Hi there Thanks for popping in. Wanted to do something different today. Something bright and colourful, to lift your spirits. So decided to take you to Waimea Falls in Hawaii. If only! But we can soak up some bright and beautiful colours, can’t we? We can say Aloha, and drink coconut water, can’t we? Here’s my bright and colourful offering for you today…busy, bold and bright. The background is one of the Waimea Falls papers. It’s perfect for lifting the…
Hi there. Tuesday’s blog rolls back the hours, right? I like looking back to this day last year, don’t you? I used to have a diary when I was a girl, which had 5 years on one page, so as you made your daily entry, you could read where you were on your journey the year(s) before. So today, I thought I’d go back exactly one year from today, to 29th September, 2019. Oh boy, did it bring me up…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. This here blog’s been going a while, hasn’t it? Since October 15th 2013 in fact ! That’s 7 years, every single day, until a fortnight ago, when I stepped away for a week, to help my parents. That’s about 2,550 blogs, back to back. Crikey. Where does the time go? You may recall that way back then, I composed a little ditty, to give the blog (or maybe more ME!) a structure, a guide….
…when it beats for others. Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Was cleaning up my artroom, in readiness for next week, and got immersed in a piece of scrapart. Remember the Doodleology Petal-heart blot from Friday? When I said Leonie would love this? Yes. that scrap… Just in case you missed this step, let‘s do it again… It went from a scrap of paper to a mounted scrap of paper. Here’s how I mounted the copy paper scrap on a…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just got back from a rare Raku Day. In case you’re not familiar with the term, Raku is a Japanese form of pottery, firing bisque clay at low heat, and then immersing it in water to make it crackle. It is the most unpredictable artform I have ever tried – you really never know what you’re going to get. You think it said turquoise on the glaze bucket – it comes out brown. You…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. So glad you liked the new Doodleology Stamps by Cherry Green as much as we do! They really are superb. CLICK HERE TO INVESTIGATE I like the matching stencils too! Here’s a demo from TV, which includes those lovely old sentiment stamps which we recently got back out of the cupboard and reworked…old is gold, eh?!? Just a flash of colour through the Retro Circle Stencil onto Clarity Stencil. card, using our Stencil brushes…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Been arty crafting all day here in the SHAC, and am all set and ready for the 9am HOCHANDA TV Show tomorrow, showcasing the new Doodleology Collection, designed by Cherry Green. These are just fabulous. I’ve prepped far more than I’ll ever be able to squeeze in in two hours (9am and 1pm), but the ideas just kept flowing – and you know how it is – just couldn’t stop! Here’s one of the…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Getting set for the Clarity Mixed Media TV Shows on HOCHANDA at 9am and 1pm on Friday, and thought I’d kill 2 birds with one stone, so to speak, and showcase the beautiful Christmas Window stamps that Paul is showcasing this evening at 6pm on HOCHANDA! How about a photo step by step… The first thing to note is that our Stampboard shapes cut like butter. Craft knife, scissors, paper trimmer – you decide!…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Change is a-coming. You can feel it in the weather today. The temperature dropped and the clouds rolled in. Time to put a jumper on, maybe put the flip flops and sandals away. Thought I’d make some simple stencil art this evening, to reflect the shift in the weather patterns – and in our lives again. It seems we are hitting a stormy patch again, and while the birds fly away to warmer climes,…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Beautiful day today. Before I go off into the woods with Dave (Oi! Steady Eddy! Walking walking!), I just noticed that there is a HALF-PRICE sale on a selection of our Fresh Cut Dies – the Waxwings and Wrens are in there, which are delightful, and also the funky foliage, which is one of my faves. Oh! And the birds in a cherry tree! They are on sale in bundles of 3. Well worth…