Hi there

Thanks for popping in. Thought I’d write a quick blog to shine a light on tomorrow’s Clarity Social TV show on Facebook LIVE. 3-5pm. We are very excited to be launching a trio of rather special and clever new dies. I haven’t seen any thing like these anywhere else, and we think they’re a real game changer.

Countryside, Lighthouse & Viaduct Collage Dies

Hang on! I hear you say. They look familiar! Didn’t we do a couple of online workshops together, where we cut out loads of lovely collage papers and created these landscapes? Yes, we did indeed! And whilst it was a fabulous process, and we thoroughly enjoyed it, you have to admit it was quite challenging and long-winded.

So…we put our thinking caps on, and figured out that you can actually make dies which are pure cutting lines. In other words, the WHOLE landscape is ready cut for you. Advantages? Well..

• The cut lines are perfect every time!
• You can cut specific areas and they will always fit into the main frame
• You can cut other material, like card, parchment, felt! Cuts like butter
• The buildings come with windows already cut out. 😂 If you actually participated in the online class, you will understand what a boon this is!
• The size of the finished artwork is smaller. 6×6 inches, rather than 8×8 inches. Card size.

The make-process is different to the original mechanical paper cut too, so we’ve included an instruction booklet with a photo step-by-step in each pack. The pictures guide you through each step of the process – it’s so easy!

Then my Dave got involved, and things got even more interesting. Have you ever read the book Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Quentin Blake? Basically, she has a bike, but keeps adding things to it, like a horn, a basket, a motor, sails – etc etc…All she keeps saying is, “what this bike needs is….”

Well. Dave was looking at the lovely landscapes that I had prepped for tomorrow, and then out came the famous words:

“What this landscape needs is a tractor”

Next came: “And a flock of sheep”.

And a windmill. And a Church. And a wishing well. And a barn. And some trees, And some hedgerows. And some children. All different sizes. Some really tiny, for perspective.

Ok ok ok. So Jazz and I sat down and made a plan. A whole compendium of Build-a scene landscape stamps. Absolutely invaluable. Hours and hours of creative play in a couple of stamp sets.

We are calling these two stamp sets our Wee Collage A5 Stamp Set Duo. The tiny images work fantastic with our stamp pens.

For our early bird shoppers, both the dies and the stamps are already available on our website. HERE

Just so you know, the dies are limited edition. When they’re gone – they’re gone.

Want a little peep of a demo?

See you tomorrow!

Love always

Barb x x x