Hi there Apologies for the absence this week. It has been so hectic since we got back from our holidays! I am starting to think about booking another one! A really, really LONG one! Just a little recap…. No wonder I’m cream crackered! I finished the November Club projects this morning, cleared the decks for the SHAC tonight, figured out what we’re all doing together – and once I have blogged this, I am going for a little nap. Thing…
Hi there Before I climb up the apple n pears to winkin blinken and nod, I just want to thank everybody who joined in this afternoon, with our first official paid online Workshop. Judging by the dozens of fabulous landscape scenes which have been proudly popping up all over Facebook, I’d like to say, it was a success! You have to have it in your hand in front of you to really get how cool it is! This artwork is…
Hi there Picked up a kebab on the way home from Clarity Towers, from the local Kebambulance, (I kid you not!). Woofed it down as soon as we’d fed Erik and Ragnar the cats, (No. Not Doner!) I ate more of the salad than Dave, just cos it’s healthier (and he won’t eat anything that’s been even NEAR cucumber! 😂) It was real soul food. Hot and spicy. And a £9 portion was more than enough for both of us!…
Hi Went for our flu jab, which was pretty rapid! In one door and out the other! Literally one minute from entry to exit. God bless the NHS. Then went for an early walk up on the forest with Dave, to clear the head. Got to keep it in the day, stop projecting. Serves no purpose. I decided to clear up my art room when we got back; what a mess it was! Still hadn’t even cleared away the boxes…
Hi there Been busy today, prepping for a TV show on Sunday 3-5pm. I do hope you will be able to watch! These new Poppet stamps are rather delightful! Here’s a blue-ish card I made today, using a split Companion Paper background… The Designer Paper and the matching Companion Paper I have used here are from our new Antarctica Collection. What a splendid combination of blues, teals, pinks and more. I just love these colours! The little Poppets are new…
Hi there! There’s something new on the horizon at Clarity. Many of you have already enrolled for my very first paid LIVE online Classroom workshop, which is coming up next week, on Saturday 12th October. What are we making? A beautiful, hand cut, hand crafted Lighthouse Paper Collage, mounted on a 12 in x 12 in Canvas board If you have already signed up, then you will have already received the lovely materials kit, including the canvas board, papers and…
Hi there. Tuesday’s blog – and the hours roll back, right? So I thought I’d roll back the hours to 10 years ago. Do you know what YOU were doing 10 years ago today? One of the biggest advantages of having a phone full to the gunnels with photos, is that I can pretty much track to the hour what my activities were a decade ago! My photos tell me even more accurately and irrefutably what I was up to…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. I got caught up making little cards today, out of the new 4×4 inch card blanks and envelopes that are pouring out of the Pinky Gray printroom at the moment, in readiness for our 31st Birthday weekend on Create & Craft! I used a print I had made using the new leafy layering stencils, which wasn’t very exciting as a whole. In fact, I didn’t even bother taking a photo of it. Yep. That…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Wednesday’s blog something new, right? Well, I’ve got not ONE but TWO new things I want to share with you: Next up, let’s take a look at those new stencils I’m talking about. Actually, let’s look at the monoprint I made using them first… Right. Two sets, each with 3 stencils. Well actually, there’s loads in each pack. You get the inny AND the outy. Perfect for use with ink and brushes, but also…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Trip down Memory Lane it is then! I scrolled back through my photos to a year ago today. And lookie lookie! Teabags! Remember this? I do love our Linocut stamps too! They are right up my street… I was filling one of our lovely little water colour Petite Journals with Teabag images. It really was a pleasure to do! Pity I haven’t had time to finish it. YET. There’s that lovely little word again….