Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Just got back from the Wednesday pottery class. Thoroughly enjoyed it, although at first, when the teacher said I was going to learn how to make a coil pot, I thought, “mmm. boring. I want to go on the wheeeeeel!” You can’t help the thoughts that come into your head, but like a well behaved class participant, I smiled and said, “that’s great.” Then she said i had to use the dark brown clay…
Hi there.Thanks for popping in.Busy day. Long day. But productive day! One doesn’t mind pedalling if one can see the light ahead, eh.You Tube Tuesday, and Maria is here to show you a very lovely, easy to make card, using our Meadow grasses stamps. They are so versatile!Meadow Grasses Stamp Set There’s actually a second stampset which goes with this set perfectly.PoppiesIn fact, I walk past a little canvas which I made a while ago every morning in the hallway…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Been prep prep prep prepping all day, getting set set set for the Telly show on Hochanda on Sunday. There‘s a lot of Groovi to do, and boy! There’s nothing worse than having a load to do and just not enough time to enjoy doing it. Acceptance is the key to my frustration today. I have to accept that parchment art takes as long as it takes, that I don’t have to – nay!…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Thought I’d show you another little trick I’ve worked out, using the picot dies today. Let’s say you have a plate which is not a standard shape, like the little bird spacer below, which is a little bonus plate on the 6pm show next Sunday. How do we use a picot die when the plate is smaller? Well, the rectangles nested die fits lengthways, just not depthwise. So that’s a start. Fresh Cut Rectangles…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Several of you have been asking how to use the New Groovi Picot dies, so I thought I’d kill 2 birds with one stone so to speak, and do a simple step by step for you whilst prepping for the TV shows next week! It’s all about the sequence with these picot edging dies. What to do first. Simply put, you have to reverse your thinking, and do the last step first. Let me…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Wanted to share something really, really special with you. Yesterday, as you know, Mum and Dad celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, their Diamond. We went out for the day; lovely lunch and then spent the afternoon sitting in the sunshine, eating cake and reminiscing. Dave and I headed home before it got dark and had just got through the back door when the phone rang. It was Dad. “I KNEW she’d remember! I…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. A big Celebration Day today for the Gray Family. It is Mum and Dad’s Diamond Wedding Anniversary – 60 years of marriage! So whilst the Gray family party, the lovely Tina will be partying on your screens today with an exquisite set of her new designs. 6 beautiful A6 square Henna Petites Groovi Plates. So many elements on each plate, perfect for cards of all sizes. Hochanda at 11am and 3pm today SKY 673 (24/7) – FREEVIEW 85 (6AM-7PM)…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Beautiful sunny day here in Kent. I am having a clear out – doing a bit of late summer spring cleaning! We crafters like hanging on to stuff, don’t we?!? I think it is a condition called KEFROS *. Look it up. Dave suffers from it too, but the male strain is more IMCIH**. My brother Steve is the worst, although he leans more towards IMBA***. He is a total skip diver. I remember…
Hi there.Thanks for popping in.Today’s Youtube is one of mine. It is a little longer than usual, but then parchment art isn’t speed crafting, is it ?!And why have we called it the Humble Groovi Grid? Well, let me explain. A Groovi Grid is simply an acrylic plate with loads of holes drilled through it. We have different sizes – A5 square, A4 square, long border grids to marry up with Tina Cox’s pattern grids, and here I am presenting…
Hi there, Thanks for popping in. Long day at the office today – but very productive, and thoroughly enjoyable. Berautiful sunny day here in kent. Fantastic light. And the colours are just starting to change, aren’t they? Red, burgundy, claret, ochre – I love autumn! So I came home to a scrap I had left on the table yesterday – and I’m not talking about the roast pork!!! Eenie meenie miny mo… Time to get out some beautiful old stamps…