Hi !

Thanks for popping in. It’s the first day in October! Where did this year go? The older we get, the faster the time flies.

I got up very early this morning, and decided to spend a quiet hour chatting to you, get ahead of a busy day, sort this ’ere blog out! Me and my good ideas!! Do you have any idea how much work goes into this 100 days to Christmas daily blog thing?!! What was I thinking?? Tell you what though. Makes me realise how much time I invested in blogging every day for so many years. When Dad was ill and dying, I just didn’t have the headspace or time to invest in a daily blog. Then he was gone, and I wasn’t the same person any more. To be honest, I have had a bit of a battle with sadness since he went, and when you feel sad, it’s very difficult to be upbeat and chirpy in a blog every day. But I am finding a path through this 100 Days to Christmas. Perhaps it’s because all I have to do is focus on Christmas designs and ideas. So, before I get tearful here at 4 in the morning on my jack jones, let’s turn our attention to today’s highlight. It’s Essential.

And just like that, the anguish leaves, my head relaxes, the tightness in my chest unclenches, and I have my Clarity hat on.

Some stamps just do what they say on the tin – and our I Am Essential collection is exactly that. Essential.

When you’re making cards, whether for birthdays, Christmas, thank-yous, or “just because”, you always need those little finishing touches – the words, the greetings, the sentiments that say it all. That’s where these lovely stamps that Jazz designed come into their own.

• Most useful: You’ll reach for them again and again. They’re the dependable set that never gets put away for long.
• Different sizes: From bold to delicate, we’ve thought of everything (Well, Jazz has!) – so you always have just the right size greeting to fit your design.
• Simple & classy: No fuss, no frills – just clean, elegant typography, that works with any style of cardmaking.

Birthdays? Covered.
Christmas? Sorted.
Everyday essentials? Absolutely.

If you’ve ever sat with a finished piece of artwork in front of you and thought, “Now what greeting will work here?” – this is the answer. I waste hours looking for the perfect sentiment, don’t you? But now, here’s a stamp set that will serve you faithfully, all year round. I love the Clarity Rub-ons too. They work like a charm! Look familiar? Yep! This is where we found our essential stamps! CLICK HERE

And here’s some exciting news: tomorrow we’ll be launching the Groovi equivalent Essential Plates! Jazz has been busy! So whether you’re a stamper or a parchment crafter (or both), you’ll have those must-have words at your fingertips in whatever medium you love best. Look out for those plates, friends – I have a feeling they will be every bit as popular as the stamps x

Sometimes the simplest tools turn out to be the most powerful. I Am Essential stamps proves it beautifully – and it’s well worth popping into your basket now, so you’re fully kitted out for the busy birthday and Christmas season ahead. CLICK HERE

And there we have it. In the time it took to write the part about Essential stamps etc, and how useful you will find them, I have redirected my thinking, and am ready to face the day. It works, it really does

Love and Clarity,

Barb x x x