Hi there. Thanks for popping in. It’s 7pm and I’m all art and crafted out. Do you mind if I just chat to you a bit, and explain what is coming up? I know I’m usually on on the first Sunday of every month. And I will be next week too!! But this weekend we are celebrating HOCHANDA’s 3rd Birthday. It really has been a whirlwind 3 years too. So much has happened since we launched with them! Groovi ,…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Wednesday’s blog is when we try to look at WHY we craft, rather than WHAT we craft, n’est-ce pas? Well, like so many of you, over the years I’ve made friends for life through this little Clarity Community of ours. I work with a few of them too, which makes my life all the sweeter. Imagine being able to work with your best friends! That is pretty special. It works because whilst we share…
Hi there!Good of you to join me. What a morning!! We’ve been recording YouTubes, and if I said “Hi My name’s Barbara Gray from Claritystamp in the UK, welcome to Youtube Tuesday” once – I said it a hundred times.Could I get the flow going this morning? Could I heck!!! What a game! I was trying to nail a Groovi Sampler and a REALLY EASY Art Nouveau Stamps one, and it just WOULD NOT GEL!! Got there in the end,…
Hi there! Happy Monday! Thanks for popping in. Last day of the Border Sale. There are so many, there’s sometimes too much choice. So I shall just highlight ONE, by showing you some tricks. This Art Deco Border is very, very versatile: Art Deco Flowers 1 Let’s have a quick look at some layout ideas… Building a frame: Oh JOY!! And we haven’t even used the full flower at the end of the border! Sooooo. If this is Art Deco…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. As promised, a few pics of the wedding safari, which came in between the speeches and the evening gig! It’s comical now to see the looks on peoples’ faces. They really weren’t too sure about this escapade, were they… Are we actually doing this? This one made me laugh . Look like lambs to the slaughter here! Pink Mop Jane Telford is holding her Colin’s hand … ahhh…. “Hold tight! it’s bumpy! And keep…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Cor blimey! What a lot of traffic out there today! Went over to Mum and Dads via maidstone – major roadworks. Took Mum grocery shopping to Macknades in Faversham – I think they are moving Sittingbourne entirely, one house and one road at a time. Chaos. So I settled into the traffic jam and just chatted away with Mum in the car until we eventually got where we were headed. Is it me? Am…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. My dear friend Anita is on her way over here, so I am writing extra fast! She and I went to school together and have been through thick and thin together over the years. She’s Grace’s Godmother too. It will be good to catch up. Here she is at the wedding, with lovely Paul and Mel, the inimitable Melanie, designer extraordinaire, who hides under hats ! Ha!! Gotcha!!! Here she is, talking to our…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Dave and Jim are in the States on a business mission, and I am keeping myself busy, hatching a few new ideas, as you do when the kitchen’s closed! The first thing I decided to do was throw a little light on our Groovi Borders. It’s funny how I can leap from one thing to another in a nano second! One minute, I was just looking through some wedding photos on my ipad, reminiscing……
Hey there. Thanks for stopping by. Paul here, standing in for Barbara whilst she drops Dave and Jim off at the airport for a secret mission (more to be revealed – wink, wink, nudge, nudge!) Well you have all been asking for some Christmas dies, so who are we to disappoint? The lovely Maria launched the super brand new Christmas Rounds Aperture dies earlier today on HOCHANDA. (If you missed the show, then you can watch it on Rewind via…
Hey there. Thanks for stopping by. Is it Tuesday already? Well we all know what that means…….. Time for another fabulous YouTube Tuesday Tutorial. This week the lovely Maria showcases the beautiful Freesias and Mother Verse Stamp Set together with the Indian Summer Designer Card and Paper. Freesias are one of my favourite flowers! So, let’s have a look at what’s included in this week’s YouTube offers. Get 20% off all the products below, until next week’s video. Designer…