Hi there. Long but lovely second day at Colburn Open Days. It felt half empty, but the hall was so huge, it was!! You could have fitted twice as many people in there, but to be fair, it was pleasant being able move around freely. I did Make & Takes all day again, which went very well. I think they went down well, especially because they were unexpected. Yes, I think folks appreciated them. The new Art Deco Groovi Plates…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in! Long but lovely day up North. What a smashing bunch of visitors! One thing became alarmingly evident halfway through the day. There we were, a bunch of us doing said Groovi Make n Take, and out of nowhere this lovely lady, when asked to write a name using the Groovi Plate Mate, wrote ALIMECCA. WHAT??? I exclaimed. “You’re Alimecca from the blog?!” And before she could reply, the lady next door but one –…
Hi there, late Friday evening; the troops are all fed and watered, and ready for the Colburn onlsaught tomorrow! Well, actually, they’re all in lovely Heather’s kitchen, partaking of some wonderful homemade teabread and tea. I sloped off to chat to you. We’re all ready for you if you’re coming to the Open Days. As soon as I saw the size of the venue, I shouted, MAKE & TAKES !!! So that will be fun tomorrow. The table is set…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. It was a long hot day in the van up here to North Yorkshire. Sandwiched between Dave and Jayne, like a bratwurst in a bun. We landed, caught up with our friends, had a good old chinwag and supper, made a plan for set-up tomorrow; then suddenly I remembered the blog!!! Where does the time go? Where does it go? I hope you don’t mind, but I decided to go back to a year…
Hi there, Bit late today. Have had a busy but productive afternoon, filming short video clips for the new TV channel here in my den. (Spent the morning cleaning it!) Very nice guys. They sure know their stuff! In my head it was rubbish, but they reassured me that the end results would be absolutely fine. That’s what I think about the new TV Channel Hochanda, too. There are lots of things which could be better: the sound, the lighting,…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. I thought we ought to broach the subject of Christmas today. It’s getting closer, you know! So how about a really easy Fusible Fibre project? First, let’s drag some Grunge paste through the starry stencil on plain black card. Way too perfect. Let’s tear around the wreath! Replace the cleaned stencil over the dry stars, and add some Tumbled Glass and Spun Sugar with a make-up sponge. Next step, out with the white fusible…
Hi there! Thank you for popping in. Monday’s blog flowers and trees? Well, I have had a hankering ALL day to get out our Filigraphy Foliage stamps! Do you ever have something in your mind’s eye? All day I was wondering whether the little Clarity Characters could stand on the big leaves, like a sort of fantasy piece. I couldn’t wait to get up here in my little den and see if I could put what was in my head onto…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. What a lovely sunny day it is here in Sussex today! Just had a little memory bubble there… Years ago, we had some issues with emails not getting through, people moaning because we weren’t responding at Clarity, but the emails had never landed in the first place. It was getting pretty bad, so we started tracking the spam and junk files, where things were automatically getting filtered into the spam trays. Lo and behold…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in today. Saturday’s blog a new technique. And we are having a 40% sale on our Groovi Borders, so I decided to show you a neat way to get coloured parchment. Place the A5 parchment on your Clarity Blending mat. Load your brayer with a dye-based ink colour – I used Sail Boat Blue. Start rolling the brayer back and forth across one end at an angle. Turn your attention to the other end, and…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in! A little late I know. But I spent the day down in Bognor Regis with Dee, and then took the scenic route home. And I mean THE SCENIC ROUTE. Must have been singing too loudly along with my good friend Dave (aka Bowie), because I suddenly went from doing 80 along the A27 to doing 8 up a mud track!! Not to worry. Had a brill day with Dee. A good old chinwag, lovely…