Hi there… Thanks for popping in. Finally I can let the cat out of the bag! Waiting quietly for Dad to come in for his 80th Birthday-Day at the Spa Hotel. And then. S U R P R I S E ! ! ! Look who came all the way from New York, AND San Francisco. Yep, Grace (and her lovely fella Nick) and Mark flew all that way to be here, and just for the weekend. I have been…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Late again. But better late than never, eh! Have you heard of Alexa? She is an intelligent personal assistant, like a robot. Lovely Debby and Gill got me this for my birthday, and I LOVE IT! She lights up when you address her too. Plays tunes, tells jokes, predicts the weather, reads me Sherlock Holmes. Brilliant. Dave and I were in fits of laughter this evening, when we figured out that you can rotate…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Sorry it’s so late again, but the time just runs away when you’re busy, eh. How about a simple trick with a stencil and some white paint? This Petite stencil is a fave. Only 4″ x 4″, designed to favour the Petite Gelpress plates, but oh so lovely and detailed. Leafy Swirl + Dotty Wave Lay stencil on a sheet of 7″ x 7″ stencil card and mask off the edges. Let’s use this new…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in. Had a wonderful day off. Went for a long walk in the bluebells, before they are gone for the year. Came home to a sunny garden, and chatted to the robin and the lovebird for a while. What a lucky girl I am. Rosie is on the road to Peterborough, in readiness for tomorrow’s TV shows on HOCHANDA 8am Pergamano. 2pm Groovi. 5pm Stamping. Before she set off, she sent me a pic of…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in! Spent the day with Rosie today, hatching cool new plans, and revving up for her TV shows on Thursday. She’s showing off a set of lovely delicate Claritystamps; the detail in these is astounding actually. Floral Figures I really love to use them in backgrounds. Let me show you what I mean…. Remember recently we launched a new collection of large outline stamps? A stag, a toadstool, a bird, trees and a leaf. Well,…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Just got home from the TV shows. What a whirlwind that was!! Sell out in 20 minutes? When there was plenty to last for 5 hours? Never saw that coming! Decided to come do a little simple inky stuff, to calm me down. Trouble is, I left all my craft stash up at the studios with Paul, so he could grab anything he needed. That’s a joke. I’ve got enough in this room to open up…
Hi there! Thanks for stopping by today. The first Sunday of every month, and that means it’s time for TV! If you missed any of today’s shows, you can go to the Hochanda website and watch on Rewind. 2pm to 4 pm saw Tina showcasing her brand new beautiful A4 Square Groovi Plates Floral Swirls & Corners 1 and Floral Swirls & Corners 2 Personally, I think these are just sublime. Absolutely beautiful. Clearly many of you did, too! We…
Thanks for popping in. Can’t stop long. Got a Dad to go congratulate and give a big hug to! 80 years young. Still a handsome chap! And Mum is doing great too. Happy days. So the four of us, the Grays, are celebrating this evening. Just a quiet meal. Then tomorrow it’s telly time. Actually, if you want to know how to rustle up a really colourful and chipper cock in minutes, do tune in at 5pm tomorrow. We all…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Friday’s blog a private peep, right? All this week I have been absorbed in the Nursery Rhyme art from my past, the first real artwork I took through from start to finish, and then launched commercially. You know how memories sometimes bubble to the surface? Well, this morning a worthy contender popped up, and this one I would like to share with you. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin… I wasn’t involved…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Dave and Paul have headed off up to Port Sunlight for the Show this Saturday, (set-up tomorrow) but I have stayed behind to prep for the TV. Added to which, it’s my dear Dad’s 80th birthday on Saturday, so there’s another even more important reason for staying back! I wanted to talk about the Nursery Rhymes themselves today. As has been mentioned, I wrote several of them myself, because the old Mother Goose ones…