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Month: December 2016

Bokeh Kiddies and a Limerick winner….

Bokeh Kiddies and a Limerick winner….

Hi there! Sunny Sunday down here! Went to Brighton for the day  and had a lovely mooch through the lanes with Dave. Got a couple of gifts and soaked up the atmosphere. If you’ve never been to Brighton, put it on your Places-to-visit list.  It is fabulous.  SO ARTY!!!!! I’ve come away wanting to get out my sewing machine,  start painting, get into mixed media and buy a kiln! Anyway… Here’s a quick  step-by-step i did last week, showing off…

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A very Groovi Bauble. Stencil trick!

A very Groovi Bauble. Stencil trick!

Hi there! Thanks for popping in. It’s been a good Saturday here. I have cleaned the house from top to bottom. Boring for some – enjoyable for me, but that’s primarily down to the fact that I don’t do it very often! (The housework that is!) I had planned on putting up some decorations, but upon closer inspection, the place was looking pretty skanky. So I decided to give it a White Tornado blitz before throwing Christmas at it! Now…

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Time for a Limerick Competition! Big prize!

Time for a Limerick Competition! Big prize!

Ho ho ho! Thanks for dropping in! Friday’s blog a private peek, right? Well, here’s what I would call a super day off….  After yesterday’s bumper to bumper traffic fiasco  up to Coventry and back, (which incidentally, was worth every single minute) I decided to get up at the crack of sparrows, beat the traffic and get over to my parents’ place in Gillingham before the M25 woke up. Brilliant plan; shot over to the Medway towns in no time….

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A Special Day Out

A Special Day Out

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just got in from our visit with Jayne. Yes, we did have a good talk, and a good laugh, and a good hug. She was visibly worn out when we left,  but I think she thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the lovely artwork that the Clarity team made with her art. “I want to look at every single one,” she said. And we did. She was really, genuinely chuffed. We spent a few happy…

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Jayne

Jayne

Hi there. Thanks for popping in today. Wednesday’s blog is where we consider matters of the soul. Well, today I want to talk to you about Jayne. Lovely Jayne Nestorenko.  We spent a brilliant day with her and her good friend Helene  a couple of weeks ago.  She’s not well at all, and is clearly in a lot of pain.  But oh boy! Did we have a laugh. She always did have a dry sense of humour! And Helene? Well,…

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A Wintery step by step Stamp Project xxx

A Wintery step by step Stamp Project xxx

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. I have to tell you, I have had the most splendid day at work. Just excellent. Bit late getting out of the door, but hey! What’s new? I want to ask you to bear with us if you are waiting on your Gray Friday Sale order. We have been going like the clappers,  but the Jayne Nestorenko stamp sales caught us by surprise, and those big frames are slowing down production considerably.  Please be…

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Stamped bauble in a stencil

Stamped bauble in a stencil

Hi there, Thanks for popping in. I’m in between TV shows here at HOCHANDA, So thought I’d just come and chat to you and show you  step-by-step of the Bauble card I made this morning. Choose one of the Jayne Nestorenko Winter Scenes Unmounted Stamp Sets  and remove all of the other stamps on the thick acetate. Re-position the scene of your choice into the middle  of the acetate making sure that you curve it. This picture shows the scene…

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You are my Star xxx

You are my Star xxx

Hi there. Thanks for popping in! What a busy day!! I do enjoy working at HOCHANDA; they are just such lovely people. Just a quick recap of what I did on telly at 2pm. It’s one of those ones which hinges on the sequence,  so here it is again: Spread pink ink on the round petite with your brayer. Set the ink side face down in the top lefthand corner of a sheet of our stencil card. and lift to reveal…

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Boxes ticked. Boxes packed.

Boxes ticked. Boxes packed.

Hi there! Thanks for popping in. No step by step today, I’m afraid. Have done enough for one day, finishing up the TV prep in readiness for tomorrow and the day after. And the ol’ neck is starting to twitch,  so that tells me it’s time to stop. Here’s a little pic of one of my faves… Jayne Nestorenko’s Winter Scene Stamps To be honest, the stamping demos are a piece of cake compared to the parchment for me! But…

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Winter is drawing in….literally.

Winter is drawing in….literally.

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Busy day today. Wurka and Hollick were getting on my pip too,  which always makes for daft role-plays in my head.  In the end, I had to give them a talking to: “Look!” I said,  “Fact is fact, and belief is belief. They are not the same thing! But the more you insist on believing your fiction,  the more likely it is to come true!’” Maybe we can talk about that next Wednesday? TV Sunday,…

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