Hi there After the SHAC this morning, where we taped together two pencils and went 3-D on a treble clef (don’t ask!), I spent the day alone in the workshop store room at Clarity, where we keep all the craft stash we use at retreats and courses. You know, ink pads, brayers, blending mats, pens etc etc Why? Because Linda and I are each hosting a one-day class the Sunday after the Open Days, and while Paul gets Linda’s materials…
Hi there If you joined me for the Mixed media Craftalong yesterday evening, THANK YOU! I hope it was interesting? Like I said, it’s all about the sequence and knowing your material – how much you need, and how fast it dries. Well, that aside, if you were there, you will already have heard the good news! Yep. How about a really cool afternoon online – a whole afternoon – together, making something really lovely – either for your wall,…
Hi there Competition winner time! So many of you guessed the double-sided eraser pencil from Faber-Castell was our biggest selling product! And how close you were. That little life-saver came in second only to our Groovi Tabs!! So the lucky winner of the Clarity Gift Voucher is… drum roll….. SHEILA CRAWFORD! Well done Sheila. I have often chuckled at how many little packs of Groovi tabs we pack and send out. Which just goes to show how popular our Groovi…
Hi there If you watched the SHAC yesterday morning, you will have seen this card I made yonks ago, using the silver birch stamp set, which I also drew yonks ago! Actually, back then, the stamps were not anywhere near as good as they are now! Back then, in order to clear emboss or glaze the tree trunks, you had to use an embossing pen for each and every tree! With this new set, the second stamp, the infill stamp,…
Hi there. I’ve been having more playtime this morning, with those new landscape masks and stamps. So excited about them! The scenery masks are a game changer. I actually wish Sunday would come round faster, so I can show you!! But then again, there’s so much to do at work, I really ought not to wish the week away! Tomorrow, we are back on the SHAC-bus at 10am. Last session on the L for LOVE. The bus driver went ahead…
Hi there It’s time to make a scene. Oh yes! I would love to make a scene! I was bobbing about in a sea of emotions this morning, catching an angry wave, then being awash with sadness, only to surface and be hit by the next surge of frustration. Until I decided THIS WILL NOT DO !!!! The only way to get to shore and some semblance of serenity was to get with my hands and MAKE SOMETHING. So I…
Hi there. Many of you who do Facebook will have seen all the posts yesterday, from presenters and staff at Create & Craft, that they went into administration at midnight. A blow indeed. I held back on saying anything publicly, because it was important for the staff there to receive and digest the news that they have lost their jobs. Many of these people are my friends, and I love them dearly. There are still so many unanswered questions, and…
Hi there. After a quick run to the doctors to get my Covid booster jab, I spent the whole day alone , doing art prep. Some for packaging on a new set of rather fabulous stencils that you will LOVE, some for Friday’s Clarity TV LIVE show at 10am and 2pm. I hope you can join me. Lots of tricks n tips! I don’t mind working alone and in silence. I get a lot done. But then the head gets…
Hi there. After a day of business meetings and coffee in London, we caught the last train home to Tunbridge Wells before the commuter craziness commenced – and it do get busy! Standing room only after 5pm. And what did we do when we got off the train? Yep we moseyed on down to the local Smith & Western, for a shot of Shania Twain, a dose of Dolly Parton – a dirty burger for Dave, and Fajitas for little…
Hi there Do you remember that sentence ringing through the pub at about 10 to 11 of an evening ?! Or 20 past 10 if you lived north of the Thames? The English licensing hours were what taught me the art of speed drinking!! Then I moved to Germany, where they served you until you couldn’t stand up – and that’s where I learned endurance drinking. Then we moved to California, where hooch and wine were so cheap in the…