Rolling back the hours, and the years, I went to my little memories box, to see what I could find. I am not a big keeper of things from the past, I don’t have loads of photos all over the house, or boxes of stuff from previous lives. But I do have a little box I made many years ago, in which I store a few precious photos and lovely things. I found this Serenity Prayer which I stamped on…
Monday’s blog is trees and flowers. Well, here we are trundling home after 4 days at the Glasgow Craft Show, and the weather is pretty bad. Actually, it always is when we leave Scotland! Rain, snow, blizzards…but we had a brilliant time in Glasgow, so many thanks to all those kinds visitors to our stand, who made us feel so very welcome. And since Monday’s blog must be writ, This is it… The background was made by pulling a ghost…
Sunday’s Blog is step-by-step and typically Gray. Here then, is a little leafy picture. All you need is The Leaf 3 Clarity-Stencil Dotty Wave Stencil Theuva card A6 Raisin and Slate Adirondack ink pads Make-up sponges and Claritystencil brush Pine Ridge Claritystamp Low-tack masking tape. Are you ready to start? Right, here goes… Tape the leaf stencil in place. Load a Clarity stencil brush with Raisin ink and lightly swirl around the edge of the leaf stencil. Use a make-up…
Saturday’s blog, a New Technique. Here’s one for those of us with a Gelli Plate appetite. I have been playing with my Gelli Plate for a year now, and the more I figure out, the more I realise what I haven’t figured out ! This simple new sandwich trick which I worked out last night, after the Exhibition at the SECC had closed, (so that I could stick to my Blog Poem!) made me think of all the hundreds of…
Friday’s blog, a private peek…Well, I may as well start as I mean to continue, and level with you. Last night, I spent the evening with another man. I’ve known him since I was a teenager, so it was great to spend a few hours with him again. The last time was back in the 70’s! He’s still quite handsome. We weren’t entirely alone mind; there were a few others there, at the new Hydro, Glasgow. But Peter was on…
Thursday’s blog is always blue. This was a piece I did in the Classroom TV Show several months ago, using the Reeds and flowerheads from the Windmill kit. One of the Clarity Design Team ladies, lovely Sylvia Marshall, sent me a piece of artwork just like this, and I was so taken with it, I borrowed her classy blue design. Hope you like it as much as I do! Mono colour work always looks so classy! All you need is…
Wednesday’s blog is something new. To who? To me? To you? Clearly, I can only approach this from New to me, because new and old are very subjective, don’t you agree? If you’ve been stamping for 20 years, you will encounter a lot less NEW stuff than, say, somebody who has just walked through the crafting saloon doors! Here I have taken a brand new Claritystencil, Madeleine, and run her through a Gran Calibur embossing machine. This may be old…
Hello there! Now I’ve established a blog theme plan for the week, it will be much easier to tackle! Tuesday’s blog rolls back the hours, so I thought we could take a look at one of the ways we can age our work, make it look older. We like to do that, don’t we! For this one, you will need; The Paris Collage ClarityStamp Set of Remountable Claritytags Old Paper Distress pad Black Archival Craft Scalpel C-thru ruler with steel…
Had a thoroughly enjoyable day here in North Yorkshire. A drive to Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle certainly opened my bleary eyes! What views! And what a fantastic art collection! So here’s a panoramic sunset you might enjoy, using just 3 Clarity poplar trees from Remountable Tuscany Set A few Adirondack ink pads: Black, Bottle, Butterscotch, Terra Cotta, Caramel, Black Archival ink pad Make-up sponges and a Speedball brayer A5 White Theuva Card and low-tack masking tape and a post-it…
Well, now I’m really trying my luck! Blogging at 70mph on the A1M up to Yorkshire! Having just folded the Stand at Doncaster, after an excellent day, we are wending our weary way up to Yorkshire for a mini break with friends before the 4-Day SECC in Glasgow. I’m not driving, by the way…predictive spelling is bad at the best of times! So what did I get up to in Doncaster? The Gelli Plate is my best friend right now….