Hello there. Thanks for dropping in! Let me brighten this otherwise gloomy looking Friday with some pretty good news. Last Friday, we talked about the New Designs Club, where it started and how it has grown over the years. Thousands of you enjoy this monthly dose of Clarity stamp-art. Well, today marks a new milestone. It occurred to me that stencil work is so very different to the art of stamping. Stencils are very diverse, and lend themselves to so…
Hello there! Second post of the day! Sorry to drag you back here, but it had to be done! Our Chess game today has spurred me on to design guess what?! no – not a Cheeseboard stencil ! But you’re warm…. YES!! a Chessboard Stencil ! much, much easier. Built in perspective. Now I just have to learn to embed it on the website and add the link! (Or ask Jim….) …..a little while later…. YAY! education, education, education. She now knows how…
Hi there! Happy May Day! Thanks for stopping by. Thursday’s blog is something blue isn’t it. So let’s take a look at another one of the very clever Wheelie Stencils: The Chess Pieces Chess. Great game. I just had to have a play….. Here are the ingredients: Chess Wheelie Stencil (with the positive and negatives elements) Art Journaling Stampset A4 Theuva Card E-Bosser Stencil Brushes Stormy Sky Distress Pad Slate Adirondack Low-tack masking tape Lay out the chess pieces, large…
Hello there. Thanks for stopping by! Wednesday’s blog is something new, right? So how about we get our large 8″x10″Gelli Plate out, use some Golden Open Acrylics (Deluxe) and a fab new 7″x 7″ Sunset stencil I’m right into seeing things in backgrounds just lately. And the Gelli Plate gives me plenty of opportunity! Like staring at the clouds and looking for animals… What can you see? Keep looking…. Anyway, let’s take a look at how we made the background. Piece…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by on You Tube Tuesday! Last Week’s Gelli Plate Video was so well received! Thank you for appreciating our efforts! Remember I asked you to send in some homework, showing your results? Well, hats off. Respect. Take a look at this…. Karen Brookes Sarah Stacey Jocelyn can’t find artist’s name… can’t find artist’s name… can’t find artist’s name… Rachel Diane Green Hilary Thorogood Hilary Thorogood Angela Simpson Carol Simons Alison (Alimecca) Julie Little Donna Brooks See…
Good Monday morning y’all! Sorry I’m a little late, but had such a good Sunday that Monday rolled round way too fast! One thing we did was watch the new Lone Ranger film, which stars Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as the Lone Ranger. Well worth watching, although I spent a good portion of the film outside the living-room door with my hands over my ears, asking Dave whether it was safe to come back in! Is it…
Happy Sunday! Thanks for stopping by. A couple of ladies called this week, requesting a how-to-use-the-new-Wheelie-stencils blog, so here’s one using the Branch and Leaves Wheelie stencil It’s pretty clever. Wheelie wheelie clever, in fact! Take a closer look; 6 different leaves, 3 different sizes. And 4 different branches/twiggies to dress. Word Chain Special Memories Library Green Archival Ink Pad Coffee Archival Ink Pad A Gelli Plate background piece Make-up sponges. It really doesn’t get any easier than this! Simply dial…
Hello and welcome! Thanks for stopping by. There was much excitement here at Clarity Towers yesterday morning, when a huge juggernaut arrived with our new, beautiful blue Clarity Portfolios. We have been gradually building a collection of intelligent storage solutions, like our Stencil Folders : 7″x 7″ and A4 / 9″ x 11″ A5 Stencil Folders land next week! Our Stamp Storage Folders with the Acetate : Additional heavy-duty Acetate available . And now we have further extended our range of useful…
Hello there! TGIF, eh! How can such a short week last so long??? But anyway, thanks for stopping by, and spending some time with me. Friday’s blog a private peek, remember? Yesterday, I was thinking about the Clarity New Design Club, and I thought I would roll back the years a few, and tell you how it started… Way back when, I forget which year, but it was years before I appeared on the telly, I started the first Mail…
Hello there, Thanks for stopping by today. Thursday’s blog is always blue; so will 3 blue-black Magpies do? Here’s what I used…. Magpie Montage Stamp Maya Angelou verse Theuva Card A5 Brayer Craft Knife Black Adirondack Lettuce Adirondack Stonewashed Adirondack Stamp the Magpies onto Theuva Card, using Black Adirondack. Mask off the sides with Post-Its. Add some Lettuce around the birds… Colour in the birds with Promarkers… Work on the shade in the feathers… Add some Stonewashed round the birds…