Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Thursday’s blog is always blue, so here’s a little canvas I made, using our Happy Couple die. If you’d like to own this little canvas, then all you have to do is write a message below, giving us two little captions. He says, ” “ She says, ” ” Or the other way round!! What are these little birds saying to each other? That’s it. Come on! Join in !! You’ve gottabeinittawinnit!! Let’s have…
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. Oh boy! What a busy 2-hour TV show on HOCHANDA that was! If you missed it, you can catch up on HOCHANDA.com . They store it for about 7 days, if I’m not mistaken. We do like the old Clarity Classics, don’t we! For me, using the Speedball Brayer is like putting on a really old, comfortable pair of slippers. And with these new Backdrop stamps of ours, it spreads the ink so well….
Hi there. Tuesday’s blog rolls back the hours, right? I like looking back to this day last year, don’t you? I used to have a diary when I was a girl, which had 5 years on one page, so as you made your daily entry, you could read where you were on your journey the year(s) before. So today, I thought I’d go back exactly one year from today, to 29th September, 2019. Oh boy, did it bring me up…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Thought I’d shine a light on what we’re doing in the SHAC-Shack this week, and show you how well transferring our doodles to our Designer papers works…. I mentioned this morning that Stuart has put together a very cool Barb’s Faves Set and called it THE SHAC PACK!! It’s for those doodlers who want to dip their toe in this kind of artwork at a really good price! £10 for 50 sheet of 8×8…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Pottery today. I blimming love it. I shot off to class after the SHAC-Shack, and my pottery buddies were already there, and making a plan for the term. It’s candlesticks and abstraction this term. Guess what was in the middle of the table, and what we are all using to create abstract patterns in the clay? CLARITY STENCILS!! Look!! Here’s my first abstract slab, to chop up next week… Imagine my delight when I…
Hi there. Thanks for joining me. So that was it for another year. We celebrated being in business for 27 years this weekend. Being in business or staying in business? Well, right now it certainly feels more like the latter! Running a business certainly got more challenging this year! Just got to go with the flow… All good though. Our new printed poppet parchment went down well, as did Josie’s new diagonal grids, the new Designer papers, Lucy’s new Tweet…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Just sitting here, waiting for the last TV Live Skype link of the day, and thought I‘d blog a little thank you note while I wait. Thank you. Thank you for watching and supporting and buying our products this birthday weekend if you did. Thank you for giving me a reason to keep going, although I am pretty cream crackered this evening ! tomorrow at 8 am I will be back on Hochanda with…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Can’t stop long! Got to figure out a Plan B for the Weekend Wow!! Where did all those little printed parchment poppets fly off to, I wonder?!? So happy you like them as much as we do! Whilst we are figuring out what to do instead, I want to take you on a whistle-stop tour of italy! How do Rome, Florence, Venice and Naples sound? Pretty blimming good to me!! Josie has been super…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Wanted to shout about our fabulous Snowflake Duets – designed by lovely Tina and ourselves. Let’s just lay out a step by step how-to-make-a-free-falling-snowflake with them… They come on 2 plates: the Groovi plate and the matching Grid plate There are 2 pairs: Little snowflakes…. and Large Snowflakes… CLICK HERE TO INVESTIGATE Tina designed the snowflake grid, then we wrapped a Groovi plate around it. And Hey Presto! A match made in Heaven!! Wait…