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No birds were harmed in the making of this art. How to embed a Bird Table…

No birds were harmed in the making of this art. How to embed a Bird Table…

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Hi there!Thanks for stopping by. Bit drizzums out there today,  so let’s do some artwork instead I say!! Yesterday I really enjoyed stretching myself,  and trying something new with card stitching. Found a nice home for it in the inglenook, too. But today I really must have a tidy up in here …. It’s reached that beyond-a-joke stage again. Strictly speaking, I could keep going in this mess for weeks, but we are supposed to be filming the next reel…

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I have been stitched up!!!!

I have been stitched up!!!!

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Hi there. So glad you dropped in. I have had such a good afternoon. Saturday’s blog a new technique, right? Well, I had decided that today was the day. Today was the day I got my old Pfaff sewing machine out,  after at least a decade, and added a few stitches and strands to my artwork. What do you think? Since Karen Hayselden has been on the Design Team,  I have become very aware of how safe my art still…

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Spring is sprung…

Spring is sprung…

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Well hello there! Thanks for dropping in. Friday’s blog a private peek, so shall I get the kettle on? I was looking out of the window here at the house, and the buds are a-budding, aren’t they? Spring is sprung, the grass is ris, I wonder where the birdies is… Well, there’s a pair of blue tits in this little nesting box for sure. Lots of activity in and out all day! I planted a clematis last year,  but thought…

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Alcohol ink and Butterflies…

Alcohol ink and Butterflies…

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Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Thursday’s blog is something blue, so I thought I’d play catch up and do something I really really love : Laminated Alcohol Inkwork. Ready? Open up a laminating pouch – you will be working on the inside. Take a felt piece and attach it to a blending tool. or a Clarity mount with some Velcro. Drip some Juniper Alcohol Ink around the laminate,  like so: Get a new felt and add Stonewashed. When you…

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Japanese Reeds on Canvas. Hotel Lobby Art!

Japanese Reeds on Canvas. Hotel Lobby Art!

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Hello there! Thanks for popping in. Sorry I am always late with this ‘ere blog nowadays; once you get behind it’s hard to catch up, innit. But I still haven’t skipped a day – YET ! Wednesday’s blog is something new, so how about some beautiful new Fresco paints  on an A5 canvas board? Ready?  Lay the A5 Clarity Canvas board on the craft mat, squeeze a small amount of Honey dew and Tango onto the craft mat, gently roll…

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YouTube Tuesday – The Lone Cypress meets Cling Film

YouTube Tuesday – The Lone Cypress meets Cling Film

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Howdi! Greetings from The Lone Cypress in California! (I wish!) We used to live really close to this beauty spot, in Carmel. I loved it there. But there we are, life happens, and we had to come back to Europe. I LOVED living in Northern California! Who wouldn’t?! Blue skies, the Pacific Ocean,  pelicans, sea lions. Flipflops and cut-off jeans were all I wore; proper hippy chick! So here is a little trip down Memory Lane,  using one of a…

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Poldark and Dave; Dave and Poldark…

Poldark and Dave; Dave and Poldark…

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Hi there! Thanks for dropping in on the first day of the week. Didn’t do much work today – it all looked rather bleak. Four days of doing demos and service with a smile If you’d said I had to do Day 5, I would have run a mile!  Perhaps we set our hopes too high, expected way too much; But all the time you wonder: have you lost your touch? Are they bored with what you do and what…

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Mission accomplished.

Mission accomplished.

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Hi there. Just got in the back door, so a quick hi and bye, before I go to bed and sleeeep! Day 4 at the NEC was actually quite pleasant.  Lots of lovely peeps, and the Clarity Design Team was there in force, too, which always makes for a good buzz. Thank you to everybody who visited us and supported us x When the bell finally went for last orders at 5 o’clock today, a great cheer went up through…

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Day 3 NEC

Day 3 NEC

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Hi there, Thanks for dropping in on Blogland. Day 3 of the show done. Once again, it was great to see so many familiar faces and friends.  Got my tits out, which made a nice change…. The little ones sit perfectly on any one of the wonderful Clarity Wordchains! The background was made using an 8″ x 10″ Gelli Plate, Spun Sugar Distress Ink Pad and then Tea Dye Distress inkpad. Using these different colours transformed our Blue Tits into…

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Day 2 at the NEC…

Day 2 at the NEC…

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Hi there, Thanks for stopping by in Blogland today. Friday and day 2 at the NEC was an interesting day, I have to say. Not the usual thronging crowds we have come to expect in Birmingham.  Whilst it was great for the visitors, because they could get around with room to spare and watch all the demos they could handle, it was a trifle disconcerting for exhibitors.  But it was nice to have time to spend with old friends and…

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