Hi there If you watched the SHAC yesterday morning, you will have seen this card I made yonks ago, using the silver birch stamp set, which I also drew yonks ago! Actually, back then, the stamps were not anywhere near as good as they are now! Back then, in order to clear emboss or glaze the tree trunks, you had to use an embossing pen for each and every tree! With this new set, the second stamp, the infill stamp,…
Hi there. I’ve been having more playtime this morning, with those new landscape masks and stamps. So excited about them! The scenery masks are a game changer. I actually wish Sunday would come round faster, so I can show you!! But then again, there’s so much to do at work, I really ought not to wish the week away! Tomorrow, we are back on the SHAC-bus at 10am. Last session on the L for LOVE. The bus driver went ahead…
Hi there It’s time to make a scene. Oh yes! I would love to make a scene! I was bobbing about in a sea of emotions this morning, catching an angry wave, then being awash with sadness, only to surface and be hit by the next surge of frustration. Until I decided THIS WILL NOT DO !!!! The only way to get to shore and some semblance of serenity was to get with my hands and MAKE SOMETHING. So I…
Hi there. Many of you who do Facebook will have seen all the posts yesterday, from presenters and staff at Create & Craft, that they went into administration at midnight. A blow indeed. I held back on saying anything publicly, because it was important for the staff there to receive and digest the news that they have lost their jobs. Many of these people are my friends, and I love them dearly. There are still so many unanswered questions, and…
Hi there. After a quick run to the doctors to get my Covid booster jab, I spent the whole day alone , doing art prep. Some for packaging on a new set of rather fabulous stencils that you will LOVE, some for Friday’s Clarity TV LIVE show at 10am and 2pm. I hope you can join me. Lots of tricks n tips! I don’t mind working alone and in silence. I get a lot done. But then the head gets…
Hi there. After a day of business meetings and coffee in London, we caught the last train home to Tunbridge Wells before the commuter craziness commenced – and it do get busy! Standing room only after 5pm. And what did we do when we got off the train? Yep we moseyed on down to the local Smith & Western, for a shot of Shania Twain, a dose of Dolly Parton – a dirty burger for Dave, and Fajitas for little…
Hi there Do you remember that sentence ringing through the pub at about 10 to 11 of an evening ?! Or 20 past 10 if you lived north of the Thames? The English licensing hours were what taught me the art of speed drinking!! Then I moved to Germany, where they served you until you couldn’t stand up – and that’s where I learned endurance drinking. Then we moved to California, where hooch and wine were so cheap in the…
Hi there Sorry to be so cryptic! But I did want to attract your attention! The doors are closing on a couple of things ! Firstly, we were in the States when the doors opened for the 2024 Craft Award Nominations, so we haven’t asked you until now to consider putting a tick next to Clarity! Sorry. But here we are now, giving you the link – because the doors close on Tuesday!! Yikes! https://craftworld.com/cms/craftawards Here are the categories which…
Hi This morning, Dave went to work, and I decided to sort out a few domestic chores. Loaded the washing machine and the dishwasher, checked all the dates on the stuff in the fridge, threw a couple of jars of pickle away, because the date was pre-covid! And much as I often dispute the Best Before date, even I had to admit that 2019 was stretching it a bit! Then I went to Morrisons, which is not a shop I…
Hi there How about a Happy Weekend Sale? When you think there is nothing to celebrate, give yourself a reason! It’s in full flow, and sales are going very well. Thank you !! I have conjured up a picture in my mind; let me share it with you… If this website were an actual shop, an actual bricks and mortar building, with a front door and a till, and smiling shop assistants in aprons ready to assist – you wouldn’t…