Hi there. Thanks for popping in Been playing and prepping with Paul all day today. Getting all fired up about the HOCHANDA weekend launches. I enjoyed the break, of course we did – and we needed one too – but I am loving getting back in the creative saddle again. All the ideas which were surfacing and simmering while we were away have to come out! Creativity. It’s in all of us I think. Especially when we’re young, and before…
Hi there.Thanks for dropping by.Getting back in my stride now…although I have to say, the old jetlag is really extreme this time.Still all over the place! Mind you, when you see the messy, inky demo in this week’s Youtube,you’ll just say, “What’s new, Barb?”Yep, it’s time for another YouTube Tuesday tutorial.In this week’s video, I’m showing you how to create your own background papers, your own original Scrap-paper-art. Told you it got messy, didn’t I?! I just watched it back…
Hi there! Did ya miss me ?!?!? Waddayameanno ??? First of all, a massive, massive thank you to Paul for steering the bloggy ship in my absence. What a treat it has been to cut loose for a couple of weeks. And thank you so much to all the friends and artists who did such a super creative job! I hadn’t realised just how all consuming the blog is – not just time but subconscious thought process too. It’s…
Hi everyone I hope you have had a good Sunday. Mine has been a nice day of doing nothing! I need to get myself ready for being put on the naughty step tomorrow! Here is a beautiful piece of artwork that Barbara’s good friend Linda Williams prepped for her/us for this Sunday, so that Barb could have one more day to clear the decks, polish her teeth as she says, and get back on the horse! Linda used her…
Hi everyone. I hope you have had a good Saturday. I have been at one of my favourite craft shops in Rushden getting Groovi with a lovely group of ladies. Today’s Meet the Artist is: Susan White Okay, so this one really threw me! I had to go and get the stamp and the mask and try and work it out. This is what I think Susan has done – Susan, if you are reading this blog, please correct me…
Hi Everyone. Happy Friday! Glad to hear that you like the new blog layout. Today’s Meet the Artist is: Elaine Milner Lets have a look how Elaine has created her card: Take a piece of Theuva card measuring 9.5cm x 9.5cm and randomly stamp the large Matrix Feather stamp using a Watering Can Archival ink pad. When the ink is dry, dust with talcum powder. Ink up the verse using a Versamark ink pad and stamp as shown. Sprinkle with WOW…
Hi everyone. I hope you are all well. So, you may have noticed that the Blog has had a bit of a makeover! It has been a work in progress for a while, with Mr Jim transferring all of the previous posts, images and comments over to the new site. If you commented on yesterdays blog, unfortunately they were lost in the transfer, sorry. It still needs a few tweaks, so please bear with us. You will notice that the…
Hi everyone. I hope you are all well. I can see that plenty of you have been misbehaving and taking advantage of my naughtiness. I won’t be naming names, but I know who you are! Today’s Meet the Artist is Lynne & Fred Now it is hard to decide who made this card, I am sure that Fred had some input (secret crafter!) So let’s have a look at what Fred, oops I mean Lynne has done: Place the Leafy Swirl…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. It’s Tuesday, so you know what that means… It’s time for another YouTube Tuesday instalment! When working with parchment, we know that it can be difficult to attach our finished piece to a card due to the translucency of the parchment. In this weeks how-to guide, Rossella Cottrell shows us how to use our Perga Brads to attach our finished artwork to a piece of our Designer Paper. As part of our You Tube…
Hi everyone. Monday already! I have no idea where the weekend went, busy doing nothing sure does go quickly. It has been all systems go at Clarity Towers today. The 30/30 Sunshine Sale has proven to be very popular and kept the Clarity Crew very busy. Today’s Meet the Artist is Melanie Turner. A name, I am sure you will be very familiar with. Melanie is a very talented artist and designs many of our products: stamps, stencils and Groovi…