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Month: February 2019

What a Result !!!!

What a Result !!!!

Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Monday’s blog is highlighting The Stamp of the Month is the Birds in a Tree Three-Way Overlay Stamp, I love love blimming love this set !!! If you watched the first in a series of Craftalongabarbieandjanice on HOCHANDA yesterday, then you will now know just how versatile and cool these 3-up stamps are. And this beautiful design by Mel just works perfectly in every permutation possible. Check out our offers here! I’ll be honest….

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Craftalongabarbieandjanice!

Craftalongabarbieandjanice!

Hi there. Just got in from the Hochanda studios. Long day indeed. But what a day! Wasn’t Janice just a delight? I do love that woman. When she spilled glitter all over her mat and then tried to bend it into a funnel, I nearly lost it. The only thing I wished for was more time. I felt that the Groovi project got caught short. So. I shall YouTube the Groovi project this week, or as soon as Simon gets…

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Tick those Boxes!

Tick those Boxes!

Hi there. Happy Saturday! What are you up to? Been up since the crack of sparrows, going through the CraftalongaBarbie TV Classroom one more time. There’s a lot to pack and consider! I am not nervous yet – that’ll kick in tomorrow morning! But it’s fine. I know we will have a blast and you will enjoy yourselves. The really cool thing is that many hundreds of you will be joining in. Picture that. Hundreds of crafters in hundreds of…

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Paul’s Left Me!!!

Paul’s Left Me!!!

Hi there. Thanks for popping in! Paul’s left me! Well, he’s taken up residence at HOCHANDA , because he’s on telly yet again tomorrow evening at 6pm. Qué? You thought he had actually left me?!? Now be serious. We are family. Maria took all the midmonth One Day Specials off his hands, so that he can lend a hand with last minute TV shows as the gaps appear in the roster. Believe you me, we’re on it like a car…

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It’s all a Myth.

It’s all a Myth.

Hi there, Thanks for popping in. So glad you enjoyed Maria on HOCHANDA yesterday! Didn’t she do a cracking job? Super demonstrations! Our dear Mel drew these beautiful images a while ago, and Maria was the obvious choice for launch. Unicorns and dragons are so popular nowadays; with our younger crafters – and the young at heart too! The whole magical realm: Arthur, Merlin, Game of Thrones, Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter – we certainly do like a…

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Long neck – Huge ears!

Long neck – Huge ears!

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Been a good day. Went to Mum and Dads with Dave early in the morning for a catch up- and because I can. Then shot back across the Weald of Kent for Pottapotta – Pottery!! The day before, they had asked us whether we would like to stay for lunch, and I very quickly declined, saying I really really didn’t want to miss pottery, that I’d missed it last week because of the Pergamano…

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A Frameless Beauty

A Frameless Beauty

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Sorry I am so late. Very long day at work today. Loads going on, lots of planning and designing and talking and general activity. Blimming good day actually. I love my team, I really do. Clarity is full of creative, kind individuals. So here’s a little Youtube that Simon and I filmed together just before he and Becca went off on their honeymoon. I hope you enjoy it. It’s a lovey dovey stencil, perfect…

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Beautiful Birds in a Tree

Beautiful Birds in a Tree

Hi there. Thanks for popping in! What a day again. What a caper! But it is fine. We put our heads together at Clarity and came up with an excellent Last Minute-TV-Show-Strategy. It’s amazing what you can pull out of the hat when the chips are down, innit?! Dear Paul is going up to the Studios first thing tomorrow, to prep for the 6pm One Day Special which launches at 6pm. It’s a 2 parter. Part one is tomorrow evening….

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Moving on….

Moving on….

Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Well what a day! It has been blowing a gale out there! And when the head goes into washing machine spin cycle, what do we do? We make art!!! Pick a scrap. Not just any old scrap. Since it’s Sunday, let’s pick a special scrap. Using the Leafy Swirl stencil… Then let’s take a beautiful, classy little Claritystamp. To remind myself why I got into this game. 25 years ago. I didn’t just arrive,…

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Keep Calm & Carry On!

Keep Calm & Carry On!

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. I was looking through the Member’s Half Price Sale Sheets today (If you call the office, Jeannine will send you out a hard copy too, you know. I always prefer to look on paper, don’t you?) Anyway, I saw a brilliant little set of stamps which Jim designed ages ago, which is really really clever: The Union Jack Flag Set: Let me show you how it works…. First, mount up the elements on mounts…

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