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Stamped bauble in a stencil

Stamped bauble in a stencil

Hi there, Thanks for popping in. I’m in between TV shows here at HOCHANDA, So thought I’d just come and chat to you and show you  step-by-step of the Bauble card I made this morning. Choose one of the Jayne Nestorenko Winter Scenes Unmounted Stamp Sets  and remove all of the other stamps on the thick acetate. Re-position the scene of your choice into the middle  of the acetate making sure that you curve it. This picture shows the scene…

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You are my Star xxx

You are my Star xxx

Hi there. Thanks for popping in! What a busy day!! I do enjoy working at HOCHANDA; they are just such lovely people. Just a quick recap of what I did on telly at 2pm. It’s one of those ones which hinges on the sequence,  so here it is again: Spread pink ink on the round petite with your brayer. Set the ink side face down in the top lefthand corner of a sheet of our stencil card. and lift to reveal…

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Boxes ticked. Boxes packed.

Boxes ticked. Boxes packed.

Hi there! Thanks for popping in. No step by step today, I’m afraid. Have done enough for one day, finishing up the TV prep in readiness for tomorrow and the day after. And the ol’ neck is starting to twitch,  so that tells me it’s time to stop. Here’s a little pic of one of my faves… Jayne Nestorenko’s Winter Scene Stamps To be honest, the stamping demos are a piece of cake compared to the parchment for me! But…

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Winter is drawing in….literally.

Winter is drawing in….literally.

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Busy day today. Wurka and Hollick were getting on my pip too,  which always makes for daft role-plays in my head.  In the end, I had to give them a talking to: “Look!” I said,  “Fact is fact, and belief is belief. They are not the same thing! But the more you insist on believing your fiction,  the more likely it is to come true!’” Maybe we can talk about that next Wednesday? TV Sunday,…

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When Alcohol ink met Yupo with a Cling film sandwich

When Alcohol ink met Yupo with a Cling film sandwich

Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Got a really cool one for you today. It’s a pure background technique, but very very easy and so so effective. Ready? Yupo Paper. Load a little yellow alcohol ink onto a felt applicator  and smear away. Load another felt with dark blue alchol ink,  and smear away again. Load yet another felt with dark green alchol ink,  and smear away yet again! Now fill in the blanks: Load ………… ………….. ……………. with ……………,…

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On the Scrapheap? Never!

On the Scrapheap? Never!

Hi there. Sunny Wednesday here in the south-east of England. Our Groovi Worldwide Facebook page is alive! So many visitors, so much art! Amazing what happens when we have a common ground  and a safe, warm meeting place, isn’t it? Yesterday I was stencil happy, and playing  with Colour Burst water-colour powders. I had trimmed the art just before mounting it on black, and was just about to bin the scraps, the trimmed slivers,  when a little voice said NO…

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Our Favourite Stencil

Our Favourite Stencil

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. As promised, this week I am looking at all the things you bought  in the sale last week, and trying to provide you with some ideas and inspiration. Last Tuesday we sold out of the Colour Burst Powders very quickly. Nonetheless, here’s a little play session, which might give you a new idea or two… Our dear friend Mel drew this stencil a while ago now, together with a number of other seed heads…

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Colouring pencils meet parchment….

Colouring pencils meet parchment….

Hi there. Thanks for popping in. What a busy GRAY SALE weekend it has been! I’ve been cracking up reading all the comments you have been posting, about beans on toast till Christmas. Somebody is opening up a help group for those of you  who are willing to admit you are powerless over Groovi. Somebody else suggested we open up another area on the new website where we should sell baked beans, bread, milk and teabags, so you can order…

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LAST ORDERS AND A BRAND NEW STENCIL BONUS….

LAST ORDERS AND A BRAND NEW STENCIL BONUS….

Hi there! Thanks for popping in today. It’s all go here at Clarity Towers! The phones are ringing, Jeannine is in full swing… even Laurent her son is helping! Debbie, Paul and Steve are picking for England and Izzy’s up to her waist in boxes! Plenty of laughter here, Ooh I say !!! Steve and Dave are gooning about, making miles of Groovi plates! Oh. And building a new machine room  ready for mega expansion next year…. And Jim? Yep,…

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WE HAVE LIFT-OFF !

WE HAVE LIFT-OFF !

Hello there! Thanks for popping in ! Rather brisk here in the southeast, I must say. Took three paces outside the backdoor  and went straight back for the scarf and gloves! I’m not a hat person. Are you? I look ridickalickalous in most hats. So vanity and practicality clash …. Paul Church on the other hand, even knits his own! roflmao…. Enough woffle Gray! It’s the busiest weekend of the year at Clarity, and you’re worrying about keeping your ears…

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