Hi there Thanks for popping in. Saturday’s blog a new technique, right? Well new… mmm. new to who? To me to you? It’ll be new to somebody! Let’s take that fabulous die of ours, that Fresh Cut Town Aperture Die which our ever clever friend Mel Turner designed. Let’s take that little beautifully intricate die, and turn it into not one but two cool for cats cards…. Town Aperture Die Here goes. The process, from start to finish. Ready? Die…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Thursday’s blog is always blue, right? Here’s a little poppet who goes by the name of Polly stamped on one of our new Antarctica Designer Petites – a decidedly and predominantly blue collection… Pick a paper, any paper! Stamped with black archival. Coloured in with Pergaliner A (for aquarelle) pencils, and blended nicely with a Wink of Stella, just to add a little whimsy bling. Add a little sentiment from the Feel Good Factor…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Wednesday’s blog is from me to you. Since Mandalas are very topical in the SHAC-Shack right now, I thought I would put a very different spin on one of Tina’s wonderful Mandala Stamps, turn it into really arty wall art….from me to you xxx Doesn’t that look beautiful?! I love it. Here I used the Mandala stamp entitled Devotion… There are four in the series. And by the way, they are HALF PRICE on…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Tuesday’s blog rolls back the hours, right? I have been tidying today. Amazing what you find when you start clearing the layers of paper and boxes!! I came across an old newspaper article from 1994, which brought back memories… Wow. Still got the Lightbox, the huge, fabulous lightbox. Still got the Faber-Castell pencils. Still got the hair up in a French Twist. Did I ever see this little ABC Nursery Rhyme adventure turning into…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Before I go out for a long walk through the woods, to clear the old head, let me just step up that reflection trick I did yesterday on telly, using our new Backdrop Rectangle Stamp. and the wonderful Trees and their Mantles. Ready? Reflection images first. Dab Espresso Distress Oxide ink onto the stamp and plant along the halfway line you drew on the acetate at the back. Here’s the card I made on…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Saturday’s blog a new technique, right? Well, this may actually be one of the oldest art techniques: Kintsugi Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pieces of pottery back together using gold. The idea behind this is that in embracing imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art. Dave came to me this morning with a broken pot. He’s got something special in the garage that he’s working on, it’s…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Thursday’s blog is always bluye, right? So here’s a little blue piece I rustled up for you… Mmmm, pondered the Clarity crafter, how did she do that background? Mmmm…and is that a new stamp? But how did she get that fade on the grasses? Mmmmm…. If you’d like to see how I did this, then please tune in to HOCHANDA on Sunday, between 2pm and 4pm, for my monthly Clarity Classics show. We’ve got…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Wanted to do something different today. Something bright and colourful, to lift your spirits. So decided to take you to Waimea Falls in Hawaii. If only! But we can soak up some bright and beautiful colours, can’t we? We can say Aloha, and drink coconut water, can’t we? Here’s my bright and colourful offering for you today…busy, bold and bright. The background is one of the Waimea Falls papers. It’s perfect for lifting the…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. This here blog’s been going a while, hasn’t it? Since October 15th 2013 in fact ! That’s 7 years, every single day, until a fortnight ago, when I stepped away for a week, to help my parents. That’s about 2,550 blogs, back to back. Crikey. Where does the time go? You may recall that way back then, I composed a little ditty, to give the blog (or maybe more ME!) a structure, a guide….
Hi there Thanks for popping in. So glad you liked the new Doodleology Stamps by Cherry Green as much as we do! They really are superb. CLICK HERE TO INVESTIGATE I like the matching stencils too! Here’s a demo from TV, which includes those lovely old sentiment stamps which we recently got back out of the cupboard and reworked…old is gold, eh?!? Just a flash of colour through the Retro Circle Stencil onto Clarity Stencil. card, using our Stencil brushes…