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…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Was it raining cats and dogs over your house this morning? It certainly was over ours! So I came away up to my little hidy hole, and had a play with some alcohol inks and a Gelpress. Got carried away, and the roast dinner window is slowly closing here, so I had best keep it short, or Dave will be having beans on toast! I wanted to try out some of our new stencils,…
Hi there Thanks for popping in. Heard the sad news that the Design House of Orla Kiely has gone into liquidation. Who? I hear you ask. Well, you may not know the name, but you will certainly recognise the designs – they’re everywhere! She is known by many as the Queen of prints… Even our lovely Kate enjoyed the brand… Now I don’t know the ins and outs of why the business crashed, and I will take everything I read…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. This ere blog is struggling today. The wind has knocked out the internet, so it has taken me nearly an hour just to say Hi there? Blustery day, or what? ? I shall persevere, because I wanted to share something really cool with you. Friday’s blog a private peek and all that… but if it keeps dipping out, then it will have to wait until tomorrow. when we were kids, we used to spend…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Paul is showcasing a collection of exquisite Christmas dies on HOCHANDA today. They are proving very, very popular. My guess is that many of us like to capture the essence of Christmas. And what better way to do this than with Stained Glass Windows depicting beautiful icons? We have gathered together the Star of Bethlehem, the Madonna, the Dove of Peace, the church candle and the shepherds, and we have added a beautiful Peace…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Hope you’ve been watching Paul’s TV shows. I was glued to the telly, watching how he made that foldy outy card on the 6pm show. If you didn’t see it, you should watch on catch up; it was excellent. More tomorrow at 9am. 1pm and 5pm – stock permitting! But it’s official. I am definitely going potty. It started about two weeks ago, and it comes in waves. Usually on a Wednesday afternoon…. Check…
Evening everyone. Paul here, I hope you are all well. Barb and Dave are on a “secret mission” and have been caught in traffic, so I thought I had better get the blog sorted whilst the dinner is cooking! I have just finished watching the lovely Maria work her magic with the scrumptious Viva Decor Modelling Paste in this week’s YouTube tutorial. If you haven’t tried the modelling paste, then I urge you to give it a go! Grab yourself…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Thought I’d blog something which I saw Paul make at the weekend, which was very lovely – and really easy! Have you seen the new Christmas Round dies? They are beautiful. Clever Mel drew these. If you get all 4, then you actually only pay for 3. click HERE to investigate…. So let’s see how they work. Because they don’t have an outer cutting edge, they work brilliantly to create the coolest apertures. Here…