Hi there Thanks for popping in. I hope you are enjoying our Tutorial blogs this month? We are certainly building an interesting little library of ideas and inspiration – both here on this blog, and on the Clarity Matters Blog, where all our parching experts are hanging out! I must say, we are in very, VERY good company. The Gelpress plate has certainly been a game changer in my arty crafty world. It gave me a bridge from craft to…
Hi everyone, Paul here.I hope you are all well and staying safe. As part of the January Bloggy Tutorial Event, Barb has allowed me to take over her blog for the day to showcase our beautiful range of Fresh Cut Dies. Today I wanted to share with you the Botanical Range designed by our good friend Mel Turner – an amazing illustrator. At 1pm and 3pm today I was on Hochanda showing what you can achieve with our dies. If…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Time for another step by step blog tutorial with a great special sale offer attached to it. Several people have asked me to explain how to use our new Backdrop stamps to create those arty, grungy backgrounds. Very easy and very effective. Read on… First of all, let’s take a look at the Rectangle backdrop stamps. Two different sizes: one A5 and one a little large than A6. At first glance, they look like…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Snow here today. Just a light sprinkling. When I was a kid and it started to snow, my Mum would always tell me that God’s housekeeper, Frau Holle, was shaking out the featherbeds, the eiderdowns. “Frau Holle shüttelt die Betten aus.” Isn’t that a lovely notion? Stayed with me all my life. As soon as I see a slight flurry of snow in the air, Frau Holle is busy again. On Sunday we showcased…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Yep. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse – they do. The only thing that we can rely on is that this too shall pass. Our Mark called me earlier from San francisco. “Thank God I didn’t come home! What a shitshow!” were his exact words. Absolutely. What a shitshow this is indeed. And then, on the way home from work in the dark and in the pouring rain, there was a…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Thursday’s blog is always blue, right? How about a last minute Christmas card using one of our fab Fresh Cut dies. The one with the pair of deer? There are two in this set. Really lovely: one with deer and one with doves. Peace man… Let’s do a little project and a last minute bloggy offer on the pair. How about half price?! Buy one get the other one free?! Found a scrap of…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Delighted to tell you how brilliantly our Christmas Jumper Stamp Drive for Save the Children is going! One day in, and we, this little Clarity Community, have already raised a fantastic £1,951.42. Amazing!!!! Brilliant!!! And not finished till midnight Monday!! Blimey! Perhaps we’ll be able to send a cheque for over £2,000!! That’s epic, and that’s down to YOU. Even if you already have the stamps, you are buying them again, or you are…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just realised that there is a particularly lovely set of Clarity Christmas Stamps (and in Groovi too) which haven’t been out at all this year. That’s what happens when you have such a vast selection; there just aren’t enough opportunities to show everything off! I love these aperture stamps. 2017 or even earlier… Here’s a little how to I have dug out, to show you how they work. Cor! Here’s the leafy canvas too….
Hi there! Thanks for poppeting in. Oh boy! You liked Tina’s Mandalas then! Good grief! Paul is back on at 12 and 4 today. We’ve added more stock, both for the Groovi plates AND the stamps! Hope it lasts. In the meantime, continuing on with our Pergamano celebrations, I was chatting away to lovely Tina yesterday evening, in between sellout shows! She was über chuffed that her designs are so popular. It’s a huge endorsement, to have a big and…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. The Pergamano Festivities wouldn’t be complete without a huge round of applause – nay, a standing ovation – for Linda Williams, that wonderful Welsh lady who just blows us away with her creativity and talent every single time. She has taught me so much! She shares her knowledge so willingly, so freely. I wonder how many thousands of parchers she has held by the hand and guided them through the art. She and I…