Hi there Thanks for popping in. As you may know, this year is The Year of The Alphabet at Clarity. We have been highlighting one of our lovely alphabet collections each month, and offering them to you at a super special price for the whole month. April is RHYME TIME month. This particular ABC is especially close to my heart. It was my very first art project, and the one which brought about our little art & craft company, back…
Hi there Thanks for popping in! Just paddling away here, writing the latest newsletter for the club, compiling a big blog for tomorrow, watching Paul and Dean on the screen in the background. I’m looking forward to this evening’s E for Elephant session in the SHAC. Must do a little prep for that too. The bus driver just needs to know where the bus is headed! Why the hustle? Can you feel my busy-ness? Well… I have been planning this…
Hi there Thanks for popping in! Doesn’t the world look friendlier when the sun is shining and Spring is in the air? The earth is coming to life again, the magnolias, cherry blossoms and camelias are abundant down here in the southeast of England! Just beautiful. So we thought, it being Easter weekend too – what better time than now to take a closer look at those magnificent Garden designs that lovely Linda Williams drew for us a while ago?…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. If there are two arty things I love – apart from pottery and printmaking – it’s our Overlay stamps and our Embedders. If you’re into lino-cutting or monoprinting, then you will know just how closely related our two innovations are to the world of printmaking. Let me do a simple little step-by-step for you, to demonstrate how they work. And I can tell you now. Any printmaker would be pretty impressed by how this…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just a quickie to tell you that Paul is on telly tomorrow, and will be showcasing the second in our It’s a Wrap Series, by Linda Williams. Create & Craft – Thursday 1pm & 5pm Last month we revisited Part 1 and this month we will revisit Part 2 – Pretty Pockets, Ribbon Wraps and Envelopes. Here is some fabulous inspiration from Linda and the team: Such beautiful designs! I love the clever little…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just watching Deb Wheeler on Create & Craft. Great to see her informative demos, and fun to see her with our mate Dean! I decided to look back at a NEW YORK blog or 2, to remember the BIG APPLE, and its draw. It certainly is like a magnet for many, including myself. And certainly our Grace. She’s home here in England at the moment, but she do love the New New Amsterdam. Has…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Yes, tomorrow, in just 120 minutes, our lovely Deborah Wheeler will take you on a whistle stop tour of London, Paris and New York. In fact, if we get our skates on, she may even be able to take a little break in India at the Taj Mahal AND Pisa, Italy, too! Just depends on the traffic and the clock at Create and Craft. What time exactly are we expecting departure? At 1pm and…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. We’re all of a doodle here at Clarity! Why? Because Paul is just about to leave for the Create & Craft TV Studios, with his car loaded full of fabulousness – our brand new Round Doodle Dies. FINALLY! These are a game changer! I was so impressed by all the artwork that the Design Team came up with! Whether you‘re a paper crafter, a parcher or a mixed media artist, you’ll love these! Paul…
Hi. Thanks for popping in. If you watched Create & Craft last Sunday, you’ll have seen me use not one, but TWO large Gelpress plates! This was to move through a monoprinting printing process quickly. If you use two plates, you can bounce between colours, transferring colours back and forth as you pull prints, getting loads of blends and lovely ghost prints. If you’re only working with one plate, you have to keep cleaning it, and the colours muddy, and…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Paul will be on Create & Craft at 11am this morning. He is showcasing the most exquisite Jayne Nestorenko Floral Sampler Plate! You will love it. The original, larger designs are among the best selling Groovi plates; we can never keep them in stock! I love the stamp version too. Just beautiful. Here is the Original Groovi Collection, complete with book. Now check out this fabulous sampler, that Jazz has composed for us… A4…