Hi there Thanks for popping in. It’s a bit late. Took hours to get home from the Studios. Accident on the M11, so decided to take a detour. Came back to Kent via Chelmsford or Copenhagen or something that started with a C. Not sure, but it was way out to the east! Never mind. Dave and I saw lots of lovely little towns and places, chatted our way through Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex, Kent and East Sussex – and got home…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Stop the clock! All set for the 10am and 2pm on Hochanda tomorrow. Hope you can tune in! I have had a blast prepping the demos for these hours; I want to show you a trick, which is probably the oldest trick in Die-World! But in MY-World, it is über-cool !! And since I don’t look left or right, just stay in my lane and keep my eye firmly on the road ahead, I…
Hi there. Good of you to pop in. Been a big week here at Clarity. So glad you are as chuffed as we are, to welcome Leonie to the fold. Watch this space…. Friday’s blog a private peek, right? Several of you asked to see our wedding invites and stationery, so I thought I would show you the theme and how it evolved… It started with a little drawing of mine, which we then laser cut out, because I do…
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…