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Month: May 2021

How to use those Paint Gelpress Prints. A Step by Step.

How to use those Paint Gelpress Prints. A Step by Step.

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Hi there. Thanks for popping in! Happy Bank Holiday Monday! Happy Memorial Day in America! Happy last day of May Monday! Yep. This year is certainly flying by! June tomorrow! What?!? But today is Monday, and in Clarity World, it’s the day we launch our Offer of the Week! Love these Tag dies! From Mixed Media to fabric work, from Card-making and papercraft to running your own arty business, these tags and plaques are perfect. And at half price plus…

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Detach with Love…

Detach with Love…

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. It has been a pottery morning. In fact it‘s been a pottery weekend, and I am rRight out of my comfort zone here! Decided to figure out how to use oxides and oxide washes. Good God! Glad I wore rubber gloves! What a long way that stuff goes!! If you were thinking that pulling a print on the Gelpress plate with acrylic paint is way too messy, then you’ll probably want to give Copper…

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It works – it so does!

It works – it so does!

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just came off air after the second TV show on the Craft Store. Thank you so much for watching and supporting if you did. If you couldn’t make it, the CraftStore.com has a great Catch-Up section! I am on a high. Not a care in the world. And I know why. It’s the focus on the art, and the kind of art. It’s the laying up of words in a random (not so random)…

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A Gelpress Step by Step

A Gelpress Step by Step

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. Been a while since I got my Gelpress out and had a play. Tomorrow on the TV Show we are launching a rather superb set of A5 stencils which work beautifully layered up. So, what better opportunity than the Gelpress Plate and a little paint?! If you‘re new to the world of Mixed Media, you may not be familiar with the Gelpress. It’s one of my favourite pieces of kit. That’s why we stock…

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Craft-along-a-Barbie – Part 2

Craft-along-a-Barbie – Part 2

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. How has your day been? Have you enjoyed it? I have.! Mind you, it got off to a very shaky start. Cannot tell you why I get so anxious and fearful – but it seems to kick in in the wee small hours, when I wake up. The head hooks into something, starts gnawing at it, then starts whizzing, starts projecting and picking up momentum. By 5am I may as well get up, because…

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A Happy Butt-Dial!

A Happy Butt-Dial!

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. How often do we inadvertently butt-dial somebody? Or is it just me?! I’ll be driving along, minding my own business, when out of nowhere somebody calls me and says, “Hiya! Missed a call. You ok?” Well, today it was a most pleasant butt-dial! Alex, the beautiful presenter from The Craft Store (aka Hochanda) called me. “Hiya Barb! Missed a call. You ok?” So once we had established that my phone just randomly calls people…

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Offer of the Week

Offer of the Week

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. I had to do a second take this morning, when the orders for the Perga Colours starting pouring in! I thought there must be a glitch in the back of the website, so I called Paul to check, and he reassured me that the Perga Colours were the Offer of the Week, on at half price plus Clarity Club Discounts. “It was YOUR idea!” he told me! Fair enough. A deal’s a deal. And…

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Daisy Daisy, give me your answer do!

Daisy Daisy, give me your answer do!

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. Been clearing up from Friday’s Facebook LIVE Moment of Clarity, when we put those cool Lino-cut stamps through their paces. Did you join us? We’ve decided to have another stampy Craftalong session with them on Wednesday, June 2nd at 7pm. So that will give you plenty of time to order them if you haven’t already got them. I’ll let you know ahead of time what else you’ll need to join in, which ink pads…

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The Wizard, not the Wand…

The Wizard, not the Wand…

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. Rainy day – perfect for crafting! Housework in the morning. Whizzed round the house like the proverbial white tornado. Then a well earned break – aka Pottery session this afternoon. Wonderful. But where does the time go ?! I get so immersed in what I am doing, time seems to disappear. Pottery. I cannot think of a better way to relax and ground my thoughts. Followed closely by Lino-cutting. I was handbuilding some faceted…

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A Moment of Clarity – Back to Basics on Stamping.

A Moment of Clarity – Back to Basics on Stamping.

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Hi there Thanks for popping in. If you were able to join in on the Moment of Clarity this afternoon, I do hope you got something out of the Back to Basics Stamping session! These new Lino Cut stamps are absolutely perfect for learning the stamping ropes! Even if you don’t stamp out an image perfectly, it just looks like part of the design! I have actually caught myself trying NOT to stamp out the lower half of the stamp…

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