Hi there. Thanks for popping in. This is going to be the quickest blog post ever, so brace yourself! So many boxes still to tick before the dash out the door to the NEC tomorrow. Stamp the finch Autumn round stamp on a sheet of Shenandoah Paper. Black Archival Add a flash of colour with a Perga Liner pencil. They work beautifully on these papers. Mask off the birds with the mask which comes with the stamps, and add a…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Thanks also if you watched HOCHANDA yesterday and today. And thanks thrice if you invested in our paper & parchment duets. The bumper bundle sold out about 5 minutes before the end of the last show! That’s called perfect in my book! Here’s a simple Groovi project I did at 9am using that bright and beautiful first page in Rainbow River. Duet price So let’s extract a lovely butterfly from one on Mel’s Groovi…
Hi there. Thanks for joining me. I do hope you were able to join Tina and myself this afternoon too. What a delightful collaborative new ii-Book! Tina’s Henna Corners ii Book I will blog what she and I did together later on this week. But today, I am excited to look at the Shenandoah Parchment and Paper Duet which we launched at 6pm. Shenandoah Parchment and Paper Duet and the new Rainbow River Parchment and Paper Duet Well, I am…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Beautiful sunny day here, so Dave and I are going for a long walk this afternoon, across the Ashdown Forest. So look at this paper leaf. It’s from the new Rainbow River pad. Can you see what I see? Squint a bit, and relax your gaze… Let’s trim it back a little, focus on the centre. How about we add a few bushes in the front, a couple of hills and a moon? In…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Right. That’s it. Stop the clock! Prep done. Boxes ticked. And now I can honestly say, hand on heart, I’m really looking forward to the TV shows on Sunday!! Do you remember lovely Lottie, the presenter at Create & Craft? I did love Lottie. Well, she always used to say, “Fail to prepare – prepare to fail.” And ain’t that the truth?! So we is prepared, isn’t we Paul?!? Just in case I lose…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in! Have had a super day today. There has been a real shift in my worn out little head. And it all has to do with two things: Gratitude & Friendship Gratitude & Friendship Word Chain No 8 Firstly, I made a conscious decision to dispel N. E. Neggertivity. He’s been shown the door – he’s out. Only B. Positive is allowed to live rent-free in my head from now on. This was activated by pressing…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Wednesday’s blog is the one where we look not so much at what we craft, but WHY we craft. And today I am so grateful that I can. Now if only I could make up my mind which direction to take, it would all be peachy… Talk about dither!!! I am supposed to be prepping the launch hour for Sunday, but I’m spinning like a top in my head. So, what’s the problem Barbie?…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. I was walking through the building today, and saw a pile of these stamps sitting on the side, waiting to go to the NEC. So… I decided to throw a little light on them this evening: Hands up if you have the Ribbon-Writing Stamps which our Jim designed. They are very cool. Merry Christmas Very lovely to use, and very, very versatile! There are 4 in this collection: Happy Birthday Thank you Best Wishes…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Remember yesterday we stamped Mel’s beautiful finch stamp on a sheet of the new, yet-to-be-launched-on-Sunday-at-6pm-on-HOCHANDA Rainbow River Designer Paper? And I said we’d try the same stamp on the same paper design, but on parchment instead? Voila Just in case you haven’t figured it out yet, all the paper pads come as parchment too. So you get the colourful, original, wild backgrounds – but on the parchment itself. Stamp on the front, the more matte…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Blustery but sunny day here. The leaves are tumbling. The ginkgo leaves are the last to fall in our garden, so we should have a bright yellow carpet of them by the end of the week. Will keep you posted…. All this natural loveliness right outside the kitchen window! We’re lucky – and we know it. Speaking of beautiful colours…. The new Designer Paper and Parchment is in the building! Being launched next Sunday…