in thought at least. We have a new set of the most beautiful landscape stamps; each comes with a stencil, too. Carmel: Napa Valley: Lone Cypress: Today let’s visit Carmel-by-the-Sea….
Hi there! Wednesday is flying by! Do you remember Sandie Shaw? I loved her when I was a kid! We just missed her 68th birthday on the 26th February. 68. Cor, remember when she used to go on Top of The Pops barefoot? Did you know she was the first British act to win the Eurovision Song Contest? Essex girl. Dagenham. Well, today I thought it would be cool to air our puppets, or marionettes. So out with the Distress…
Hello there! Good of you to drop in. YouTube Tuesday it is, so today I thought we would take a look at how to get the most out of our lovely Stencil brushes. I have only used ink here, but they work beautifully with paints, too. And don’t forget: they are washable. Warm soapy water for ink and acrylic paint. Items Used: Clarity Stencil Brushes Round Aperture Stencil Lantern Pods Stencil 7 x 7 Gelli Card Butterscotch Adirondack Ink Pad Denim Adirondack…
Hello there! Thanks for pooping in. Bit late again, but better late than never, as they say. If I leave it any longer, I shall be able to say, “The early bird catches the worm!” Been real busy today, pushing things forward, moving proposals through, finalising new designs, and so on. There really is a lot more to being a manufacturer than one thinks! So it was quite a relief to get back upstairs to my little arty den this…