Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Do you ever think to yourself, “I’m getting too old for this lark” ? I do! But then I give myself a kick up the proverbial, a good talking to – and get on with it! Keep on truckin’ ! One of the things about Clarity and all those who sail in her is that we actually DO move with the times at most levels. Let’s consider the NEC. I did that show in the…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Here’s a Groovi step by step which Paul did on TV recently, using one of the beautiful new Autumn Round plates, illustrated by our Mel. Autumn Rounds Simply emboss a portion of the image on this yellow landscape from the Shenandoah Parchment – as much as you want – and leave the rest behind. Here’s a flash of the paper pad: Here’s a top tip which Paul demonstrated on the TV: By embossing one…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Where did the time go today? One minute is was 6am and up with the sun, the next it was 6pm and time to go home. So I’ve run out of time, and of steam today! I did do a nice piece of artwork when I got home though, and I think it is competition worthy! So here’s the deal…. Check out the time piece here. Decide what I used, how I made it…
Hi there. Thanks for stopping by. Was listening to some really great music on the way over to meet Mum, Dad, Steve and his girlfriend Sheila for lunch today. We were singing along in the car, Dave and I. Knew every word, and yet. I hadn’t really ever properly digested the meaning of one song in particular. Until today, that is. So I came home and decided to share them with you, it being Remembrance Sunday. All you need is an…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918. Armistice Day. I came up to my little room, to spend an hour remembering those poor souls who died defending the freedom of their countries. Two World Wars, yet still carnage and treachery abound. What a mad world we live in, eh. I remember as a kid, whenever a black-edged envelope dropped through the letterbox from Germany, I knew a German friend…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in! Had to come home early. Just not feeling myself, so to speak. Spoke to Rosie. She’s the same. As is Paul, who had the day off, and Jayne, not in today, or Lisa, not in today. And Maria has been cream-crackered all week, like me! In fact, the whole NEC team is still pretty second hand. It sort of creeps up on you, the exhaustion. Very strange. I felt better on Monday!!!! And you…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in Thursday’s blog is always blue, right? So here’s the one I did with lovely Tina the last time we worked together on the telly. Using one of her wonderful Henna Stamps Set No. 2 on a piece of our new Designer parchment: the Rainbow River Collection. The thing I LOVE about stamping on the designer parchment is you can apply all the parchy tricks we have mastered along the Groovi trail to your beautiful black…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. The weather is a little drab here darn sarf, so we’re off up to London for a business meeting! Wednesday’s blog – the day we speak about matters of the heart and soul, right? One thing I learned a long time ago was restraint of pen and tongue. I cannot help the thoughts that come into my head, but I certainly don’t have to voice them. And when somebody attacks me or provokes me,…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Having a day off today. Well. Having a day away from the office is more accurate. But that’s okay. I love just being at home, even if I AM working! It’s Dave’s birthday, so he’s working in the garden! The NEC already seems a million miles away and as many years! Mind you, we did sign up for the March Show 2018, which we haven’t done for a couple of years, so that will…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Had to go into work and sign 100 of the new Calendars early this morning. Had to give a very special book which is going to print today the last look over. Had to check the New Design Club projects, to make sure they all made sense. Had to pay some bills, this n that. You know how it goes…. a usual catch up Monday after almost a week at the NEC. But then…